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Pink Lady Game - have we ever won one of these?

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I note that it's the Pink lady breast cancer awareness game again this week. Wonderful cause and not trying to denigrate the occasion, but has Melbourne ever won one of these games?

I know we were close against the bulldogs in 2010 when the umpires wearing pink socks probably cost us the game and a couple of other times, but I don't remember us ever winning any of these matches? Just wondering if anyone can confirm if we have?

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    15 minutes ago, Spud said:

    I note that it's the Pink lady breast cancer awareness game again this week. Wonderful cause and not trying to denigrate the occasion, but has Melbourne ever won one of these games?

    I know we were close against the bulldogs in 2010 when the umpires wearing pink socks probably cost us the game and a couple of other times, but I don't remember us ever winning any of these matches? Just wondering if anyone can confirm if we have?

    Do we care spud? I know it is a good cause but with all the "cause rounds"  the AFL inflict on us I take very little notice now. There are so many they are all just a blur. 

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    20 minutes ago, Spud said:

    I note that it's the Pink lady breast cancer awareness game again this week. Wonderful cause and not trying to denigrate the occasion, but has Melbourne ever won one of these games?

    I know we were close against the bulldogs in 2010 when the umpires wearing pink socks probably cost us the game and a couple of other times, but I don't remember us ever winning any of these matches? Just wondering if anyone can confirm if we have?

    Actually ...the ONLY thing of value , to me, about this game is the cause. ( Some here will understand that )

    As to the footy........well.........

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    Haha,

    I agree every week there is a "cause" game. Save the Bilby can't be too far away and if Tassie get a side, it will be "Devil appreciation week" every week with the exception of "remember the tiger round"!

    I was more curious as we don't like to play in Pink (could argue we don't like playing much in red & blue either I guess!).

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    1 minute ago, beelzebub said:

    Actually ...the ONLY thing of value , to me, about this game is the cause. ( Some here will understand that )

    As to the footy........well......…

    It was one of the original cause games so I do think it has a bit more meaning than most and knowing a number of BC survivors who attend it clearly has meaning for them and their family and friends. The country game on Sunday however (even though I lived in the country for the past 16 years) is proof of the never ending cause game!

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    Is it the Pink Lady Round? I didn't even know. Lack of promotion this year it seems to me. I always enjoy the Pink Lady Match. It is for a good cause.

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    26 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Belongs in the horrible records thread.

    We haven't won a game in this event.

    Add that if we have razor ray umpiring the game it will for sure be another loss.?

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    We won in 2005 against the Crows.

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    1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    We won in 2005 against the Crows.

    Good memory.

    Yes we certainly did win that round 7 game to go 5-2 and on our way to second on the ladder after round 12. Then in typical MFC style we fell off the rails after that.

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    4 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    Actually ...the ONLY thing of value , to me, about this game is the cause. ( Some here will understand that )

    As to the footy........well.........

    Ditto

    BC has inflicted much pain on my family. I always attend this game.

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    On 4/30/2019 at 4:30 PM, old dee said:

    Do we care spud? I know it is a good cause but with all the "cause rounds"  the AFL inflict on us I take very little notice now. There are so many they are all just a blur. 

    And that's our fault. I recall reading somewhere that when Peter Jackson came to the club he couldn't believe that we'd not made more of this opportunity. It has the possibility of being turned into a blockbuster event but we've somehow let it slip.

    To make it a "blockbuster" game, we need to promote it more, get another club involved who we play every year to provide a sense of occasion and eventually tradition (I'd choose the Bulldogs), involve our AFLW team in some fashion and persist with the "pink ladies" walking onto the ground as it get people involved, raises money and awareness and gives the event a "purpose".  It should also be a night game as it would make the pink ladies walking onto the ground more theatrical. In addition, we should make use of of our Number 1 female ticketholder (do we have one? If not, we should) as the face/voice of the round. It can't be that hard to be creative and make it into an event game which draws at least 60,000 people to the MCG every year, irrespective of the positions on the ladder of the competing teams.  

