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On this day in 1973

Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

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Thinking Hawthorn beat us next 22 games straight ?

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    wow, players wearing ear muffs and the old centre diamond.....i've forgotten why they changed that

    marks adjudicated extremely softly, same for holding the man

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    I remember the game so well. The team got a standing ovation from Melbourne fans at half time and then they completely destroyed us in the second half.

    The trauma of the experience that day (probably the origin of MFCSS) was felt for such a long time that whenever the Demons were leading at the main break, the people who sat in our area used to call out “don’t clap!!”

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    Yeah didn't want to mention the result previously and I see now the angle you are coming from WJ but without the first 3 qtrs, it seemed a tough no compromising and see sawing game. Everyone was cracking in, plenty of goals being scored and a much simpler less officiated flowing spectacle. I did wonder at the 30 minute or so mark how we were going to end up in front so it was disappointing when the siren went.

    My Demon supporting days started the following year so it was great to hear those players names again especially Ross Brewer who was one of my faves. And I don't know if the Biff had started playing full forward at times in 73, he played full forward mostly in my memory and was occasionally full back when needed. Loved his torpedo goals.

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    The umpires hated us back then too. How did Leigh Matthews get a free kick for a great tackle on him? If I was an Essendon supported I'd still be boooing

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    Players first to the ball are being mauled by both umpires and opponents in the modern version of the game. Constant infringements by the tackler compared to the '73 version. Overhead marking so strong in those days, kicking to advantage not so much. Players follow the Kennedy rule: just boot the ball forward, so it's someone else's problem.

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    How good was Robbie! Only the 4th game of his career, and he had just turned 18. What a star.

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    On 6/30/2021 at 1:45 PM, Whispering_Jack said:

    Those were the good old days …

    Can we change the title of this thread to on this day 2021?

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