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

[Silvagnis]

Essendon.

At least Geelong still have Ford.

Kangaroos- NZI?

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

The map of Tassie played State of Origin footy

Capper?

 

[billybrownless16]

Capper?

Tasmania, the state jumper has a map of Tas on it

 

[billybrownless16]

Essendon wore red and Richmond wore yellow shorts, and all teams wore white shorts for away games

 

[billybrownless16]

kick to kick after games

 

[ManWithNoName]

Footy was a mans game.

No-one knew the faces of the people who ran the game.

The umpire wasn't spotted for large periods of the game.

 

[catters05]

Footy was a mans game.

No-one knew the faces of the people who ran the game.

The umpire wasn't spotted for large periods of the game.

A thing of the past...

 

[TrewTIGER]

Better still used to cost 50c a game if u were u15
- (which I was till i turned 21)
Even better, went to Vic Park and some Pie kids showed me how to climb up this oak tree at Falls end and land on ladies dunnies roof in members. Gatekeeper was always miffed as to why I wanted to go into public area so fast.
If you had a good day (or a bad one) - oh well....didn't cost me a thing

 

[Lingsface]

haselbys ********** was in the paper

 

[Kingpin]

Terraces.
Wooden stands with pitched roofs and tarred floors.
Marlboro Football Awards.
The memorabilia shop at Princes Park burning down.
Real passion.
The umpire was a White Maggot.
Six games on Saturdays.
Not having endless media inquisitions into scuffles on the field.
Old blokes in overcoats and hats standing in the outer.
Bragging rights were about premierships, not about how much sponsorship you had.
It was purely a sport, not an entertainment business © ® ™

 

[Silvagnis]

• The Carlton scoreboard having the score up before the ball had finished sailing between the posts.
• The Bluebirds and Swanettes.
• Duffle coats.
• Supporters changing ends after each quarter time break.

 

[spell_check]

What year was that? 98/99?

Remember when the AFL was known as the VFL...

Round 22 1999.

It was an eventful round, for sure, including the last game at Waverley, last game at Victoria Park.

- Goal umpire indicated a goal where ever he was at the time, instead of at the centre of the goal line.
- The big long club signs that went around the fence.
- Drop kicks.
- Actual punches being thrown - not jumper punches.
- The Winners.
- Very high scoring shootouts - 300 points plus.
- Mud on an oval.
- Very low scoring scraps on a mud heap.
- Ron Andrews/Mark Jackson.

 

[Lukazzz777]

Bee Dee posted that he rides his SCOOTER home each day...

 

[steve-o]

There was a centre Diamond?

Details?

If I had my way I'd have grown up Victorian - all these stories make me psuedo-nostalgic.

- Drop kicks.

My preferred kick
Watch my teammates awe at the accuracy.

 

[Souup]

Umpire Peter Carey took that mark

 

[Kingpin]

Streamers being waved
Toilet paper being thrown, and the giant piles of it on the boundary line.
You could put up an umbrella at the footy if it was raining.
Manual scoreboards, which even had the race results on it.

 

[Murray]

When Collingwood lost back to back Grand Finals, wait they still do.

When Carlton won its first spoon and went back to back in 2005/2006

 

[Murray]

Licuria cried

Hird cried

 

[Gorry]

Originally Posted by Gorry
There was a centre Diamond?


Up to and including 1972 there was no restriction to how many players were at the centre bounce. In '73 the VFL introduced a centre diamond which was a square turned 45 degrees so the corners pointed to the goals and wings.

In '74 it was rotated 45 degrees and has stayed as a square since.

Keep an eye out for '73 footage on FF.

 

[The Hulkster]

I remember when................

You could run on the ground after the game and pat your favorite player on the back.

There was a reserves match on before every senior game.

You could stand in the outer.

You could go and watch you team train after work.

 

[MickZu]

Knights, Barker & Van Der Har took those spekkies week in week out.

 

[Silvagnis]

When Carlton won its first spoon and went back to back in 2005/2006

When the maggots paid the Pies more unwarranted free kicks in the 79 GF.

 

[portly]

Port wore black and white, played Grand Final after Grand Final and won most of them.

 

[BERT]

It was a 15mt penalty.

Players used to have a beer and smoke in the rooms after a game and not a bottle of powerade.

 

[leaper]

They had a guy riding a motor bike on a wire at Carrara at half time.