A year unlike any other. Committee room coups, on field violence, players arrested and charged in court, umpires assaulted at the tribunal hearings and bribery allegations during the final series. It has to be a bumper episode to fit all this in, so put your headphones on and find out what happened in the most controversial season of all time. 

And on a positive note, the New York Times publishes an article claiming the Australian game is the best football anywhere on the planet. Wouldn’t the AFL like to see that happen this year.  Listen to the Grand Final History podcast to hear how the VFL suvived a scandal prone season, even if some would never play the game again.