Leigh Matthews
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Oct 15, 2026
Charlie ClausenHOST
I thought it was gonna be Dimmer, but maybe you need more.
Charlie ClausenHOST
Like, just one iconic figure, like your Leigh Matthews or your Ron Barassi.
Tom ZahariouGUEST
Mm.
Charlie ClausenHOST
Or just someone to come in and say, "This is the club's identity.
Shannon GillPANELIST
We'll talk about Arnold Brightus in a second, but the year before had been pivotal and quietens him.
Shannon GillPANELIST
So there are reasons why he was seen at the time where we might look at it now and go, well, Lee Masters was clearly best on the ground.
Shannon GillPANELIST
So when Dipper says that he was best on the ground, well, Mike Sheehan said he was best on the ground too.
Shannon GillPANELIST
Dippy did a superb job at halfback on Arnold Brightus, the North Ford most respected at Grand Ferry.
Tim WatsonHOST
Mm
Garry LyonHOST
... as a footy manager, walks away three time premierships with the likes of Leigh Matthews, and on, and after winning the third premiership says, "That's enough, I wanna be a footy manager"
Tim WatsonHOST
Right
Garry LyonHOST
[laughs] He goes back to being a footy manager
Garry LyonHOST
He's got tears flowing down his eyes
Tim WatsonHOST
Oh.
Tim WatsonHOST
So does Ricky Gervais play Leigh Matthews?
Garry LyonHOST
[laughs] Ricky's in the corner going-
Matthew RichardsonGUEST
Mick Malthouse has won.
Matthew RichardsonGUEST
Leigh Matthews has won.
Matthew RichardsonGUEST
But it hasn't happened that much in history, so Dimma's got a couple more years to get the job done.
Matthew RichardsonGUEST
I reckon you'd would've been, uh, pretty happy with what happened down at Geelong this year.
Garry LyonHOST
I barracked for the Hawks back in those days, and you used to be able to get the paper On Saturday night back in those days, like The Herald, or was it The Herald? One of those ones.
Garry LyonHOST
But anyway, they had the numbers in it, and you'd go and see Leigh Matthews, who'd be playing as the rover-
Tim WatsonHOST
Yeah
Garry LyonHOST
... during the day, and they'd put the stats in, and it'll be like 33 kicks, four marks, two handballs, seven goals, five.
Tim WatsonHOST
He was...
Tim WatsonHOST
He, he might've been, uh, Faggs, I don't know how closely you watched his career, but you might- he might've been the most destructive...
Tim WatsonHOST
I know we all looked at, you know, the fend off from Dusty and that type of thing, and Dusty was a great, great player, but the, the... his ability at his size, Leigh Matthews, just to fend off and make himself almost an impossible target to tackle, and he was aggressive and fierce, and he had a, he had a touch of nastiness about him, too.
Tim WatsonHOST
But, um, he, he was the complete package.
Damian BarrettHOST
They've earned that right.
Damian BarrettHOST
Um, but, but the fact that they've gone public with now a seven-person panel to identify the new coach, and when you've got some very, very senior sporting legends on it, uh, no, no one greater in AFL world than Leigh Matthews, obviously still on the board, football director, he's part of it.
Damian BarrettHOST
You've got, uh, one of the great Australian basketball legends of all time in Phil Smyth.
Damian BarrettHOST
You've got Danny Daley himself.
Jonathan BrownHOST
It's gonna help improve them.
Campbell BrownHOST
Was that the great Leigh Matthews?
Jonathan BrownHOST
Absolutely.
Jonathan BrownHOST
Well, I think it came from Allen Jones.
Tim WatsonHOST
Oh, that's why he's not doing it
Garry LyonHOST
... um, the panel to select the new coach is Danny, is Danny Daley, Andrew Wellington, the chairman, Sam Gray, and the CEO, Phil Smyth, who was Fages' right-hand man, and Lethal Leigh Matthews.
Garry LyonHOST
What about that for a panel? [laughs] It's...
Garry LyonHOST
You talk about who's gonna appoint your coach, the Brisbane Lions have got that all sorted.
Matthew LloydHOST
Uh, and the tough call is on guys like Nathan Buckley or anybody else like Adam Simpson or anyone who's got aspirations to be a senior coach again.
Matthew LloydHOST
And the tough call is do I put my hat in at the Brisbane Lions where they've just formed the panel of Danny Daley and the president, uh, Andrew Wellington and, uh, uh, Graham, Sam Graham, Phil Smyth, Simon Black, L- Leigh Matthews.
Matthew LloydHOST
So a pretty, uh, sizable panel.
Jimmy BartelHOST
Yeah, it's a big panel.
Ben DavisHOST
Where does the Lions legend stand in the pantheon of coaches that we've had here in Queensland? Actually, put it in Australia if you want.
Ben DavisHOST
Bennett, Buchanan, Matthews, Fagan.
Ben DavisHOST
Where does he stand amongst that group? And others, 131355, 0467, 736736.
Ben DavisHOST
Jason Scott is padding up.
Jason ScottHOST
Could have been
Ben DavisHOST
four in a row.
Jason ScottHOST
I've still got Matthews in front of him.
Jason ScottHOST
I just think winning it with two clubs, we're seeing now that, you know, if you've already won at one club, it's very hard to get a job.
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