Roast Media Shakes Head, Part 7

[NoddyHolder]

I've got lots of good footy memories at Footy park - mostly finals and grand finals. The trouble with it was it needed 30 thousand people in there to not feel like a desolate wasteland. It certainly wasn't a white elephant, it served it's purpose, then just came to the end of its natural life. The sanfl clung on for about a decade too long but it was a cash cow for them so no surprise they didn't want to let go.

 

[longdonkey]

Reminded me of Waverly. Arctic park.

Waverley was even colder in September than Footy Park in July and even worse to get to than West Lakes.

Think it was a bus and a train back to the city

 

[NoddyHolder]

Waverley was even colder in September and even worse to get to than West Lakes.

Think it was a bus and a train back to the city

Waverley was horrific. Everything negative about footy park x10

 

[jac147]

Waverley was horrific. Everything negative about footy park x10

Only went there once - we got a footy lesson from the Hawks in one of those preseason finals. We drove there and to this day I still don’t know how we got there and how we left there! That was the game where either FF or DD (I can’t remember which one) had a lightning bolt trimmed into the back of their head
Boy the Vic media certainly went to town on that one!

 

[Byrons Firen]

Only went there once - we got a footy lesson from the Hawks in one of those preseason finals. We drove there and to this day I still don’t know how we got there and how we left there! That was the game where either FF or DD (I can’t remember which one) had a lightning bolt trimmed into the back of their head
Boy the Vic media certainly went to town on that one!

I liked Fabian Francis





as a footballer

 

[NoddyHolder]

Only went there once - we got a footy lesson from the Hawks in one of those preseason finals. We drove there and to this day I still don’t know how we got there and how we left there! That was the game where either FF or DD (I can’t remember which one) had a lightning bolt trimmed into the back of their head
Boy the Vic media certainly went to town on that one!

I was at the same game. Donald Dickie had the lightning bolt hair cut

 

[longdonkey]

Waverley was horrific. Everything negative about footy park x10

The amazing thing about the place was that if you were on one wing on the boundary and the play was on the far side to you couldn't see below the players knees. And how could they get seats that were 100 years old into a stadium that was only 30 years old? I only went once as well but saw a cracking game North Melbourne v Hawthorn overtime win and Carey was incredible.

 

[Andre]

Waverley was horrific. Everything negative about footy park x10

Went there the once in our first year in the AFL. You had to stand and sit down carefully so you didn't get a splinter and be telling your (at the time) GF 'Sorry out of action at the moment'.

It was the game against the Hawks where we were about 5 goals down then got a run on and a couple back. Ball in play right on the boundary line in a 'right in front of me' moment, but could see it was still in. Wanganeen streaming towards a certain goal and us to be within 2 and a good chance of an upset. Umpire from further away then I was called it out and we lost all momentum and Hawks kicked away. So I have zero fond memories of that ground for any reason. It made Football Park look modern and conveniently located.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Only went there once - we got a footy lesson from the Hawks in one of those preseason finals. We drove there and to this day I still don’t know how we got there and how we left there! That was the game where either FF or DD (I can’t remember which one) had a lightning bolt trimmed into the back of their head
Boy the Vic media certainly went to town on that one!

It was a Mohawk and he played like dogshit

Scared dogshit

 

[jac147]

I was at the same game. Donald Dickie had the lightning bolt hair cut

I thought it was him!

 

[malcheski]

It was a Mohawk and he played like dogshit

Scared dogshit

Was absolutely a terrible mohawk:



He rocked the lightning bolt in '97:

 

[NoddyHolder]

Was absolutely a terrible mohawk:

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He rocked the lightning bolt in '97:

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neither of those hairdos would raise an eyebrow now.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

neither of those hairdos would raise an eyebrow now.

Pretty sure the mohawk is actually the terrible Dusty haircut from 2017...

 

[sobrave]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/616194

What the *? Because free agency might impact the BiG vIcCo clubs for once instead of the interstates they should get to cheat the salary cap?

This competition is so ******* lopsided it's farcical. No one thought there should be a loyalty payment when Shiel or Cameron or Lynch or Dangerfield or a million others walked through free agency to Victoria.

