Summary: In the tenth episode of Freedom in a Cage, the boys talk Sir Douglas Nicholls Round before doing the first deep dive on the final game at Whitten Oval back in 1997\. But first, Bob and Adi discuss the Don Pyke stare (00:56); Terry Wallace's bizarre, but funny, post-match spray (02:30); Ed Richards winning the NAB Rising Star award (07:23); the day a Mario Kart playing Bob left Hawthorn recruiters hanging (09:07); the significance of Sir Douglas Nicholls Round (12:06); Charlie Stewart (13:59); Bob talks about his most admired Indigenous players, with a special mention of Zephy Skinner (14:45); Nicky Winmar (16:31); Brett Goodes (17:40); and Bob's decision to wear Adam Goodes' number 37 for the coin toss in August, 2015 (18:30). The boys then do the first deep dive on a significant moment in the Club's history: the last game at Whitten Oval in 1997, including (20:41); long sleeve jumper wearers (22:26); Don Scott's not-so-kind words about playing in Footscray (23:37); how good Brad Johnson was early (25:00); classic Dennis Cometti-Peter McKenna commentary (27:00); the bloody opening bounce and the targeting of Michael Gardner (28:18); some Whitten Oval mythology (30:24); the chaos after the siren and Cometti's concern for Eagles players (31:58); pre-match with Plough (35:05); how much the current players loved playing at Whitten Oval in 2015 and why it's different (36:13); 'Footscray Woodstock' and the voices of the outer (37:00); return to Whitten Oval in the future? (38:51); send in your memories of the game (41:10); the only sports memorabilia Bob will allow in his house (42:17); the day Adi saved a Martin Pike beer can from 1999 Grand Final (43:36); the benefits of 'doing time' (44:37); the boys then continue their search for Ballarat's best pie (46:08).
