Recent ex-players

Stone Free · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:54 am

I was thinking last night about players who have recently been de-listed or retired and what they're doing now to either put food on their tables/pay bills etc now that their footy career has ended. Players like Hadley, Wiggins, Houlahan, even, heaven forbid, Cameron Cloke and *gulp* Cain Ackland. Has anybody got any news about these guys? It's just that, I had a thought that I don't want these guys to be merely regarded as disposable, and I hope that they can keep their heads above water so to speak.

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:58 am

Stone Free wrote:

I was thinking last night about players who have recently been de-listed or retired and what they're doing now to either put food on their tables/pay bills etc now that their footy career has ended. Players like Hadley, Wiggins, Houlahan, even, heaven forbid, Cameron Cloke and *gulp* Cain Ackland. Has anybody got any news about these guys? It's just that, I had a thought that I don't want these guys to be merely regarded as disposable, and I hope that they can keep their heads above water so to speak.

Hadley's back here in Perth playing for East Freo and going pretty well. I don't know what he's doing for a living outside of footy.
Steven Browne is playing good footy for West Perth.
Luke Blackwell is killing it for Claremont.

Just on The E Freo Sharks. There is currently 32 former East Freo players on AFL lists.

Not a bad effort.

Stone Free · **Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:57 pm

Brad Fisher will be playing for the Dalyston Magpies in South Gippsland next season.

Noonamah Blue · **Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:08 pm

Lawrence Angwin is currently playing for Southern Districts in NTFL

beowulf · **Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:28 pm

Stone Free wrote:

Brad Fisher will be playing for the Dalyston Magpies in South Gippsland next season.

Had enough of Westies? Well, they did break the SANFL Salary Cap and their guernsey does have some issues. But going black and white? Poor Fish must be desperate!

beowulf · **Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:30 pm

Noonamah Blue wrote:

Lawrence Angwin is currently playing for Southern Districts in NTFL

Then he should be on TV soon. That will be good.
If ever there was a waste of talent, then Laurie Angwin was it. C'est la vie!

Synbad · **Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:32 pm

beowulf wrote:

Noonamah Blue wrote:

Lawrence Angwin is currently playing for Southern Districts in NTFL

Then he should be on TV soon. That will be good.
If ever there was a waste of talent, then Laurie Angwin was it. C'est la vie!

Agreed

i also heard he broke his back in a fall a couple of years ago.. so if thats true.. good effort by LA... and Good luck

beowulf · **Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:46 pm

Agree totally! Back injuries are serious business and usually career ending.

To change the subject a little, I noticed that Joey Anderson has left Sturt for greeners SANFL pastures.
The way things are organized over in Adelaide has always made me wonder: why is working in Adelaide and not in Perth? Both the Weagles and the Dockers wanted true 2nds in the WAFL, but were knocked back. Instead they are now alligned with just 2 WAFL clubs (Peel is one of them, I think East Perth the other), starting in 2014.
So why don't Adelaide and Port whine as much?
They have a thing called the 'minidraft', where their AFL players get alloted to teams. Here are this year's:
1. Angus Graham (Sturt) - AFC
2. Kyle Hartigan (South) - AFC
3. Ollie Wines (Port) - PAFC
4. Tom Clurey (Glenelg) - PAFC
5. Kane Mitchell (Eagles) - PAFC
6. Jack Osboren (Central) - AFC
7. Sam Siggens (North) - AFC
8. Lewis Stevenson (Norwood) - PAFC
9. Rory Atkins (Sturt) - AFC
10. Mason Shaw (South) - Port
11. Jake Nead (Port) - PAFC
12. Tim Klaosen (Glenelg) - AFC
13. Campbell Heath (Eagles) - PAFC

It appears to me that some clubs are getting the spiky end of the pineapple.

The other thing about the SANFL is that ex-Blues don't seem to stay with some clubs. A few years back we had 3 or 4 at South Adelaide, including Prender. Now there are none and have been for easily 3 years. Are South Adelaide, Sturt and co so badly run that our ex players bail at the first opportunity? It looks that way to me.

DocSherrin III · **Joined:** Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:09 pm **Posts:** 17219

Stone Free wrote:

Brad Fisher will be playing for the Dalyston Magpies in South Gippsland next season.

Struth - thought if he'd be joining that league he'd do it playing for Fish Creek!

DocSherrin III · **Joined:** Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:09 pm **Posts:** 17219

Synbad wrote:

i also heard he broke his back in a fall a couple of years ago.. so if thats true.. good effort by LA... and Good luck

I thought it was the straw that broke the camels back, Non?

camel · **Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:41 pm

Synbad wrote:

beowulf wrote:

Noonamah Blue wrote:

Lawrence Angwin is currently playing for Southern Districts in NTFL

Then he should be on TV soon. That will be good.
If ever there was a waste of talent, then Laurie Angwin was it. C'est la vie!

Agreed

i also heard he broke his back in a fall a couple of years ago.. so if thats true.. good effort by LA... and Good luck

Falling off a roof I suspect?

Synbad · **Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:04 pm

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........................and came down very hard.......

true_blue3 · **Joined:** Tue May 16, 2006 8:57 pm **Posts:** 6836

wiggins was playing at airport west last year....

Clayman · **Joined:** Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:02 am **Posts:** 1770

Where is Aaron Joseph playing this year? :donk:

Big Fev is playing in God's Country.

Warby · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:50 pm

Clayman wrote:

Where is Aaron Joseph playing this year? :donk:

Big Fev is playing in God's Country.

Where is ''God's Country?''...........'cos it sure aint QLD........... :thumbsup:

Bolt from the Blue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:18 am **Posts:** 1901

Clayman wrote:

Where is Aaron Joseph playing this year? :donk:

Big Fev is playing in God's Country.

Most likely with the Northern Blues.

Noonamah Blue · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:25 pm

Synbad wrote:

beowulf wrote:

Noonamah Blue wrote:

Lawrence Angwin is currently playing for Southern Districts in NTFL

Then he should be on TV soon. That will be good.
If ever there was a waste of talent, then Laurie Angwin was it. C'est la vie!

Agreed

i also heard he broke his back in a fall a couple of years ago.. so if thats true.. good effort by LA... and Good luck

He hasn't been setting the world on fire but playing good consistent footy

Warby · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:20 pm

Who could ever forget the name Leigh Snooks?.....wonder where he is today.

Mickstar · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:40 pm **Posts:** 7339

Warby wrote:

Who could ever forget the name Leigh Snooks?.....wonder where he is today.

Played with the Zebras after the Blues.After that it was either Rosebud or Rye.

Bomba Sheldon · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:14 pm

Warby wrote:

Who could ever forget the name Leigh Snooks?.....wonder where he is today.

Not sure where he is, but here is his Bio from the BZM

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... igh+Snooks

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