Folklore: stories you're not sure about

[CrowsB4hoes]

Have heard this from Graham Cornes I think but reckon he put some mayo on it.

In the early days when the original Crows line up was being put together, he sent inaugural captain Chris McDermott and another to Victoria with the Crows credit card with instructions to take Stephen Kernahan out to lunch, get him slaughtered and make sure he signs a contract to be part of the inaugural Crows line up.

The lunch happened. Drinks followed. McDermott and his traveling mate passed out and Sticks and his Carlton mates enjoyed the rest of the night drinking courtesy of the Adelaide Football Club.

 

[TheBrightSide]

Brownless kicking a ball over the grain solo in bare-feet.

 

[Gydafud]

Clearly wearing shoes. I still doubt the bare-foot version of the story

 

[Rusty Brookes]

In the 80's Dermie fell off the bed while having vigorous relations and did some damage to his equipment?

Ding Dong. Older posters will know who I'm referring to.

An unrelated story, Dermie played with broken ribs, kicked 11, wearing a protective vest said to contain blown up condoms for padding?

True.

Is there real tensions between Dermie and Dunstall, or do they just enjoy mocking each other?

Definitely the latter

 

[bomberclifford]

Ding Dong. Older posters will know who I'm referring to.

No way!

 

[GPW1]

Scott Pendlebury used to play basketball. Not sure of the validity of the story as no one ever seems to bring it up.

 

[RightYouAreThen]

In the 80's Dermie fell off the bed while having vigorous relations and did some damage to his equipment?

An unrelated story, Dermie played with broken ribs, kicked 11, wearing a protective vest said to contain blown up condoms for padding?

Is there real tensions between Dermie and Dunstall, or do they just enjoy mocking each other?

denise drysedale

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I've seen that footage but I'm not sure when, where or if the 'secret pact' was made.

I think the story goes that Chapman made the pact and Kennett's words are just a coincidence. I think James Kelly has said he has no recollection of such a pact and that perhaps Chapman was the only one in the room at the time (or words to that effect). Chapman never lost to Hawthorn in a Geelong jumper again though and came very close to never losing to them in his two seasons at Essendon either (beat them in 2015 and kicked what looked to be the match sealing goal in 2014, before late goals to Breust and Rioli got the Hawks over the line).

There were a few little ones about how tense Geelong was in the lead-up to the 2007 grand final and that Shannon Byrnes inadvertently lightened the mood after being asked a tactical question in the pre-game debrief and getting it hopelessly wrong. James Kelly also helped by mentioning how hot Natalie Bassingthwaite was looking in the pre-match performances.

 

[thecatattack]

It's the wash-up of the 2008 grand final. Geelong, after losing just one game in the H&A season, had marched into the grand final as unbackable favourites. Hawthorn, the 2nd best team all year, had beaten the Cats and claimed the flag. At a time and place unknown (in the rooms straight afterwards? At the post-season review in Kardinia? After Kennett said 'We've beaten Geelong when it matters'? Fill me in, Cats fans) the Geelong players made a pact never to lose to Hawthorn again. They made good on that pact for the next eleven games and five years, including several extremely close games.

Pretty sure Kennett said it on live TV and Chapman was the main instigator of the pact.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

There's a few Eagles ones. On an early-90s end of season trip they played the always hilarious 'pull the worst looking girl' competition and one prominent Eagle of the time ended up marrying his.

I like the story of Wow Jones in LA on an exhibition tour going to relieve himself one morning and not realising that he was pissing on one-way glass at a high end restaurant. Speaking of restaurants, the other story of the heavily tattooed Jones was that he picked out some Chinese characters that he liked for a tattoo and after getting them inked on, he went to find out what they meant. It was something like 'beef with black bean sauce'.

