Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
Demonland

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Demon Legends

DV8
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

 
  • Author
4 hours ago, Demonland said:

Happy Birthday Ron Barassi Jr. 

 

Happy Birthday Barass.

  • Quote
    On 2/26/2019 at 7:39 PM, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Going by the second photo:

    Clockwise from Brian Dixon (checkered shirt), Noel McMahon, Clyde Laidlaw, Ian Thorogood, John Lord, Frank Davis, [censored] Fenton-Smith, Ron Barrassi, John Beckwith and Hassa Mann. 

    Can the mods uncensor Fenton-Smiths first name? 

    Some big names there from the old mans tales of the glory days.

  • Quote
    • 2 weeks later...
     

    On 2/8/2019 at 11:45 PM, DV8 said:

    5496b.RonNorm_2.png

    1952–1967

    Quick kip for Ron.

    More photos (in galleries) here.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    On 3/10/2019 at 12:49 PM, Ethan Tremblay said:

    https://omny.fm/shows/this-is-your-sporting-life/ian-thorogoods-sporting-life

    or for the player with SEN article:

    https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/03/09/demons-legend-backs-current-side's-chase-for-elusive-flag/

    What a ripper of an interview ET. Really appreciate this and I hope he’s being well cared for. What a character. Donegan did a great job.

    loved the bit where Murray Weideman gave him a love tap in the “very lower stomach” in the 58 granny and (it sounds like) half the team we’re trying to get even.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Author

    5496b.RonNorm_2.png

    4 hours ago, Supermercado said:

    Quick kip for Ron.

    More photos (in galleries) here.

    I've got a vague sense (memory) that he was dragged, or injured...  can't remember exactly.  >>  memory as a kid... of that image from TV or papers?

  • Quote

    19 hours ago, Supermercado said:

    Quick kip for Ron.

    More photos (in galleries) here.

    What is it about these black and white photos which make people look so much older than they were? Is it the clothing? Or the hairstyle? Or is it just the way we think about older photos? Norm Smith was born on 21 November 1915, which means he could not have been any older than 49 when this photo was taken.

  • Quote
    1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    What is it about these black and white photos which make people look so much older than they were? Is it the clothing? Or the hairstyle? Or is it just the way we think about older photos? Norm Smith was born on 21 November 1915, which means he could not have been any older than 49 when this photo was taken.

    He died when he was fifty eight. I was shocked when I discovered this. I mentioned it to a friend who pointed out that until the advent of blood thinners and blood pressure medication, coupled with the fact most men smoked and that the basic Aussie diet was heart attack tucker,  most men died before they reached 70, hence the retirement pension allocation of the number 65.

  • Quote
    18 minutes ago, dieter said:

    He died when he was fifty eight. I was shocked when I discovered this. I mentioned it to a friend who pointed out that until the advent of blood thinners and blood pressure medication, coupled with the fact most men smoked and that the basic Aussie diet was heart attack tucker,  most men died before they reached 70, hence the retirement pension allocation of the number 65.

    Dieter, usually when I read your posts I think your name refers to your nationality; today, it seems that I should read your name as someone who is careful about what he eats.

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
    38 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Dieter, usually when I read your posts I think your name refers to your nationality; today, it seems that I should read your name as someone who is careful about what he eats.

    Yes, I make sure I eat plenty. Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we diet. When I was a younger man and vaguely attractive to the opposite sex, one of my girlfriends gave me a fridge sticker: 'World's greatest Dieter.'

    Edited by dieter

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 1
    • Author
    13 hours ago, dieter said:

    Yes, I make sure I eat plenty. Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we diet. When I was a younger man and vaguely attractive to the opposite sex, one of my girlfriends gave me a fridge sticker: 'World's greatest Dieter.'

    ... so your not German, after all this.  your a pumpkin eater !

  • Quote

    13 hours ago, DV8 said:

    ... so your not German, after all this.  your a pumpkin eater !

    100% German/Jewish ( though I was sent to a Catholic school )- maybe a small % of Polish, on my paternal grandmother's side. One of my ex wives called me a Lady Eater because I didn't particularly like Pumkins (sic) in those days but I like them a lot more now that I'm old and lame and infirm.

