Top 5 Memories since you have been a supporter?

[tin can sam]

1. The Premiership

2. The Pre-lim Final vs North in 94

3. "Down and Out and back he comes, can he finish it off with a goal?"

4. When Billy went balistic and kicked 5 in the first quarter against the Bulldogs in the 1995 QF.

5. In a very low year, when Benny Grahame kicked that 60m goal to bury Port. 2003 I think.

6. When GAJ kicked that goal to bury the pies in the Pre-lim final.

7. 2004 pre-lim final, after the game I wasn't upset, I just remember thinking, "we've just started something here."

 

[catpounce]

Had to be more than 5

1. PREMIERS!!!!!
2. Family day after the premiership. Not much happened but just the feeling of being surrounded by this mass of people all the happiest they had been in their lives. Hard to comprehend.
3. Gary Ablett Norm Smith in 1989. To watch him play that way and still lose was a feeling unlike no other for me. It was as if someone told me the sky was green. How could Ablett play like that and we lose. Amazing sense of pride but bitter bitter sweet.
4. Billy Brownless King of Geelong. Typical Geelong we gave them a chance and the doggies got a sniff and were back in it. Finally Billys chance to step into the limelight away from Ablett.
5. Collingwood 07 Prelim win. Brilliant game of football i could have got a refund as I don't think i even used my seat i was standing up so much. THis includes Gary's goal, Stokesy and Steve Johnson. Johnno was particularly sweet as I personally know Collingwood's National recruiter and was able to shake his hand and thank him for rejecting Stevie.
6- Gary Hocking's last game. He was sensational so sad to see him go.
7-Ablett's 100th goal 1993. God i hate Mick Martyn. Ablett thrashed him that day without seemingly breaking a sweat.
8- The 2007 emergence of Gary out into his own player. The comparisons have stopped, the fitness improved and I noticed he has stopped signing as Gary Ablett jnr and is now simply Gary Ablett. Considering age, experience and pedigree very very exciting times.

 

[Big Bald Cat]

6. G Ablett snr

5. Geelong v Hawthorn 1987 Round 22. Cats needed to win to make the finals and were leading going into time on. The Hawks came from no where and we lost. Shattered!!!! (Meanwhile Garry Lyon was having a sook on a strecther at the Western Oval as his team pinched our spot)

4. Geelong v Carlton 1994 semi. No Hocking, Couch or Bairstow, plus we sent Carlton who were pretty good flag favourites out in straight sets.

3. 1994 prelim v North. Great finish, but one of the best battles between two teams I have ever seen.

2. 1989 Grand Final. Gary Ablett- enough said

1. 2007 Grand Final. Only can you truly value the good times, after you have experienced the lows.

 

[Just do something]

36 years old

In no order
5: Abletts 9 goals or 10 Goals against Richmond at the G plaiyng off the wing even the Richmond suppiters were applauding.
4: One game when Bruce Linder domimated against Melbourne kicked 7 goals and missed shit loads
3: 89 Gf sad day in the end but watching Gaz was amazing i dont think i have ever been so pumped up when Shane Hamilton kicked that bouncing goal on the 3qtr time siren.
2: All of 89 Finals series first one for me as a cats man.
1: 2007 what more can you say.

 

[Jan44]

I exceed a lot of your ages on here so thats my secret.
So I have many memories.

top 5
1. 2007 Premiership
2. The year leading up to the 2007 premiership
3. My ten wonderful years of membership and new friends I've made
4. My 25 foot hanging poster of Brad Sholl ( what a person)
5. The other forty odd years I have supported Geelong and watched and enjoyed some wonderful footy.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Should have been goal of the year.

If we had have won that game it would have gone close.

 

[stevothedevo]

Most of my top 5 games have already been said so I'll go with top 5 crowd memories. Maybe one of you seen these as well?? Long shot I know.

5..1988 v's Carlton, Waverley Park. One of my earliest Waverley games. Down by a goal at 3/4 time but got up by a couple of goals. The Geelong crowd in the last quarter seemed to come out of the woodwork. As a kid it was great to be in foreign territory and still have the support behind my team.

4..1989 semi final v's Melbourne. (Can't be 100% certain it was this game but am positive it was 89 and was at the 'G'.) Was raining at stages and sometimes couldn't see through all the umbrellas. Someone yelled out "Carn the umbrellas" and then from no where an egg came from a few rows back and hit an umbrella a few rows in front. The crowd cheered.

