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massive legs though
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Have a look at this video of the last few minutes of that quarter, starting at around 17.30. We did everything we could to lose the match.
Stynes played a great game. He made one mistake and ended up taking the blame for everyone else's.
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Simon Eishold what the **** was that!!
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Dad blames Eishold to this day for that loss
Your dad isn’t wrong. That guy must go to bed every night thanking Jimmy Stynes for taking the spotlight off him.
A shame ‘ol Eishold didn’t know how to kick around the corner, I reckon, right ImissFrosty?
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Was at the ground that day as a 10 year old. Memories are still vivid!!
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his momentum is going away from goal so he has to hook the drop punt around his body to get it somewhat straight, which is obviously pretty hard to do. thats a snap nowadays and i'd expect most players to kick that. e.g If that was dusty he'd slot that with a snap
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Yeats' effort not much better..
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I was only really little and was at the game although my memory of it is pretty much nothing
I think Stynes' career made up for that rookie error
And perhaps the fact that Robbie Flower got injured and wouldn't have played the following week in the Grand Final probably kept a bit of angst from going Jim's way. And if I'm not mistaken we got kissed on the dick in the last round to sneak into the finals in the first place
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The last round of 87 is considered to be the best final round in history. There were loads of comparisons after Rd23 this year but there were way less dead games and all the matches were played simultaneously.
There’s a point in the footage of our game against Footscray (at the Western Oval) where all the Dees fans start cheering randomly - it’s when Hawthorn goaled to hit the front against Geelong, which we needed to get in. The chaos is awesome.
How good were the old days of seeing the A v B, C v D etc scores on the side of the scoreboard. Having to look up the Record to see which team was which.
Mobile phones and the internet have ruined the simple things in life
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My memories from 1987 , Missing shots in the last Q that would have sunk the Hawks .
Jimmys' boo boo
Flower busted his collarbone , would not be able to play in a GF even if we had won .
Tuck having his arm around Flower as Buckenara took that shot.
Jimmys' boo boo
Flower busted his collarbone , would not be able to play in a GF even if we had won .
Tuck having his arm around Flower as Buckenara took that shot.
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Wash your mouth out. Bloke basically played in a wheel chair for the club half his career.
No one from that match was going to win the GF, fortunately for us...
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Demons’ flag nicked from MCC roof in 1964 finally found
After being stolen from the roof of the MCC in 1964 by a cheeky kid, and used as a bedspread, the Demon’s “grand old flag” has been found. This is the incredible, secret story.
As AFL finals series omens go, they don’t come much bigger or more timely than the discovery of the Melbourne Football Club’s actual, grand old flag.
The story of the partly tattered official Melbourne FC flag and how it ended up in the hands of one of Melbourne’s most-loved characters has been hidden for 57 years.
A family secret Melbourne radio legend and lawyer John Burns has decided to tell for the first time in his life to the Herald Sun.
A lifelong Demons fan and 3AW breakfast star for 19 years, John Burns — thanks to his father — is in possession of the Melbourne Football Club flag that flew above the MCC members stand on that September day, way back in 1964.
How it came to be a long-forgotten (now treasured) link back to the Demons and their last premiership, and the role John would like to see it play as the team again strives for ultimate glory, is symbolic of the dark years for Melbourne and its supporters.
“My father Bob worked on the wharves in 1964 as a tally clerk recording incoming and outgoing cargo. In the days after the 1964 win against Collingwood, a workmate pulled him aside and said he had something he wanted to give him.” John said.
Bob Burns told John his workmate revealed that on grand final day in 1964, after the siren sounded and with the Demons in front by a narrow four points, his son had climbed up to the roof of the MCC members and lowered the club flag flying above the grandstand.
The kid turned up at home with the flag — its metal shackles attached — and presented it to his father.
Not wanting to be in possession of what was clearly stolen property, the father decided to hand the flag over to John’s dad, who brought it home and gave it to John.
When he gave it to me, it still had all hoisting gear attached to it, which I stripped from the flag and for the next eight years or so I used it, can you believe, as a bedspread.
“The family was living in Hampton at the time and until I left home in 1972 or thereabouts it was a bed cover. It even has a small cigarette burn in one corner and is a little tattered at one end” John said.
