We live in a modern-day AFL era but hardmen history still haunts Essendon Bombers | Jonathan Horn
When you’re a big, polarising club and nothing’s going right, it can feel like the footy world’s closing in on youA few years ago, the Sunday Age columnist Tim Boyle recalled a conversation with Kevin Sheedy at a draft camp. The teenager was spooning some mashed potatoes when Sheedy sidled up to him. “Ever hit anyone, Boyley?” he asked. That was the era. And that was Sheedy. He was always wary of cerebral types. He preferred tradies and farmers. His teams, particularly in the early days, lunched...