It was my happiest day at the footy ever, in 45 years of following the mighty Dees.

I even made the front page of the Age in the crowd shot of the game.

Finals after years of misery.

Lets hope it happens again soon

There have been many, but these 3 are right up there.

1: Melb vs Coll 1964 2nd Semi Absolutely destroyed the pies, and therefore thought we were unbeatable for the flag. As a young kid at the time, I learned 2 things from this, never take everything for granted, and Grand Finals can be very different from all previous games. As it has turned out, I havent had to worry about being cocky when it comes to the Dees winning a flag since then.

2: The euphoria at the Western Oval (1987) that day was something that had to be witnessed to be believed.

3: The complete opposite was experienced only a few weeks later when we lost the '87 Prem final.

Edited September 1, 201312 yr by DeeVoted

Last round in season '87'

Footscray Vs Melbourne

Footscray

10.8 (68)

Melbourne

12.11 (83)

Western Oval

31,249

29 August 1987

26 years ago almost to the day

Balmy Spring weather , near record crowd and I witnessed one of the greatest wins in the History of the MFC

Some recollections

Gary Lyon breaking leg early

Brett Lovett, playing a sensational game

Earl Spalding, marking everything that came his way at CHB

Graeme Yeats, controlling the wing

Danny Hughes, the Trojan up back

Brett Bailey, typical workmanlike performance

Jim Stynes , winning the ruck

Brian Wilson, one of the architects of this great win.

Ricky Jackson, Lively as always

Warren Dean. ah what could have been, a rare talent

Sean Wight, Brilliant game in defense!

David Williams "Has marked left wing , Right Wing and left Wing in a matter of minutes "Tim Lane"

Robert Flower, Held well early, then cutting lose and kicking three "Brilliant Goals" to win us the game! Including a freak mark in the last Q

The rooms afterwards were "Electric' and not to mention the after match which was sensational!

Just for melancholy I will put the second half replay CH2 Replay ( which I still have, on for Fathers' day and

Bask in the glory I still feel to this day to have been, a very proud Demon Supporter!

I won't ever forget!

yep was there that day , it was great , a huge roar went up at news of the other game , think it was geelong , hawks ?

How good were the commentators then.......Beat the hell out of the current sensationalist these days

Bring back Robertson and Drew.....At least they just commentated and weren't trying so hard to be slightly amusing......

How good were the commentators then.......Beat the hell out of the current sensationalist these days

Bring back Robertson and Drew.....At least they just commentated and weren't trying so hard to be slightly amusing......

Never has a truer word been spoken. Tony Charlton, Jack Dyer (capt blood & the major) Doug Heywood etc. Then it went downhill when Rex Hunt started to take comedy to another level,then BT took it to a even lower level. Since then the current morons just scream (Anthony Hudson) to the point of yelling, get sidetracked on talking dribble, and neglect whats happening in play. They wouldnt know how to CALL a game, they are exactly that, commentors, making comments.

Most of these current commentors could learn a lot about painting a picture of a game, from past commentors. Most of todays commentors is akin to listening to the boys at the pub trying to call a game.

Never has a truer word been spoken. Tony Charlton, Jack Dyer (capt blood & the major) Doug Heywood etc. Then it went downhill when Rex Hunt started to take comedy to another level,then BT took it to a even lower level. Since then the current morons just scream (Anthony Hudson) to the point of yelling, get sidetracked on talking dribble, and neglect whats happening in play. They wouldnt know how to CALL a game, they are exactly that, commentors, making comments.

Most of these current commentors could learn a lot about painting a picture of a game, from past commentors. Most of todays commentors is akin to listening to the boys at the pub trying to call a game.

remember Geoff Leek & Doug biggalow on the ABC. Bluey Adams and Jack Edwards on HSV....Superb callers of the game.

Never has a truer word been spoken. Tony Charlton, Jack Dyer (capt blood & the major) Doug Heywood etc. Then it went downhill when Rex Hunt started to take comedy to another level,then BT took it to a even lower level. Since then the current morons just scream (Anthony Hudson) to the point of yelling, get sidetracked on talking dribble, and neglect whats happening in play. They wouldnt know how to CALL a game, they are exactly that, commentors, making comments.

