Ten AFL Coverage (2002-2011)

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Nine and Ten would sometimes provide local commentators during the original Fox Footy Channel period such as Mark Aiston from 10 Adelaide, Kym Dillon from 9 Adelaide and Cometti calling for 9 Perth

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Blasts from the past! Wonder how they’re going.

Poor Mark has been through a lot, was sad to see his downfall about a decade ago. Once an institution in Adelaide. Used to like his Monday sport segment with Natarsha Belling on Ten’s Morning News (live-cross from the ADS-10 newsroom despite the studio being at the ATV-10 South Yarra Como Centre in Melbourne).

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Any details about this. All I know is he left due to ‘stress’

Also within the past 24 hours:

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Dillon does drive for SEN SA with Michelangelo Rucci, I think he also calls AFL in Adelaide for them as well.

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https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/veteran-broadcaster-mark-aiston-opens-up-on-drugs-alcohol-and-gambling-addictions/news-story/3da9eb5e746831c74e70bdfcafac1efb

Also detailed on his talent management’s web page.

Marijuana, cocaine, alcoholism, gambling addiction and rehab. 2016.

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Cometti did games on Fox Footy as well for Eagles/Freo home games

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Apparently he did all Sunday Perth games regardless of the broadcaster unless he was covering a different game.

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Can’t find an ‘Old Fox Footy’ thread so thought this would be the best place to ask, but does anyone remember what happened to Ian Robertson at Fox Footy in 2002?

I kinda remember he cracked the sads a few months in because he was getting the lesser matches on Fox Footy and quit?

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Given Foxtel only had 3-4 matches each round, no doubt there would of been less to cover rather than Seven having every match.

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IIRC, he was criticised for his call of a Carlton-West Coast game where he was biased towards the Blues:
Close Finish - Carlton vs West Coast (Round 12 2002) (youtube.com)
I thought he was sacked from Fox as a result of this.

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The Fifth Quarter - Round 15 2004

Credit: Youtube/Jeff Albertson

The Fifth Quarter from July 2004 after a Crows match

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Watched it most weekends when it aired in Sydney often watching on tape the next day as it would usually run late night (but they became better in the later years).

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2009 Finals promo “on your premiership network”

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They well and truly were the premiership network in 2009. At that stage they were going on to broadcast their 7th grand final in 8 season.

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