Sounds like an unforgettable dayWill love those players and coach forever.
It was all better than I expected, after so long and so many hardships. Will never forget any of it. The best of times.
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Sounds like an unforgettable dayWill love those players and coach forever.
It was all better than I expected, after so long and so many hardships. Will never forget any of it. The best of times.
Your school seriously needs to look at changing when they have reunions... who the f*** puts a reunion on GF day???
Wasn't it just an extraordinary football display.I have lived through it all from the 60's. The game was nerve racking and I was not comfortable until about half way through the final quarter when we were about 15 goals in front. I had seen Geelong find so many ways to lose over the years I was still not convinced we could actually win. Looking back it was one of the purest displays of creative offensive footy ever. And I loved it. [edit: this is the gf I am talking about. Of course I did not read the OP properly]
It's funny, after the nerve-wracking week of the PF, the GF almost seemed like a NAB Cup game. I can remember waking up on the day, and having to remind myself we were playing in the GF. Goes to show that the PF was the true GF that year. To me anyway.
The day was surreal. I always dreamed that if we won a flag, it would be a gruelling slog, as things never came easy to Geelong fans. Of course, the 09 flag turned out to be that gruelling slog and 07 couldn't have been further from it.
Can remember enjoying the whole day. Spending a lot of time pre-game in the city soaking up the atmosphere, before walking to the ground. The calmness that came over me that whole week in hindsight was a sign of destiny, that finally, we were going to do it.
But even at half time, as we're 56pts up, that nagging thought of, "They could still come back" entered my mind. After experiencing so many of those moments over the years, it was hard to accept that things had changed. When Moons slotted the first goal after half time, I can remember texting a work colleague with the message, "It's going to be a big night!", the shackles had been released, we were going to be the premiers at long last!
The night was long. First a visit to Fed Square for presentation of the team. Then the trip back home down the highway. I can remember vividly an SEN caller from Frankston, who didn't barrack for Geelong I'll add, driving all the way with some mates just to experience the night. Traffic was Monash peak hour like. A trip from just outside the CBD to the eastern fringe would usually take 5-10 minutes, was taking over an hour this night. The cacophony of horns rang endlessly, and all week too! The atmosphere was just one of joy. The police were content to let almost anything go. As the video I'm posting below shows, you normally wouldn't get away with riding on the back of a tray truck on any day. Yet, this night, it was overlooked.
Pubs were full, queues were long, but no one cared. The drought was finally over. I can remember getting to bed around 5, only to surface early to watch the review shows, then head in to the family day, where 30,000 crammed into KP to party some more. If this is what it felt like to win a flag, then I wanted more!
This vid is just a short sample of what went on back in G-Town that night.
24 goals 19 behinds I can't believe the team escaped more scrutiny for missing so many shots.
Like most cats fans who lived through the lost grand finals I never believed we'd won until very late. I remember some of my family calling me at half time with champagne popping in the background. I was still way too nervous to believe we'd win.
It's actually true, but we missed some absolute sitters.
In the first quarter, Selwood, Scarlett, and Kelly (after the siren) missed very gettable set shots. Then in the second quarter Ottens and Rooke (after a great tackle and 50 metre penalty) missed absolute sitters.
The margin as bad as it was, could have been much worse.
It's not like it's cost us a grand final or anything...oh24 goals 19 behinds I can't believe the team escaped more scrutiny for missing so many shots.
I remeber thinking exactly the same thing and feeling a mixture of frustration and nervous that that we hadnt put ourselves further in front.On the 5AA commentary, they thought we were kicking ourselves out of it prior to half time. Mind you, we were about 50 points up at the time....
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...t/news-story/e8cd9ca9592868230ca60ae3b2071c54
GEELONG’S 2007 PREMIERSHIP TEAM — WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
PLAYING
Geelong: Joel Selwood, Andrew Mackie
GWS: Steve Johnson
Essendon: James Kelly
Gold Coast: Gary Ablett
CLUB LAND
Steven King (Western Bulldogs backline coach)
Joel Corey (Western Bulldogs midfield coach)
Matthew Scarlett (Geelong assistant coach)
Corey Enright (Geelong development coach)
Max Rooke (Melbourne development coach)
Shannon Byrnes (Melbourne welfare and development)
Tom Harley (Sydney football manager)
Josh Hunt (Brisbane Lions talent academy coach)
AFL
Jimmy Bartel (match review panel and media roles)
Mathew Stokes (AFL diversity talent lead)
MEDIA
Cameron Ling
Paul Chapman (also coaches Greenvale in Essendon District League)
Cameron Mooney
Mark Thompson
… AND THE REST
Brad Ottens (furniture-making business)
David Wojcinski (coaches Geelong branch of the Simon Black Australian Rules Academy)
Nathan Ablett (joined Gold Coast late 2010, retired 2011)
Darren Milburn (co-coach of Bannockburn in Geelong District League)
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...t/news-story/e8cd9ca9592868230ca60ae3b2071c54
It's funny, after the nerve-wracking week of the PF, the GF almost seemed like a NAB Cup game. I can remember waking up on the day, and having to remind myself we were playing in the GF. Goes to show that the PF was the true GF that year. To me anyway.
The day was surreal. I always dreamed that if we won a flag, it would be a gruelling slog, as things never came easy to Geelong fans. Of course, the 09 flag turned out to be that gruelling slog and 07 couldn't have been further from it.
Can remember enjoying the whole day. Spending a lot of time pre-game in the city soaking up the atmosphere, before walking to the ground. The calmness that came over me that whole week in hindsight was a sign of destiny, that finally, we were going to do it.
But even at half time, as we're 56pts up, that nagging thought of, "They could still come back" entered my mind. After experiencing so many of those moments over the years, it was hard to accept that things had changed. When Moons slotted the first goal after half time, I can remember texting a work colleague with the message, "It's going to be a big night!", the shackles had been released, we were going to be the premiers at long last!
The night was long. First a visit to Fed Square for presentation of the team. Then the trip back home down the highway. I can remember vividly an SEN caller from Frankston, who didn't barrack for Geelong I'll add, driving all the way with some mates just to experience the night. Traffic was Monash peak hour like. A trip from just outside the CBD to the eastern fringe would usually take 5-10 minutes, was taking over an hour this night. The cacophony of horns rang endlessly, and all week too! The atmosphere was just one of joy. The police were content to let almost anything go. As the video I'm posting below shows, you normally wouldn't get away with riding on the back of a tray truck on any day. Yet, this night, it was overlooked.
Pubs were full, queues were long, but no one cared. The drought was finally over. I can remember getting to bed around 5, only to surface early to watch the review shows, then head in to the family day, where 30,000 crammed into KP to party some more. If this is what it felt like to win a flag, then I wanted more!
This vid is just a short sample of what went on back in G-Town that night.