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On this day in 1989 ...

Whispering_Jack
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Remember it well. Listening on the radio ? whilst driving on The Great Ocean Road 

think I smoked a full pack in the last Quarter!!!

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    Danny Seow only kicked two goals in his seven games for Melbourne and they're both in that first clip!

    Up until Peter Bell he was the greatest Asian footballer of all time.

    (Sam Pang rated himself top 5 )

    I loved the Mullet era.

    Ricky Jackson,Stinga, Grinter ,Sugar,Lyon,Stynes,Newport,Strawbs,TC ,Stretchmarks,Lovett etc .

    What a great team.

     

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    Steve Tingay came on and with his first kick won the game. What a start to a marvelous career.

    I noticed how often the ball was kicked long into attack and came back out just as fast. Nothing has changed in over 30 years.

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    Very special game for me. 

    A very ordinary game saved by first gamer Tingays winning goal. 

    Like many, I became a Melbourne supporter as a direct result of being taken to games by my Dad. 

    By the time this game came around my Dad was failing in health. I remember the difficulty of getting him from the car in Yarra Park to the ground. Stopping every few metres to catch his breath. 

    But we won the game. I knew at that time that Dad was probably not going to get to another one.

    It was emotional and it was to be my Dads last game. 

    I carry his spirit with me to every game.

     

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    After the massive disappointment of the previous year's Grand Final let down, enthusiasm still resided within, all be it deep and almost dormant.

    Got there just before the start of the game and unwisely decided to forego the purchase of a Season's ticket. (Although ultimately it was to prove was another disappointing season finale).

    Don't remember much about the game itself, although Richard Osborne was clearly a threat, but do recall the No. 52, Stephen Tingay's very first kick in league footy. A tremendous snap from a fair distance out, that sailed high through the goal posts for the winner. The excitement in the old Southern Stand standing room area was palpable. Possibly reminiscent of the effect engendered by Kossie Pickett's "X" factor performance last weekend.

    Of course Stephen Tingay went on to establish himself as a great warrior for the MFC and a fan favourite. Although his MFC career was markedly effected by footy's and life's vicissitudes.

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    Peter Landy’s commentating!! 

    Drew Morphett’s bloody haircut!
    Wooden benches at the G

    Interestingly, 4 N Twenty pies still tastes the same today 

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