Sigh. I enjoyed this. So many memories. Some of the ground level camera angles are fantastic and close ups of the crowd transport me back to the sixties. Great footage of the Saints warming up in the rooms before the game too.
The 1966 Grand Final Highlights in Colour.
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Laughed at the sign on the fence: “The man in white is always right”
What is it today? “The men in green are always mean”?
What is it today? “The men in green are always mean”?
At least in colour a Bloke in a Collingwood jumper is holding the Premiership cup
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Should we have won this one? Funnily enough, I wasn't around in 1966 to experience this 
Beautiful footage and restoration. Makes me wish I could go back to watch a pre-AFL Grand Final (which Collingwood win, of course)
Beautiful footage and restoration. Makes me wish I could go back to watch a pre-AFL Grand Final (which Collingwood win, of course)
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We got them back in 2010, and they've been deprived of ultimate success ever since they barely won this game 53 years ago
Should we have won this one? Funnily enough, I wasn't around in 1966 to experience this
Beautiful footage and restoration. Makes me wish I could go back to watch a pre-AFL Grand Final (which Collingwood win, of course)
they were the best of times, they were the worst of times.
bugger of a time to be a pies fan.
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Could have pinched it-Saints had a slight edge all day. Tuddy had a chance to put us in front with less than a couple of minutes remaining and again with seconds on the clock a Tuddy kick to centre half forward saw Murray mark uncontested and that was game over.Should we have won this one? Funnily enough, I wasn't around in 1966 to experience this
Beautiful footage and restoration. Makes me wish I could go back to watch a pre-AFL Grand Final (which Collingwood win, of course)
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As it is (at my age that's likely to be younger compared to most on this forum), I've already been alive for 4 GF losses, a win and a draw. Can't see it getting that much worse, though it' obviously could've been had I was born a fair bit earlier. I'd like to think it has made me a more resilient person overall? And when the damn wall bursts, it will be glorious
As it is (at my age that's likely to be younger compared to most on this forum), I've already been alive for 4 GF losses, a win and a draw. Can't see it getting that much worse, though it' obviously could've been had I was born a fair bit earlier. I'd like to think it has made me a more resilient person overall? And when the damn wall bursts, it will be glorious
Yeah making prelims and grannies most years thru 60s to early 80s wasn't hard.
Dam walls.....there's plenty of video of Melbourne on October 6&7 1990.
We set a high mark to beat. Remember ch7 kept broadcasting that night.
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As it is (at my age that's likely to be younger compared to most on this forum), I've already been alive for 4 GF losses, a win and a draw. Can't see it getting that much worse, though it' obviously could've been had I was born a fair bit earlier. I'd like to think it has made me a more resilient person overall? And when the damn wall bursts, it will be glorious
I have seen us lose 11 grand finals, draw 2 and win 2. I have the deep, deep scars to prove it! I can't stomach the sob stories from any supporter from any other club because nothing they throw up comes close to the agony Collingwood supporters have endured-especially my generation. I will never forget the anguish of that period from 1964 through to 1981. Unbelievable. Then just to top it off we lose another 4 -one by five points and one by nine points and both involved dubious umpire calls! But I'm not bitter!
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Yep, me too. 2-2-11, and I am bloody bitter!!!!I have seen us lose 11 grand finals, draw 2 and win 2. I have the deep, deep scars to prove it! I can't stomach the sob stories from any supporter from any other club because nothing they throw up comes close to the agony Collingwood supporters have endured-especially my generation. I will never forget the anguish of that period from 1964 through to 1981. Unbelievable. Then just to top it off we lose another 4 -one by five points and one by nine points and both involved dubious umpire calls! But I'm not bitter!
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that free to Baldock in the first quarter was a farcical decision.
You must be the same vintage as me Domus. I was around in 66 but mercifully I wasn't invested in the Pies then. I remember moving to Melbourne and starting a new school, and mum telling me "if they ask who you barrack for, just say "Collingwood" So that's what I did and when I went to school on the Monday after the GF I didn't really know or care.I have seen us lose 11 grand finals, draw 2 and win 2. I have the deep, deep scars to prove it! I can't stomach the sob stories from any supporter from any other club because nothing they throw up comes close to the agony Collingwood supporters have endured-especially my generation. I will never forget the anguish of that period from 1964 through to 1981. Unbelievable. Then just to top it off we lose another 4 -one by five points and one by nine points and both involved dubious umpire calls! But I'm not bitter!
No longer the case of course, now I'm totally obsessed by all things Collingwood.
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I screamed at the computer screen! What a joke. So was the free to Davis for holding a minute earlier and both resulted in goals!
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Better to have played a grand final and lost, than never to have played a grand final at all.
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Mike Williamson, Alan 'Butch' Gale and Ted Whitten what a call of a game of football,compared to what we have now.
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I'm with you Saintly. As gutting as last year's loss was, that was the most enjoyable year of footy that I can remember.
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I tell you what, goal umpires certainly weren't tougher in the old days.
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See how you feel if we lose another four GF's in the next five years. That's what some Pie fans have endured.
Endured?
The people who lived through the wars endured....the ones that went through the depressions and the droughts, they endured.
We? (Pies supporters)....we lost a few footy games.
The people who lived through the wars endured....the ones that went through the depressions and the droughts, they endured.
We? (Pies supporters)....we lost a few footy games.
There's a video on YouTube uploaded by ABC News with footage of the 1965 Grand Final focused on the supporters' thoughts on the game both before and after and there are a lot of sad Saints supporters and watching that, I wonder how many were there in 1966 and how happy they were then - and, where are they now? Still following passionately or did they give up some time ago. Dunno. Wish I were around in the 60's.
Funny how even in '65, everybody pity supported the underdogs like they did for the Bulldogs in 2016. There's a wee lad blaming the result on the umpires. Also what I found amusing is the actual discussion of the game; it's so basic and there's no depth. "Up until quarter time St Kilda was in the game but their stars weren't playing well". Yeah grouse, every BigFooty addict would be a rocket scientist to those folks when discussing footy.
Funny how even in '65, everybody pity supported the underdogs like they did for the Bulldogs in 2016. There's a wee lad blaming the result on the umpires. Also what I found amusing is the actual discussion of the game; it's so basic and there's no depth. "Up until quarter time St Kilda was in the game but their stars weren't playing well". Yeah grouse, every BigFooty addict would be a rocket scientist to those folks when discussing footy.
