Sep 23, 2015 | News
I put the question to our stats guru David Flegg. Have brothers ever umpired in finals in VFL/AFL history? David’s response was thorough as expected. Twin brothers, Reg and Keith Pawley goal umpired together in the first ever qualifying final in 1972. It was...
Sep 22, 2015 | News
During footy finals time our attention is often turned to those great grand finals of yesteryear. So it was only fitting that we recognised two of our only surviving members from the ‘1950s*Field umpire, Bill Barbour and goal umpire, Roly Caird umpired the...
Sep 22, 2015 | News
AFL Rookie field umpire, James Waldorf from Queensland was involved in an absolute nail biter in the NEAFL grand final for the second year in a row. NT Thunder was over run by Aspley but managed to hang on to win by one point on Saturday night at TIO Stadium. James...
Sep 16, 2015 | News
Week two of the finals always throws up some interesting ins and outs. Grand final umpires in the past two years, Simon Meredith and Mathew Nicholls find themselves sitting on the benches this week as emergency umpires. History would suggest that their seasons may...
Sep 10, 2015 | News
Leslie Edward Johnson, otherwise known as Edward or Ted depending which table you are looking at in the 2014 AFLUA year book announced his retirement from active duty last night in front of the AFL umpiring family and received a standing ovation. Ted, whose age is a...
