Remember when.......................

[Hotel 6]

Remember that bloke that used to go out practicing his goal kicking, decked out in his full Essendon uniform featuring Mark Harveys No38 on his back?

If it is the same dude that I am thinking about his name was Crash and he did the scoreboard for years at Croydon. Dunno if he is still around as I have not been to a Croydon game for long time......might go to one this year

 

[Pie 4 Life]

People labelled Season 2000 as the "Year of the Saint"

 

[Chewy]

Remember when... You could run onto the field after the game and pat your hero on the back as he left the arena.

they used to sell those black and white, pocket-sized footy records.

6 games played at 2pm on Saturday afternoon (the scoreboards posted the quarter by quarter scores of each game, the teams were listed as A,B,C,D etc)

When you could queue for hours for a Grand final ticket and actually get one - the game wasn't completely sold out to corporate w**kers, but the real fans.

You could sit anywhere in the Southern Stand.

You never, EVER kicked the ball sideways across the face of goals.

Phil Carman's white boots made him stand out from the crowd and he'd get called a lair.

"Peanuts! Peanuts!"

To put off someone having a set shot, kids would yell, "Chewie on your boot!"

Players kicked torpedos

 

[Robbie]

Someone may have done it already but following the other games in Melbourne with the A vs B, C vs D, E vs F etc.

There being games at MCG, Waverley, Optus, Western Oval and Kardinia Park on the same day at the same time.

 

[mollard]

"Let's check the score on the Radio Rentals scoreboard."
"Let's go around the grounds, Gerald Burke at the MCG...Polly Perkins at VFL Park... George Ferry at Windy Hill....."

Hoping to God your teams game wasn't being broadcast on the racing station:
"Snap at goal by Buhagiar.......and now the tote dividends from race 6 at Eagle Farm"

 

[DynamoUltra]

6 games played at 2pm on Saturday afternoon (the scoreboards posted the quarter by quarter scores of each game, the teams were listed as A,B,C,D etc)

And you'd pull out your $1 record and find out who was A, B, C, D etc.

When you could stand, sit, lye on the player's race at Waverly and some old man would tell you to get off.

 

[Chewy]

Hoping to God your teams game wasn't being broadcast on the racing station:
"Snap at goal by Buhagiar.......and now the tote dividends from race 6 at Eagle Farm"

3DB

Who remembers Harry Beitzel and Tommy Lahiff ?

Harry: Are you there Tommy ?
Tommy: Can you hear me Harry ?
Harry: Go ahead Tommy ?
Tommy: Can you hear me Harry ?

Remember when someone would kick the ball the wrong direction and the whole crowd would roar with laughter and call the player an idiot, etc.

Or when everyone actually cared what was written on the banners. No advertising. No sponsor plugs. Great big huge works of art with clever sledges. The pre-game entertainment was a game of Under 19's, followed by the Reserves match and then the 15-20 minutes of the Raising Of Both Banners to all parts of the ground.

Remember when the crowd would abuse weak-hearted players for staging for free kicks instead of abusing the umpire for not paying it.

 

[Giants FC]

Dr Edelsten with Leanne arriving by helicopter, and the Swanettes dancing to "show 'em UGH show 'em UGH" after every goal. *cringe*

 

[Roughie]

Remember when victorian clubs were competitive? (besides geelong)

 

[RustyG]

The WAFL used to get supporters to the game.(Before the Eagles got to pick the best players in the state for their inaugural squad)
You would be lucky if you got 5000,no,make that 2500 to a game now.
Hell,you would be lucky if you got 10,000 to the WAFL Grand Final.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Someone may have done it already but following the other games in Melbourne with the A vs B, C vs D, E vs F etc.

There being games at MCG, Waverley, Optus, Western Oval and Kardinia Park on the same day at the same time.

And when they were actually called Princes Park, Western Oval and Kardinia Park!

 

[Loyal Lion]

This is a fantastic thread, so many great memories.

Remember when....

Ch 7 hosted the Truth Gold Cazaly Awards.

The Truth had a luscious blonde on Page 3 & Cracker's column & Dyer'ere.

You'd grab the early edition of the Herald on the way out of the footy.

You'd also buy the Sporting Globe on the way home.

Sunday Observer & Sunday Press were media favorites.

Mazda Footy Highlights opened World of Sport.

Uncle Doug..."Patra", "Del Monti", "Woof, Woof, Woof" (What was that ad ?).

Hal Todd late night movies.

Deadly Earnest scared the life out of me.

You'd pick up the Herald on a friday night & on the back page, you'd have a player's milestone eg "Ian Morrison's 200th Game", rather than mergers, money & politics.

When you hoped that Louie "Kiss of Death" wouldn't pick your team.

You could see & hear the trains departing Jolimont from high up in the Southern Stand. You'd also freeze up there too as the seagulls honed in.

Garry Wilson won everything in 78-79 except "Charlie".

 

[RustyG]

Remember when:

You saw your first game of VFL football.
Early 70's,sitting on my bean bag,with my brother in his,watching "The Winners" one Sunday night on the ABC.(I live in Perth)
First game we saw was Collingwood versus Carlton.
I went for the Pies,my brother went for the Blues.
It's still the same these days.
You gotta love the rivalry,especially between brothers,when the two teams meet now a days.
He now has two lovely pot plants growing wooden spoons after all these years,kindly donated to him by his little brother.

 

[Kingpin]

The WAFL used to get supporters to the game.(Before the Eagles got to pick the best players in the state for their inaugural squad)
You would be lucky if you got 5000,no,make that 2500 to a game now.
Hell,you would be lucky if you got 10,000 to the WAFL Grand Final.

