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The 2008 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 109th year in the VFL/AFL. In conjunction with the AFL celebrating 150 years since the sport of Australian rules football was first created, the Melbourne Football Club also celebrated its 150th anniversary since its foundation in 1858. This included the celebration of their "150 Heroes", which commemorated the 150 greatest contributing players to ever play for Melbourne. Despite the celebrations, the Demons were tarnished by major on and off field disasters that led to the resignation of Paul Gardiner as chairman of the club and installation of Jim Stynes midway through the season. During August, Jim Stynes attempted to eliminate Melbourne of its major debt with a program called "Debt Demolition".

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  • The 2008 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 109th year in the VFL/AFL. In conjunction with the AFL celebrating 150 years since the sport of Australian rules football was first created, the Melbourne Football Club also celebrated its 150th anniversary since its foundation in 1858. This included the celebration of their "150 Heroes", which commemorated the 150 greatest contributing players to ever play for Melbourne. Despite the celebrations, the Demons were tarnished by major on and off field disasters that led to the resignation of Paul Gardiner as chairman of the club and installation of Jim Stynes midway through the season. During August, Jim Stynes attempted to eliminate Melbourne of its major debt with a program called "Debt Demolition". Melbourne hosted 10 of its 11 games at the MCG, which included its first "home game" against the Brisbane Lions outside of the Gabba since 2000. They also played a home game at Manuka Oval in the nation's capital Canberra against the Sydney Swans during Round 13. Dean Bailey coached his first year as senior coach at Melbourne. David Neitz captained his ninth year for the Demons, however after aggravating a disc in his neck during the Round 5 clash against Carlton, he announced his retirement on 19 May. For the remainder of the year, the captaincy was shared between Cameron Bruce and James McDonald. Melbourne's horrid year on-field form caused them to win only three matches and ensured they received their 11th wooden spoon. (en)
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  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Lindsay Gilbee , 2. Cameron Bruce , 3. Matthew Boyd (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Brock McLean , 2. Brad Sewell , 3. Sam Mitchell (en)
  • *Melbourne would finish the year on the bottom of the ladder with 3 wins and 19 losses. *Ben Holland, Jeff White and Adem Yze played their last AFL game in this match and retired straight afterwards. (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Dean Cox , 2. Cale Morton , 3. Paul Wheatley (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Nick Riewoldt , 2. Nick Dal Santo , 3. Luke Ball (en)
  • *Trailing by as much as 51 points at the start of the third quarter, Melbourne kicked 14 goal to 4 in the second half to win by 6 points and give Dean Bailey a historical first win as a senior coach. *Melbourne's win was the second greatest win from a half-time deficit in VFL/AFL history. *Melbourne players received Brownlow votes from this match for the first time in 2008. *Austin Wonaeamirri received the NAB AFL Rising Star nomitation for Round 7. (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Simon Buckley , 2. Adam Simpson , 3. Brent Harvey (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Matthew Boyd , 2. Daniel Cross , 3. Scott West (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Daniel Bradshaw , 2. Anthony Corrie , 3. Simon Black (en)
  • *This match was originally scheduled to be played at Carrara Stadium. However due to North Melbourne's refusal to relocate north to the Gold Coast, the match was moved to the MCG. (en)
  • Debut: Addam Maric (en)
  • Debut: Austin Wonaeamirri (en)
  • Debut: Cale Morton, Isaac Weetra (en)
  • Debut: Jack Grimes (en)
  • Debut: Stefan Martin (en)
  • Debut:Shane Valenti (en)
  • Ladder Position: 16th (en)
  • Ladder position: 16th (en)
  • Milestone: Brad Miller (en)
  • Milestone: Daniel Bell (en)
  • Milestone: James McDonald (en)
  • Milestone: Nathan Jones (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Daniel Wells , 2. Nathan Thompson , 3. Brent Harvey (en)
  • Record: 0 Wins, 1 Loss, 0 Draws (en)
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  • Record: 0 Wins, 3 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 0 Wins, 4 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 0 Wins, 5 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 0 Wins, 6 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 1 Win, 11 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 1 Win, 12 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 1 Win, 6 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 1 Win, 7 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 1 Win, 8 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 1 Win, 9 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 1 win, 10 losses, 0 draws (en)
