When we were good

[thaipantsman 180]

Our last Senior Premiership at any level. I'll never forget Giles off the ground handball to Bailey for the winning goal. Nor having to scale the metal fence on the boundary without slipping off on a dewy night feeling a sense of surprise, shock but also great elation! From memory I think they call it...WINNING!

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Our last Senior Premiership at any level. I'll never forget Giles off the ground handball to Bailey for the winning goal. Nor having to scale the metal fence on the boundary without slipping off on a dewy night feeling a sense of surprise, shock but also great elation! From memory I think they call it...WINNING!

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Styles, Wight, Lyon, Spalding,Dean, Alan Johnson, ahhhh

[thaipantsman 180]

1976 final round v magpies at Victoria Park. Won easily. Sadly missed the finals JUST. Hinged on result at Western oval Bulldogs v Blues. Dees were great in

76with guys like Wells and Flower leading the way.

[angrydee 842]

Now now Angry, don't be too harsh on the late Denis Jones. Even he had the jump, ever so slightly, on Neeld.

The 3 worst win loss records of any MFC coach (during home & away/regular season) in order are:

3. Denis Jones: 1978

Matches 22 Wins 5 Draws 0 Losses 17 Percentage 22.73

2. Eddie Drohan: 1910

Matches 18 Wins 4 Draws 0 Losses 14 Percentage 22.22

1. Mark Neeld: 2012 to present

Matches 29 Wins 5 Draws 0 Losses 24 Percentage 17.24

Ah, but had Denis had another season,,,

[angrydee 842]

I remember the game very well. In 1958 it rained on the morning of thei GF and we lost to a very untalented side. Again in 1960 we were by far the best side in the comp.

In 1960 I had a Sat morning job cleaning up in a city milk bar. Imagine my concern when in late morning it rained. Indeed there was a huge thunderstorm. "this will let the bastards back into it I thought". As it turned out it was wonderful, delicious! I don't think the Pies scored until the second quarter. They kicked their 2nd goal in the last quarter. Very sweet revenge.

IMHO it wasn't the rain - it was the loss of concentration. Had they attacked the ball ALL day, they'd have won easily and ended up with 6 in a row.

[stueyspencer no12 73]

IMHO it wasn't the rain - it was the loss of concentration. Had they attacked the ball ALL day, they'd have won easily and ended up with 6 in a row.

Correct! Remember that wonderfully, sublimely gifted Barry Harrison tagging Barrass. A fellow who made Dean Chiron look like a Brownlow Medallist!

Most of our fellows were hunting Harrison, not the ball!

[Bergly Sanders 45]

To continue the nostalgiafest, here are three matches in full:

vs Geelong, Round 20, 2005

vs St Kilda, Elimination Final, 2006

and let's not forget recent history ...

vs Essendon, Round 10, 2012

It's worth checking out the youtube account MelbourneDemonsFooty: this guy uploads heaps!

[Wormburner 674]

Thanks for posting all these, I know i certainly needed it.

Watching it I felt like Dale kerringan (younger brother) off the Castle - when he was on the couch with his family so happy, but thinking what has been lost....

C'mon dees for F#%k sake, we all deserve better!!!!

[Pates 9,678]

Watching those original posted clips one thing I see us lacking (apart from effort) is some excitement. Even the Fremantle game when we were still no good we had Aussie jumping around with his awesome celebrations, we have very little flair at the moment.

[frankie_d 1,471]

Just watching Travis J against the Saints - there's no substitute for class... lots of other problems, but a ton of class, and on a rainy night when the heat was on, he delivered

[Demon Dynasty 17,132]

Styles, Wight, Lyon, Spalding,Dean, Alan Johnson, ahhhh

Lol.... yeh we had a pretty strong unit there eh. Good times pants....good times mate. Let's hope we can repair the gaping holes in this sinking ship and start the bail out.....soon

[Demon Dynasty 17,132]

Ah, but had Denis had another season,,,

You mean....he might have topped this one!!?