Random Carlton Trivia...

[footyfan1978]

Definitely 1988 at Waverley. It rained. Very untypical for Arctic Park. Johnno has his ribs broken early in the game.

Yep, that was when our premiership dreams were sunk, then and there, that season. I blame myself, missed the game as girlfriend somehow talked me into going to something else. Never forgiven myself. We played Hawks twice in finals series the previous two seasons and even 1982 we played them twice. We probably meet 8 times in the 1980's finals. We would have won about 5 of them but not played a final together for 30 years now.

 

[The Blueseum]

I'll go the 1987 VFL Grand Final.

Nay!

 

[The Blueseum]

Yep, that was when our premiership dreams were sunk, then and there, that season. I blame myself, missed the game as girlfriend somehow talked me into going to something else. Never forgiven myself. We played Hawks twice in finals series the previous two seasons and even 1982 we played them twice. We probably meet 8 times in the 1980's finals. We would have won about 5 of them but not played a final together for 30 years now.

Yes we met the Hawks 8 times exactly in finals in the 1980's..... very good....

http://www.blueseum.org/Hawthorn+Finals+List

FtB

 

[ferrisb]

Give the man some points.

footyfan78 is correct with the Dominator Wayne Johnston.

He reveals his birth name on his Open Mike spot.

I don't understand.

His real name isn't Dominator, T?

 

[The Blueseum]

In the VFL / AFL era (post 1897), Carlton has finished on top of the ladder 17 times.... Of these occasions on 6 times we missed out on the Flag.

Only one of these was in the post WW2 era. In which year did we come top but fail to win the flag?

FtB

 

[AceAndy]

In the VFL / AFL era (post 1897), Carlton has finished on top of the ladder 17 times.... Of these occasions on 6 times we missed out on the Flag.

Only one of these was in the post WW2 era. In which year did we come top but fail to win the flag?

FtB

1976

 

[The Blueseum]

1976

WTF happened?

 

[AceAndy]

WTF happened?

Didnt even make the GF , pretty disappointing.

 

[mediumsizered]

WTF happened?

Lost both finals by small margins.

It was a strange season. We won the first 7 games, lost the next 5, won the next 9 & then drew the last game. Some would argue that we were due for a loss, but the finals was not a good time for it to happen.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Lost both finals by small margins.

It was a strange season. We won the first 7 games, lost the next 5, won the next 9 & then drew the last game. Some would argue that we were due for a loss, but the finals was not a good time for it to happen.

Was this the final series when North beat us by a point at Waverley?

 

[mediumsizered]

Was this the final series when North beat us by a point at Waverley?

That's the one. I remember listening to it on the radio & it seemed every time we went forward in the last quarter, Malcolm Blight marked the bloody thing. I was heartily sick of Blight by the end of that season.

 

[thylacine60]

could play

 

[thylacine60]

retrieving the blight ball from a princes park tree c 1976.........

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Was this the final series when North beat us by a point at Waverley?

I was at both games. Literally pinched both. If you look closely at the footage from Princes Park you can see my footy record travelling almost the same distance as Blight’s kick. I was bloody filthy. I think it’s the origin of my hatred for the Kangaroos. Campaigners.

 

[The old campaigner]

retrieving the blight ball from a princes park tree c 1976.........

The dude with the man bun and a couple of other things (uniforms, radios etc.) would suggest that the ball has been tree bound for some decades.

 

[thylacine60]

way to spoil the atmos, dazza..........

 

[footyfan1978]

The dude with the man bun and a couple of other things (uniforms, radios etc.) would suggest that the ball has been tree bound for some decades.

Excellent detective work there.

 

[footyfan1978]

They looking in wrong spot too. Reckon it went back further in that thick green grass area.

 

[mediumsizered]

retrieving the blight ball from a princes park tree c 1976.........

Is this a modern take of the Spot The Ball competition that used to appear in The Sun News Pictorial?

 

[thylacine60]

I loved that thing - can't find a mention of it anywhere.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Artists on the 4th floor used to airbrush a random pic from a reserves game.

Was always a big secret.

Walked in in the boss one day, pic in hand with his little magnifying glass.

He went classic newspaper bunta.

I adjourned to the Phoenix to collect my thoughts.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

I loved that thing - can't find a mention of it anywhere.

You need to use Trove. A search engine provided by the National Library of Australia. It has digitised the newspaper publications for Australia. I’m certain you’ll find Spot the Ball, and with a little luck, Little Sport.

 

[footyfan1978]

Is this a modern take of the Spot The Ball competition that used to appear in The Sun News Pictorial?

I loved that thing - can't find a mention of it anywhere.

You need to use Trove. A search engine provided by the National Library of Australia. It has digitised the newspaper publications for Australia. I’m certain you’ll find Spot the Ball, and with a little luck, Little Sport.

Just searched...

• The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA : 1929 - 1931)
• Wed 12 Jun 1929
• Page 2
• WOMAN WINS FIND THE BALL COMPETITION

 

[katmanblue]

One thing I don't like about the app, is that I can never see emojis correctly... I just see the text. For example..

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[katmanblue]

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/251523872052-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
No cake for you. Number 14 for North in Phil Kelly is Josh Kelly's Dad.
Hence North keep chasing him so bad as they feel he should be with them.

About 40 seconds into this video you will see his Dad.

Plenty of kids are brought up by men who aren't actually their father but never no.


That bloody milkman.

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