Carey vs North in 2003

[Bend_It_Like_Brown]

Watching old highlights from YouTube I came across the night Wayne Carey played North the first time after exiting the club in 2003. The tension in the air that night was something else. What are your memories of this game as a neutral? Were you in attendance?

 

[Bend_It_Like_Brown]

 

[Bend_It_Like_Brown]

 

[TheUnicorn]

This makes me feel old.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

This makes me feel old.

Don’t worry there’s people here much older.

 

[Franc de Borges]

Like NYE. Huge build up and nothing really happened.

 

[sobrave]

Like NYE. Huge build up and nothing really happened.

Archer made him flinch and Stevens tried to line him up a couple of times but just bounced off because he's half his size

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Still amazes me how little backlash Kelli Stevens got.

It was all Carey and then more Carey on top.

 

[Wolfgang West]

Still amazes me how little backlash Kelli Stevens got.

It was all Carey and then more Carey on top.

So what would you have recommended ?

 

[Saint12]

So what would you have recommended ?

Equal pile on to start with

 

[RUNVS]

Shame North didn't go into the game with a rule "every player gets one hard punch or kick to Carey's groin".

Sure there may have been a few suspensions, but it would have been worth it.

 

[Jugada]

Still amazes me how little backlash Kelli Stevens got.

It was all Carey and then more Carey on top.

Yeah truly amazing that the king of footy got more headlines...

 

[windyhill]

Yeah truly amazing that the king of footy got more headlines...

Takes two to tango.

 

[DEVO]

Like the moon landing it never happened.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Big build up and then nothing really happened.

I remember watching it and it feeling pretty yuck and tacky. I mean, nobody wants to see what happened to Stevens, and it was just kinda all the ugliness playing out in front of cameras like some sort of s**t cheap soap opera.

I’m sure in Stevens’ situation you’d just want to hide from the world and get on with your life, he had to confront it on live TV.

Humiliating for all involved and just a picture of how a successful and close group of colleagues now despised each other with all their being.

 

[Wolfgang West]

Equal pile on to start with

She was relevant in the deed but ****all else. At least she become an obscure no entity unlike Carey who continued to make a goose of himself. Still has his moments now.

 

[Jugada]

Takes two to tango.

Cool and if you're not a celebrity no one gives a s**t

 

[Saint12]

She was relevant in the deed but ****all else. At least she become an obscure no entity unlike Carey who continued to make a goose of himself. Still has his moments now.

What do you mean by this? Her role was arguably far worse than Carey's ....she ruined a marriage he pissed off his mates

 

[Rotayjay]

Looking back, Wayne Carey's time at our club has faded into complete insignificance even though it was a big deal at the time.

 

[fusion]

Just sadness. That group of players grew up together from U19 days, and were close off field too. Made the betrayal even worse.

But as a supporter, we knew it would never be the same. Same for the players too. Reunions are always an issue - they are meant to be celebrated, but the media will always report about the incident which sours them.

On the night, we kinda hoped Carey would get decked, but the actual game was a fizzer.

 

[RUNVS]

Just sadness. That group of players grew up together from U19 days, and were close off field too. Made the betrayal even worse.

But as a supporter, we knew it would never be the same. Same for the players too. Reunions are always an issue - they are meant to be celebrated, but the media will always report about the incident which sours them.

On the night, we kinda hoped Carey would get decked, but the actual game was a fizzer.

and it was only a few weeks ago that Carey was gloating about the affair so he clearly feels no guilt over it.

 

[boncer34]

What do you mean by this? Her role was arguably far worse than Carey's ....she ruined a marriage he pissed off his mates

Uh. Wayne was married too.

 

[PhatBoy]

and it was only a few weeks ago that Carey was gloating about the affair so he clearly feels no guilt over it.

I assume that’s a reference to his ‘3 times’ comment on Twitter.

I don’t know that that is a definitive boast.
For starters his first response to someone bringing it up was “really?”
So he was obviously drawing attention to the fact that it didn’t need to be said and it’s not like he’s not aware of his past mistakes.

There’s many many different ways his comment could be taken:

‘Yes, three times - we all know what happened. Please remind us again because it hasn’t been discussed enough.’

‘I slept with my teammate’s wife three times. I have acknowledged and paid for it.’

‘Yes three whole times.’

 

[RUNVS]

I assume that’s a reference to his ‘3 times’ comment on Twitter.

I don’t know that that is a definitive boast.
For starters his first response to someone bringing it up was “really?”
So he was obviously drawing attention to the fact that it didn’t need to be said and it’s not like he’s not aware of his past mistakes.

There’s many many different ways his comment could be taken:

‘Yes, three times - we all know what happened. Please remind us again because it hasn’t been discussed enough.’

‘I slept with my teammate’s wife three times. I have acknowledged and paid for it.’

‘Yes three whole times.’

Yes it is in reference to that tweet, and to me it definitely felt like a brag. You don't give the exact number if you feel guilty it happened at all.

 

[PhatBoy]

Yes it is in reference to that tweet, and to me it definitely felt like a brag. You don't give the exact number if you feel guilty it happened at all.

My ex wife posted stuff on social media about my indiscretions long after it should have been dealt with and out of public consumption especially for the sake of our kids. I wasn’t sure how to handle it so I handled it head on and said something like ‘yes, we all know what happened. Everyone does and everyone will continue to hear about it as long as you keep sharing it, and as therapeutic as it may be for you, it’s not for the other people who were impacted by what I did. We all know what I did. I cheated, multiple times, and broke up our family, and someone else’s as well. Making it public consumption every time you are struggling to deal with the fallout from it is not going to fix what has happened.’

I dunno I tend to not think Carey is boasting on this occasion