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Gerard's Editorial | Pendlebury's milestone day is to be enjoyed by all (21.05.26)
20 May 2026
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Chapter 1: What milestone is Scott Pendlebury achieving in this episode?
Scott Pendlebury's games record shapes as the biggest individual milestone since Tony Lockhart broke the goal-kicking record in 1999. For spectacle, for grandeur and for magnitudes. It feels like a moment that will echo through football history. And it's a timely reminder of what's at the core of the game. The cynics have forgotten how to enjoy footy, the addiction to reaction over reflection.
But the very essence of sport is based on grand accomplishments and deeds never previously accomplished. Saturday is for those who love the game, purely and innocently. And 433 games is to be revered and reveled in. Great players age. They evolve.
Chapter 2: Why is Saturday's game a significant occasion for footy fans?
They adapt. They carry the faithful through long winters, shouldering our expectations and hopes. Yet Pendlebury gives the impression of being timeless through the moments, through the seasons and through the generations. He's carried a champion's burden lightly. Saturday gives us the chance to reflect and celebrate, and to marvel at a unique achievement.
In Know Your History Today, Shannon Gill will recount the progression of the Games record, and you can be sure it's all happened before. If Collingwood gently arranged the stage for this record, it has nothing on the manipulations that have gone on previously to nurse ageing veterans to the then milestone.
extravaganzas staged, merchandise sold, paraphernalia of giant proportions, the auctioning of game-worn gear, audiences with the record breaker at high prices, and misplaced predictions as to how easily the new record would be bettered. If you think the setup for the Pendlebury record has been a bit gaudy, take comfort in the fact it's all happened before.
And give yourself permission to enjoy what's about to take place.
Chapter 3: How has Scott Pendlebury's career evolved over the years?
We are still allowed to have nice things. And Mel has the right idea. I couldn't let Pendle's 433rd game go without reaching out. It feels really special and a bit emotional. I remember the draft day, getting the kid from Gippsland along with the other bombshell kid who we grew to name Daisy.
From the broken leg to the many, many accolades he's accumulated along the way, but especially to the respected man and leader he has become, it's been wonderful to witness. I'll be in my usual seats of 25-plus years, probably with a tear in my eye but also witnessing history in the making. That's from Mel. The 40 Wings temper text throughout the morning is 0433 98 11 16.
Chapter 4: What historical context surrounds record-breaking milestones in football?
The difference is temper. Round 11 is before us. It drips with consequence. Can the Bulldogs end the rut against the White Hot Demons? Who will prove superior when first meets third at the Cattery? Which of Essendon or Richmond will get the desperately needed second win? And who will step forth as Hawthorne and Adelaide meet tonight?
In the equation for top four finishers, this duel shapes as decisive decisions. There are hints the Crows are just getting going and from the Hawks themselves is coming a demand. Will the real Hawthorne please stand up?
Chapter 5: Will the real Hawthorn please stand up in the upcoming matches?
With Adelaide you know that their best footy is phenomenal and their best players are very important to them so an interesting time to get them when they put up 10 goals in a quarter against a side who's been going very well. I think we know what we're going to come up against with Adelaide. They're a really consistent side, really well drilled, well coached and
we're going to have to play our best footy and we feel we're confident in a better place than we have been and we know we didn't perform at the level that's required last week and to be honest I'm glad we got the tight turnaround because it was a hard one to stomach after the last game.
I know the players feel the same so I'm really looking forward to getting down to Tassie and getting back out there straight away to show who we are as a side and we're better than we have been the last couple of weeks.