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[PowerLil]

Be nice if he took the time to learn how to pronounce the names of Port legends like Cahill an Sorrell

And bothered to get the 1977 grand final attendance correct

 

[raptalia]

You listen to what Bucky said and Jack said about giving everything to win and believing they were the best players in the the competition out there and compare that to the weasel words of Hinkley about how someone has to lose and how good are the opposition and you realise what's missing when the whips are cracking.

and that highlights the huge differences between then and now. Under Jack we believed we could and would win.

I have posted this before but it is relevant here...

Back in 1997 I listened to a 5AA interview with Shane Breuer, who Port had recruited from Geelong in the initial AFL list. Shane was asked, 'what is the main difference between Port and Geelong?' Instantly Shane replied, ' that is easy, at Geelong we went out hoping to win, here at Port they go out expecting to win.'

In the SANFL under Jack 'we expect to win' was a catch cry at our club and it stuck for the first few years of our AFL existence.
Boy oh boy, how times have changed.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

And bothered to get the 1977 grand final attendance correct

The published attendance for the 1977 grand final was 56,717. Are you saying the sanfl fiddled the figures again?

The published attendance for the 1976 grand final was 66,987 but that was tickets sold and Rucci maintains the sanfl let another 14,000 in so the real attendance was closer to 80,000. But that would have contravened health and safety legislation so they've always stuck to the tickets sold figure.

 

[raptalia]

The published attendance for the 1977 grand final was 56,717. Are you saying the sanfl fiddled the figures again?

The published attendance for the 1976 grand final was 66,987 but that was tickets sold and Rucci maintains the sanfl let another 14,000 in so the real attendance was closer to 80,000. But that would have contravened health and safety legislation so they've always stuck to the tickets sold figure.

In 1976 they actually had people sitting inside the fence along the boundary. I know this happened as I was at the ground but I cannot recall if the crowd was moved back inside the fence for safety reasons.

 

[PowerLil]

The published attendance for the 1977 grand final was 56,717. Are you saying the sanfl fiddled the figures again?

The published attendance for the 1976 grand final was 66,987 but that was tickets sold and Rucci maintains the sanfl let another 14,000 in so the real attendance was closer to 80,000. But that would have contravened health and safety legislation so they've always stuck to the tickets sold figure.

I remember they opened the gates in 1976 because of the queues outside so Rucci may be right but that would be hard to quantify. I know you couldn't move or see. I am a midget though.
The crowd in '77 was, in my mind, in the 60k+ range. I'll try and find something in one of my Budgets.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

In 1976 they actually had people sitting inside the fence along the boundary. I know this happened as I was at the ground but I cannot recall if the crowd was moved back inside the fence for safety reasons.

I was there too, the crowd stayed inside the fence, it was farcical.

(Don't watch the football just look at the size of the crowd)

 

[raptalia]

I think that crowd caused the SANFL to rethink it's policy on Football Park ground capacity. There were questions asked about crowd safety.

I can remember going to Alberton as a kid in the 1950's and we snuck over the fence in front of the Williams stand. We were promptly told to get back over the fence buy an official. There were obviously rules re crowds but the SANFL chose to ignore them on GF Day in 1976.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I think that crowd caused the SANFL to rethink it's policy on Football Park ground capacity. There were questions asked about crowd safety.

I can remember going to Alberton as a kid in the 1950's and we snuck over the fence in front of the Williams stand. We were promptly told to get back over the fence buy an official. There were obviously rules re crowds but the SANFL chose to ignore them on GF Day in 1976.

That might be when they put the kibosh on walk up grand final ticket sales and pre-sold to ground capacity. Footy Park wouldn't have had seating then.

I'm reasonably sure 1976 was a walk up ticket sale, sit where you like.

 

[PowerLil]

That might be when they put the kibosh on walk up grand final ticket sales and pre-sold to ground capacity. Footy Park wouldn't have had seating then.

I'm reasonably sure 1976 was a walk up ticket sale, sit where you like.

Same in '77. We joined the queue at 5am.

 

[Interstater]

Yes, calling out the names of the 77 premiership team.

Yes Trevor Sore Hell (2 syllables), not the Trevor Sorell (1 syllable) I've always known.

Cringed when I heard that.
It's on the video the club produced.

 

[Interstater]

In 1976 they actually had people sitting inside the fence along the boundary. I know this happened as I was at the ground but I cannot recall if the crowd was moved back inside the fence for safety reasons.

I was one of those kids sitting inside the fence but I can't recall if it was for the whole game or not, I would have to watch the replay. I was allowed to climb over the fence and sit just in front of my parents, as iirc there were no numbered seats at that point and everyone just squeezed in.

 

[Festerz]

He's a self-important flog. Of all things, I really started to notice at the Perfect Pear fluff how he acts like a total dick.

