Season 2002 was not the first time Carlton collected the wooden spoon. In 1894 when the VFA was the controlling body of Victorian football the Blues ran last. When Bill Stephen returned to Fitzroy as coach in 1965 he took a pay cut, having been offered more to continue coaching Yarrawonga in the Ovens and Murray League. An American stockbroker rated Collingwood full-forward Peter McKenna and Gough Whitlam as his favourite Australians in 1970, and there was a reason why rover Bob Rose always had first kick of the ball in Collingwood games in the late 1940s. These are just some examples contained in this volume full of football trivia, which takes the reader from Melbourne to country and interstate football.
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