3. 1995 prelim v's Richmond. During the Kevin Sheedy jacket waving era everyone else seemed to jump on board. Richmond were getting pumped but it didn't stop their supporters from singing their theme song during the game. So Geelong supporters started singing theirs. Then Richmond started waving scraves and jackets so Geelong did the same. Was a great sight to see a sea of jackets and scarves from both teams being tossed around Waverly Park.

2.. 1994 semi final v's Carlton. During the celebrations of singing the song after the siren there was this guy walking around the ground with a Moorabool St sign. And I mean an actual street sing. He was just waving it about the place at the crowd. Every section of crowd that seen him just erupted with more celebrations "YEEEAAHH GO GEELONG"

1.. 2007 GF v's Port. After one of the longest victory laps in history the Geelong boys finally settled down at the cheer squad end. I managed to scramble down there from the southern stand. The players seemed to be just taking it all in. Looking into the crowd. Looking around at each other. Then they gatherd in a circle and sung the song on the ground. We all joined in....... Magic

 

[The Cork Soaker]

My top 5 Geelong moments. 40 years a supporter.

5. 1st Qtr - 2007 Grand Final

4. 2nd Qtr - 2007 Grand Final

3. 3rd Qtr - 2007 Grand Final

2. 4th Qtr - 2007 Grand Final

1. Final Siren - 2007 Grand Final ...... You can't top "that moment".....

 

[CF]

5. 2000 H&A Game Versus Collingwood. Wet and cold Day and the cats were 6 goals down at half time. Sam Newman told everyone on the radio to tear up their memberships in disgust. The Cats came out and clawed their way back with great work by King, Buddha, and Linga and won the game.

4. 2EF versus the Saints (1991) we won 104 to 97. Back when plugga was a saint and Barry Stoneham had the game of his life. A real ripper of a match

3. 1994 QF versus Footscray with the amazing Billy Brownless

2. 2007 PF versus Collingwood

1. 2007 GF obviously

 

[Shell]

My top 5 Geelong moments. 40 years a supporter.

5. 1st Qtr - 2007 Grand Final

4. 2nd Qtr - 2007 Grand Final

3. 3rd Qtr - 2007 Grand Final

2. 4th Qtr - 2007 Grand Final

1. Final Siren - 2007 Grand Final ...... You can't top "that moment".....

Hahaha, good one CS

Mine (excluding the GF would be)

1. The whole 94 FInals series. (excluding the last game of course). How good were those 3 matches?? My first ever final was the Dogs one at the MCG and you cant really ask for anything more than that. Pure excitement. The semi I missed out on. ( that was back in the day my mum had banned going to Waverly ). I cried when I heard Hocking, Couch AND Bairstow was out. Listened to it on the radio and could not believe what I was hearing. An epic underdog victory.. Prelim. BRILLIANT. North probably should have won thru to the Granny, but hey this is football and sometimes football sucks!!

2. Gary Ablett mark over Gary Pert, 94.

3. Buddah Hockings last game at KP. Just got back from overseas so I was so happy to see my favourite player get the send off he deserved. (Too bad we got smashed by Brisbane )

4. Geelong v Saints 2004 match at KP. Sunny day, Footy Show filmed outside the ground. A true match of 'suburban' football. Loved Matty Scarletts goal too.

5. End to the 93 season. I know it ended in disappointment (DAMN YOU COLLINGWOOD), but still beating 4 of the 6 eventual finalists was a pretty good effort. Also included Gary Abletts first bag of 100 goals.. and Malcolm Blight standing on a table in Perth, coaching his boys to a big victory over the Weagles.

 

[Shell]

3. 1995 prelim v's Richmond. During the Kevin Sheedy jacket waving era everyone else seemed to jump on board. Richmond were getting pumped but it didn't stop their supporters from singing their theme song during the game. So Geelong supporters started singing theirs. Then Richmond started waving scraves and jackets so Geelong did the same. Was a great sight to see a sea of jackets and scarves from both teams being tossed around Waverly Park.

Wasn't that the game a Gale... possibly Brendon kicked the ball in the TOTALLY opposite direction.. we're talking like 50 metres here. Classic

And luckily I got to see it too. Mum lifted her ban on Waverly in 1995.

 

[Partridge]

This is actually tougher than I thought...

5. 1991 Elimination Final vs St.Kilda, Waverley
Great game. Beautiful day, Lockett kicked a lazy 9 and Brownless almost matched him kicking 8. Hocking was awesome as well.

