OT:Biggest Loss You Attended

[dbcrow]

My family and I made the trip to Melbourne to see us play Essendon, back in the mid-nineties at the MCG.

Can't remember the actual result, but it was somewhere in the 120+ mark.

Have been lucky to not see too many big defeats though. I was lucky to live in Melbourne from 1999 to 2002, where we didn't lose very many at all away games.

 

[dbcrow]

My family and I made the trip to Melbourne to see us play Essendon, back in the mid-nineties at the MCG.

Can't remember the actual result, but it was somewhere in the 120+ mark.

Have been lucky to not see too many big defeats though. I was lucky to live in Melbourne from 1999 to 2002, where we didn't lose very many at all away games.

Found it:

1995 - Rnd 14 Essendon 27-20 (182) d Adelaide 8-12 (60) MCG Crowd - 40,269 .

And the week before.....

1995 - Rnd 13 Collingwood 24-8 (152) d Adelaide 7-14 (56) MCG Crowd - 32,858

When was the last time we played two games in a row at the MCG (apart from finals....)???

 

[relapse]

I checked on www.finalsiren.com which has results from every game since 1980 and it was in 94 and the final margin was 97 points to hawthorn, most disgraceful game ever by the AFC and when you consider Adelaide were third and really should have made the GF in 1993 it made the result even more disgusting.

 

[tribey]

SANFL: When I was 5/6 (circa 1986-7) I was taken along to a couple of hammerings we suffered at the Bay. Can't remember exactly how much we lost by, but when you're that age it always feels like 100 points as the tears flow.

AFL: I was lucky enough to avoid all of the real shellackings handed out to us over the years - only attended one game between 1991-1994 and a smattering of games prior to 1997 - and the only massive ones we've suffered post-Premiership were away games, but the substantial losses I did see that stick in the memory/craw:

Round 21, 1996 - Football Park - Collingwood 24. 9 (153) d. Adelaide 14. 12 (96): Yet another one of those encounters with the Pies where regardless of the form of both sides, ladder position or venue, they gave it to us royal.

Irresistable from start to finish, Paul Williams and his collar flew around the arena all day on his way to 25 possessions and 3 goals. Nathan Buckley, Gav Brown, Damien Monkhorst, Scott Crow (FFS!), Scotty Russell and Tony Francis also put in bids for Brownlow votes, while Sav booted his usual bag on us - with Modra's six and Chalmers' unusually good game but cold consolation for us.

Round 22, 1999 - Football Park - Kangaroos 22. 10 (142) d. Adelaide 8. 18 (66): In what was the final game of Blight's reign and the final bow for both Rod Jameson and Matty Liptak, we were treated to a rendition of The Pride of South Australia by upcoming music starlet, Adelaide's own Aleesha Rome. Does anyone know where she is now? Answers on the back of a postage stamp, please.

With the entire club having clocked off weeks before, we were treated to one of the most insipid and woeful performances in the history of the club. Granted the opposition were the would-be Premiers just itching to inflict more revenge on us for taking their cup the previous September, but we showed little interest and failed to put up even token resistance, despite somehow enjoying more possession.

The only highlights for us were Brett James' mesmorising tribute to the handball (26 touches, only 3 of them kicks), Mark Bickley's show of true grit in the face of adversity and Nigel Smart's handy return of 3 goals. For the Roos, Carey and Shagga (I smell a sitcom) took us apart in what was a handy little training run before their glorious September, while interestingly, a certain S. Welsh helped himself to three goals - what ever happened to that bloke?

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Found it:

1995 - Rnd 14 Essendon 27-20 (182) d Adelaide 8-12 (60) MCG Crowd - 40,269 .

And the week before.....

1995 - Rnd 13 Collingwood 24-8 (152) d Adelaide 7-14 (56) MCG Crowd - 32,858

When was the last time we played two games in a row at the MCG (apart from finals....)???

I went to both those games. Bloody awful. I was held up at work on the Friday night game (vs Collingwood) and by the time I got in (about 10 minutes into the first quarter we were already 5 goals down). What was also bad was a couple of weeks later we played Carlton at Princes Park and after being 5 or 6 goals up completely caved in and lost by a heap. Still it made the wins over St Kilda (at Waverley) and Melbourne (at the MCG) later in the season much sweeter!

 

[Leaping Lindner]

I used to watch West Torrens every week and unfortunately saw some huge thumpings. I'm not sure if I'm thinking of the same game but there was one horrible day at Prospect where we were smashed. That stupid Rooster mascot was in serious physical danger from my Dad had he been able to get near it.

On the bright side, I vividly remember Neville Roberts wearing his head gear for the first time and the team run out to the Rocky theme

I think that must be the second last game of 1982. And North's score that day is still it's highest to date. (33 goals).

 

[jtrain]

The biggest mauling of the crows I ever saw live was a match against essendon at the mcg in the early 90's. We lost by more than 100 points easily, and lloyd kicked 3 goals on his debut including one of the luckiest soccer goals I have ever seen.

As for maulings, as a Sturt supporter who attended regularly as a junior burger in the late 80's and early 90's, I reckon I saw a lifetime's worth of drubbings and humiliations.

 

[Smoooothy]

Not a crows game i know, but a few seasons ago went to see Moonta play some team, and they won by about 340pts, i think it was 56 goals to 2 or something like that..

 

[musha_13]

Round 1 Last Year

Kangaroos 2.3 8.5 17.7 23.11 (149) dftd Adelaide 4.7 4.11 9.13 10.14 (74)

I went to every AFC game in Victoria last year except the beltings of Hawthorn and Richmond.

