AFL Blockbust Flashback games.

[Olmy]

Apparently C7 on pay-TV have flashbacks of blockbuster games from years gone by.

They're showing the Roys v Essendon elimination final, from '86 this Saturday.

Why don't channel 7 do something like this once a week? Hell, I'd be up for it!

They could screen a blockbuster game from the past, one night every week. I'm sure it'd rate through the roof. Everyone loves a good game of footy - and you can't beat the 'huge' games. After all, there are some games people talk about for years on end - surely they are worth showing on TV. Surely they'd rate well.

What do others think? Would it be a successful concept?

 

[Joel]

Great idea Olmy!

 

[Olmy]

Actually, change that . . . make it the replay of one Fitzroy game per week.

 

[Darky]

I reckon it's a great concept, and for my encouraging plug I WANT FREE BLOODY PAY TV!!!!

 

[Mudholian]

Good idea - those C7 flashback games were great stuff, and they had a player from thegames chatting about it briefly at "half-time". Maybe channel 7 will put on on in Melbourne instead of the AC GF?
Mud

 

[Mr Ripper]

Fantastic Footy Flashbacks was a great show on Channel 7 back in the early 80s. Used to screen at 11pm following the Whateveritwasthen Cup on Tuesday nights.

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[Stealth bomber]

Sounds good...sort of a footy specific incarnation of the ESPN Classic Sports Network we have in the states.

During September, show the greatest finals matches ever. During that one week in September, past Grand Finals, of course, particularly ones that involve the two Grand Final teams.

 

[Dan26]

Next week, C7 are showing the greatest game of football I have ever seen. I bring it up from time to time here on bigfooty. C7 NEVER show "home and away" flashbacks - they only show finals, so for this particular "home and away" game to be on show, just indicates why this match was the greatest home and away match of all time....... arguably.

The match was West Coast vs Carlton Round 21 1995, at Subiaco.

Essendon vs North Rd 16 1999 was a great game. So was the Anzac day draw in 1995, as was the round 6 1989 game between Hawthorn and Geelong (Hawthorn won 171-163), but the West Coast-Carlton game, was, quite simply the greatest I have ever witnessed.

I urge everyone who has C7 to watch next weeks flashback game from Round 21 1995. The fact that this remarkable game of footy has made it ont C7 flashback, which are normally reserved for finals, shows how great this match was.

 

[lioness]

Originally posted by Olmy:
Actually, change that . . . make it the replay of one Fitzroy game per week.

I'll drink to that!!!!!

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*the one and only lioness*