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Each episode, like each season, stands on its own. You can start at the beginning in 1897 and follow the story year by year, episode by episode to see how clubs and players emerge, some achieve glory and others fall at the final hurdle. Or find the years where your team competed or won and listen to those episodes. It is up to you.
Episode 46 1942 Americanising the City and the Game
Grand Final History
1 hour 3 minutes 50 seconds
7 months ago
Episode 46 1942 Americanising the City and the Game
In 1942 the Americans were taking over the city and were amazed by the footy and yet some wanted to Americanise the local game to help it expand north and internationally. But there were bigger problems north of Australia with the Japanese advancing through the Pacific.
Not all the teams played, the MCG was a not so secret military base and Sunday football became a regular event but not for the VFL. The ordinary way of life was gone, the government was taking everyone’s binoculars but footy provided some comfort and normality in a season like no other.
Grand Final History
Each episode, like each season, stands on its own. You can start at the beginning in 1897 and follow the story year by year, episode by episode to see how clubs and players emerge, some achieve glory and others fall at the final hurdle. Or find the years where your team competed or won and listen to those episodes. It is up to you.
