Terry Wheeler set off for a well-earned break at the end of the 1989 VFL season. He jumped in the car with his son Tim, with two weeks of relaxation in central New South Wales his sole focus. It was ...

In October 1989, the financially vulnerable Footscray Football Club was railroaded into a merger ... The efforts of the people ensured that Footscray survived in the VFL, and the Club has since gone ...

the former VFL chief. Oakley was in charge in 1989 when the Bulldogs fought so fiercely to keep existing. The league, with the eventual support of then Bulldogs president Nick Columb and a handful ...