“Burnso” moved out of home and, as far as he was concerned, the valuable 1964 piece of memorabilia disappeared, not to be seen again until a few weeks ago, while John was enduring another boring day of lockdown.
As John remembers, from 1972 until a few weeks ago, the famous “grand old flag” sat at the bottom of a plastic bag full of John’s dad’s remnants, which he hadn’t touched through numerous house moves.
“It turned up at the bottom of an old plastic bag and there it was, the famously stolen MFC flag rearing its ugly head yet again.”
Now the secret has been revealed, with Melbourne one win away from another shot at premiership glory in Perth, if it can get through a preliminary final next weekend.
Unlike that day 57 years ago, John — like tens of thousands of other Melbourne supporters desperate to see their team win a flag — sadly won’t be able to be there.
He’s now an MCC member but he remembers in ’64, as a young law student, he turned up in a tweed jacket and tie in the standing room section at the Punt Rd end.
“I went with my best mate who ended up being my best man and we watched as Ray Gabelich kicked that famous running goal to put Collingwood in front.”
But to their relief, Demons defender Neil Crompton then pounced on the ball in front of Melbourne’s goal to kick the winner - his only goal of the season.
If John had glanced across the MCG he would have seen his long-held secret souvenir flying above the MCC grandstand.
Now he wants to hand it over to the club he has supported all his life and hopes, if it makes the grand final, the old Melbourne Football Club ensign — with its tiny cigarette burn — can act as an omen to break the longest premiership drought in VFL/AFL history.
If it’s not flying proudly on the last Saturday in September, he would like nothing more than to see it draped around the shoulders of inspiring Demons skipper Max Gawn.
You can’t help but wonder where that cheeky teenager who pinched it way back when is now.
After being stolen from the roof of the MCC in 1964 by a cheeky kid, and used as a bedspread, the Demon’s “grand old flag” has been found. This is the incredible, secret story.
As AFL finals series omens go, they don’t come much bigger or more timely than the discovery of the Melbourne Football Club’s actual, grand old flag.
The story of the partly tattered official Melbourne FC flag and how it ended up in the hands of one of Melbourne’s most-loved characters has been hidden for 57 years.
A family secret Melbourne radio legend and lawyer John Burns has decided to tell for the first time in his life to the Herald Sun.
A lifelong Demons fan and 3AW breakfast star for 19 years, John Burns — thanks to his father — is in possession of the Melbourne Football Club flag that flew above the MCC members stand on that September day, way back in 1964.
How it came to be a long-forgotten (now treasured) link back to the Demons and their last premiership, and the role John would like to see it play as the team again strives for ultimate glory, is symbolic of the dark years for Melbourne and its supporters.
“My father Bob worked on the wharves in 1964 as a tally clerk recording incoming and outgoing cargo. In the days after the 1964 win against Collingwood, a workmate pulled him aside and said he had something he wanted to give him.” John said.
Bob Burns told John his workmate revealed that on grand final day in 1964, after the siren sounded and with the Demons in front by a narrow four points, his son had climbed up to the roof of the MCC members and lowered the club flag flying above the grandstand.
The kid turned up at home with the flag — its metal shackles attached — and presented it to his father.
Not wanting to be in possession of what was clearly stolen property, the father decided to hand the flag over to John’s dad, who brought it home and gave it to John.
When he gave it to me, it still had all hoisting gear attached to it, which I stripped from the flag and for the next eight years or so I used it, can you believe, as a bedspread.
“The family was living in Hampton at the time and until I left home in 1972 or thereabouts it was a bed cover. It even has a small cigarette burn in one corner and is a little tattered at one end” John said.
“Burnso” moved out of home and, as far as he was concerned, the valuable 1964 piece of memorabilia disappeared, not to be seen again until a few weeks ago, while John was enduring another boring day of lockdown.
As John remembers, from 1972 until a few weeks ago, the famous “grand old flag” sat at the bottom of a plastic bag full of John’s dad’s remnants, which he hadn’t touched through numerous house moves.
“It turned up at the bottom of an old plastic bag and there it was, the famously stolen MFC flag rearing its ugly head yet again.”
