Terrible finals system in those days.
Teams finishing 3rd faced an elimination final in the first week of the finals.
Pies 1992 and North the following season finished 3rd and were eliminated in the first week.
Byrne played over 200 games but was unlucky, played in 4 losing grand finals and no flags. Arrived at Carlton the year after we won the 72 flag and left the year before we won our next flag in 79.
Very good player for both clubs.
For the lucky blues fans here who remember being at the 1970 grand final or at home listening to the game on the radio; after being so far down at half time it must have been an indescribable feeling when we sealed the game after the goal from Jezza when the ball bounced twice before going...
I just viewed the footage. Easy to miss. You can see on the edge of the footage for a second Foulds kicking the ball towards the Hilton Hotel. Dead ball so would not count on the stats sheet.
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