Universal Love Down Memory Lane

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My older brothers were Fitzroy supporters and took me once to the Junction Oval. Remember their CHF Bernie Quinlan, a pretty good kick for goal and could roost a ball.

I remember Quinlan kicking a goal from beside the centre square in a match against us at the Junction Oval. It was a mammoth kick, albeit with a healthy northerly breeze blowing towards the Fitzroy St end of the ground.

 

[Dramoth]

I remember Quinlan kicking a goal from beside the centre square in a match against us at the Junction Oval. It was a mammoth kick, albeit with a healthy northerly breeze blowing towards the Fitzroy St end of the ground.

I remember that kick... went 80m or just over if I remember rightly...

 

[thylacine60]

I remember Quinlan kicking a goal from beside the centre square in a match against us at the Junction Oval. It was a mammoth kick, albeit with a healthy northerly breeze blowing towards the Fitzroy St end of the ground.

Was just preparing to write this before I saw your post - "Saw Bernie Quinlan kick a goal on the run from the wing at the Junction one day - with a torp."

 

[mediumsizered]

I remember that kick... went 80m or just over if I remember rightly...

Was just preparing to write this before I saw your post - "Saw Bernie Quinlan kick a goal on the run from the wing at the Junction one day - with a torp."

He hit it beautifully & it made the distance comfortably. If I remember rightly we lost the game.

 

[Dramoth]

He hit it beautifully & it made the distance comfortably. If I remember rightly we lost the game.

yup... ran through the back corner of the square IIRC, straightened up and went boom... freak of a kick.

yeah... we lost, but that kick wasnt the decider... like the Blight bomb.

 

[thylacine60]

The ball resides in The Kennedy Space Center Museum.

 

[thylacine60]

Hilarious. Googled NASA and got this

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available.
We sincerely regret this inconvenience.
For information about available government services, visit USA.gov.
Este sitio web no se está disponible durante el cierre del Gobierno.
Lamentamos profundamente las molestias que esto pueda causar.
Visite GobiernoUSA.gov para informarse sobre los servicios gubernamentales disponibles durante el cierre del Gobierno.

 

[mediumsizered]

Hilarious. Googled NASA and got this

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available.
We sincerely regret this inconvenience.
For information about available government services, visit USA.gov.
Este sitio web no se está disponible durante el cierre del Gobierno.
Lamentamos profundamente las molestias que esto pueda causar.
Visite GobiernoUSA.gov para informarse sobre los servicios gubernamentales disponibles durante el cierre del Gobierno.

God help any American astronauts currently in residence at the International Space Station. They could be stuck up their permanently without govt funding to cover the cost of the Russians bringing them back to Earth.

 

[Silvagnis]

Wish they were around when I was a teenage tragic.

 

[HBF]

He hit it beautifully & it made the distance comfortably. If I remember rightly we lost the game.

Never got to see a game of footy at Junction Oval.
One of the few that I missed out on.
Never went to Vic Park either, although that could be a good thing.

 

[HBF]

Rather than using images, perhaps we can bring up an old game or two to discuss memories from those famous days?

 

[mediumsizered]

Never got to see a game of footy at Junction Oval.
One of the few that I missed out on.
Never went to Vic Park either, although that could be a good thing.

The Junction Oval was a throwback to the early days of VFL football with it being in mostly original condition.
Victoria Park was a shithole (pardon my French). If there was any more than 22k spectators it became very uncomfortable & unpleasant (of course the Collingwood supporters contributed to the unpleasantness).

 

[Tony Lynn 15]

The Junction Oval was a throwback to the early days of VFL football with it being in mostly original condition.
Victoria Park was a shithole (pardon my French). If there was any more than 22k spectators it became very uncomfortable & unpleasant (of course the Collingwood supporters contributed to the unpleasantness).

Contributed!!! Attending a game at Victoria Park as an opposition supporter was the closest thing I can imagine to being a foreigner spending time in a Thai prison!! ****ing awful!!!!!

 

[HBF]

Contributed!!! Attending a game at Victoria Park as an opposition supporter was the closest thing I can imagine to being a foreigner spending time in a Thai prison!! ******* awful!!!!!

Can't say that i'm disappointed that I didn't make it to Vic Park.
Have been there since to watch U18 footy, and it's an absolute disgrace.
Collingwood have pretty much left it as it when they moved away from the joint.

 

[Aphrodite]

Rather than using images, perhaps we can bring up an old game or two to discuss memories from those famous days?

Google images.

 

[Franc de Borges]

Can't say that i'm disappointed that I didn't make it to Vic Park.
Have been there since to watch U18 footy, and it's an absolute disgrace.
Collingwood have pretty much left it as it when they moved away from the joint.

I actually live across the road from Victoria Park and the council have done a fair bit of work and opened it up to the public. Great for a kick of the footy and you can wander in for free to watch VFL or U/18's.

 

[Franc de Borges]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qJPKCWYm6CM

Great memories but way too long ago.

 

[BlueBelle]

How bad was that day at Kardinia Park. Wind blowing a gale, players kicking the ball and it was going straight up in the air and back down again, had to stand on the outer wing and we lost!

First and only time we played there in my time.

Oh and the day at the Western Oval. Wettest day ever! Carlton only kicked one goal for the day. Once again, first and only time we played there in my time!! Thank god for that!!

 

[Franc de Borges]

How bad was that day at Kardinia Park. Wind blowing a gale, players kicking the ball and it was going straight up in the air and back down again, had to stand on the outer wing and we lost!

First and only time we played there in my time.

Oh and the day at the Western Oval. Wettest day ever! Carlton only kicked one goal for the day. Once again, first and only time we played there in my time!! Thank god for that!!

I think you're talking about our loss there in '97. We also played them there in the final round of '96 and smashed them. One of the great away wins I've been to, and revived dreams of back-to-back after a relatively mediocre season.

 

[BlueBelle]

Hrrrrm maybe I did go twice. Only remember the loss though

 

[Dramoth]

I actually live across the road from Victoria Park and the council have done a fair bit of work and opened it up to the public. Great for a kick of the footy and you can wander in for free to watch VFL or U/18's.

There was talk about Collingwood moving back in there and bringing the ground capacity up to about 30-35k... the council, remembering the state that the filth left the place in and how much it cost to restore it to a safe and clean condition, told them to **** right off.

 

[Dramoth]

Hrrrrm maybe I did go twice. Only remember the loss though

that was a shocking loss... I copped it from my grandmother for weeks after that... damned collingwood supporter

 

[Tony Lynn 15]

I actually live across the road from Victoria Park and the council have done a fair bit of work and opened it up to the public. Great for a kick of the footy and you can wander in for free to watch VFL or U/18's.

Please do me a favour Franc and on behalf of all Carlton fans take a massive dump on it!!

 

[Tony Lynn 15]

How bad was that day at Kardinia Park. Wind blowing a gale, players kicking the ball and it was going straight up in the air and back down again, had to stand on the outer wing and we lost!

First and only time we played there in my time.

Oh and the day at the Western Oval. Wettest day ever! Carlton only kicked one goal for the day. Once again, first and only time we played there in my time!! Thank god for that!!

Awful, just plain awful!!

 

[Tony Lynn 15]

Anyone have any stories from Arden Street? I reckon that is the only old school ground I never saw a match at.