FOOTY'S trip down memory lane continues with AFL.tv's look at historic encounters, with today's match focusing on Round 18 of the 2009 season, between Richmond and Melbourne at the MCG.

This was an ugly afternoon for football, more due to the standard of play, rather than the conditions.

Both sides were languishing down the bottom and their showing this particular day underlined why.

The Demons were in controversial experimental mode, while the Tigers continued to frustrate fans with their inability to hit targets.

Still, as the match entered the time-on period of the last quarter, Richmond led by 11 points, and appeared set for a much-needed win.

But Melbourne fought back with a couple of goals, to regain the lead, before ex-Bulldog Jordan McMahon performed his heroics for the Tigers.

With Richmond two points down, McMahon marked a pass from Richard Tambling right on the final siren.

He lined up from about 45 metres out, slightly left of centre at the Punt Road end of the ground, and steered a drop punt through for full points, to clinch a four-point win for the Tigers – 12.14 (86) to 12.10 (82) – before being mobbed by teammates.

“You dream about it as a kid, you know, the goal after the siren to win a game, and I guess it came true,” McMahon said.

“I didn’t notice the breeze; it was really straight, it didn’t move too much and the closer it got to goal the happier I was.

“To be honest, the emotion afterwards felt really good. It was very much relief and that’s when it sunk in, the fact I had kicked the goal . . .

“I just thought this was an opportunity to kick a goal after my two mistakes (missed shots for goal) early on, so I tried to put it aside that . . . I could win the game.”