I actually went to that game - early 80s - up near the City end goals - forward pocket outer side
And i have to say it was scary - how tightly the spectators were packed in - and i can understand how that Soccer tradgedy occurred - Hillsborough or whatever it was - involving Liverpool ithink
If at Geelong that day - there was wire barracades at the fence( so people couldnt get on the ground ) like at the English soccer -then not many more spectators had to be let in at Geel that day for the same thing to occur - because you literally could not move
I recall the weekend when Collingwood and Hawthorn played in front of just under 93,000. There were reports of men urinating in the empty beer cans because the crowd was too big and getting to the toilets was too difficult.
They set a limit on the crowd at Waverley after that event.
I was at the 1980 grand final and there was 113,461 there. When I went to take a slash the toilets were so crowded that blokes just turned on the taps in hand basins and relieved themselves there. That was back in the days when you could take in as much grog as you liked. I stood on my esky to see.
You can see why hand basins are so high now at Kardinia park, the G and Jihad.
Anyway, what does this have to do with Chris Scott's coaching?
Stop distracting me GOBie. You'll get me in trouble with the Modsquad.
