Autopsy "I remember when"

[MC Extra Dollop]

I remember being utterly convinced that we'd win the 1995 Grand Final, because I was allowed to stay up for The Grand Final Footy Show and Sam Newman guaranteed it. And I remember getting some sort of $5 commemorative coin as a present and taking it straight to the milk bar to spend it on footy cards.

As far as playing, I remember the McDonald's encouragement awards and playing games where it had been so cold, I wouldn't be able to untie my bootlaces once I got into the rooms. Went home in rubbish bags. And boiled mouthguards.

 

[vinum coupe]

Absolutely spot-on HTR.
You forgot the bit about trying to get into the boots the next week after you tried to dry them too quick on the hearth in front of the fire.

I'd completely forgotten about that.

 

[SJ]

My first memories are:
- Walking down with my parents to stand in the outer for the last quarter. Looking down to the goal square and the late afternoon winter sun came out to land on Ablett in the goal square creating long shadows.
- Collecting Select footy stickers and swapping them with friends (and a teacher at one point). I never stuck them very neatly into my album (which would disintegrate every year in my school bag - I'd have to reinforce the spine with a lot of sticky tape).

 

[Vdubs]

I remember going to see Geelong West VFA games and watching Joe Radojovic

And the undiscovered Terry Bright, and the great coaching of Billy Goggin, and watching players land on the velodrome and lose flesh??

 

[Vdubs]

I remember getting a 2 page, hand-written letter from my favourite player of the time, Mark Bos-I put it under my pillow and told my mum never to touch it!

I loved Bossy as well. Very underrated, and at his peak, I recall watching training and Billy Goggin used to get him to SHOW all the others how to tackle, and they got tackled.
Highlight was him stopping the rampaging Tim Watson, who had been in devastating form.

 

[Vdubs]

I remember when Gary Ablett elbowed Kristian Bardsley (St Kilda) as he was leading for the ball in '96 at Kardinia. I was standing in the outer and could hear the hit.
I think Gaz got 7 or 8 weeks for that one. Bardsley had 18 stitches or so..ouch.

I always thought Ablett was killed for that one- Bardsley was behind Ablett, Ablett had the ball, and KB's attempt at tackling the great man was ridiculous, Ablett never saw or knew what he did in that tackle. It was really the amount of blood that crucified him.

 

[yeah_nah_yeah]

I always thought Ablett was killed for that one- Bardsley was behind Ablett, Ablett had the ball, and KB's attempt at tackling the great man was ridiculous, Ablett never saw or knew what he did in that tackle. It was really the amount of blood that crucified him.

Yeah there was a lot of blood which didn't help Gaz's case! Neither did the 18 stitches!
Cant remember how many weeks he got for this one, anyone know?

He'd be rubbed out for the year if he did it in this day and age.

 

[James1970]

I remember watching World of Sport in the hope of catching Cats highlights from the previous day's action at Kardinia Park and always getting pissed off at always being shown last, the lousy one-camera-action taken from what looked like the car park, the total absense of sound apart from the wind blowing to the city end and the overall contemptous attitude of the panel with regard to the Cats.

 

[Commando]

Yeah there was a lot of blood which didn't help Gaz's case! Neither did the 18 stitches!
Cant remember how many weeks he got for this one, anyone know?

He'd be rubbed out for the year if he did it in this day and age.

From memory it was round 2 (Easter Saturday) 1996 and he got rubbed out for 5 weeks....

 

[Farmer2Goggin]

I remember the peanut man.

The old bloke at the Western Oval? He'd go around shouting "peanuts , peanuts shilling a bag - peanuts , peanuts shilling a bag"
When asked how much they were he'd reply 10 cents

I remember when I grew tall enough to stand on the empty "big" beer cans in the outer and actually see the play

 

[Commando]

I remember being utterly convinced that we'd win the 1995 Grand Final, because I was allowed to stay up for The Grand Final Footy Show and Sam Newman guaranteed it. And I remember getting some sort of $5 commemorative coin as a present and taking it straight to the milk bar to spend it on footy cards.

As far as playing, I remember the McDonald's encouragement awards and playing games where it had been so cold, I wouldn't be able to untie my bootlaces once I got into the rooms. Went home in rubbish bags. And boiled mouthguards.