The TFL used to get 2-3-4-5,000 to roster match, 10,000 to a final, and 20,000+ to a Grand Final.
Radio coverage on two stations, delayed coverage on television, the reserves game last quarter live, 7 or 8 pages of newspaper coverage in the paper.
Every street around North Hobart would be packed with cars and people on Grand Final day, every pub full to bursting point.
No corporate stands or boxes, just full stands and terraces, and the "Wet Area" always had lots of brawls.
Lots of coverage on World Of Sport on Sunday, the players were the centre of the show, not the politicians. The VFL was just as well followed.

Nowdays it's 300 to a roster match, 800 to a final, 4-5,000 to a grand final, no coverage on radio or TV, a few lines in the paper.
All the clubs are just about ruined, no fans, no members, no workers, no money. The big-wigs run the game for their own ego rather than for its wellbeing.
The streets are deserted, the pubs are dead, the ground two-thirds empty, no atmosphere.

 

[Giants FC]

Robert Klomp only got a handful of touches and won a telly.
That was back in the days of the midweek night footy comp.

 

[mediumsizered]

Hoping to God your teams game wasn't being broadcast on the racing station:
"Snap at goal by Buhagiar.......and now the tote dividends from race 6 at Eagle Farm"

The day Malcolm Blight kicked 'that' goal at Princes Park to win the match, the game was on either 3UZ or 3DB. They crossed to a race with Carlton still a few points in front, they came back from the race and the match was all over and North had won, with a kick after the siren. Had to wait until the footy replay that night to see what had happened.

 

[KangaFett]

ABC footy replays just when you got back from the footy on Saturday.

Terry Keays the great Richmond FF hope....NOT.

Mark Jacksons footy antics.

 

[Chewy]

Everyone knew all the names of the umpires: Ian Robinson, Kevin Smith, Bill Deller, Glenn James, etc

Goal umpires just signalled goal, point or out of bounds with zero fuss and didn't strut around like peacocks.

The only TV coverage was replays that consisted of the last half of the 3rd quarter and the last quarter of the match of the day, then the best quarter of the 2nd best game and 10-15 minutes of another game.

Len Thompson at 199cm was considered a giant of the game. Most ruckmen were around 190cm.

You could see 4 or 5 games of footy and not see one holding the ball paid.

Remember when Ron Casey introduced the league chiefs who wanted to shift the Grand Final to VFL Park, Jack Hamilton and Allan Aylett to present the premiership cup and 100,000 people started booing en masse.

Bosustow took the mark of the year and kicked goal of the year. Jack Dyer had described him earlier in the year as "a good ordinary player." Louie wouldn't let him forget it. (But Captain Blood was right)

When colour TV was new and half the clubs decided they had to "brighten up" their uniforms. Essendon and Footscray wore red shorts. Fitzroy went from dark maroon and blue shorts to red maroon and yellow shorts. I think Richmond also wore yellow shorts for a year. The Hawks wore gold boots. Melbourne went from dark blue to royal blue.

Carlton ruled footy in the late 70's, early 80's with their "mosquito fleet". Harmes, Buckley, Ashman, Sheldon, Marcou, Catoggio, Keogh, Johnston, etc. All under 6 foot.

The half time entertainment of the Grand Final was the 100m Geoff Ablett Benefit.

 

[Copernicus]

Great thread. Brings back a lot of memories of going when I was a kid. Even before i went overseas, the thrill of being at a crowded house overshadowed any crapness introduced by the AFL, but there are definitely things I missed - such as being able to run out and play kick to kick on the field. That was a special thing as a kid, and it's a shame that they don't seem to allow it any longer.

 

[Copernicus]

The TFL used to get 2-3-4-5,000 to roster match, 10,000 to a final, and 20,000+ to a Grand Final.
Radio coverage on two stations, delayed coverage on television, the reserves game last quarter live, 7 or 8 pages of newspaper coverage in the paper.
Every street around North Hobart would be packed with cars and people on Grand Final day, every pub full to bursting point.
No corporate stands or boxes, just full stands and terraces, and the "Wet Area" always had lots of brawls.
Lots of coverage on World Of Sport on Sunday, the players were the centre of the show, not the politicians. The VFL was just as well followed.

Nowdays it's 300 to a roster match, 800 to a final, 4-5,000 to a grand final, no coverage on radio or TV, a few lines in the paper.
All the clubs are just about ruined, no fans, no members, no workers, no money. The big-wigs run the game for their own ego rather than for its wellbeing.
The streets are deserted, the pubs are dead, the ground two-thirds empty, no atmosphere.

That's such a shame that a proud tradition seems gone. Where are the grassroots to take the game back in Tassie?

 

[Hotel 6]

Bosustow took the mark of the year and kicked goal of the year. Jack Dyer had described him earlier in the year as "a good ordinary player." Louie wouldn't let him forget it. (But Captain Blood was right).

I have a feeling that he did it in the same game......am I right or wrong?

 

[greg62]

68,000 at Footy Park for a Port/Sturt grand final. They allowed the kids 10 thick on the boundry line then told them to get back over the fence. Yeah right!

State of Origin footy was huge

The Winners on ABC. A great round up of the days play in the VFL

 

[Chewy]

I have a feeling that [Bosustow] did it in the same game......am I right or wrong?

Different games, but I think both were vs Geelong.

Mark over Gary Malarkey(?) at Princes park during Home and Away.
Goal from a smother of an Ian Nankervis kick in the pocket at VFL Park during finals.

 

[Flag Man]

(What was that ad ?)

Trusty dog food.


...........the wood chop...........the tug of war..................the repecharge..........

 

[peejay]

"Let's check the score on the Radio Rentals scoreboard."
"Let's go around the grounds, Gerald Burke at the MCG...Polly Perkins at VFL Park... George Ferry at Windy Hill....."

What about the ads on 3KZ?

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