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‘I just hoped we didn’t embarrass ourselves’: Departing Western Bulldogs president makes alarming admission – Wide World of Sports
This is how Peter Gordon felt on the day of the 2016 AFL grand final
Outgoing Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon has made the startling admission he didn’t believe his club was capable of defeating the Sydney Swans in the 2016 AFL grand final.
In fact Gordon, who served as president from 1989-1996 and 2012-2020, said he was “bewildered” the Bulldogs had qualified and simply hoped they wouldn’t “embarrass” themselves on the biggest stage.
While the red-hot Swans had won the minor premiership and were stacked with Lance Franklin, Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker, Jarrad…
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