Fondest Melbourne Demons memory

[Mac7 309]

Alan Jackovich destroying Nth Melbourne with 11 goals 8. 

That scissor kick!!

[mo64 5,209]

1987 Elimination final v North. The roar of the crowd when we ran onto the field was spine-chilling. Seemed like 90% of the crowd were supporting us. And  a one-sided massacre was icing on the cake.

[Grapeviney 8,844]

Aside from the '87 and '94 finals series already mentioned, I'd have to say our comeback win against Essendon at Windy Hill in 1990.

We were 34 points down midway through the final quarter and booted 7 goals in 15 minutes to win by 8 points.

Swooper moved Garry Lyon into the centre, Darren Bennett booted four last-quarter goals including a couple from about 60 metres out, and Todd Viney nearly killed Alan Ezard with a bone-jarring tackle that was the best I've ever seen (until Jack's dumping of Mav Weller last year).

 

[Diamond_Jim 11,818]

Travis Johnstone's third quarter in finals against the Crows.

Yes we lost but it is probably the best quarter I have ever seen played by a Melbourne player

[chook fowler 18,278]

26 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Travis Johnstone's third quarter in finals against the Crows.

Yes we lost but it is probably the best quarter I have ever seen played by a Melbourne player

Easy to forget how good a player Travis was at his best.

[Demonised 1,215]

2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

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.  

Imagine how many Brownlows he would have won if he was in a good team.

[DemonDave 1,078]

1987 last round and first 2  finals

Attending last years Kardinia Park win and hanging off the race cheering the players afterwards.

1994 Finals series

 

[DeeZee 6,753]

Nothing beats 87 when we made the finals for the first time in my lifetime.

The feeling of elation was one I'll never forget.

 

[Clintosaurus 6,467]

2000 prelim is up there for me. 50 points up at half time meant the whole second half was spent thinking about being in the Grand Final. Anyone but Essendon.

[Spirit of 26 261]

2 hours ago, chook fowler said:

 

Sean Smiths mark and a very similar one by Gary Hardeman

 

Was the Hardeman mark at the 'G vs Richmond? I remember him taking an absolute speccy where he seemed to hover over the pack what seemed like minutes (seconds probably). One of the best I've seen.

[John Crow Batty 8,258]

Sadly those with the fondest of all memories(flags) are starting to drop off the perch now.

Edited July 20, 2016 by america de cali

[Copuchas 756]

The 1987 Western oval game has already been mentioned, but we shouldn't forget the elimination final against North the following week - 118 point victory over Norf at the G with R Flower kicking 5...in front of 72,000 for what was the Dees first finals appearance since 1964...the year before I was born.  And then to back it up the following week with a 76 point rout of the Swans in front of 80,000 with Flower kicking another 4.  Oh what heady days if you'd watched the Dees through the 70's and first half of the 80's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C9DvrRC4fAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y42wiEcP6_4

And let's not forget the following year and the Garry Lyon 70m barrel to sink Carlton in the wet in the 1988 Prelim Final ....thus booking the first GF appearance for the Dees in 26 years....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POkDD9ggTR0

 

 

Edited July 20, 2016 by Copuchas
typo

[praha 10,283]

3 hours ago, WattsGawnOn said:

It truly was a Demon Attack

Haha I have that on VHS!

[Gator 16,893]

13 minutes ago, Copuchas said:

The 1987 Western oval game has already been mentioned, but we shouldn't forget the elimination final against North the following week - 118 point victory over Norf at the G with R Flower kicking 5...in front of 72,000 for what was the Dees first finals appearance since 1964...the year before I was born.  And then to back it up the following week with a 76 point rout of the Swans in front of 80,000 with Flower kicking another 4.  Oh what heady days if you'd watched the Dees through the 70's and first half of the 80's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C9DvrRC4fAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y42wiEcP6_4

And let's not forget the following year and the Garry Lyon 70m barrel to sink Carlton in the wet in the 1988 Prelim Final ....thus booking the first GF appearance for the Dees in 26 years....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POkDD9ggTR0

 

 

Yes, the finals series was so fantastic as a Melbourne supporter.  That goal from Viney in the first 30 seconds was exhilarating.  But there was just something about being at Footscray that Saturday before when the realisation that 23 years was coming to an end and I'd see my team in a final that is hard to beat.  It seemed a long time from 1976 when I cried as a kid when Footsray and Carlton drew to prevent the only other realistic chance I could remember. 

[Call Me What You Will 693]

The 6 week run into the 87 finals - then daylight to second.

[chook fowler 18,278]

46 minutes ago, Spirit of 26 said:

Was the Hardeman mark at the 'G vs Richmond? I remember him taking an absolute speccy where he seemed to hover over the pack what seemed like minutes (seconds probably). One of the best I've seen.

