When Morwell signed Collingwood's community engagement officer Harmit Singh as its coach last September, then added former Magpies Anthony Rocca and Tarkyn Lockyer to its playing list, the people around the club began to dream of happy days ahead.

When the Kolora and Noorat footy clubs merged and joined the Warrnambool and District league for the 2003 season, plenty of people wondered if the dairy farming communities would have the firepower to match it with their new rivals in town.

Thanks to the efforts of a new coach, Kyneton will return next season.

In the 1970s, '80s and '90s, there was nothing special about North Ballarat being undefeated and sitting atop the Ballarat league ladder. During those years the Roosters won 14 premierships, so that was just the way it was.

Stuart Farr's coaching record at Horsham was nothing short of extraordinary. In his seven seasons at the helm, the Demons won seven successive Wimmera league premierships, in the process extending their overall streak to 10 flags on the trot.

As Walla Walla coach Craig Mannagh was undergoing assessment in an Albury hospital after almost being killed by a head-clash in the Hoppers' round-two match against the Murray Magpies, the club's shaken players and supporters gathered in their social room.

Given the fact that his older brother Brad has won a flag and a best and fairest at Hawthorn and his younger brother Myles has three VFL premiership medals and a Liston Trophy in his keeping, it would be understandable if Adam Sewell was a tad envious of them. But that isn't his style.

Peter Lindsay's mates thought he'd lost his marbles when he told them last October he had accepted the job as coach of Meringur, a member of the Mildura-based Millewa league.

Paul Dunlop was fishing on the beach at Inverloch when his beloved Dalyston footy club reached its lowest ebb. It was during the lead-up to the 2006 season and Dunlop, who was then the Magpies' vice-president, had been waiting on a phone call from local legend and recruiting guru John Walsh.

When Bell Park president Michelle Gerdtz walked into her first meeting with fellow club leaders from across the Geelong Football League, she was relieved to find another female sitting at the boardroom table.