And that lame ass look alike thing they tried on last season - with him as the reference point. An in-house joke thing for Port staffers that was totally lost on the crowd who paid good money to be there and shows yet again just how far the club admin has forgotten whose interests they should be serving.

The lack of humility and respect I get from the current mob is in total contrast to what I remember of the days both pre-1997 and the first decade of our AFL journey.

A total overhaul is needed to get their collective heads out of each other's arses.

 

[Powerade 08]

Hes definitely in the top 2 worst ground announcers at every Port game.

 

[jac147]

That might be when they put the kibosh on walk up grand final ticket sales and pre-sold to ground capacity. Footy Park wouldn't have had seating then.

I'm reasonably sure 1976 was a walk up ticket sale, sit where you like.

Yes it was walk up. My mate & I joined the queue just near the Freighters factory and it took nearly 2 hours to get in. We were jammed in like sardines (the north eastern flank) & it was basically impossible to leave or to get our lunch from our bags at our feet. At some later stage they were ushering fans to sit on the grass between the boundary line and the fence.
What’s worse we loss & the jumbo prince did a job and a half on us. One of the most dominant games I ever seen a player play

 

[jac147]

Walsh has the emotional depth of a sock puppet in a button shortage. I’m okay with him doing the Game Day MC role, but events like Friday night should be hosted by someone with far more gravitas and depth of knowledge than him. Everything about him is pretty surface level.

His Perfect Pear and Magarey Room work has developed a weird tinge of nastiness about it lately, he seems to enjoy humiliating people publicly which is ironic given he paints himself as Mr Mental Health Awareness on his social accounts.

Loves lecturing Port supporters on how to act as well, which is infuriating given he is financially reimbursed for his involvement for the club, whereas we pay for the privilege.

As I said before get Dwayne back, at least he knows all this stuff

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Watching a few of the highlights of 1976, the umps happily paid marks for not much time controlling the ball, good to see clean guernseys that weren't advertising billboards and we whacked a few of them in the head

 

[raptalia]

Yes it was walk up. My mate & I joined the queue just near the Freighters factory and it took nearly 2 hours to get in. We were jammed in like sardines (the north eastern flank) & it was basically impossible to leave or to get our lunch from our bags at our feet. At some later stage they were ushering fans to sit on the grass between the boundary line and the fence.
What’s worse we loss & the jumbo prince did a job and a half on us. One of the most dominant games I ever seen a player play

Yeah, Davies and Murphy ran where they liked and marked what they liked. Davies, Bagshaw and Murphy were a pretty good on ball brigade. I think we were over confident as we were the form side going into the game but at least we learned something from that loss as Jack didn't lose many more Grand Finals. We do not seem to learn anything from a loss these days.

 

[jac147]

Yeah, Davies and Murphy ran where they liked and marked what they liked. Davies, Bagshaw and Murphy were a pretty good on ball brigade. I think we were over confident as we were the form side going into the game but at least we learned something from that loss as Jack didn't lose many more Grand Finals. We do not seem to learn anything from a loss these days.

We just had to turn up! Cost us big time!

 

[Bump Bailey]

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Yes it was walk up. My mate & I joined the queue just near the Freighters factory and it took nearly 2 hours to get in. We were jammed in like sardines (the north eastern flank) & it was basically impossible to leave or to get our lunch from our bags at our feet. At some later stage they were ushering fans to sit on the grass between the boundary line and the fence.
What’s worse we loss & the jumbo prince did a job and a half on us. One of the most dominant games I ever seen a player play

Poor Chris Natt had to play full back in the 1972 GF after Ray Hayes was suspended and Dennis Sachse kicked 7 goals on him in the big game. Then Davies took him to the cleaners in 1976 and then he missed the 1979 grand final through suspension.

He must have wept tears of joy playing out the premiership winning 1980 grand final (half of that at full forward after Tim Evans broke his thumb).

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Yeah, Davies and Murphy ran where they liked and marked what they liked. Davies, Bagshaw and Murphy were a pretty good on ball brigade. I think we were over confident as we were the form side going into the game but at least we learned something from that loss as Jack didn't lose many more Grand Finals. We do not seem to learn anything from a loss these days.

I can actually look back at 76 and acknowledge while it was an awful result on the day it made Jack the coach he became. As he said on the HoF night, it made him ruthless and he learned how to control a team's week and day.

I can even admit Sturt played some pretty amazing football that day. They looked like a team that knew how to win grand finals and we didn't.

 

[gbear]

Oh ffs, Walsh is a ****ing *******! Drives me nuts at both the footy and the basketball. How some uneducated nuffy gets paid to spout utter crap at multiple sporting events in Adelaide is beyond my comprehension!

 

[papahuggey]

I'm jealous of you guys experiencing all of this history you're sharing, I was born in '94 to a family that didn't care for football. It's really nice to read everything here so I just wanted to say thank you.

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[Launchpad McQuack]

We all know the guy has already maxed his rimming skill.