St Kilda had come off three failed AFL Grand Finals, but still had Riewoldt, Hayes, Dal Santo, Montagna, Goddard and Ross Lyon. Things still looked good – until a 17 year-old girl tore them apart. What followed were a dozen years of scandal, ineptitude and lots and lots of losing. In essence, the Saints had remembered who they’d been for over a hundred years, falling bum over head until landing in the exact same place they ended 2007 in. This ain’t a pretty story, but it’s the one we got.
In this series, the Gaz-man celebrates St Kilda’s 150th birthday by delving deep into the fascinating history and insane stories of the Saints. In this video, we explore how St Kilda fell from grace, turning from everyone’s second-favourite team into a complete laughingstock, again.
Sorry, Saints fans. Again.
Music credit – (38:02) Without Me (2001, Shady, Aftermath, Interscope) – Marshall Mathers, Jeffrey Bass, Kevin Bell, Anne Dudley, Malcolm McLaren, Trevor Horn.
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What's your favourite Saints moment, or is there a moment or player I missed? Let me know, and thanks again for the support on this series!
I love your storytelling ability so much. The way this series has invoked emotions about a club I first thought I wouldn't really give a shit about is amazing, I hope you do more deep dives on old VFL sides.
Keep doing what you're doing man. 👍
the most brilliant series on youtube comes to an end.
Burst out laughing when you started talking about Scoops. Hes an interesting fella to say the least
1:02:40 thanks for the shoutout bro!
I agree with you about Lyon going to the Dockers. It's one thing to be loyal it's another to let the club try to take advantage of that and not offer him a fair deal and making him wait.
My interest in St Kilda is pretty low, almost zero in fact. But I’m commenting because your videos deserve more attention. They are done really well
Recently on TikTok I found a video talking about 'What your AFL club says about you' and for St Kilda it was an abrupt 'your life is pain and misery' and I really felt that watching this series. Great work, looking forward to whatever comes next <3
They most likely picked Seaford as it was Robert Harvey's hometown
8 episodes of despair and heartbreak perfectly built into your Eminem cover. Did not see that coming, much like Ross Lyon
Hey Gaz, your storytelling is so great, honestly never heard someone make AFL history sound so engaging. But do you have a patreon or something? because we've got to get you a better mic.
But like, the videos are great on presentation in every other regard, after watching these they end up feeling like a 10+ documentary on the history of an obscure micronation
This was such an awesome series, enjoyed every minute of it!
A couple of ideas for clubs to analyse:
South Melbourne/Sydney Swans (my team that took longer to win a VFL/AFL premiership than St Kilda)
South Adelaide (only won 1 SANFL premiership in the last 85 years in a competition consisting of 8-10 teams)
i am constantly asked why i continue to support such a failure of a club and this is the perfect explanation as to why
Not so much as a request, more of an idea I’m putting out there, but have you considered doing a “history of” series for any rivalries? Perhaps a documentation of the never-ending war that is the Carlton vs Collingwood rivalry?
Either way, I would like to say that your videos are well put together, fun to watch, and just generally cool. Keep it up, it’s awesome. 🙂
If I recall one of Koschitzke's shots in his final game was initially awarded a goal but then was disallowed for hitting the post.
Can't believe you mention famous St.Kilda fans and don't bring up Molly Meldrum. Guys the OG St.Kilda diehard.
Also, of all the post-2000 players I'd give a premiership to if I could re-write history, Nick Riewoldt is up there with Nathan Buckley (because pies fan) on my list.
Otherwise, well researched documentary. If St.Kilda were an American team, would you say they are Atlanta Falcons or Detroit Lions?
As someone who lives in cairns, that game was awful haha. Should’ve played later in the year
As a st kilda fan I know a genie has cast a spell on me that I can't die until the saints win a a premiership. I'm in no rush
We are still here though you smug bastard. We aint going anywhere soon. The most accurate thing you said other than pages upon pages awful facts and accurate embarrassing stats is once a saint always a saint.
Even tho I go for the pies. This is quality. Good job man
Absolutely enjoyed every bizzare moment of this series!
This poor record will never be surpassed even Freo GWS GCS will pass them seriously the AFL needs to banish them to the SAFL and earn being able to reenter the AFL you can't polish a turd folks.
Great series. Steven King didn't play NFL though it was Ben Graham just FYI 😅