Now the secret has been revealed, with Melbourne one win away from another shot at premiership glory in Perth, if it can get through a preliminary final next weekend.
Unlike that day 57 years ago, John — like tens of thousands of other Melbourne supporters desperate to see their team win a flag — sadly won’t be able to be there.
He’s now an MCC member but he remembers in ’64, as a young law student, he turned up in a tweed jacket and tie in the standing room section at the Punt Rd end.
“I went with my best mate who ended up being my best man and we watched as Ray Gabelich kicked that famous running goal to put Collingwood in front.”
But to their relief, Demons defender Neil Crompton then pounced on the ball in front of Melbourne’s goal to kick the winner - his only goal of the season.
If John had glanced across the MCG he would have seen his long-held secret souvenir flying above the MCC grandstand.
Now he wants to hand it over to the club he has supported all his life and hopes, if it makes the grand final, the old Melbourne Football Club ensign — with its tiny cigarette burn — can act as an omen to break the longest premiership drought in VFL/AFL history.
If it’s not flying proudly on the last Saturday in September, he would like nothing more than to see it draped around the shoulders of inspiring Demons skipper Max Gawn.
You can’t help but wonder where that cheeky teenager who pinched it way back when is now.
The bigger tragedy is games no longer being played at the same time due to TV $$
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I feel good that this flag is found, and I assume returned, just feel it being gone the whole time we have been in the wilderness and now being returned helps.Demons’ flag nicked from MCC roof in 1964 finally found
After being stolen from the roof of the MCC in 1964 by a cheeky kid, and used as a bedspread, the Demon’s “grand old flag” has been found. This is the incredible, secret story.
As AFL finals series omens go, they don’t come much bigger or more timely than the discovery of the Melbourne Football Club’s actual, grand old flag.
The story of the partly tattered official Melbourne FC flag and how it ended up in the hands of one of Melbourne’s most-loved characters has been hidden for 57 years.
A family secret Melbourne radio legend and lawyer John Burns has decided to tell for the first time in his life to the Herald Sun.
A lifelong Demons fan and 3AW breakfast star for 19 years, John Burns — thanks to his father — is in possession of the Melbourne Football Club flag that flew above the MCC members stand on that September day, way back in 1964.
How it came to be a long-forgotten (now treasured) link back to the Demons and their last premiership, and the role John would like to see it play as the team again strives for ultimate glory, is symbolic of the dark years for Melbourne and its supporters.
“My father Bob worked on the wharves in 1964 as a tally clerk recording incoming and outgoing cargo. In the days after the 1964 win against Collingwood, a workmate pulled him aside and said he had something he wanted to give him.” John said.
Bob Burns told John his workmate revealed that on grand final day in 1964, after the siren sounded and with the Demons in front by a narrow four points, his son had climbed up to the roof of the MCC members and lowered the club flag flying above the grandstand.
The kid turned up at home with the flag — its metal shackles attached — and presented it to his father.
Not wanting to be in possession of what was clearly stolen property, the father decided to hand the flag over to John’s dad, who brought it home and gave it to John.
When he gave it to me, it still had all hoisting gear attached to it, which I stripped from the flag and for the next eight years or so I used it, can you believe, as a bedspread.
“The family was living in Hampton at the time and until I left home in 1972 or thereabouts it was a bed cover. It even has a small cigarette burn in one corner and is a little tattered at one end” John said.
“Burnso” moved out of home and, as far as he was concerned, the valuable 1964 piece of memorabilia disappeared, not to be seen again until a few weeks ago, while John was enduring another boring day of lockdown.
As John remembers, from 1972 until a few weeks ago, the famous “grand old flag” sat at the bottom of a plastic bag full of John’s dad’s remnants, which he hadn’t touched through numerous house moves.
“It turned up at the bottom of an old plastic bag and there it was, the famously stolen MFC flag rearing its ugly head yet again.”
Now the secret has been revealed, with Melbourne one win away from another shot at premiership glory in Perth, if it can get through a preliminary final next weekend.
Unlike that day 57 years ago, John — like tens of thousands of other Melbourne supporters desperate to see their team win a flag — sadly won’t be able to be there.
He’s now an MCC member but he remembers in ’64, as a young law student, he turned up in a tweed jacket and tie in the standing room section at the Punt Rd end.