My one and only boiled mouth guard experience landed me at the royal children's hospital with a saucepan of boiling water scalding my stomach and thigh....

 

[James1970]

I also remember those large balloon-type brown plastic footys we had in the 70s that would cause severe pain if you missed kicking the sweet spot, which was most of the time, and being jealous of the kids that had real red, plastic Fawkners to play with.

 

[Hot Tin Roof]

Anyone else buy a section of Geelong Road for $10(?). I still have the certificate buried somewhere. Probably worth $2 now

 

[Hot Tin Roof]

I also remember those large balloon-type brown plastic footys we had in the 70s that would cause severe pain if you missed kicking the sweet spot, which was most of the time, and being jealous of the kids that had real red, plastic Fawkners to play with.

Ahh heck, that put me in the DeLorean. The family had gallopers back in the day. I remember tuning in to Geelong broadcasts at Flemington races as a 7yo, rolling racebooks up with rubber bands, and kicking the crap out of them along the bookie's rail.

 

[vinum coupe]

I also remember those large balloon-type brown plastic footys we had in the 70s that would cause severe pain if you missed kicking the sweet spot, which was most of the time, and being jealous of the kids that had real red, plastic Fawkners to play with.

ha ha, I remember those. And they had a hard knob on the end from the mould.

We always had decent footys but we still loved kicking that every once in a while in the back yard.

 

[James1970]

ha ha, I remember those. And they had a hard knob on the end from the mould.

We always had decent footys but we still loved kicking that every once in a while in the back yard.

Yeah, had a few of those as well, back in the day.

 

[James1970]

ha ha, I remember those. And they had a hard knob on the end from the mould.

We always had decent footys but we still loved kicking that every once in a while in the back yard.

Ya toff!!! When desperate, we'd have to get out the flour and paper mache Grandma's Truth newspaper (she liked the crosswords, supposedly) and wait till it hardened up. So many lines I can add to this, but I better go...

 

[vinum coupe]

Ha ha, I was just lucky. My brother was 8 years older than me so he'd buy them.
I think he bought every brand over a few years. Loved the lyrebird.

 

[Partridge]

Off topic slightly, I remember when you couldn't get through a season without St.Kilda sacking a coach........oh wait.

 

[Cosmic Energy]

I remember kicking the footy on VFL park after the game for what seemed liked hours until the police kicked us off. Then kicking the footy in the carpark until it was dark and all the cars had gone and you could actually get out of the joint.

I also remember picking up empty (or sometimes mostly full) beer cans after games at VFL park to get cash back, sometimes even a trailer full of garbage bags.

Also remember cheer squads etc cutting up newspapers into little squares, carrying them in garbage bags, and then tossing the lot into the air to celebrate a goal/win. Seemed most effective from the front row on the 2nd level of the old southern stand at the MCG, probably the Richmond cheersquad from memory.

 

[SJ]

I remember when you needed the footy record to look at the scoreboard and figure out who was winning in other matches.

I remember when radio stations went around the grounds to four or five matches, each at the same stage of the match as the host broadcast.

 

[Partridge]

Also remember cheer squads etc cutting up newspapers into little squares, carrying them in garbage bags, and then tossing the lot into the air to celebrate a goal/win. Seemed most effective from the front row on the 2nd level of the old southern stand at the MCG, probably the Richmond cheersquad from memory.

The greatest example I've ever seen of that was late in 1991 against Essendon (we won narrowly). If you want to see entire forests destroyed and thrown onto the ground that is the game.

 

[Partridge]

I remember when you needed the footy record to look at the scoreboard and figure out who was winning in other matches.

I remember when radio stations went around the grounds to four or five matches, each at the same stage of the match as the host broadcast.

Yep. And some letters were never used in the footy record, which was never explained.

I used to think some commentators like Tommy Lahiff and "Skeeter" Coughlan lived at those grounds, because you never heard from them any other time.

 

[Partridge]

I also remember when there was a match between two teams who shared a ground, it was billed as "battle of the co-tenants".

 

[SJ]

Yep. And some letters were never used in the footy record, which was never explained.

I used to think some commentators like Tommy Lahiff and "Skeeter" Coughlan lived at those grounds, because you never heard from them any other time.

"We've got the close one" was a common phrase after doing the rounds late in the last quarter.