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9 September 2005 - Sydney Swans 7.14 (56) def. Geelong Cats 7.11 (53)
SCG: 39,079
The night Nick Davis entered AFL folklore with a 4 goal final quarter. Cam Mooney still says it was the best atmosphere he's ever played in front of, despite being a part of the opposition. The roar from the crowd when Nick Davis kicks the winning goal is spine tingling. Ten years on and it's still just as exhilarating to watch. If you've somehow forgotten, here it is:
Worth remembering too that Huddo is a massive Geelong supporter, which makes his call even more remarkable. Not sure I could show such class and professionalism if I was watching the Swans getting knocked out of the finals in a last second heartbreaker.First time I've ever seen footy fans crying in joy. It was the most emotional game I'd ever been at. The despair of watching us kick 3.12 just had us all primed for a ferocious reaction to whatever was going to happen in that last quarter, and boy did the crowd lift when given the chance.
Huddo's call was "I see it but I don't believe it". Too right. I actually missed the siren. I didn't even know it was over. Couldn't believe we'd won even when the crowd was going ballistic around me. I was actually behind the point post at the Davis end of the ground and had no idea it even went in for a goal. We'd all been screaming like girls in a 60's Beatles concert for half an hour at every little thing that happened. I couldn't even be sure Davis got that last goal. I actually turned to my mate and begged him to tell me it was all true.
I literally saw it from 20m away and did not believe it!
(Huddo's call BTW is one of the most memorable in AR history in my opinion)
The cheer that night was to date also the loudest I've ever heard. It was primal. So easy to forget what a cauldron the SCG can become. Had some great moments following sport, but it's those moments when the crowd is so loud your vision distorts that stick in the memory banks.
Reactions after the game were so memorable. At the end of the game there an old bloke with tears running down his face. He started telling he'd followed South since he was a boy. But he couldn't really talk. Meanwhile, I was hugging and kissing complete strangers. My mate threw away his hat when the siren went. A girl behind me threw her mobile phone away. It was just chaos.
Turns out my future wife was at the ground that night attending her first Swans game. She was apparently in the same area of the concourse too. For all I know I kissed her without even knowing that night.
Then we all jumped the fence (something which just doesn't happen anymore).
What a night.
Carn bloods!
Worth remembering too that Huddo is a massive Geelong supporter, which makes his call even more remarkable. Not sure I could show such class and professionalism if I was watching the Swans getting knocked out of the finals in a last second heartbreaker.
If it was the swans on the receiving end and I was calling the game my "Capital C" wouldn't have been for "Class"
Huddo is a great caller.
In that final moment when Davis kicks it and everyone goes up you'll notice the camera work goes incredibly wobbly. That's because Swan fans literally shook the entire stand when we went up in celebration, think it was mentioned on one of radio/tv calls, they couldn't believe it.
I was close! It was hard but I had to do it. Hopefully I'm back there this year and the experience is totally different.
Yes.So, here we are - 11 years later and Sydney find themselves in a semi-final that will be hosted at the SCG. The last time this happened the Swans went on to follow that victory with two wins at the MCG which ended in a premiership. Will lightning strike twice in 11 years?
The 1st or 2nd game?except last year in one game i left with 5 mins to go even though i said i never would, but gloating hawks fans are too much for this little black duck
9 September 2005 - Sydney Swans 7.14 (56) def. Geelong Cats 7.11 (53)
SCG: 39,079
The night Nick Davis entered AFL folklore with a 4 goal final quarter. Cam Mooney still says it was the best atmosphere he's ever played in front of, despite being a part of the opposition. The roar from the crowd when Nick Davis kicks the winning goal is spine tingling. Ten years on and it's still just as exhilarating to watch. If you've somehow forgotten, here it is:
I watched that last night.
Kirk was brilliant. Can't help but think that those guys were the true representation of what Bloods culture was about.
Leo Barry went on to play in the winning GF with 3 depressed fractures in his cheekbone & a fractured eye socket. Wow!
I honestly can't say that our current team has earned that title yet. 4 finals losses with the worst being the 2014 GF gives you no entitlement to the Bloods tag! It's an insult to the team that represented us in 2005 & 2006!
Now I will follow that up with this. We look hurt & sore.
The time to shine is now. I want to see these guys claw their way through a match no matter how many mistakes they make during a game.
That Nick Davis game was riddled with errors but each & every player made up for them with some brutally hard hitting. This current lot as a group is more talented, but lack their predecessors hardness for 4 quarters.
It is why I doubt them at this point because the last 4 finals, 2014 being the biggest, have done nothing to allow me to feel differently.
Make your own Bloods history this week against Adelaide boys because right now, the Bloods label doesn't fit & has been put into storage!
Now go get it back!
I think Leo pretty much said in an interview he needs to play with it or forget about the finals all together.Much different between Leos injury and Tippetts ?