4. 1989 First Semi-Final vs Melbourne, MCG
One of my favourites. We'd been smashed the week before by Essendon so had to prove we belonged in finals. Very close and physical for 3 quarters, then Geelong motored away with a mere 10.10 in the final quarter. Plus Ablett kicked 7.7 and murdered about 4 opponents. Still remember Jim Stynes shaking his head in wonder after one of Ablett's marks. And it was my Dad's birthday. Brilliant.

3. 2007 Qualifying Final vs Kangaroos, MCG
Very physical and tight early, then from early in the second quarter they started rolling. Just unbelievably hard, relentless aggressive football. Funny before the game I was just a little wary of us missing Egan - WRONG! Didn't make any difference whatsoever. 41 scoring shots to 10, me quite drunk, pretty good day out really. Then once Harley called them into a huddle AFTER the game to tell them the job wasn't done, well I was quite happy there.

2. 1989 Preliminary Final vs Essendon, Waverley
Still one of my alltime favourites. In my opinion the best game Gary Ablett ever played, plus we turned around a heavy defeat a fortnight earlier, just made this a glorious afternoon. Perfect weather too. Watching Ablett perform tricks I'd never seen before was something else.

1. 2007 Grand Final vs Port Adelaide, MCG
Pretty much everything about this very long and very wonderful day. Getting semi-pissed at Young and Jackson's before the game with fellow BFers (and non-BFers), throwing down 2 UDLs walking to the ground, getting into the ground via dodgy methods thanks to a great Cats fan, and so on.

Oh yes, nearly forgot the small matter of Geelong tearing Port Adelaide apart on the biggest stage. One pretty euphoric day standing in the outer.

To top it off, going to Fed square after the game was brilliant, having far too much alcohol, getting congratulatory messages from everyone, then having a few more drinks at the Charles Dickens until midnight. Nice.

 

[Bubbles DeVere]

I sat near this guy the next week against north. He held up the sign after every goal. we were up the ponsford stand end where ablett kicked the goal after the siren. I remeber we gave each other a high five, I will never forget it!

Most of my top 5 games have already been said so I'll go with top 5 crowd memories. Maybe one of you seen these as well?? Long shot I know.

5..1988 v's Carlton, Waverley Park. One of my earliest Waverley games. Down by a goal at 3/4 time but got up by a couple of goals. The Geelong crowd in the last quarter seemed to come out of the woodwork. As a kid it was great to be in foreign territory and still have the support behind my team.

4..1989 semi final v's Melbourne. (Can't be 100% certain it was this game but am positive it was 89 and was at the 'G'.) Was raining at stages and sometimes couldn't see through all the umbrellas. Someone yelled out "Carn the umbrellas" and then from no where an egg came from a few rows back and hit an umbrella a few rows in front. The crowd cheered.

3. 1995 prelim v's Richmond. During the Kevin Sheedy jacket waving era everyone else seemed to jump on board. Richmond were getting pumped but it didn't stop their supporters from singing their theme song during the game. So Geelong supporters started singing theirs. Then Richmond started waving scraves and jackets so Geelong did the same. Was a great sight to see a sea of jackets and scarves from both teams being tossed around Waverly Park.

2.. 1994 semi final v's Carlton. During the celebrations of singing the song after the siren there was this guy walking around the ground with a Moorable St sign. And I mean an actual street sing. He was just waving it about the place at the crowd. Every section of crowd that seen him just erupted with more celebrations "YEEEAAHH GO GEELONG"

1.. 2007 GF v's Port. After one of the longest victory laps in history the Geelong boys finally settled down at the cheer squad end. I managed to scramble down there from the southern stand. The players seemed to be just taking it all in. Looking into the crowd. Looking around at each other. Then they gatherd in a circle and sung the song on the ground. We all joined in....... Magic

 

[Pal22]

I have been a member for 14 years, here are my top 5 moments in that time:

5. Ricco's goal after the siren to win the game vs Carlton in 2002
Even though we never should have been in this situation after leading by 40+ pts early in the last quarter, I can still remember this goal going through like it was yesterday.

4. Round 4, 2004 vs Richmond at Telstra Dome
For me this was the game that put us on the path to winning a flag. We desperately needed a win after starting the season at 0-3 and Benny Graham came out and kicked a bag of goals in the first quarter. I can remember walking out of the ground after that game and thinking to myself, this may be the start of something special.