“I went with my best mate who ended up being my best man and we watched as Ray Gabelich kicked that famous running goal to put Collingwood in front.”
But to their relief, Demons defender Neil Crompton then pounced on the ball in front of Melbourne’s goal to kick the winner - his only goal of the season.
If John had glanced across the MCG he would have seen his long-held secret souvenir flying above the MCC grandstand.
Now he wants to hand it over to the club he has supported all his life and hopes, if it makes the grand final, the old Melbourne Football Club ensign — with its tiny cigarette burn — can act as an omen to break the longest premiership drought in VFL/AFL history.
If it’s not flying proudly on the last Saturday in September, he would like nothing more than to see it draped around the shoulders of inspiring Demons skipper Max Gawn.
You can’t help but wonder where that cheeky teenager who pinched it way back when is now.
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Of all people, John Burns? Bloody hell.Demons’ flag nicked from MCC roof in 1964 finally found
After being stolen from the roof of the MCC in 1964 by a cheeky kid, and used as a bedspread, the Demon’s “grand old flag” has been found. This is the incredible, secret story.
As AFL finals series omens go, they don’t come much bigger or more timely than the discovery of the Melbourne Football Club’s actual, grand old flag.
The story of the partly tattered official Melbourne FC flag and how it ended up in the hands of one of Melbourne’s most-loved characters has been hidden for 57 years.
A family secret Melbourne radio legend and lawyer John Burns has decided to tell for the first time in his life to the Herald Sun.
A lifelong Demons fan and 3AW breakfast star for 19 years, John Burns — thanks to his father — is in possession of the Melbourne Football Club flag that flew above the MCC members stand on that September day, way back in 1964.
How it came to be a long-forgotten (now treasured) link back to the Demons and their last premiership, and the role John would like to see it play as the team again strives for ultimate glory, is symbolic of the dark years for Melbourne and its supporters.
“My father Bob worked on the wharves in 1964 as a tally clerk recording incoming and outgoing cargo. In the days after the 1964 win against Collingwood, a workmate pulled him aside and said he had something he wanted to give him.” John said.
Bob Burns told John his workmate revealed that on grand final day in 1964, after the siren sounded and with the Demons in front by a narrow four points, his son had climbed up to the roof of the MCC members and lowered the club flag flying above the grandstand.
The kid turned up at home with the flag — its metal shackles attached — and presented it to his father.
Not wanting to be in possession of what was clearly stolen property, the father decided to hand the flag over to John’s dad, who brought it home and gave it to John.
When he gave it to me, it still had all hoisting gear attached to it, which I stripped from the flag and for the next eight years or so I used it, can you believe, as a bedspread.
“The family was living in Hampton at the time and until I left home in 1972 or thereabouts it was a bed cover. It even has a small cigarette burn in one corner and is a little tattered at one end” John said.
“Burnso” moved out of home and, as far as he was concerned, the valuable 1964 piece of memorabilia disappeared, not to be seen again until a few weeks ago, while John was enduring another boring day of lockdown.
As John remembers, from 1972 until a few weeks ago, the famous “grand old flag” sat at the bottom of a plastic bag full of John’s dad’s remnants, which he hadn’t touched through numerous house moves.
“It turned up at the bottom of an old plastic bag and there it was, the famously stolen MFC flag rearing its ugly head yet again.”
Now the secret has been revealed, with Melbourne one win away from another shot at premiership glory in Perth, if it can get through a preliminary final next weekend.
Unlike that day 57 years ago, John — like tens of thousands of other Melbourne supporters desperate to see their team win a flag — sadly won’t be able to be there.
He’s now an MCC member but he remembers in ’64, as a young law student, he turned up in a tweed jacket and tie in the standing room section at the Punt Rd end.
“I went with my best mate who ended up being my best man and we watched as Ray Gabelich kicked that famous running goal to put Collingwood in front.”
But to their relief, Demons defender Neil Crompton then pounced on the ball in front of Melbourne’s goal to kick the winner - his only goal of the season.
If John had glanced across the MCG he would have seen his long-held secret souvenir flying above the MCC grandstand.
