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9 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Rare footage of the 1964 Grand Final Banners. 

 

Brings back such great memories. Just at the end you can see the cheer squad down at the city end (known as T Section) which was standing room only but had three rows of seats. Geez we screamed our heads off that day.

Obviously a Collingwood supporter !

 

Mal was that you holding the Melbourne banner with the slicked down black hair ?

Comment please.

 

Thanks for posting that. 

 

I wasn't there, but the saddest memory it stirs for me is that glimpse of the old members' stand.  I hate the fact that we tore it down. Only made it in there once (2000 Grand Final on a borrowed ticket) but I'll never forget it. Sorry my kids will never have the pleasure. 

Banners were a tad different back then.


51 minutes ago, 640MD said:

Obviously a Collingwood supporter !

 

Mal was that you holding the Melbourne banner with the slicked down black hair ?

Comment please.

Never had black hair. Fairly ginger back then but a very nice shade of grey now. Haha

 

1 hour ago, Jibroni said:

Banners were a tad different back then.

Wonderful history .

Of course the banners were only made for finals. Not sure when they became common place during the home and away season.

Wonderful memories of the old stands. Mind you other than the two members stand they were concrete monoliths or as it has become trendy to call them... brutal architecture.

8 hours ago, Jibroni said:

Banners were a tad different back then.

Yes. The Colonwood one didn’t fall apart. 

Ah .... bye gone days.   

 

I grew up at the 'G' during the 70' and 80's.
It was like a big tin shed that could hold 100,000 people.
Get more than 50,000 with a good game and the joint would fair dinkum shake.
I miss the atmosphere it created.

14 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

i say bring back the retro banners......i like balloons

Daisy - the killjoys aka Greens want to ban all balloons.   

Apparently they are too much fun especially for kids.

5 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Daisy - the killjoys aka Greens want to ban all balloons.   

Apparently they are too much fun especially for kids.

you're right, forgot about them

we need to keep them on-side but only until yarra park is built

1 hour ago, monoccular said:

Daisy - the killjoys aka Greens want to ban all balloons.   

Apparently they are too much fun especially for kids.

Obviously not a marine biologist.

Your name isn't George Costanza by any chance?


On 10/4/2018 at 8:26 AM, MT64 said:

Never had black hair. Fairly ginger back then but a very nice shade of grey now. Haha

 

Yes I know, It was more a comment about the slicked down hair   with the Brylcreem  than colour   cheers    Keep walking !

2 hours ago, 640MD said:

Yes I know, It was more a comment about the slicked down hair   with the Brylcreem  than colour   cheers    Keep walking !

Hah. "Keep walking". That's rich as I am two weeks after a total knee replacement and it's still quite painful to walk. Good chance to catch up on old replays.

6 hours ago, MT64 said:

Hah. "Keep walking". That's rich as I am two weeks after a total knee replacement and it's still quite painful to walk. Good chance to catch up on old replays.

Mal, do you remember Mick Pearce? I thought there was a black and white  clip of him holding a run-through circa 1964. I remember Mick sitting with the cheer squad in the 1980's. He worked up at Buller and didn't get to many games.

Re the (fence) banners: from memory they were 'assigned' to cheer squad members as they were taken from ground to ground. I know I had charge of the "Never say die Demons" for a short period of time.

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19 minutes ago, M_9 said:

Mal, do you remember Mick Pearce? I thought there was a black and white  clip of him holding a run-through circa 1964. I remember Mick sitting with the cheer squad in the 1980's. He worked up at Buller and didn't get to many games.

Re the (fence) banners: from memory they were 'assigned' to cheer squad members as they were taken from ground to ground. I know I had charge of the "Never say die Demons" for a short period of time.

I do. Boy we had some great times back then. A funny story with that banner. We made it at a friends place and we ran it up the footpath to spray it but were in horror when we lifted it up as the message was on the path. Got into a bit of trouble.


52 minutes ago, MT64 said:

I do. Boy we had some great times back then. A funny story with that banner. We made it at a friends place and we ran it up the footpath to spray it but were in horror when we lifted it up as the message was on the path. Got into a bit of trouble.

I recall when the biggest banner was unfurled, but I can't remember the wording: " .... the Magnificent Masters of the MCG". Can you complete/correct?

One of my funniest moments was sleeping out for a GF ticket (club allocation) in 1965 with my Dons mate. We were warned that officers would be patrolling Yarra Park so we scrambled up onto a ledge on the old Northern stand above the ticket box. We both slept in and awoke to see a queue 100m long snaking up towards Jolimont station. We meekly scrambled down and took up a spot at the tail of the queue.

On 10/5/2018 at 6:50 PM, M_9 said:

I recall when the biggest banner was unfurled, but I can't remember the wording: " .... the Magnificent Masters of the MCG". Can you complete/correct?

One of my funniest moments was sleeping out for a GF ticket (club allocation) in 1965 with my Dons mate. We were warned that officers would be patrolling Yarra Park so we scrambled up onto a ledge on the old Northern stand above the ticket box. We both slept in and awoke to see a queue 100m long snaking up towards Jolimont station. We meekly scrambled down and took up a spot at the tail of the queue.

Masters of the MCG. Would love to make another one for next season onwards. I also remember people sleeping on that ledge.

 

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