Sounds like the one - remember seeing it but forget who we were playing

[Deespicable 2,548]

Clearly the 1987 year was special for all of us oldies as it ended the drought - our first finals since 1964. The Rd 22 game at Western Oval (now Whitten) was just amazing with so much riding on it and the Dogs and Cats more expected to snare the final spot. We had unearthed several quality youngsters that year and Swooper had managed to turn a downtrodden side from a year earlier into a running excitement machine. When 18yo Garry Lyon went down in first term and broke his leg it did not look good for us and Warren Dean (who was playing as a wingman was sent to CHF). We trailed by about 15pts at half time and it looked that our battle to make it might fall the same as under Bobby Skilton in 1976. We all knew it was Robbie's final year and he was being tagged out of game. Midway through the third term the ball was heading to the boundary line and prophetically took a right-hand bounce straight back into Robbie's arms. He calmly turned and off two steps snapped a ripper and the large cluster of Demon faithful erupted. About two minutes later he kicked another and from then on the momentum was all with us as we won at a venue that we so rarely did well at with Sean Wight and Jimmy Stynes on fire. Then the miracle happened at Kardinia Park, Dunstall kicking a goal after the siren to beat the Cats and allow us to snare fifth (final five in those days). After that win our guy's confidence sky-rocketted and we smashed North and Sydney at MCG in the most amazing style - guys like Graeme Yeats, Simon Eishold and Jaime Duursma were in career best form and were backed by the hard men Rod Grinter and Strawbs. I think Todd Viney was out injured as well, but Stephen Stretch had become a real key with his dash and long kicking. Had we not lost Willo and Flower in the first term of the preliminary final at Waverley, who knows we may have won the whole thing as we had finally gone up to a rare level that we never really quite reached again.   

 

[Deeoldfart 7,758]

I'm old enough and lucky enough to have been around for our Flags through the the 'golden era' of the 1950s and 1960s, and for me its hard to go past Froggy's goal in 1964 as my second favourite Demon moment.  All seemed lost after Gabbo's run and goal, and moments later we had our noses back in front.  The tension was unbelievable, and when the siren sounded a 'valve' was released and the Demon crowd erupted.  Premierships never tasted sweeter.  We had stolen a Flag from the 'filth' and it went some way towards dulling the darkest memories of 1958.  The joy and satisfaction were enormous, but back then, finals and premierships seemed to come easy for the mighty Demons.

I had to wait 23 years before my most cherished Demon moment of all, and I see from the posts above that I share it with quite a few Demonlanders.  Western Oval, final round of 1987, shouting my lungs out for the Dees while trying to pick up a score from the Cats / Hawks game from 'trannies' in the crowd. When we finally made it, in Robbie's last year, the euphoria was palpable ..... there wasn't a dry Demon eye in the crowd around me.  Just keying these few words is giving me goose bumps.

I wanna experience moments like these again please, and I don't have another 23 years to spare!

[Gator 16,893]

9 minutes ago, Deespicable said:

I think Todd Viney was out injured as well...

Viney kicked our first goal in a final for 23 years. 

[Sir Why You Little 34,558]

3 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Viney kicked our first goal in a final for 23 years. 

Sure did from Half Forward Members side. 

The old Smokers Stand went crazy!!

[Gator 16,893]

5 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Sure did from Half Forward Members side. 

The old Smokers Stand went crazy!!

Yes, I had a perfect view. 

[FarNorthernD 5,845]

35 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Yes, the finals series was so fantastic as a Melbourne supporter.  That goal from Viney in the first 30 seconds was exhilarating.  But there was just something about being at Footscray that Saturday before when the realisation that 23 years was coming to an end and I'd see my team in a final that is hard to beat.  It seemed a long time from 1976 when I cried as a kid when Footsray and Carlton drew to prevent the only other realistic chance I could remember. 

 I was a 12 y.o at Victoria Park that day when we beat the Pies in the final game. I remember being a bit confused after the siren as a thought the draw would get us through to the finals yet the Collingwood supporters were celebrating us failing. For a team that had just secured the spoon their supporters were a fairly nasty and vindictive lot   

[Deeoldfart 7,758]

10 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Yes, I had a perfect view. 

We must have been within talking distance that day PD.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,458]

37 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

I had to wait 23 years before my most cherished Demon moment of all, and I see from the posts above that I share it with quite a few Demonlanders.  Western Oval, final round of 1987, shouting my lungs out for the Dees while trying to pick up a score from the Cats / Hawks game from 'trannies' in the crowd. When we finally made it, in Robbie's last year, the euphoria was palpable ..... there wasn't a dry Demon eye in the crowd around me.  Just keying these few words is giving me goose bumps.

I wanna experience moments like these again please, and I don't have another 23 years to spare!

Anybody under the age of 25 want to admit what they thought Deeoldfart was talking about here?

[DeeZone 7,794]

All time favourite 2000 qualifying final vs Blues, Brad Green Cam Bruce were epic that day, we were eccstatic we sang Grand Old Flag over and over again. Second place goes to 1998 Season where we came from no where and could have won the flag with a bit of luck, we were awesome!!!