Now he wants to hand it over to the club he has supported all his life and hopes, if it makes the grand final, the old Melbourne Football Club ensign — with its tiny cigarette burn — can act as an omen to break the longest premiership drought in VFL/AFL history.
If it’s not flying proudly on the last Saturday in September, he would like nothing more than to see it draped around the shoulders of inspiring Demons skipper Max Gawn.
You can’t help but wonder where that cheeky teenager who pinched it way back when is now.
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Bedspread? I just know the bloke didn’t have cats, otherwise it would be knackeredDemons’ flag nicked from MCC roof in 1964 finally found
After being stolen from the roof of the MCC in 1964 by a cheeky kid, and used as a bedspread, the Demon’s “grand old flag” has been found. This is the incredible, secret story.
As AFL finals series omens go, they don’t come much bigger or more timely than the discovery of the Melbourne Football Club’s actual, grand old flag.
The story of the partly tattered official Melbourne FC flag and how it ended up in the hands of one of Melbourne’s most-loved characters has been hidden for 57 years.
A family secret Melbourne radio legend and lawyer John Burns has decided to tell for the first time in his life to the Herald Sun.
A lifelong Demons fan and 3AW breakfast star for 19 years, John Burns — thanks to his father — is in possession of the Melbourne Football Club flag that flew above the MCC members stand on that September day, way back in 1964.
How it came to be a long-forgotten (now treasured) link back to the Demons and their last premiership, and the role John would like to see it play as the team again strives for ultimate glory, is symbolic of the dark years for Melbourne and its supporters.
“My father Bob worked on the wharves in 1964 as a tally clerk recording incoming and outgoing cargo. In the days after the 1964 win against Collingwood, a workmate pulled him aside and said he had something he wanted to give him.” John said.
Bob Burns told John his workmate revealed that on grand final day in 1964, after the siren sounded and with the Demons in front by a narrow four points, his son had climbed up to the roof of the MCC members and lowered the club flag flying above the grandstand.
The kid turned up at home with the flag — its metal shackles attached — and presented it to his father.
Not wanting to be in possession of what was clearly stolen property, the father decided to hand the flag over to John’s dad, who brought it home and gave it to John.
When he gave it to me, it still had all hoisting gear attached to it, which I stripped from the flag and for the next eight years or so I used it, can you believe, as a bedspread.
“The family was living in Hampton at the time and until I left home in 1972 or thereabouts it was a bed cover. It even has a small cigarette burn in one corner and is a little tattered at one end” John said.
“Burnso” moved out of home and, as far as he was concerned, the valuable 1964 piece of memorabilia disappeared, not to be seen again until a few weeks ago, while John was enduring another boring day of lockdown.
As John remembers, from 1972 until a few weeks ago, the famous “grand old flag” sat at the bottom of a plastic bag full of John’s dad’s remnants, which he hadn’t touched through numerous house moves.
“It turned up at the bottom of an old plastic bag and there it was, the famously stolen MFC flag rearing its ugly head yet again.”
Now the secret has been revealed, with Melbourne one win away from another shot at premiership glory in Perth, if it can get through a preliminary final next weekend.
Unlike that day 57 years ago, John — like tens of thousands of other Melbourne supporters desperate to see their team win a flag — sadly won’t be able to be there.
He’s now an MCC member but he remembers in ’64, as a young law student, he turned up in a tweed jacket and tie in the standing room section at the Punt Rd end.
“I went with my best mate who ended up being my best man and we watched as Ray Gabelich kicked that famous running goal to put Collingwood in front.”
But to their relief, Demons defender Neil Crompton then pounced on the ball in front of Melbourne’s goal to kick the winner - his only goal of the season.
If John had glanced across the MCG he would have seen his long-held secret souvenir flying above the MCC grandstand.
Now he wants to hand it over to the club he has supported all his life and hopes, if it makes the grand final, the old Melbourne Football Club ensign — with its tiny cigarette burn — can act as an omen to break the longest premiership drought in VFL/AFL history.
If it’s not flying proudly on the last Saturday in September, he would like nothing more than to see it draped around the shoulders of inspiring Demons skipper Max Gawn.
You can’t help but wonder where that cheeky teenager who pinched it way back when is now.
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