On 23/02/2023 at 09:54, daisycutter said:

more trivia

carlton and essendon also had it as their home ground for quite a few games during the transition time from their traditional grounds to when they signed contracts with docklands as their home ground. 

and as you alluded to blockbuster home games of docklands tenant clubs sometimes get shifted to the mcg

Yes I think Essendon left Windy Hill in 1992 and played at the G until moving to Docklands in 2000.

  On 22/02/2023 at 21:04, buck_nekkid said:

Like the cane toad was the founding tenant of the QLD cane fields

Thanks, I will be putting that one on the shelf for King's Birthday.

  On 23/02/2023 at 12:12, Dr. Gonzo said:

Yep I was talking about Richmond - sorry for the confusion.

On another note I had to educate a Richmond supporter at work a year or so back when she was going on about the MCG and didn't even realise that we had been there well before Richmond! She wasn't a young lass either, I mean Punt Rd is right there, did she think it was just a training venue??

Yeah quite a lot of Tiges fans think this.

  On 22/02/2023 at 22:50, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

The bigger issue for me is how the MFC has decided to manage it's allocation of seating during our home games.  I resent that the club took away the premium seating area on the wing/half forward ground level of the Northern Stand which use to be the MFC members ' Red Seats ' area open to all MFC members and made it into an exclusive MFC reserve seating area.  I get the finacial imperatives the club operates under, but I actually think this move was somewhat corrosive to the fabric of the club from a supporters perspective.

This is my biggest gripe as well. I have had reserved seat membership for many years. We got zero value for this through the covid years. But instead of compensating loyal members, the club decided to whack a $200 grand final guarantee charge on top. Now you have no options between a basic membership and reserved seat with GFG. The end result is a reserved seat area that is half full at best most weeks, and filled with opposition supporters on big occasions.

  On 23/02/2023 at 10:15, daisycutter said:

sole tennants too

I thought the USMC 1st Marine Division camped at the MCG after serving in crucial battles at Guadalcanal in 1942. Perhaps US Army units were billeted there later in the war?

  On 23/02/2023 at 21:46, layzie said:

Yeah quite a lot of Tiges fans think this.

Well I take every opportunity to correct them, always happy to help lift the nation's education standards 🤣

  On 24/02/2023 at 01:13, No. 31 said:

I thought the USMC 1st Marine Division camped at the MCG after serving in crucial battles at Guadalcanal in 1942. Perhaps US Army units were billeted there later in the war?

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Between 1942 and 1945 the MCG was used by the US Army Air Forces, the U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force. In all, more than 200,000 personnel regarded the ground as their temporary home away from home. This year marks the 70th anniversary of military forces being stationed at the MCG.

U.S. Forces at the MCG

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  On 23/02/2023 at 12:12, Dr. Gonzo said:

Yep I was talking about Richmond - sorry for the confusion.

On another note I had to educate a Richmond supporter at work a year or so back when she was going on about the MCG and didn't even realise that we had been there well before Richmond! She wasn't a young lass either, I mean Punt Rd is right there, did she think it was just a training venue??

I remember years ago on the train going to a Queens Birthday match having to educate a Collingwood supporter who was absolutely adamant Collingwood were the oldest club in the competition!  She was clueless!  Mind you she initiated a conversation with me by asking why do I barrack for Melbourne and was stumped when I replied "So I don't have to barrack for Collingwood".

Edited February 24, 20232 yr by Katrina Dee Fan

  On 23/02/2023 at 09:26, Sideshow Bob said:

What amazes me is that they haven't worked out how to make our home games on the royal birthday and Anzac eve on opposite years - we currently have 2 massive money spinners in one year and zip in the next makes absolutely no sense

Eddie buggered that one up by demanding the woods get a home game. The AFL in their wisdom bent over for Eddie (surprise surprise) and started the very next year which was an away game for us on Anzac Eve and so it continues.

Of course if the AFL were real we could, just could get home games against Geelong, Carlton and "the druggies" to compensate us. This is slowly happening. At one stage Melbourne had one home game against "the druggies" in nearly 12 matches/and or years I think. Also, when was the last time we played West Coast over here?

  On 24/02/2023 at 04:30, Katrina Dee Fan said:

I remember years ago on the train going to a Queens Birthday match having to educate a Collingwood supporter who was absolutely adamant Collingwood were the oldest club in the competition!  She was clueless!  Mind you she initiated a conversation with me by asking why do I barrack for Melbourne and was stumped when I replied "So I don't have to barrack for Collingwood".

They really are quite clueless. Mind you. Talk to them and you might just educate them. NOT.

 

  On 22/02/2023 at 20:45, pitmaster said:

“Collingwood moved from Victoria Park to the MCG and the deal Eddie McGuire and the board devised was one to support the redevelopment and the long-standing growth of the MCG. We were the founding tenant club and we brought all our members across,” Kelly said.

Rival clubs fume at Collingwood’s hold on MCG seats

And this is why you can't let bad people have nice things.

