As any of you who have visited Full Points Footy in the past four months or so will be only too aware all progress on the website has ceased. The good news is that this is not a permanent state of affairs. However, I shall not be personally involved in any future developments as ownership of the website has, as of today, changed hands. You can expect to be contacted by the new owner in due course and given the option of continuing or revoking your subscription.
This then is my final email as founder, editor, principal writer and chief cook and bottle washer of what I have, at various different times, viewed as a great adventure, a lover, a hobby, a pile of rubbish and a right pain in the arse. I began the site in 2001 because of a deep love of footy and a feeling of immense frustration at the way in which its history was being depicted - or should that be distorted? I certainly did not harbour any belief that I could, single-handedly, do anything to reverse a trend that had been gathering momentum for decades, but I did at least hope that my work would arouse a modicum of interest and, dare I say it, respect. Unfortunately, the world wide web is vast, and individual websites are, in the main, well nigh invisible. This was forcibly brought home to me when I took the gamble of publishing a series of books about the history of the game in the hope that they would at least be considered worth arguing with by those who have seen fit to concoct the "official" version of that history. However, the books disappeared without trace, generating virtually no response whatsoever - no reviews, no comments, and, it goes without saying, scarcely any sales. Perhaps even more crucially, the history of our game continues, in my view, to be distorted and mangled beyond credibility, to the extent that I sometimes wonder whether the game I fell in love with almost half a century ago (and continue to love) is the same as the one currently "marketed" by the AFL.
Still, I am aware that your time is valuable, and I am sure that you have better things to do with that time than than read my somewhat pathetic laments and grumbles. It would, however, be remiss of me if, before closing, I did not take the opportunity to express my deep and heartfelt thanks to everyone who has helped in any way with the genesis, evolution and development of Full Points Footy. As I indicated at the outset, the website is set to continue, hopefully for many years, and I have every confidence that the new owner's efforts in furthering its evolution will be much more successful than mine have been. Please give him your support if you can, and may I wish you all the very best in your ongoing football pilgrimage.
Best regards,
John Devaney fullpointsfooty
Thanks for all your hard work in producing a fantastic web site, John.
Good luck in the future
