bush demon

A lot of the posters on here presumably wouldn't (either) take kindly to Ron Barassi's subterfuge in dumping Melbourne and taking his mojo to the navy blues. At the time RDB was multi-premiership captain, 1964 B and F, and the merchandising and promotional front of the club. Good luck to TS, it's only a game after all and he was chucked into what was a compulsory draft.

When and where do they train?

If we win a flag with that as our home based we could rename it the Golly Gosh.

Yes they had Ron's signature as you describe. My parents sprung a surprise by delivering them to me at school on my birthday. I duly wore them around the school, cork stops and all. When we went overseas later that year they must have got chucked out. My next boots (about four years later, for under 12s) were Adidas lookalikes, with soft toes and low ankles!

I think Ron's steel-capped 'Ron Barassi' boots make all the difference. Still remember the pair I got for my 8th birthday.

Was this 65 yards?

Casey Shire is the demographic heartland of Melbourne anyway. The MCG is so 1964. Other things that are so 1964: 1. EH Holden with 179 motor. 2. Red smelly trains on the Dandenong line. 3. Two shillings for fish and chips (just guessing on that one) 4. Melbourne rampant in the finals. 5. Jimmy Nichols as fill-in drummer for The Beatles for part of Australian tour. 6. John Nicholls, 6 foot 2 ruckman. 7. Cassius Clay getting liniment rubbed in his eyes during Sonny Liston fight. 8. Brown paper bags (with money for Ron). 9. Getting the cuts. 10. The drop-kick.

Just what we need: some Barassi-style emotion.

A premier league player in UK quit last week/s citing social media trolling, and the toll it was taking on his life. There are far better ways to lighten up on supporter sites than these kind of personal attacks dressed up as online comedy. If BB proves a disappointment I guess we can expect more of the same.

Truly pathetic. Why don't you take your 'presentation' directly to Tom (at a training night) instead of anonymously slurring him.

We also got Ron Barassi from North

Jarrott?

one flag since september '64, underwhelmed.

There are already enough fake umpiring decisions.

Billy Snedden.

That version lingers...

Best get for a v. long time. Crackers and Stan, all is forgiven!

Everton are still top of the table FWIW. The AFL is dead, long live the top 4. Anyone who thinks this is one competition obviously hasn't sat through every episode of Breaking Bad.

Was driving to Traralgon about March last year on a sporting assignment when I got a call. It was Clayton Oliver on a membership drive. I said I would re-sign, since he had called me! - but couldn't talk because I was driving. Headline: Clayton Oliver gets Bush Demon's signature after phone call.

These pictures are courtesy of my friend Donna's 1964 Melbourne FC scrapbook. Inc mobil swap cards. https://app.photobucket.com/u/normnc/p/ef3c9513-8b4d-4730-9cc6-103ea33f6cbc https://app.photobucket.com/u/normnc/p/bcd1709b-18b6-469b-a937-7be62b20b6b8

An archival rarity:

Thought I'd share some Dire Straits. Prophetic, it turns out.