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I was in the cheer squad for most of the 1960's. Maybe there's some DL'ers out there who remember the banners all squads had adorning the fences. Whilst there were a few fights to secure outer fence space and the top of the Southern stand, the members' fence was the preserve of the Dees squad. Seeing the colour clip of the 1970 GF with RDB sitting on the bench I reckon there's a Dees banner behind him. Possibly the one that read 'Melbourne - Magnificient Masters of the MCG. Can anyone enlighten me?

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    I was in the cheer squad for most of the 1960's. Maybe there's some DL'ers out there who remember the banners all squads had adorning the fences. Whilst there were a few fights to secure outer fence space and the top of the Southern stand, the members' fence was the preserve of the Dees squad. Seeing the colour clip of the 1970 GF with RDB sitting on the bench I reckon there's a Dees banner behind him. Possibly the one that read 'Melbourne - Magnificient Masters of the MCG. Can anyone enlighten me?

    I was also in the cheer squad in the late '60's into the early 70's. Another banner I remember (excuse me if I get the wording wrong) was "Melbourne, the greatest exponents of perfection football" I seem to remember it usually graced the fence in the right hand pocket at the Ponsford Stand end. The 1970 GF was the only time I can remember actually and loudly barracking for Carlton.

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    I believe we won the Reserve Grade premiership that day, which could explain relevance of banner.

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    I believe we won the Reserve Grade premiership that day, which could explain relevance of banner.

    Correct. Two in a row '69 and '70.

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    Correct. Two in a row '69 and '70.

    Phil Rhoden on fire .....

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    And live on channel 7 if my memory is vaguely correct.

    Three grand finals on the one day, that was value for money and great sporting entertainment.

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    I was in the cheer squad for most of the 1960's. Maybe there's some DL'ers out there who remember the banners all squads had adorning the fences. Whilst there were a few fights to secure outer fence space and the top of the Southern stand, the members' fence was the preserve of the Dees squad. Seeing the colour clip of the 1970 GF with RDB sitting on the bench I reckon there's a Dees banner behind him. Possibly the one that read 'Melbourne - Magnificient Masters of the MCG. Can anyone enlighten me?

    That was around the time i first went to the football. Couldn't believe we had such huge banners despite our lowly ladder position. must have come out our era of greatness. The other one read, "Melbourne, the greatest ever exponents of perfection football"... i seem to remember it at every home game, possibly draped along the second tier of the southern stand.

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