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Demons in Vancouver - 1987

Whispering_Jack
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EXCELLENT! I remember this, thanks for sharing 

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    So 2 years later , dees cats hawks and bombers flew to usa again with yours truly didnt realise I was the same flight till boarding came and I was in the land of the giants .Never have I done some much exercise  walking on a plane ever :)

    luckily soc media was not about . The boys were into playing manila with large pots. 

    Mysteriously bar was closed 1 hr out of Hawaii . To borrow the clint eastwood line about a man knowing his limitations , I took that view  when kick to kick took place in the Transit Area. . I was happy to pass the stray ball back to guys . 

    Arriving in La some players  needed assistance due to unstable walking style .

    The camera lights   Of the Aussie tv crews based inLA were on when we walked out of customs . I kept walking looking for the shuttle bus desk .

    Btw this was after the 89 brutal granny and the likes of Dipper were grounded so to speak

     

     

     

     

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    I remember this. Makes me feel old

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    I was at those games in '87. Through the club the AFL covered the cost of two of us to fly and stay with the team if we made the run throughs for each of the competing teams. We stayed at the Westin Bayshore near Stanley Park. 

    The second game (the world championship final) was to be played in the Coliseum in LA against the winner of the North v Carlton game at The Oval in London. During the week however there was a 7.1 earthquake in the Los Angeles area and the game was moved to Vancouver. The line given to the media back here was that there were structural issues with the venue in LA making it potentially unsafe but in actual fact they had only sold 800 tickets for the game. 

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    On 10/9/2021 at 9:44 AM, Whispering_Jack said:

     

    This was the game when John Ironmonger was seen eating raw steaks sitting in a gutter days before the game!!

    Hilarious!!

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    I showed this to my younger brother. He thought it was a dream he had as it was never again referred to.

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