The following two games are from the Fosters International Cup against Geelong (Toronto SkyDome) and Essendon (The Oval, London).

And we're into the AFL era, 1990 preseason games below

I only have brief snippets/Sunday sports world highlights of the first two 1990 games (Bennett kicks 8 goals against both Geelong and North) which I think are up on Rhett Bartlett's channel so won't re-upload them.

Round 3 game below, Easter Monday vs last year's Preliminary Finalist Essendon in front of a bumper crowd.

A famous comeback win at Windy Hill

This one is a single camera feed with crowd audio only so it feels like you're at the G in 1990 sitting in the members! Unfortunately the copy I have freezes just before 3/4 time so missing the final quarter but some great footage and especially rare and always good to have some old Roy Boys tape.

On 25/03/2026 at 21:21, Dr. Gonzo said:

Jeez Dr. Gonzo 1990 was a very wet year, such heavy conditions, we had some great wins, some close games and a few unexpected losses.

A great win out west with a bit of heat in the game. West Coast have been a modern rival of ours basically since their inception.

Back to back wins over the Hawks after the heartbreak of 1987 and the humiliation of 1988 knocked them out of the finals and ensured they would not make the Grand Final for the first time since 1982! One of the all time great teams who would rebound to win the flag in 1991 despite being dubbed "Too old, too slow".

Thanks Dr. Gonzo brilliant tough 3 games from the Dees.❤️💙

Something a little bit different from 10 April 1982 … exactly 44 years ago today. The TV guide and look at the lineup of household names talking about the footy.

And just as an aside, straight after The Winners on ABC Channel 2 which was the best footy replay program, came Blake’s Seven which was a fantastic sci-fi series.

Apparently, we stuck it up them.

We won a premiership in 1971 and played in 2 Grand Finals in 1969 & 1970!

The little known (or remembered) VFL night series was played from 1956 until 1971 (under lights at the Lake Oval)

The 1971 GF team was at virtual full strength and all the games were played in September alongside the normal finals (after the season proper)

n.b. the teams that missed the finals were the participants in the night series (8 of 12)

GF crowds regularly topped 20,000 (Lake Oval)

Here's the link ... (you'll need to scroll down a bit for the night series games, match reports and other details)

Hard Ball Get

VFL Night Series & AFL Pre-Season Cup - every season

A history of the AFL pre-season competition and Night Series (1956-71 and 1977-2013).

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Macca