Universal Love Down Memory Lane

[thylacine60]

no need to be - as savage and disgusting group of supporters never existed - up there with some of the hooligans from overseas - and proud of it - ask finey........

 

[footyfan1978]

no need to be - as savage and disgusting group of supporters never existed - up there with some of the hooligans from overseas - and proud of it - ask finey........

oh, i felt sorry for them then as did not realise how disgusting a club it would prove to be over next few decades. I know better now, they are just scum.
found a little of game I went to in a quick search..

 

[thylacine60]

fmd, check the score, mckenna (?) says casually, rhys-jones going for carlton's 20th goal - as though it used to happen a lot - which it did

 

[footyfan1978]

Thinking about the year I went to the game at Moorabin. I had probably played under 17's in morning against Upwey-Tecoma. Playing against them with their crazy feral parents screaming at us like banchey's up in them hills. Now THAT was ****ing feral. Moorabin animal cage totally tame in comparison of what was seeing hours earlier.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Got the Round 5, 1996 epic v WC at PP plain humming on Fox.

As Kouta takes mark 432.......

Ed: and that Diesel goal was a goal, goal umpire said so.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Kouta 433.....

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Eagles have one final surge, and guess who puts up the buckets???

Do the song people.

 

[gardiner stand]

oh, i felt sorry for them then as did not realise how disgusting a club it would prove to be over next few decades. I know better now, they are just scum.
found a little of game I went to in a quick search..

Tom Temays old man in number 40 for saints

 

[therubbernub]

Was wondering around in youtube and stumbled upon this.

 

[mediumsizered]

Was wondering around in youtube and stumbled upon this.

The Dominator hobbling away after the interview. What a legend.

 

[Robert Heatley]

Ladder before start of final round of 1987.
68 Carlton 140.5%
64 Hawks 150.2%
56 Sydney 131.1
54 North 99.5

Top team gets first week off and double chance to advance to grand final. Massive prize. If Hawks beat Cats down Cattery and we lose to North at Waverley, Hawks get the prized top spot with week off. North potentially can get 3rd place double chance if Swans lose to Fitzroy at Princes Park. Us blowing top spot would be bad. Our club doing it very tough with Peter Motley, many of us fearing may die in months leading into this and Des English fighting cancer battle at same time. So double chances on line, prized minor premiership on line which was massive back then and below these teams the other fighting out for last spot in top five to make Elimination Final. Dees had not made finals for over two decades after Barassi left. Everyone's favourite player outside their own club was Robbie Flower in his last season. For him to make finals would be a fairytale for that club, him and the football world in general. They are playing Dogs at Western Oval at same time as other games going on.

5th spot
46 Geelong 100.5%
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outside top five
44 Footscray 96.3%
44 Melbourne 107.6%
40 West Coast 94.0%

If Geelong lose to Hawks at Kardinia Park the winner of Footscray v Melbourne will make the finals.

On the Friday night the bottom two teams played at the G
Richmond second last on 20 points and 83.5%
Brisbane Bears last on 20 points with 76.1%

The Tiger Army come out in force like the always do.....12 thousand turned up.....

Home team score Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Richmond 17.11 (113) Brisbane Bears 26.13 (169) MCG 12,079 28 August 1987

The Bears in first season avoid wooden spoon by thumping the Tigers on Tigers home deck.
Beautiful start to round the night before...

Saturday arvo the fixture is...

Fitzroy v Sydney at Princes Park
Geelong v Hawthorn at Kardinia Park
Footscray v Melbourne at Western Oval
Carlton v North Melbourne at Waverley Park

The two Sunday games for next day have no bearing on finals as Pies, Dons, Eagles and Saints cannot make the finals.
It is all down to the four Saturday games starting at same time...

what an afternoon it was to live through.
The four games at same time could go either way at three quarter time. Top spot, double chances and last finals spot all totally up in air minute by minute.
Dickson family at minimum got to make a doco on this day.

Did Gerard Whateley complain about the Friday night fixture?

 

[thylacine60]

"Yes, yes, I did. It was palpably unfair. Palpably."

 

[Dadda Dave]

The Dominator hobbling away after the interview. What a legend.

Yep !!
He was going back on no matter what..
Love it..

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[Robertio]

The polo playing male model who wore no11 before Brucey could play a bit as well.

 

[Aphrodite]

The polo playing male model who wore no11 before Brucey could play a bit as well.

He sure could (Raggsy)

 

[thylacine60]

 

[Boy with chook]

Things that’d be fun to know.
A - The last player to deliberately kick a drop kick. And the last to goal for that matter.
B - The last year of a players swapping jumpers immediately after the grand final.
C - The last player reported by a goal umpire. And the last player suspended after being reported by a goal umpire.

Just to reflect on how some of the game has changed since I first started having a keen interest in footy.

 

[Robertio]

Is that Daisy in the Collingwood jumper behind Harmes?

 

[footyfan1978]

My guess it is Michael Young

 

[footyfan1978]

Yep !!
He was going back on no matter what..
Love it..

Goal against Collingwood and his leg was ****ed but ball came to him on boundary as he probably trying to get off. So could not help but have a ping at goal despite all the pain and snapped it through. Absolute legend. Think the footage in his hall of fame highlights somewhere.

 

[Dadda Dave]

Goal against Collingwood and his leg was ****** but ball came to him on boundary as he probably trying to get off. So could not help but have a ping at goal despite all the pain and snapped it through. Absolute legend. Think the footage in his hall of fame highlights somewhere.

How I miss the dominator in full flight ..
What a joy ..
Love the way he spoke in that interview..
Old school at it's finest..

 

[FootyGeek]

Goal against Collingwood and his leg was ****** but ball came to him on boundary as he probably trying to get off. So could not help but have a ping at goal despite all the pain and snapped it through. Absolute legend. Think the footage in his hall of fame highlights somewhere.

Here you go.

 

[Blues177]

Things that’d be fun to know.

B - The last year of a players swapping jumpers immediately after the grand final.


Just to reflect on how some of the game has changed since I first started having a keen interest in footy.

1987 - It was Michael Kennedy (carl) and I think the hawks guy was Russell Greene

 

[thylacine60]

tony ongarello was the last place kicker - or place-kicker that scored a goal - fitzroy - 1950's - became an abc (?) commentator - must have done something to my rellos at some stage because any time his name was mentioned my dad would foam up bad - weird i know that but have no idea on the last drop-kick - recall carl diterich murdering a few and having to give them away..........