Most of these current commentors could learn a lot about painting a picture of a game, from past commentors. Most of todays commentors is akin to listening to the boys at the pub trying to call a game.

remember Geoff Leek & Doug biggalow on the ABC. Bluey Adams and Jack Edwards on HSV....Superb callers of the game.

remember Geoff Leek & Doug biggalow on the ABC. Bluey Adams and Jack Edwards on HSV....Superb callers of the game.

Loved Tim Lane's commentary during the 87 finals. He was at his peak.

Loved Tim Lane's commentary during the 87 finals. He was at his peak.

yes i have the Norf game on original. VHS from Broadcom.

No HSV that year. Aunty did the lot!!

yes i have the Norf game on original. VHS from Broadcom.

No HSV that year. Aunty did the lot!!

What makes me feel old is that I have it on Beta!

What makes me feel old is that I have it on Beta!

hahaha!!

Top loader???

What makes me feel old is that I have it on Beta!

The younger posters will not understand what Beta is

The younger posters will not understand what Beta is

The ABC will be phasing out digital Betacam machines over the next 12 months.

Betamax used the same system just ran at a slower speed.

Was actually far superior than VHS, but SONY didn't market it properly so that National Panasonic & (i think) Philips got the market share after designing VHS.

Sony then concentrated on TV Stations worldwide....

We had the Sony. Front, not a top loader. Was a great machine - just somewhat limited when it came to renting movies. Usually about four to choose from at the video library! Taped plenty of Demon victories on it!

The ABC will be phasing out digital Betacam machines over the next 12 months.

Betamax used the same system just ran at a slower speed.

Was actually far superior than VHS, but SONY didn't market it properly so that National Panasonic & (i think) Philips got the market share after designing VHS.

Sony then concentrated on TV Stations worldwide....

Sony did not want their technology to be associated with adult films whereas the more liberal Europeans at Phillips had no such hangups. Given it was that genre which was a major driver of the the home video marketthat almost alone explains why the better Beta technology lost out to VHS.

I was standing with a mate behinds the goals at the scoreboard end. When Lyon broke his leg it is fair to say the Bullies faithful were just not very nice about it. To wit my mate decided we'd be better of on the Doug Hawkin's wing.

I almost floated over the bridge to the station knowing that at the age of 18 I was finally going to see the Dees in the finals.

We had the Sony. Front, not a top loader. Was a great machine - just somewhat limited when it came to renting movies. Usually about four to choose from at the video library! Taped plenty of Demon victories on it!

Some of those SONY Frontloaders are still running!! Although Tape Stock is wearing thin!!

SONY did make a dam good VHS. My first HiFi Stereo was a SONY

An excellent Beast.

Sony did not want their technology to be associated with adult films whereas the more liberal Europeans at Phillips had no such hangups. Given it was that genre which was a major driver of the the home video marketthat almost alone explains why the better Beta technology lost out to VHS.

Interesting. Hadn't heard that before. If true those SONY execs were pretty stupid as the market was going to happen regardless.

Bit like Decca Records passing up The Beatles...So very quickly signed The Stones!!

Some of those SONY Frontloaders are still running!! Although Tape Stock is wearing thin!!

SONY did make a dam good VHS. My first HiFi Stereo was a SONY

An excellent Beast.

It still runs! Although some day it will pack it in, making hours upon hours of taped matches completely useless. Have converted many of those oldies to DVD.

Mark Neeld as Senior Coach

What a legend he will be

always remember keeping eyes on scoreboard Roys v Swans

Neither will I, I was 1 years old.

I pooped my pants twice that day and vomited on Mun's rug. Great day, will never forget.

So apart from your age Song, has anything else changed while watching the Dees play?

Edited September 1, 201312 yr by Bitter but optimistic

So apart from your age Song, has anything else changed while watching the Dees play?

My happiness.

My happiness.

Yeah, I get that. But at least you can put on your own incontinence pants now.

remember Geoff Leek & Doug biggalow on the ABC. Bluey Adams and Jack Edwards on HSV....Superb callers of the game.

Geoff Leek & Doug Biggalow, were up there with the best of them. Bluey Adams has slipped my memory jack Edwards, I didnt rate as highly as the others.

Gee werent we spoiled back in those days, get home from the footy (after a mad dash home) then watch the replays on Ch 7, Ch9 or Ch2. (7 & 9 would replay different games) Throw in WOS on Sunday, with a roast lunch, Then off kicking the footy later in the day. The Sporting Globe would have a full rundown of all the games, qtr x qtr. kick x kick.