3. Round 18, 2004 vs St Kilda at Skilled Stadium
perfect weather, sell out crowd and a carnival like atmosphere greated the people arriving at the ground and then we saw one of the best games of football you could see between two up and coming teams. Can still remember Scarlo's goal and standing ovation he received, then as the final siren sounded, I have never seen a Geelong crowd rise as one like they did that day.

2. 1994 Prelim vs Kangaroos
This was one of the first games I went to, was 9 years old at the time and can remember the crowd rising when Gazza took that mark. The second that goal went through the celebrations from the Cats fans was crazy.

1. 2007 Grand Final
Need I say more, even though it was a very one sided game, it will be one of the best team games you will ever see. No one would have expected the game to pan out the way it did ,but it capped off the best year of football a Geelong supporter will ever see!

 

[allrighty]

5. 1967 Semi standing in the MCG outer by myself. Richmond 25.17 Geelong 7.7. Upside was Wade kicked 5 to go to 127 for the year and break the (then) post war goalkicking record.

4. Tom Hawkins debut this year. Just fantastic to see this kid with all the hype turn it on.

3. Second bulldogs game last year at TD where we won by one point and scores were level from 16 min mark to 28 min mark in last 1/4. Nearly died from heart failure.

2. GAblett senior a million times but specifically a one handed grab with hand straight out in front of him in muddy conditions at St Kilda (moorabbin - always muddy!) late in last 1/4 late 80's. He of course won the game for us, but also could not lift his other arm as he had damaged his shoulder. Unbeleivable.

1. Though I still can't beleive it this year's GF of course when the boys played tough but fantastically skilled football. I think I saw a tear in Dasher's eyes as he ran to the podium to get his medal.

These are just 5 of many over 40+ years of supporting the Cats. Working briefly with boyhood hero Doug Wade about 5 years ago was also pretty special. Lovely guy.

 

[amme]

1. 2007 Grand Final win.
2. Gary Ablett goal at Princess Park against Fitzroy from the centre.
3. Gary Abletts goal against Coll@ MCG 1989? Number of bounces the bang from about 60m
4. Gary Abletts goal for Vic against SA at AAMI on line between goal and point post facing the wrong way and kicked over his head.
5. Gary Abletts goal against Ess @ MCG. Gathered loose ball, sold the dummy and Bang from 50m.

 

[goatsby]

1972 Geelong Collingwood Kardinia Park
WE were 8 goals down at halftime then came home Ken Newland marked just before the siren and put the ball through for a point, What is better then beating Collingwood by a point after the siren? NOTHING, In 1973 mum bought me a Ken Newland Football jumper NO3 it has resurfaced again this year I got Aunty Phyllis to convert it into a dog jacket for my dog Preston the plastic number is a bit worse for wear. This was the first Geelong match I saw I was surprised by the people in trees around the ground LOL.

1977 Geelong V Collingwood VFL park
After a good year in 1976 we were rubbish again. AAfter losing by 100 pts the previous week no one gave us a chance we won 16. 6 to 12.25 all the Collingwood supporters at school said they would have won if they kicked straight, I just used constant Jack Dyer Euphanisms at them back, "bad kicking is bad football" Paul Jeffreys played a great game for his first game.
also add 2007 beating Collingwood by 5pts in a prelim Final.

Gary Ablett SNR
Just watching Gary Ablett play my favorite was the loss to Essendon in 1993 when he got 14 goals just watching his marking, kicking evasive skills was a delight we werre at the City end of the MCG and even Essendon supporters gave him a standing ovation after some of his goals.

Riccardi's Goal against Carlton Docklands 2002
What is almost as good as beating Collingwood after the siren? beating Carlton and helping them cement the wooden spoon . IMHO Ricco shoul have won the best AFL first year player in 1992!!

2007 Grand Final
What can you say , what a TEAM performance. I still cant believe it I watched it again yesterday , I only got closure when I got my WEG POSTER. One of friends in Warracknabeal has their house in a time warp of 1990 when the pies won, Darren Millane garden Gnomes , WEg posters as soon as you enter, WELL I AM going to better this I am making Gary Ablett SNR and JNR Garden gnomes for the patio, I like to do a arts course so I can make a sculpure of Chappies mark for the birdbath in the front yard I am renaming the shed "The Mathew Scarlett Workshop"

 

[goatsby]

1. 2007 Grand Final win.
2. Gary Ablett goal at Princess Park against Fitzroy from the centre.
3. Gary Abletts goal against Coll@ MCG 1989? Number of bounces the bang from about 60m
4. Gary Abletts goal for Vic against SA at AAMI on line between goal and point post facing the wrong way and kicked over his head.
5. Gary Abletts goal against Ess @ MCG. Gathered loose ball, sold the dummy and Bang from 50m.