 

[PhatBoy]

I think the story goes that Chapman made the pact and Kennett's words are just a coincidence. I think James Kelly has said he has no recollection of such a pact and that perhaps Chapman was the only one in the room at the time (or words to that effect). Chapman never lost to Hawthorn in a Geelong jumper again though and came very close to never losing to them in his two seasons at Essendon either (beat them in 2015 and kicked what looked to be the match sealing goal in 2014, before late goals to Breust and Rioli got the Hawks over the line).

There were a few little ones about how tense Geelong was in the lead-up to the 2007 grand final and that Shannon Byrnes inadvertently lightened the mood after being asked a tactical question in the pre-game debrief and getting it hopelessly wrong. James Kelly also helped by mentioning how hot Natalie Bassingthwaite was looking in the pre-match performances.

You'd have to be Freddie Mercury to not think she was hot, to be fair

 

[markm106]

I heard Mason Cox is American. When he plays you may hear a commentator mention it once or twice.

 

[LightTower4]

Jim Buckley?

 

[Blue Heart]

Assistant the Gary Sidebottom missing the bus story is bullshit

So what really was the truth ?

Was he dropped ?

 

[Great 2008]

Trent Croad was traded to Freo due to product found in his locker at the club. Hawthorns hard line attitude and Freo's help at the trade table helping to deliver a key part to Hawthorns recent success. Rumoured product pictured below.

 

[kickazz]

So what really was the truth ?

Was he dropped ?

I think so. A mate told me they talk about it in the book "Comeback" about the GFC's fall and rise.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Jennifer keyte, Johnny Diesel and a champagne bottle.

 

[Wallaby]

I think so. A mate told me they talk about it in the book "Comeback" about the GFC's fall and rise.

"Come back!" - that's what Gary Sidebottom shouted at the bus.

 

[Jukesy85]

This isn't exactly what the thread is 100% about but I might as well post it. I remember the bombers players playing the Aussie cricket team in a friendly match (of cricket) a good 10-12 years ago and winning. I'm really not sure if this really happened or I just made it up (I was born in 96 so I would've been under 10 I'd say). I googled it but nothing came up. I seem to remember seeing it on tv and reading it online but it's definitely possible that my brain invented this for some reason.

 

[Silent Alarm]

This isn't exactly what the thread is 100% about but I might as well post it. I remember the bombers players playing the Aussie cricket team in a friendly match (of cricket) a good 10-12 years ago and winning. I'm really not sure if this really happened or I just made it up (I was born in 96 so I would've been under 10 I'd say). I googled it but nothing came up. I seem to remember seeing it on tv and reading it online but it's definitely possible that my brain invented this for some reason.

I remember this – think James Hird went okay.

Pretty sure it was at Windy Hill and it was because both teams were sponsored by Orange/3 phone company.

 

[Lionheart182]

Tom Scully leaving the Dees after Maxy Gawn vomited on him in the China game all those years ago. Although the contract from the Giants probably helped a bunch too.

 

[lamaros]

This isn't exactly what the thread is 100% about but I might as well post it. I remember the bombers players playing the Aussie cricket team in a friendly match (of cricket) a good 10-12 years ago and winning. I'm really not sure if this really happened or I just made it up (I was born in 96 so I would've been under 10 I'd say). I googled it but nothing came up. I seem to remember seeing it on tv and reading it online but it's definitely possible that my brain invented this for some reason.

Yeah nah.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Yeah nah.

https://theholybootsfootballemporium.com/2015/05/05/windy-hill-essendon/

It happened, just found this. No mention of the score though but it was barely a proper game and probably hammed up so it's not that remarkable.

Windy Hill looks great in summer, always had a love/hate relationship with summer in Essendon and Moonee Ponds, sun coming straight off all those 40s-to-80s bricks everywhere.

 

[Halloween Jack]

Someone told me that Shane Woewodin won a brownlow.

 

[Toump Ass]

Someone told me that Shane Woewodin won a brownlow.

Strange, someone told me Jobe Watson won one

I always enjoyed the story of Mitch Clark farting in Brad Green's face in the rooms before a game, starting a bit of push and shove between them.

Best thing Clark ever did at Melbourne.