  On 25/02/2023 at 03:12, TRIGON said:

And this is why you can't let bad people have nice things.

such nice people.

they only did it to help out the poor desperate mcg

had nothing to do with the fact the poor darlings were homeless for a home ground after losing that rathole vic park

eddie should have a bronze statue outside the mcg

  On 25/02/2023 at 03:53, daisycutter said:

such nice people.

they only did it to help out the poor desperate mcg

had nothing to do with the fact the poor darlings were homeless for a home ground after losing that rathole vic park

eddie should have a bronze statue outside the mcg

Please can the statue look like this. The azz or the poop, either is fine.

 

Edited February 25, 20232 yr by AzzKikA

  On 23/02/2023 at 21:46, layzie said:

Yeah quite a lot of Tiges fans think this.

Tiges and think in the same sentence . . . 🤨

  On 22/02/2023 at 21:11, drysdale demon said:

He is just bathing in his own non importance.Th e bloke is so far up himself they will need a front end loader to get him out.

I ran into CK in the dry-cleaner at the Camberwell Junction in the late 1990's. What a complete and utter @#$E &%le. 

  On 22/02/2023 at 22:30, FearTheBeard said:

As Melbourne fans, we must never forget that Eddie allowed us to have Queens Birthday as our home game for 15 years.

Let's not delude ourselves regarding Tripplechins. Like Microsoft did to Apple in the 1990's, Colonwood needed to prop up the bulk of the competition or else risk playing with themselves every weekend (double entendre intended). And Colonwood only ended up in this position of market dominance due to the ineptitude of the VFL administration for the preceding 40 years. It's why the Commission was formed to run the comp in 1985 - curtail the preferential treatment to a handful of clubs at the expense of the Deez and others. 

  On 22/02/2023 at 22:33, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

We are the MCG. 

The delusion and Arrogance from Craig Kelly is at unmeasurable levels with these comments.

FMS!

Next deluded statement from CK - "we invented the game".

  On 22/02/2023 at 23:10, pitmaster said:

We must never forget that Eddie allowed us to have the QB home game AFTER the MCC rolled over for him with the deal that the Ponsford Stand would be the Pie social club at home and away games. Not so generous as it might first seem.

And then, when we started pulling a crowd he wanted the home status to alternate between us.

Nothing but a Gaslighter our Eddie.

  On 22/02/2023 at 22:50, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Honestly, asides from the Collingwood arrogance about this issue, I'm not really that bothered as it hardly impacts me and I suspect it doesn't really impact our members.

Here's the problem with CK's statement. Reinterpreting history to suit oneself distorts reality. It's virtually unrecognisable at first, and almost passes unnoticed. Then reinterpretation builds on itself and becomes normative. The truth becomes marginalised as the domain of the elite and facts become whatever one wants them to be. The end result? The Deez are relocated to LA in 2055 because the new CEO of Colonwood, Jack Ginnivan, says "the City of Melbourne isn't big enough for the Mighty Pies and the Demons, let alone the MCG. We were here first, everyone know that." 

I see Eddie has come out swinging 

  On 24/02/2023 at 18:17, MT64 said:

They really are quite clueless. Mind you. Talk to them and you might just educate them. NOT.

 

Talking about clueless Collingwood people, Eddie Everywhere is apparently insulted by the other clubs’ stance against Collingwood wanting to boot home team members out of their Ponsford Stand seats, namely Hawthorn and Richmond, claiming it was Collingwood who built the Ponsford and Olympic Stands and the MCG wouldn’t be what it is now if it wasn’t for Collingwood. Can this [censored] spell delusional? 

  On 26/02/2023 at 11:11, Gouga said:

WTF Since when did Collingwood Rebuild the MCG??

As an MCC Member i take high offense at that comment. And let’s get one thing straight 

Yes the MFC had QB as a Home Game for many years, BUT the deal they had in the Ponsford Stand paid very handsomely on an almost weekly basis. That Deal should never have gone ahead. It stunk and still does. 
 

Oh how i HATE anything Collingwood…

The arrogance just spews out of every orifice
 

  On 26/02/2023 at 10:13, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Talking about clueless Collingwood people, Eddie Everywhere is apparently insulted by the other clubs’ stance against Collingwood wanting to boot home team members out of their Ponsford Stand seats, namely Hawthorn and Richmond, claiming it was Collingwood who built the Ponsford and Olympic Stands and the MCG wouldn’t be what it is now if it wasn’t for Collingwood. Can this [censored] spell delusional? 

is this from an ex-president who got the boot after bringing the club into disrepute

he is no longer a board member or official of the club

you don't work there anymore, eddie

oh, and by the way GET OFF OUR GROUND

  On 26/02/2023 at 11:11, Gouga said:

Was looking for the 💩 emoji…

  On 26/02/2023 at 11:35, daisycutter said:

is this from an ex-president who got the boot after bringing the club into disrepute

he is no longer a board member or official of the club

you don't work there anymore, eddie

oh, and by the way GET OFF OUR GROUND

It’s outrageous that Eddie makes these statements. MCC Members pay big $$$’s every year to the Club

Richmond in particular should be ashamed that they allowed this Rubbish to exist. It was all very quietly done as far as the public was concerned, can understand why 

We can't be far from Eddie launching another 'radical plan'. He'll actually get one adopted eventually.

  On 26/02/2023 at 12:03, Supermercado said:

We can't be far from Eddie launching another 'radical plan'. He'll actually get one adopted eventually.

Melbourne, Richmond and Hawthorn need to stand in solidarity against these [censored]