  • Record: 2 Wins, 12 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 2 Wins, 13 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 2 Wins, 14 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 2 Wins, 15 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 2 Wins, 16 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 2 Wins, 17 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 3 Wins, 17 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 3 Wins, 18 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Record: 3 Wins, 19 Losses, 0 Draws (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Brett Burton , 2. Bernie Vince , 3. Jason Porplyzia (en)
  • *North Melbourne finished comfortable winners over Melbourne winning 22.14.146 to 14.10.94. (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Shane Tuck , 2. Brett Deledio , 3. Joel Bowden (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Adam McPhee , 2. Cale Morton , 3. Matthew Lloyd (en)
  • *This game marked David Neitz's last ever AFL match, due to a neck injury sustained during the second quarter when Jarrad Waite laid a heavy tackle on him. (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Shaun Burgoyne , 2. Daniel Motlop , 3. Domenic Cassisi (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Joel Corey , 2. Tom Hawkins , 3. Paul Chapman (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Michael Johnson , 2. Antoni Grover , 3. Matthew Pavlich (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Adem Yze , 2. Scott Burns , 3. Tarkyn Lockyer (en)
  • *Before the match Melbourne celebrated its 150 Heroes with a Lap of Honour around the MCG from past players. *Also before the match Paul Gardiner announced his resignation as Melbourne's president and announced Jim Stynes as his successor. *Collingwood's win ended Melbourne's winning streak of 4 consecutive Queen's Birthday clashes (en)
  • *Geelong finally unraveled its 2007 AFL premiership flag at the ground. *Odds of up to $34 from some betting agencies were offered for Melbourne to beat Geelong. These were the highest ever offered in a VFL/AFL game. Despite Melbourne kicking the first 3 goals of the game and staying in it for a large proportion of the game, Geelong proved to be too strong for a young Demons outfit running away with the game by 30 points. (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Brendan Fevola , 2. Jarrad Waite , 3. Chris Judd (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Jeff White , 2. Matthew Pavlich , 3. Brock McLean (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Brock McLean , 2. Brett Deledio , 3. Matthew Richardson (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Matthew Bate , 2. Barry Hall , 3. Brett Kirk (en)
  • *Russell Robertson's season would end pre-maturely after rupturing an Achilles tendon during the game. (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Chance Bateman , 2. Lance Franklin , 3. Sam Mitchell (en)
  • *A mark and goal in the goal square by Brad Miller followed by a charge up the ground with the ball from the half-back line by Austin Wonaeamirri allowed Melbourne to win its second game of the year by a point. *After selling a home game to the Gabba against the Brisbane Lions each year for seven years, Melbourne would win its first game against the Brisbane Lions at the MCG since Round 18, 1998. *For the first and only time in 2008, Melbourne players would collect all the Brownlow votes in a game. *Colin Garland received the NAB AFL Rising Star nomitation for Round 14. (en)
  • *Melbourne lost its first game by over 100 points since Round 18, 1997. (en)
  • *Despite the West Coast Eagles kicking 3 early goals in the second quarter, Melbourne would bounce back and win their third and final game of the season comfortably in cold and rainy conditions. *Melbourne would concede only one goal in the second half to obtain their greatest winning margin for the season . *Melbourne would win its first game against West Coast since Round 7, 2004. *Cale Morton received the NAB AFL Rising Star nomitation for Round 20. (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Chris Johnson , 2. Paul Wheatley , 3. Brad Green (en)
  • *Melbourne gave a spirited effort against Hawthorn after the announcement of David Neitz's retirement as well as controversial comments made by Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett against the club earlier that week. Despite a full game effort by Melbourne, Hawthorn would triumph by 19 points and regain top spot on the AFL ladder. *Hawthorn's second win over Melbourne for the year allowed them to overtake Melbourne's tally in wins for all VFL/AFL games contested between the two sides. (en)
  • Brownlow Votes: 1. Joel Corey , 2. Joel Selwood , 3. Andrew Mackie (en)
  • *Matthew Lloyd took the 2008 Mark of the Year in this match leaping over Brad Green, Matthew Warnock and Sam Lonergan to do so. (en)
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  • The 2008 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 109th year in the VFL/AFL. In conjunction with the AFL celebrating 150 years since the sport of Australian rules football was first created, the Melbourne Football Club also celebrated its 150th anniversary since its foundation in 1858. This included the celebration of their "150 Heroes", which commemorated the 150 greatest contributing players to ever play for Melbourne. Despite the celebrations, the Demons were tarnished by major on and off field disasters that led to the resignation of Paul Gardiner as chairman of the club and installation of Jim Stynes midway through the season. During August, Jim Stynes attempted to eliminate Melbourne of its major debt with a program called "Debt Demolition". (en)
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  • 2008 Melbourne Football Club season (en)
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