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Grand Final History

Hosted by Kieran Magee · sports · EN

69 episodesAudience: 4
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About this Podcast:

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.

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Public web form

Booking probability

31%

Guest openness

Selective

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Questions about Grand Final History

What is Grand Final History about?

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.

Who hosts Grand Final History?

Grand Final History is hosted by Kieran Magee. The show has published 69 episodes to date.

What has Grand Final History covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Episode 57 1953 The Streak" (30 August 2026, 75 minutes), "Episode 56 1952 National Day" (31 July 2026, 77 minutes), and "Episode 55 Hello Mr Football" (8 July 2026, 81 minutes).

How often does Grand Final History publish?

Grand Final History publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 70 minutes across 69 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Grand Final History?

Booking probability for Grand Final History is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Grand Final History requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Grand Final History's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch Grand Final History?

The strongest fits for Grand Final History are Sports. Grand Final History has a sports audience.

About the host

Kieran Magee hosts Grand Final History, a sports podcast with 69 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Aug 30, 20261h 15m

    A season with the longest winning streak in the V/AFL history and the debut of one of the game’s giants while Collingwood mourned the loss of a club legend. 1953 was a year Coronation Fever swept the country, a...

  • Jul 31, 20261h 17m

    Games in four states, the first night game for premiership points, radio broadcasts of interstate games and teams visiting the Gold Coast, 1952 was a window to the future. Geelong began a mighty streak and Coleman...

  • Jul 8, 20261h 21m

    Mr Football, Ted Whitten, won four Best and Fairest Awards in one season the year before his VFL debut with Footscray in 1951. It was a year with one of the biggest tribunal shock decisions in the entire history of the...

  • Jun 9, 202648 min

    Every Jock McHale Medal winner can trace their coaching DNA back to Jock McHale, yet who was this man, this Prince of Coaches. A man who held the games played record, a man who held the games coached record, a man whose...

  • May 31, 20261h 12m

    Jock McHale coached Collingwood for almost 1,400 days. His successor lasted just 4 days. The man the players always called Mr McHale retired in 1950 and a civil war exploded at Collingwood. Hawthorn also had their own...

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  • Apr 29, 20261h 8m

    Jack Dyer played the game hard until he could play no more, but none of the players were expecting a kiss from the big man after his last game. As his career came to an end John Coleman made a debut unlike any other in...

  • Mar 23, 20261h 21m

    Was Melbourne’s 1948 Grand Final team the craziest brave selection for any Grand Final team ever? Two blokes who had played the season for Uni Blacks in the Amateurs and a full forward who had spent the season in the...

  • Dec 30, 20251h 10m

    Carlton shocked their supporters and the football world in 1947 when they selected their new captain who had only played two games in the VFL. It was a time of change with the invention of the Four'nTwenty Pie, as...

  • Nov 21, 20251h 12m

    The VFL celebrates its 50th Jubilee season with the return of the MCG and the Brownlow and some changes including the addition of a 20th man. The game has become a “Gigantic Industry’ according to VFL Secretary Like...

  • Aug 31, 20251h 31m

    Ted Whitten said it was the best game he ever saw, several of the players had no memory of what happened, a suspended player got reported and Ted Whitfield’s pre-match routine was to drink 6 beers with a top up at...

  • Aug 2, 20251h 19m

    Supporters were “Up the Junction” in 1944, making their way to the Junction Oval, hosting the Grand Final for the first time since 1899, baked by hot winds on a 30C day with trams and busses on strike. It had been...

  • Jul 4, 20251h 15m

    Eleven teams started the 1943 season but only ten made it to the final round. To ensure only one bye per team, the club on the bottom of the ladder after round eleven was eliminated! The earliest Wooden Spoon ever! The...

  • Jun 12, 202543 min

    This episode delves into a unique chapter of football history set against the backdrop of World War II. Discover the remarkable story of the Changi Australian Football Association and the creation of the Changi Brownlow...

  • Apr 10, 20251h 4m

    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...

  • Feb 4, 20251h 10m

    A world in turmoil, a world at war and some want to play football on Sundays, undermining the nation’s spiritual and moral foundations and risking national destruction, there was a lot going on in 1941. Melbourne were...

  • Jan 1, 20251h 27m

    The greatest shirtfront ever delivered occurred in possibly the toughest season ever, with more players reported in 1940 than ever before. The drama and shocks on the field were matched by the turmoil and challenges off...

  • Dec 3, 20241h 12m

    Welcome to 'Grand Final History,' where we delve into the tumultuous events of 1939, the 43rd season of the VFL, amid a backdrop of global and local crises. Experience how devastating bushfires scorched Victoria...

  • Oct 25, 20241h 9m

    The VFL was “The rebellious child of the Association” and it could not dictate how football was going to be played in 1938. There was a split in Australian Football, the Association were changing the rules, allowing...

  • Aug 30, 20241h 13m

    The greatest game of all they called it: The 1937 Grand Final between Collingwood and Geelong. The year saw a King’s coronation, with a North Melbourne player representing the VFL in London and Fitzroy became the...

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