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The Melbourne - Norwood connection

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On 8/28/2021 at 7:05 AM, Whispering_Jack said:

Over the years, and particularly before the VFL turned national, there was always a close connection between Melbourne and the Norwood Redlegs in the SANFL. They have similar colours and historically, the clubs played many practice and exhibition matches against each other going back to the 19th century and more recently, in the early 1970s. The Demons recruited Tassie Medalist Graham Molloy from Norwood in 1970 as a potential Barassi replacement but injuries prevented him from showing his best in a 76 game career with the Demons.

The ABC used to televise the SANFL grand finals and for success starved Melbourne fans, we used to get a kick out of supporting the Redlegs to premiership victory. Their team is playing North Adelaide in theĀ SANFLĀ this afternoon and I wish them success and hope they also come out in their numbers in red and blue to support our boys tonight.

One of the reasons I'm a Dees fan today, they came out in force to support the grand old flag in its time time of need.

You could see it meant alot to the team by the look in there eyes looking around smiling and taking it all in.Ā Ā 

Coaches and staff eg. Gary Pert, Goody, Chocco, Richo, Yze, Stafford, Burgess appreciatedĀ the support we hadĀ in the stands at Adelaide Oval i truely believe( won't happen obviously) we should play our Prelim in Adelaide.

The support we have and connections feels like a 2nd home for the club.

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    Thereā€™s a SANFL double header tomorrow afternoon at Adelaide Oval. Norwood have a tough job taking on the Eagles in the 3.45pm game.Ā 

    No doubt Demon fans in Adelaide will be there to reciprocate the support given by Redlegs fans when we took on the Lions.

    Itā€™s a little more complex in Perth where the Perth Demons wear red and black. They didnā€™t make the WAFL finals. However, the West Perth Falcons are in the finals and their colours are red and blue. Theyā€™re playing Swan Districts tomorrow afternoon.Ā 

    Itā€™s great to see lots of red and blue support in both SA and WA!

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    Well the Redlegs lost a tight game by 7 points. Scores were level at half time. The Eagles led by a goal at 3/4 time and that was the margin halfway through the last. Norwood scored two pointsĀ Ā but the Eagles finished off the low scoring affair with three behinds. That leaves the Redlegs playing in the First Semi Final against South Adelaide.

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    Another Redlegs, Bracknell won the NTFA Grand Final yesterday, beating South Launceston. First flag in a long time.

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    The red & blue were running rampant at the end stages of 2018, only for it to all fall apart. The MFC were unceremoniously bundled out in the prelims, with both Norwood and West Perth going down in their respective grand finals. (I also maybe recall another red & blue north-eastern seaboard team in the mix?). As it stands, all three are still alive this year, but with quite mixed hopes.Ā Ā 

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    West Perth in red & blue but the Falcons won their final today by 4 points with a goal at the 32. minute mark.Ā 

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    Come on Norwood, West Perth and all Red and Blue teams around Australia who are still in the race.šŸ‘Øā€šŸ‘©ā€šŸ‘§šŸ§¶šŸ§µšŸŖ¢ā¤ļøšŸ’™ā¤ļøšŸ’™ā¤ļøšŸ’™

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    17 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    Well the Redlegs lost a tight game by 7 points. Scores were level at half time. The Eagles led by a goal at 3/4 time and that was the margin halfway through the last. Norwood scored two pointsĀ Ā but the Eagles finished off the low scoring affair with three behinds. That leaves the Redlegs playing in the First Semi Final against South Adelaide.

    Hey Jack....can we watch the first SemiĀ  on some sort of streaming?

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    2 hours ago, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

    I noticed even the US Open tennis ladies champion wore Demon gear.

    It's catching on!

    Such a glorious outfit.Ā 

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    7 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    I came across this footage of Norwoodā€™s 1975 grand final victory over Glenelg. Ross Dillon wearing #24 kicks the goal to put the Redlegs in front late in the game.

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    I was there, unfortunately. I think it was the first GF at Football Park. Back in those days, for reasons that escape me, the wind often used to howl down the ground. I can't bring myself to watch it all again, it was bad enough at the time, but as I recall, Fred Phillis, who was the best full forward of that era, couldn't buy a goal. Although he regularly kicked 100 or more over multiple seasons.Ā 

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    The SANFL Redlegs are in this yearā€™s Grand Final on Sunday 18 September againstĀ North Adelaide.Ā 

    Hope all SA Demon fans give them their full support after the support they gave us in last yearā€™s finals.

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    Baynen Lowe one to watch for fans of #draftsillynames and the Redlegs.

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    1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    Norwood stormed home with the last three goals including one to Matthew Panos at the 26 minute mark of the final quarter to win the SANFL Grand Final by a point.

    An absolute cracker of a game high intensity, courage and skill in wet conditions sure did enjoy my Red and Blue Sunday šŸ†šŸ†

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    On 8/28/2021 at 2:39 PM, Bigdeeal said:

    No, Sellar was from Glenelg. He was as useful there as he was for usĀ 

    Think you mean Useless don't you? !!!!Ā 

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    7 hours ago, 58er said:

    Think you mean Useless don't you? !!!!Ā 

    Maybe I didn't make it as clear as I might have. He displayed the same degree of usefulness at both clubs, ie. not much. I have no idea why we recruited him in the first place. Maybe it was because of what he might have become, because it certainly wasn't on the basis of what he'd already done, and I say that as a Glenelg supporter. He was certainly a fairly big boy, but size isn't an important factor unless you can use it.Ā 

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