2 Saw that goal from the centre square brilliant!
3. Yes 1989 MCG BRILLIANT
5. A standing ovation goal even from opposition supporters!

 

[Cats Pyjamas]

I'm 150 years old and the dementia is starting to take hold but I think my best memories were Geelong's VFA premierships in 1878, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886 - 7 flags in 9 years, now that's a dynasty!! And that was back when men were men and footy was a tough game. Not to mention young James Wilson winning the 'champion of the colony' three years in a row (1880-82). Makes the 2007 cats and Jimmy Bartel look like wimps!!!

P.S. I'm still a bit dirty that South Melbourne knocked us off in 1881 & 1885 though - we really should have won nine in a row.

 

[stevothedevo]

Wasn't that the game a Gale... possibly Brendon kicked the ball in the TOTALLY opposite direction.. we're talking like 50 metres here. Classic

Ha ha. Quite possibly. They weren't traveling to well that day.

And luckily I got to see it too. Mum lifted her ban on Waverly in 1995.

To cold?
To wet?
To far?
All of the above?

I sat near this guy the next week against north. He held up the sign after every goal. we were up the ponsford stand end where ablett kicked the goal after the siren. I remeber we gave each other a high five, I will never forget it!

Nice one. I was up the other end for that game also high fiven and hugging complete strangers. Much like the Collingwood prelim of this year. Mass celebrations.

 

[chapmanmagic35]

5. 2007 v Richmond at Telstra Dome - Yeah the Tigers were bad but 153 points is nothing to sneeze at. We were all pretty down having lost to the Kangaroos the week before and the knives were being sharpened for Bomber. Then we all came together and laughed ourselves silly at Richmond. They let us dominate and we never looked back for the remainder of the year.

4. 1994 PF v North Melbourne - Being about 7 I wasn't there and was listening on the radio at home. I kept running out of the room during the last quarter but came back just in time to hear the great man take that wonderful mark.

3. 2007 PF v Collingwood - I was more nervous about this then I was for the GF. All the good work from the previous 18 weeks would've been erased and we would have been a laughing stock. And of course it would have been Collingwood that would have done it to us. Honestly we all have put up with alot as Cats supporters, but that would've taken the cake.I will be forever greatful that we avoided that sort of brutal pain.

2. 1997 v North Melbourne - Not the final obviously, but earlier in the year. Mainly just because it was the one and only time I got to represent the Cats in the Little League. We also won by less than a goal after being behind for most of the game. I remember somebody pulled off the tackle of the season to deny North the winning goal.

1. 2007 GF v Port. Was there. Was good.

Bluey McGrath

 

[Shell]

Ha ha. Quite possibly. They weren't traveling to well that day..

Actually, come to think of it I think it was Michael. The blonde one anyway. I remember a big sigh coming from the ground when he did that. Poor Richmond.

To cold?
To wet?
To far?
All of the above?
.

"Too far". Mum didn't want to drive and you had to catch a train, another train and then a bus to get to Waverly back then.

 

[Shell]

Bluey McGrath

And what a tackle that was.

And Paul Lynch kicking the winning goals.

 

[caMoGFC]

i'm 21...and been a fan since i can remember. (i don't remember much about 1989 but pretty much everything after)

i'm not going to include the 2007 grand final because that would have to be everyone's #1 or equal #1


5. Blakes goals.....really should have no right being on here...wasn't a match winner or anything..but the crowd erupting like it did was absolutely spine tingling....

4. Gary Ablett mark of the year over gary pert....what a leap! (wish he fully held onto it for longer though....then surely that would've been named best mark of all time)

3. Billy Brownless goal against footscray....1994....WOW....first truly incredible football winning moment...exactly what we needed...when we needed it....teared up and had goosebumps right on the edge of my seat.

2. Gary Ablett goal after the siren to get into the grand final.....this and number 3 are pretty much identical for me...both made me tear up and was the most tense moments i've ever experienced watching football.

1. Being able to say that i've seen Gary Ablett Senior play...he is for me the greatest player i have ever seen play the game and i am sure that at least 50% of us support geelong because of this man. Unbelievable.

 

[CF]

And what a tackle that was.

And Paul Lynch kicking the winning goals.

Yes Blueys tackle was on Carey I think. It was absolutely awesome