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    12 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    And that's our fault. I recall reading somewhere that when Peter Jackson came to the club he couldn't believe that we'd not made more of this opportunity. It has the possibility of being turned into a blockbuster event but we've somehow let it slip.

    To make it a "blockbuster" game, we need to promote it more, get another club involved who we play every year to provide a sense of occasion and eventually tradition (I'd choose the Bulldogs), involve our AFLW team in some fashion and persist with the "pink ladies" walking onto the ground as it get people involved, raises money and awareness and gives the event a "purpose".  It should also be a night game as it would make the pink ladies walking onto the ground more theatrical. In addition, we should make use of of our Number 1 female ticketholder (do we have one? If not, we should) as the face/voice of the round. It can't be that hard to be creative and make it into an event game which draws at least 60,000 people to the MCG every year, irrespective of the positions on the ladder of the competing teams.  

    Just another failure in a long line of MFC dithering. Perhaps the Dogs could do it from their new $150 mill home LDC? 

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    1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    And that's our fault. I recall reading somewhere that when Peter Jackson came to the club he couldn't believe that we'd not made more of this opportunity. It has the possibility of being turned into a blockbuster event but we've somehow let it slip.

    To make it a "blockbuster" game, we need to promote it more, get another club involved who we play every year to provide a sense of occasion and eventually tradition (I'd choose the Bulldogs), involve our AFLW team in some fashion and persist with the "pink ladies" walking onto the ground as it get people involved, raises money and awareness and gives the event a "purpose".  It should also be a night game as it would make the pink ladies walking onto the ground more theatrical. In addition, we should make use of of our Number 1 female ticketholder (do we have one? If not, we should) as the face/voice of the round. It can't be that hard to be creative and make it into an event game which draws at least 60,000 people to the MCG every year, irrespective of the positions on the ladder of the competing teams.  

    Sadly, this game has been considerably watered down.  Not only is it not at night it is not an FTA time slot, so very little exposure for the cause.

    Also, the 'pink ladies and men' won't be walking onto the MCG so there is no pre-game recognition of the cause.  I have been on the MCG for this cause and it was a moving and surreal experience.  It was at night and the lights went down and quite emotional. 

    Very sad that someone at the club isn't investing time in this.

     

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    On 4/30/2019 at 7:39 PM, Dee Zephyr said:

    We won in 2005 against the Crows.

    Was that when trusty kick Simon Godfrey slotted through the sealer from outside 50, Punt Road end? What a kick! Brad Green-esque.

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    59 minutes ago, praha said:

    Was that when trusty kick Simon Godfrey slotted through the sealer from outside 50, Punt Road end? What a kick! Brad Green-esque.

    Testing the memory now praha, all I remember was running away with the game late in front of a very good crowd that night.

    I do remember Godfrey kicking a beauty on his right foot Punt Rd end against the Pies around those years.

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    51 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Testing the memory now praha, all I remember was running away with the game late in front of a very good crowd that night.

    I do remember Godfrey kicking a beauty on his right foot Punt Rd end against the Pies around those years.

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    The last team to win a Pink Lady game. Most of the team is long retired, sadly one no more.

    Godfrey did kick a goal, so it may have been the goal you refer to Praha. Led by 2 points at 3/4 time and won by 24 so spot on DZ! Adelaide from memory finished on top in 2005?

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    26 minutes ago, Spud said:

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    The last team to win a Pink Lady game. Most of the team is long retired, sadly one no more.

    Godfrey did kick a goal, so it may have been the goal you refer to Praha. Led by 2 points at 3/4 time and won by 24 so spot on DZ! Adelaide from memory finished on top in 2005?

    Thanks mate, some popular names there. Decent game by ‘Doggy’ Brown going by those stats.

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    Maybe the interest in breasts fizzled out once Jack Watts left the club.

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