FitzroyPete
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I've kept this pretty quiet, but I've just finished writing Fitzroy's Fabulous Century: The 100 Greatest Victories, 1897-1996.
The cover page - featuring the great Bernie "Superboot" Quinlan - should be attached to this post.
My choice of Fitzroy's Top 100 is subjective given the Roys won 869 games between 1897 and 1996.
I've ranked the Top 100 into four quarters (100-76, 75-51, 50-26, 25-1) in a countdown from No.100 to No.1.
I'm waiting for my website to be updated, but more details of the book are available at www.fitzroypete.com.au.
Including the Introduction, Acknowledgements and a few "fillers", the book comprises 388 pages and costs $35.
However, for any BigFooty poster that buys a copy, I'll include a complimentary copy of my first major book, Dreamer, Drifter, Drunk.
I'm also giving posters a chance to win a free copy.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to select those victories that I've rated as Fitzroy's Top 10 wins.
To make things a bit easier for you, I listed the "final quarter" (wins 25-1) in chronological order below.
1909: Round 13 v South Melbourne (Lake Oval), 1913: Grand Final v St Kilda (MCG), 1919: Round 16 v Melbourne (Brunswick St), 1920: Round 16 v Essendon (East Melbourne), 1922: Grand Final v Collingwood (MCG), 1928: Round 11 v North Melbourne (Arden St), 1944: Grand Final v Richmond (Junction), 1958: Round 11 v Melbourne (Brunswick St), 1963: Round 10 v Geelong (Brunswick St), 1965: Round 2 v Footscray (Western Oval), 1970: Round 1 v Richmond (MCG), 1971: Round 21 v Carlton (Junction), 1978: Round 4 v South Melbourne (Junction), 1979: Round 17 v Melbourne (Waverley), 1983: Round 13 v North Melbourne (Junction), 1983: Round 21 v Collingwood (Junction), 1984: Round 22 v St Kilda (Junction), 1986: Elimination Final v Essendon (Waverley), 1986: First Semi-Final v Sydney (MCG), 1989: Round 18 v Melbourne (Princes Park), 1991: Round 24 v West Coast (Princes Park), 1992: Round 11 v Collingwood (Princes Park), 1993: Round 1 v Carlton (Princes Park). 1995: Round 8 v Adelaide (Football Park), 1996: Round 8 v Fremantle (Western Oval)
The AFL Tables website, which was of invaluable assistance during my research, might assist you in your selection.
For each answer provided, I'll let the poster know how many of their choices are in the Top 10 without divulging which ones are correct.
To give everybody a chance of winning, I'll initially restrict each poster to one answer per day.
In the event of a tie, I'll obviously give each winner a book.
So, good luck in selecting the Top 10 Fitzroy winners (remember, I just want the 10 & not the final order - that will be provided at the finish).
The cover page - featuring the great Bernie "Superboot" Quinlan - should be attached to this post.
My choice of Fitzroy's Top 100 is subjective given the Roys won 869 games between 1897 and 1996.
I've ranked the Top 100 into four quarters (100-76, 75-51, 50-26, 25-1) in a countdown from No.100 to No.1.
I'm waiting for my website to be updated, but more details of the book are available at www.fitzroypete.com.au.
Including the Introduction, Acknowledgements and a few "fillers", the book comprises 388 pages and costs $35.
However, for any BigFooty poster that buys a copy, I'll include a complimentary copy of my first major book, Dreamer, Drifter, Drunk.
I'm also giving posters a chance to win a free copy.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to select those victories that I've rated as Fitzroy's Top 10 wins.
To make things a bit easier for you, I listed the "final quarter" (wins 25-1) in chronological order below.
1909: Round 13 v South Melbourne (Lake Oval), 1913: Grand Final v St Kilda (MCG), 1919: Round 16 v Melbourne (Brunswick St), 1920: Round 16 v Essendon (East Melbourne), 1922: Grand Final v Collingwood (MCG), 1928: Round 11 v North Melbourne (Arden St), 1944: Grand Final v Richmond (Junction), 1958: Round 11 v Melbourne (Brunswick St), 1963: Round 10 v Geelong (Brunswick St), 1965: Round 2 v Footscray (Western Oval), 1970: Round 1 v Richmond (MCG), 1971: Round 21 v Carlton (Junction), 1978: Round 4 v South Melbourne (Junction), 1979: Round 17 v Melbourne (Waverley), 1983: Round 13 v North Melbourne (Junction), 1983: Round 21 v Collingwood (Junction), 1984: Round 22 v St Kilda (Junction), 1986: Elimination Final v Essendon (Waverley), 1986: First Semi-Final v Sydney (MCG), 1989: Round 18 v Melbourne (Princes Park), 1991: Round 24 v West Coast (Princes Park), 1992: Round 11 v Collingwood (Princes Park), 1993: Round 1 v Carlton (Princes Park). 1995: Round 8 v Adelaide (Football Park), 1996: Round 8 v Fremantle (Western Oval)
The AFL Tables website, which was of invaluable assistance during my research, might assist you in your selection.
For each answer provided, I'll let the poster know how many of their choices are in the Top 10 without divulging which ones are correct.
To give everybody a chance of winning, I'll initially restrict each poster to one answer per day.
In the event of a tie, I'll obviously give each winner a book.
So, good luck in selecting the Top 10 Fitzroy winners (remember, I just want the 10 & not the final order - that will be provided at the finish).