 

[FishingRick04]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/616194

What the fu**? Because free agency might impact the BiG vIcCo clubs for once instead of the interstates they should get to cheat the salary cap?

This competition is so ******* lopsided it's farcical. No one thought there should be a loyalty payment when Shiel or Cameron or Lynch or Dangerfield or a million others walked through free agency to Victoria.

Well unless others start calling it out, it won’t change

 

[tribey]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/616194

What the fu**? Because free agency might impact the BiG vIcCo clubs for once instead of the interstates they should get to cheat the salary cap?

This competition is so ******* lopsided it's farcical. No one thought there should be a loyalty payment when Shiel or Cameron or Lynch or Dangerfield or a million others walked through free agency to Victoria.

We essentially had something similar to this with the veterans list, but the AFL saw fit to scrap it just as Boak/Gray/Westhoff turned 30

 

[Andre]

We essentially had something similar to this with the veterans list, but the AFL saw fit to scrap it just as Boak/Gray/Westhoff turned 30

Yeah, start reading that and thinking 'Wait this is the veterans list' for it to get a brief mention at the end. As a concept I don't mind it, I don't think the Veteran's list should ever have been scrapped. However I'd make it a Marquee player clause, each club could only put one player on it, not multiple one's. Also then since it'd only apply at Free Agency (I'd make it at RFA), then clubs wouldn't be able to match an RFA/FA deal. If you consider a particular player so important, you should make them your marque player and pay the extra. If all that extra money still won't want them staying, then they obviously desperately want out.

 

[Pappagallo]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/616194

What the fu**? Because free agency might impact the BiG vIcCo clubs for once instead of the interstates they should get to cheat the salary cap?

This competition is so ******* lopsided it's farcical. No one thought there should be a loyalty payment when Shiel or Cameron or Lynch or Dangerfield or a million others walked through free agency to Victoria.

Don’t you love the examples. Let’s help Carlton, Essendon and Footscray cheat the cap wait too obvious quick throw in Josh Kelly!

 

[PortWTF]

On the subject of Footy Park, I'm too young to remember this but heard a few years ago that a bomb detonated in the car park at he shopping centre across the road during game-day. Mid 70s I think.

The other memorable even was the tragic end for the sky diver during a State Game, circa 1987.

I'm pretty sure the skydiver incident was at a Australia v Ireland game. I was lining up waiting to get in and saw the skydivers come down pretty much directly overhead. Remarked to my old man that one of them looked like he wasn't going to make it into the stadium and land in the car park. Anyway he turned sharply and his chute kind of collapsed and he fell quite a long way onto the outer roof.

 

[tribey]

I'm pretty sure the skydiver incident was at a Australia v Ireland game. I was lining up waiting to get in and saw the skydivers come down pretty much directly overhead. Remarked to my old man that one of them looked like he wasn't going to make it into the stadium and land in the car park. Anyway he turned sharply and his chute kind of collapsed and he fell quite a long way onto the outer roof.

How did I not know about this? The SA mafia really sweep negatives about the old girl under the rug, hey.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

I'm pretty sure the skydiver incident was at a Australia v Ireland game. I was lining up waiting to get in and saw the skydivers come down pretty much directly overhead. Remarked to my old man that one of them looked like he wasn't going to make it into the stadium and land in the car park. Anyway he turned sharply and his chute kind of collapsed and he fell quite a long way onto the outer roof.

I tried to google it for confirmation but found nothing.

I thought it was a State Game, you could very well be right though.

 

[Grave Danger]

The Weet-Bixification of Port Adelaide...

 

[afl2004]

The Weet-Bixification of Port Adelaide...

Port trend setters yet again

 

[PortWTF]

I tried to google it for confirmation but found nothing.

I thought it was a State Game, you could very well be right though.

SANFL Grand Final: Last Day at Football Park

www.footyalmanac.com.au

was the only reference I can find to it. It says half time so I may have misremembered and was lining up to get food instead of being lined up to get in.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

The Weet-Bixification of Port Adelaide...

Get that guy a Prison Bar