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It is easy to get caught up in the post match hate and frustration, trust me, no one feels it more than us, another year of "Perhaps next year" and it really hurts me to have a decade without any success what so ever.

BUT
 

There is a reason why we all persist with this club and I want to know some of your most cherished memories with the Demons.

I will start by saying as a 12 year old and sitting in the cheer squad for the first time leaving that day happy and without a voice anymore...and to make it better it was against Geelong.

Another 2 were having Jeff Farmers 1998 Mark of the year Herald sun spread on my wall in my bed room and watching us thump North Melbourne in the 2000 Prelim whilst in Bali with my Dad.

But then who cold forget that 3 point win in Adelaide all those years ago in the dying seconds?!?
Or the wonder as a small forward pocket for my local footy team going to watch my hero Rusell Robertson week in week out doing what he did best.

It is easy to forget the past and why we are all so passionate about this club, but looking back, the Demons are the reason why I share so many amazing memries with my family and closest friends.

Let me hear some of yours.

 

This is a hard one .... There's been so few.

Whelan flattening Hird and Travis Johnstone running onto the ball and banging it through on the boundary line from outside 50m in a final. The single greatest passage of play I have seen as a Melbourne supporter. 

 

 

Loved that too Wrecker.
Turned the game.
Pity Hird got up.

I enjoyed Grinter ironing out Chris Mew too.

 


Playing the song loudly in the Uni halls of residence on repeat after we beat Carlton in 1988 to make the granny

1998 season and especially the finals, if only we didn't cop nth melb in prelim, how Adelaide won the flag after we pumped them in 1st final still has me stuffed, I remember last round of season we smashed tigers farmer took a massive mark over Lyon, bit of luck and we could have won flag as we were flying, same with 1994 injuries stopped a flag 

 

Only a young bloke so would have to say

50pt comeback vs Freo, 2008

Draw vs Collingwood 2010

Beating Essendon by a point 2014

Beating Dogs in 2013

 

1. Being in Brisbane to see us beat Brisbane in 2002 when Lions were in their prime. Brisbane kick the first 7 goals to 1, Brisbane lady sitting next to us "you didnt come all the way from Melbourne to see this?" we come back and win by 21 points on the back of 7 goals to Neita.. 

2. 2006 Elimination final vs St.Kilda

3. 2005 Vs Bulldogs round 21 ? 20 points down with 5 minutes to go. Jeff White kicks the winner with seconds to go. Neahle Daniher storming down through the crowd fist pumping (almost tear up thinking about it).

4. 2000 qualifying final vs Carlton

5. Round 17 2010 vs Sydney

Thinking of these times just wants us to have success so much more


Sitting in the members at the G and witnessing the comeback to win against Carlton in the Qualifying final in 2000  when Cam Bruce banged home the final nail from the top of the goal square in the dying minutes. looking at the faces of the Carlton supporters on the siren was absolute gold.

 

Witnessing the best game of football I've ever seen , the 1996 merger game though we lost by a point. I stiil loved that game.

2 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

Sitting in the members at the G and witnessing the comeback to win against Carlton in the Qualifying final in 2000  when Cam Bruce banged home the final nail from the top of the goal square in the dying minutes. looking at the faces of the Carlton supporters on the siren was absolute gold.

 

Witnessing the best game of football I've ever seen , the 1996 merger game though we lost by a point. I stiil loved that game.

How could I forget that qualifying final in 2000.. That is top 5 for me for sure 

Standing in the outer at the Whitten Oval round 22, 1987 waiting with thousands post the final siren listening to the transistor to the Geelong v Hawthorn game.

Only a flag will surpass it.. 

Robert Flower in a game against Richmond at the MCG where we put all players other than Flower on one side of the ground for kick ins from Richmond behinds. Flower beat his opponent comprehensively. Someone else will confirm his identity (Francis Bourke, perhaps?) but it was the Richmond coach's last game as coach.

Greg Parke taking something like 16 marks against St Kilda in a game at Moorabbin in the days when most marks were contested. That would have been in the 1970s and time has made me believe that he took 16 contested marks that day. (My memory has also probably conveniently forgotten what he did with those kicks. I expect he may have converted them into something like 2 goals, 4 behinds, 3 out on the full and 7 turnovers). 

 


Not realy a Demon Highlight, but State game in 83 vs Sth Australia Rob Flower 35 possesions including 10 marks 20 kicks 15 handballs and four goals was awesome made evn better because he was Captain and comprehensively beat a selection of opponents including a white hot Craig Bradley!

7 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Not realy a Demon Highlight, but State game in 83 vs Sth Australia Rob Flower 35 possesions including 10 marks 20 kicks 15 handballs and four goals was awesome made evn better because he was Captain and comprehensively beat a selection of opponents including a white hot Craig Bradley!

I think it's reasonable to call Robert Flower's State games as Demon Highlights. If nothing else, it showed everyone how sublime he really was. When he played State football he regularly dominated because he ran to the right spots and had the ball delivered to him on a platter. In most of his Melbourne games, he ran to the right spots only to see the ball miss him by metres.  

21 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Not realy a Demon Highlight, but State game in 83 vs Sth Australia Rob Flower 35 possesions including 10 marks 20 kicks 15 handballs and four goals was awesome made evn better because he was Captain and comprehensively beat a selection of opponents including a white hot Craig Bradley!

1983 State of Origin South Australia 26.16.172 d Victoria 17.14.116

Goals - SA: Lindner 5, Bradley, Kernahan, Motley 3, Naley, Aish, Platten, Schneebichler 2, Thomas, Copping, McAdam. Vic: Flower 4, Daniher, Wilson 3, Madden 2, Smith, Marcou, Cunningham, Ashman, Hawker.

Best - SA: Aish, Bradley, Motley, Giles, Craig, Lindner, Thomas, Rendell. Vic: Flower, Daniher, Serafini, Wilson, Rowlings, Madden.


14 minutes ago, ProDee said:

1983 State of Origin South Australia 26.16.172 d Victoria 17.14.116

 

Goals - SA: Lindner 5, Bradley, Kernahan, Motley 3, Naley, Aish, Platten, Schneebichler 2, Thomas, Copping, McAdam. Vic: Flower 4, Daniher, Wilson 3, Madden 2, Smith, Marcou, Cunningham, Ashman, Hawker.

 

Best - SA: Aish, Bradley, Motley, Giles, Craig, Lindner, Thomas, Rendell. Vic: Flower, Daniher, Serafini, Wilson, Rowlings, Madden.

73 scoring shots. That's entertainment.

Both Preliminary Final Wins

1988 V Carlton @ VFL Park

2000 V North @ The G 

I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to win 7 days later.

 

 

Best: making 2 grand finals Worst: losing 2 grand finals

having watched many of Robert Flowers games

a goal by Woewoden where he ran the length of the ground, bouncing and weaving to goal

Sean Smiths mark and a very similar one by Gary Hardeman

Hassa Mann kicking 7 goals from the centre line.

Happy days!

Half a dozen years in the last fifty when  I went to 12 games a year expecting to win.


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