The closest game I have ever seen was the first one I went to -
St Kilda 2.5 7.6 12.7 12.7 (79) drew Adelaide 2.2 4.6 7.8 11.13 (79)

 

[-VC-]

The closest game I have ever seen was the first one I went to -
St Kilda 2.5 7.6 12.7 12.7 (79) drew Adelaide 2.2 4.6 7.8 11.13 (79)

I was at that game. As I recall we did our best to make sure our 5 goal last quarter comeback didn't happen by kicking inaccurately. I remember we were down by roughly five goals and managed to kick four goals in the last. Sadly, we almost kicked a goal's worth of behinds (mostly Modra I think).

 

[-VC-]

Actually, would I be correct in saying that was our only draw ever?

 

[Mad Dog]

St Kilda 2.5 7.6 12.7 12.7 (79) drew Adelaide 2.2 4.6 7.8 11.13 (79)

I saw that one too....at Waverley Park.........errr - was it cold that day or WHAT ?????

I had to keep buying pies just to stop my fingers getting frostbite....

 

[johnnypanther]

as a Crows supporter:

- whatever our biggest loss has been at Footy Park (i've seen them all)
- interstate i have been lucky - all the games i've seen we have either won or the losses have been relatively small

as a South supporter since 1958:

- where do i start, its like listing Pt Adelaide's SANFL premierships
but the one i remember most was when Glenelg kicked about 40? goals at the bay and i think it was Fred Phillis kicked 19 that day (perhaps some Bay supporter can provide the actual details - not that i really wish to remember it)

 

[Macca19]

Biggest margin in any game I attended would probably be Port v Sturt back in 1990. Was about 6 weeks after we announced we were going into the AFL and were in the middle of a run where we won about 7-8 games by 70+ points in a row. Port kicked 34 goals that day, Hodges kicked more than Sturt and we won by 148 points.

Biggest loss of a team ive supported....the 1997 Anzac Day Massacre where Norwood beat us by I think our greatest loss for 70 years or something. 115 or so points.

Biggest Crows loss when i went for them would have been the Hawthorn game in 94 where Adelaide didnt score at one end of the ground and the Crows lost by 90 or so points.

Biggest Power loss would be late in 1997, I went to the MCG for the first time to see us lose to Richmond by 85 points. Great for your first MCG experience.

 

[Jars458]

I think that must be the second last game of 1982. And North's score that day is still it's highest to date. (33 goals).

The game I went to would have been in the early 90's. I think Adam Saliba was running amok.

 

[Lozza71]

Biggest Crows loss (margin wise) I've seen was the 96 point thrashing Collingwood gave us in 1995. Sav Rocca was unstoppable.

Biggest loss from a winning position was ofcourse the 93 Prelim. The loudest I've ever heard a crowd. Pitty they were the bomber supporters yelling.

 

[PrideofSA]

Must admit, I've never seen a flogging as a loss anyway....only seen us lose to 2 teams, Port a few times and once from the Roos, late in 98.

Have never seen us lose at the Telstra Dome, the last game was us beating the Pies the other week. I saw us win against the Saints by 97 points a few years back at the Dome when Blight was coaching the Saints.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Biggest loss I reckon I saw at Footy Park was in the early years against the Hawks (obviously not the 1st game). Recall Platten ran amok & kicked about 5 goals.

 

[kirky]

I reckon at least one person from here would have made the trip up to the Gabba. That one would have been fun....

Yes, made the trip but expectations weren't high so wasn't surprised by the result. The Brisbane supporters didn't get stuck into one even though any other teams supporters would have. Weather was good and the beer cold!!

Also saw the first round last year against North at the "G" (75 points) but made up for it by seeing us destroy Hawthorn at the "G" in round 10 (86 points).

As a kid saw West Torrens get slaughtered by the usual suspects (Glenelg, Norwood, North, Sturt and Port). Recent times - one game the new "Eagles" played against Norwood at Woodville in 1995 and we had 1.3 at half time and lost by 158 points. The big whopper was seeing West Torrens lose to the CDFC at Elizabeth in 1988 by a staggering 198 points (we only kicked 4 goals fro the game) - ouch!!!

 

[macca23]

I used to watch West Torrens every week and unfortunately saw some huge thumpings. I'm not sure if I'm thinking of the same game but there was one horrible day at Prospect where we were smashed. That stupid Rooster mascot was in serious physical danger from my Dad had he been able to get near it.

Fergus, I used to go to those same games, and there were so many horrible thumpings they've all just blurred into one big whupping!!

I'm sure there must have been a record in all that lot somewhere!!

As for your Dad, he wasn't the only one. There were some pretty gruesome and at times indecent suggestions by Torrens supporters as to what they thought should be done to Rocket Rooster!!

I'm sure I heard them yell out 'pluck him" at times!! I think it was "pluck him" anyway!!

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Fergus, I used to go to those same games, and there were so many horrible thumpings they've all just blurred into one big whupping!!

I'm sure there must have been a record in all that lot somewhere!!

As for your Dad, he wasn't the only one. There were some pretty gruesome and at times indecent suggestions by Torrens supporters as to what they thought should be done to Rocket Rooster!!

I'm sure I heard them yell out 'pluck him" at times!! I think it was "pluck him" anyway!!

Yes, many an opposition supporter over the years has suggested that Rocket Rooster should go get plucked.

The game I went to would have been in the early 90's. I think Adam Saliba was running amok.

1991. IIRC It was W-WT's first loss for the year. Mind you they beat North 9 weeks later at Football Park.

 

[marvin]

Geelong 32.18 (210) Adelaide 12.15 (87). Kardinia Park, 1992

The game was over by quarter time, but at least the weather was sunny.

And on the positive side, it's still the highest combined score (297 points) for a match involving the Crows.