Katrina Morris (nee Pressley) was the first woman to be appointed to an AFL game. Katrina was appointed to the AFL list in 1998 and umpired 28 AFL matches in her six season’s on the list before her retirement in 2003. Katrina goal umpired out of her home state of...
When one achieves a significant milestone, one can not help ponder how an opportunity which presented itself to David Dixon as he finished playing junior football. David was invited by the Footscray District League to take up umpiring and now 30 years later, David...
AFL goal umpire, David (Dicko) Dixon broke the games record for VFL/AFL goal umpires when he officiated in Saturday’s St. Kilda v Collingwood Game at the MCG. It was Dicko’s 338th game which includes 32 finals and 6 grand finals. It has taken him into...
Part of my work experience tasks was to write an article on AFL umpires. So I went along to training on the 5th of April 2016. The umpires train at Ikon Park in Carlton. The AFL umpires share the training venue with professional rugby union club, the Melbourne...
Goal umpire, Matt Dervan became the 341st goal umpire to officiate in a VFL/AFL game when he took to the field in the Essendon v Melbourne match at the MCG. Matt’s parents were in the crowd to witness his AFL debut as was his VAFA mentor and ex AFL goal umpire,...