    Edited by dieter

  • Quote
    • Author
    8 minutes ago, dieter said:

    100% German/Jewish ( though I was sent to a Catholic school )- maybe a small % of Polish, on my paternal grandmother's side. One of my ex wives called me a Lady Eater because I didn't particularly like Pumkins (sic) in those days but I like them a lot more now that I'm old and lame and infirm.

    HaHaHa...  please can you tell me what (sic) means?

  • Quote

    I was bought up on a steady diet of Bismarckhering and Pumpernickel bread. I wasn’t the most popular kid at Primary School during summer. 

  • Quote
    39 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I was bought up on a steady diet of Bismarckhering and Pumpernickel bread. I wasn’t the most popular kid at Primary School during summer. 

    Clever strategy from your parents. I bet you got to eat all your lunch without the school bullies stealing it from you.

  • Quote
    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I was bought up on a steady diet of Bismarckhering and Pumpernickel bread. I wasn’t the most popular kid at Primary School during summer. 

    No, that was my fate...You're not even a kraut????

  • Quote

    32 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Half kraut, Mum was born in Germany. 

    At least you was well fed. Think I'll have some herrings tonight... By the way, I listened to the Ian Thorogood interview today, I stopped listening after the introduction it was Tobin bros and I assumed the worst. he sounds well...

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    4 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I was bought up on a steady diet of Bismarckhering and Pumpernickel bread. I wasn’t the most popular kid at Primary School during summer. 

    you forget to mention the garlic, ethan?

  • Quote
    •  
    On 3/13/2019 at 6:56 PM, daisycutter said:

    you forget to mention the garlic, ethan?

    I chewed on that to freshen my breath after eating Herring which had been sitting in my lunchbox in the warm classroom for half a day. 

    Edited by Ethan Tremblay

  • Quote

    • Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • AFLW: 2025 Season Preview

      Ten seasons. Eighteen teams. With the young talent pathway finally fully connected, Women’s Australian Rules football is building momentum and Season 2025 promises to be the best yet. In advance of Season 10, the AFL leadership has engaged in candid discussions with all clubs regarding strategies to boost attendance and expand fan bases. Concerningly, average attendances in 2024 were 2,660 fans per match, with the women’s game incurring an annual loss of approximately $50 million.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Western Bulldogs

      The next coach of the Melbourne Football Club faces the challenge of teaching his players how to win games against all comers. At times during this tumultuous season, that task has seemed daunting, made more so in light of the surprise news last week of the sacking of premiership coach Simon Goodwin. However, there were also some positive signs from yesterday’s match against the Western Bulldogs that the challenge may not be as difficult as one might think. The two sides presented a genuine football spectacle, featuring pulsating competitive play with eight lead changes throughout the afternoon, in a display befitting a finals match.The result could have gone either way and in the end, it came down to which team could produce the most desperate of acts to provide a winning result. It was the Bulldogs who had their season on the line that won out by a six point margin that fitted the game and the effort of both sides.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Brisbane

      The rain had been falling heavily in south east Queensland when the match began at Springfield, west of Brisbane. The teams exchanged early goals and then the Casey Demons proceeded like a house on fire in the penultimate game of the VFL season against a strong opponent in the Brisbane Lions. Sparked by strong play around the ground by seasoned players in Charlie Spargo and Jack Billings, a strong effort from Bailey Laurie and promising work from youngsters in Kynan Brown and  Koltyn Tholstrup, the Demons with multiple goal kickers firing, raced to a 27 point lead late in the opening stanza. A highlight was a wonderful goal from Laurie who brilliantly sidestepped two opponents and kicked beautifully from 45 metres out.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Hawthorn

      The Demons return to the MCG this time as the visiting team where they get another opportunity to put a dent into a team's top 8 placing when they take on the Hawks on Saturday afternoon. Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Clap
        • Haha
        • Like
      • 67 replies
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Western Bulldogs

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 11th August @ 8:00pm. Join Binman & I as we dissect the Dees disappointing loss to the Western Bulldogs.
      Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
      Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/

      • 41 replies
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Western Bulldogs

      The Demons lacked some polish but showed a lot of heart and took it right up to the Bulldogs in an attempt to spoil their finals hopes ultimately going down by a goal at the MCG.

        • Love
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 327 replies
      Demonland
    View All

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.