This week on Zero Access Footy, we react to the worst AFL game of all time and debate whether Collingwood is the best team still as we bring our surprising Round 18 Power Rankings list. Also in episode 21: Behmmy's Tribunal Tasks sees the impact v action discussion return, Rhys' Donkey of the Week has a whole team in it's sights, plus the sad return of player abuse, before we preview Round 19!

“I was literally the first to do it!”

In this special episode, Behm and Northy sit down with YungkingCookson – one of the OG footy content creators – to talk about how it all began, why he disappeared from YouTube, what pulled him back, and handling hate online.From making backyard videos with Caden MacDonald to becoming part of the Div 12 Ressies and hanging out with the Marmalade boys, Cooko shares the full story behind his unexpected journey, plus future Div 12 Ressies debutants!

We get into:🏉 His earliest memories as a North Melbourne tragic🎥 What inspired him to start filming footy videos before anyone else was doing it😅 Why he doesn’t care about views, money, or the trolls⚡ How community and “just having fun” still motivate everything he does…and plenty of classic yarns about chocolate milk, Glenn Archer, Daniel Wells, and tackling blokes twice his size.

If you’re a footy fan, a creator, or just someone who loves a good story, this one is for you.

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00:00 YungkingCookson⁩ Joins The Show

00:37 How It All Started For Cooko

02:23 The COVID Switchoff Coma

03:25 "I Did It First" - The YouTube Pioneer

05:40 "Draftees Know Me Now"

06:50 Growing Up A Footy Fan: "What's The Point Of Life If There's No Footy?"

08:45 "Why Do You Support North?"

10:07 Cooko's Favourite North Memories

12:24 Cooko's Favourite AFL Players Growing Up

14:31 North Bunbury Kangaroos

15:31 Div 12 Ressies: Marmalade, Jarra, Cados and Revitalising A Love For Footy

18:04 Meeting The Marmalade Boys

19:12 "I Love These Dudes"

20:17 Div 12 Ressies' Unexpected Best Players

22:27 The Welcoming Environment

23:00 "I'm Still Figuring YouTube Out"

24:05 "I Just Wanna Have Fun"

25:45 "Selfishly Selfless"

26:45 Cooko's Future In Content: YouTube or TikTok?

27:40 The Difficulty Of Not Getting Views

29:00 "I'm Lucky To Work With Caden"

29:40 "People Hate Me": Reacting To Hate Comments

30:30 Handling "Haters"

31:50 "I Don't Want To Bring Other People Down"

32:15 The Next Div 12 Ressies Debutants

For this week’s huge 20th episode we’re joined by ⁨ YungkingCookson! Macca delivers a no-punches-pulled recap of Round 17 with Man of the Week and Donkey of the Week both landing hard. Behmmy breaks down a fiery Tribunal Tasks segment featuring Matt Rowell’s umpire incident, Noah Balta’s strangely unpunished act, and Ed Richards getting cleared. We look at the AFL’s latest crowd numbers and ask what’s really going on with Thursday night attendance in Victoria, plus dive into the "Pretenders v Contenders" debate with finals creeping closer. Have Collingwood locked in flag favouritism? Are the Dogs showing too many cracks? And is it officially panic time for Freo? We wrap up with Round 18 predictions and preview some massive matchups that could reshape the ladder.