18 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

I found the Ian Munro interview with Whispering Jack and Andy totally absorbing, and a real ‘eye opener’.  ‘Between the Flags” is a must read, especially for Demonlanders of my vintage, who lived through our ‘golden era’ of the1950s and 1960s, and stuck fat with our beloved Demons through the (seemingly) interminable 57 year drought.  I now know what I want for Fathers Day.

I listened to it last night - brilliant stuff.

It made me laugh, and think of George, to hear Ian talk about the fact we didn't follow the lead of other teams in the mid 60s and create a social club as being a big factor in our decline (because we forfeited the revenue a social club brought to other clubs, hurting us directly, but also comparatively). 

Sixty years later and we still don't have a social club!

Its not as important now, though, given that the income stream form a social club would be drop in the ocean of what is required to fund an AFL team.

However it is totally relevant to the discussion of a home training base, as as Munro noted social clubs were integrated into clubs home grounds. He hgave the example of the Hawks buying land next to Glenferrie Oval to build their social club.

And in a different context he gave the example of the Saints electing to move away from Junction oval to Moorabbin. The context was getting away from the St Kilda Cricket Club vis a vis our relationship with the MCC, but moving to Moorabbin allowed the Saints to create their own social club.

I was too young in the 70s to be gong to social clubs, but for those with more wisdom than me, were we the only VFL club without a social club?  

Edited August 31, 20223 yr by binman

21 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

I found the Ian Munro interview with  @Whispering_Jackand @Demonland totally absorbing, and a real ‘eye opener’.  I reckon ‘Between the Flags” is a must read, especially for Demonlanders of my vintage, who lived through our ‘golden era’ of the1950s and 1960s, and stuck fat with our beloved Demons through the (seemingly) interminable 57 year drought.

Hey Mrs Deeoldfart,  I now know what I want for Fathers Day.

https://betweentheflags57.com.au or any of the bookstores mentioned on the podcast or now at the Demon Shop too.