I got married the day Jimmy ran across the mark

[pikeout 41]

Not my fault. Didn't set the date. Who knew we would be there? A lot of the guests were Demon supporters.

[Robot Devil 1,895]

I was at the game.... it sucked.

[Sir Why You Little 37,038]

Sitting under the main scoreboard i saw all the misses.

Still hurts today. Like a family death.

[Demonland 72,193]

You got married. I nearly died.

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

I was at the game.... it sucked.

It did suck and there were so many little things that could have gone right that would have changed the result.

Having said that the previous few weeks were a blast

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

Not my fault. Didn't set the date. Who knew we would be there? A lot of the guests were Demon supporters.

Hope the 26 years of marriage has been better than what your football team has dished up

[Wells 11 5,401]

I was watching it San Francisco....and fell into a depression for 3 days. It was Yeats miss that still grinds. More than Eishold or Campbell. But bad as that was it was a peak moment of excitement, disappointment, anxiousness, hope. Ok it was crushing but Im not sure Ive had ONE of those big emotions in the last 7 years. Aside from losing its also been plain boring.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,833]

Would have we been a chance to beat Carlton in the big one?

Did we beat Carlton during the season?

[Whispering_Jack 30,140]

Apart from the events that took place late in the game when we squandered opportunity after opportunity, there was a moment late in the third quarter when Sean Wight (who was sensational in the latter part of the year) handballed and was penalised for a throw, a turnover that resulted in a goal to Dermott Brereton. The decision could have gone either way - play on or a free - and I always felt that he extra goal to Hawthorn steeled them for the comeback. With that little bit less pressure on our players then perhaps we might never have made those little mistakes at the end.

I felt numb when I left the ground, particularly after the sensational high of the two months leading up to that game including two big wins over North Melbourne and the Swans.

I've felt that feeling of numbness on several occasions since. In fact for most of the last seven seasons.

[rickyt 3]

I was at the game, I got home to find my wife and kids had left me. :-(

[Melbman2 226]

Apart from the events that took place late in the game when we squandered opportunity after opportunity, there was a moment late in the third quarter when Sean Wight (who was sensational in the latter part of the year) handballed and was penalised for a throw, a turnover that resulted in a goal to Dermott Brereton. The decision could have gone either way - play on or a free - and I always felt that he extra goal to Hawthorn steeled them for the comeback. With that little bit less pressure on our players then perhaps we might never have made those little mistakes at the end.

I felt numb when I left the ground, particularly after the sensational high of the two months leading up to that game including two big wins over North Melbourne and the Swans.

I've felt that feeling of numbness on several occasions since. In fact for most of the last seven seasons.

There was also the goal the Hawks were awarded that actually hit the post and left a mark on it.

We kicked the higher score on the day

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,833]

I was at the game, I got home to find my wife and kids had left me. :-(

But otherwise you had a great day?

[rickyt 3]

But otherwise you had a great day?

Yep, apart from the defeat and the 3 hour drive home

[Earl Hood 6,086]

I remember Eisholds chest mark lurching across the goal square. To me he took the ball cleanly inside the square but momentum and a hefty push from a Hawks defender saw him slid off toward the pocket. The umpire then lined him up on acute angle near the point post. He missed it but in my mind he should have been shooting from the goal square where he marked the ball. That would have sealed the match. I remember Harry Beitzel saying the call was correct that you take the mark from where the player finishes. I thought this absurd at the time as I can remember taking sliding chest marks on wet days sliding through the goal line. Did I then have to kick the goal backwards from the out of bounds fence?

So much went wrong in the second half that day it is still hard to swallow. But then I was was watching it at the MCG with Derryn Hinch so my memory may be suspect.

[Moonshadow 17,676]

Not my fault. Didn't set the date. Who knew we would be there? A lot of the guests were Demon supporters.

You got married.... a little bit of me died that day. It was a kick in the guts (not you getting married, belated congrats btw).

[Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,294]

Played in a losing U20s GF, won BOG award which was a pewter mug which came with a beer shouted by each player in the team. Was probably 15 beers in but i still remember yelling "siren" just before Jimmy created history. Sat there silent with tears rolling own my face for 10 minutes......drank remaining 6 beers

[1 red eye 1 blue eye 771]

I was at work and kept sneaking out to the car to get an update, the last one with around 5 minutes to go and I was feeling nervous and pumped, finished work not long after, jumped into the car and was confronted with "Demon supporters shocked and crying". Could not believe it and I'm still shaking my head to this day.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

I was at the Royal Melbourne Show with my mum, aunt and cousin who is a Richmond supporter but was in his 3 or 4 year Hawthorn stage. I remember there were Demons and Hawks posters up around the Show and we kept asking people the score. All day people would tell us Melbourne was up then the last person we asked, "the Hawks won". Was only 5 but was shattered and it's my earliest footy memory (actually scratch that, remember listening to R22 vs Footscray on radio at my sisters birthday party).

[TRIGON 4,783]

Living in Sydney at the time. Inconsolable, couldn't work effectively on Monday and Tuesday - head buried in hands. On Tuesday evening two of the ladies in the office kindly offered their sympathies, "we're sorry that you broke up with your girlfriend". Which was true, we'd broken up on the previous Friday, my response "oh [censored], yes, we did too, I'd forgotten about that".

[BarnDee 287]

went home after the game n got pizzed bugger !

[Sir Why You Little 37,038]

^^^sure did. Even my Collingwood mate bought me whiskeys that night.

It was a most surreal 48 hours

[Jumping Jack Clennett 1,798]

Would have we been a chance to beat Carlton in the big one?

Did we beat Carlton during the season?

Well, we beat Carlton 3 times the next year, including in the Finals.

We'd have been rank outsiders, but we were that in all 3 '87 finals.

We didn't beat them in '87, but we were a different team from round 17 to 22,and they weren't one of the 6 teams(8, if you include the finals) we beat.

[Dee Since 73 267]

I think I cried a little bit after that game. I vowed never to take the football quite so seriously after that. I think we had the form to beat Carlton the following week which makes it even harder to swallow. Still gets to me that game.

[DemonDave 1,089]

In the VFL Members area, up towards 'that' end. Ugh dont want to relive this day anytime soon...

[Wrecker45 3,378]

I was a 7 year old at that game and can still remember it clearly. Cried my heart out afterwords. Got back to the car and dad had a parking fine as well.