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    This smells like 1987

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    2 hours ago, tilly18 said:

    The Carlton v Footscray game was played at Princes's Park with Carlton the favourites.

    Walls had the chance to win the game with a kick he duffed and Bernie Quinlan touched it on the goal line. That was the end of the game and the game was drawn.

    Wearmouth knocked out Laurie Fowler at the first bounce and he woke up being carried up the race and had to be restrained trying to get back on the field.

    That was his game finished. We played with one man down

    2 weeks earlier at Moorabbin Ray Biffen planted a kiss on Trevor Barker in front of the St Kilda cheer squad before the first bounce. Sent the crowd into a frenzy.

    1977 was a year of hope but that was it until 10 years later in 1987 when that moment when Dunstall goaled at Geelong being my greatest memory at a Dees game.

     

    Thanks Tilly, I was at Surfers last round 76, so my recollection is among Rugby scores and the races.

    This smells like 1987

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    Posted · Edited by radar
    Mistake

    28 minutes ago, 45HG said:

    Can someone run me through what happened in 1976? Going through the history books - I never realised we were a goal away from playing in the finals in 76.

    From memory, in final round 22 - we had to beat Pies at Vic Park and hope/rely on Favourites, Carlton beating Footscray. Dogs were already in the final FIVE at that time. They were fifth. 

    Think we accounted for the Pies easy enough 4 or 5 goals. Bear in mind we hadn't won at Victoria Park since 1968. 

    Simultaneously Blues and Dogs fought it out at Western Oval. Robert Walls had a chance to win it for Carlton - and put Melbourne into the finals.  Think he missed, kicked a point and tied their game. 

     

    This gave dogs 2 points for the draw. Put them ahead of us and in to the Final FIVE.

     

    From memory, think we were on a roll and could have gone far into September.

     

    Think dogs got done easy the next week.

    Significantly, We ensured Collingwood won their first ever wooden spoon. Not sure if it was certain before we beat them.

    To their credit, no spooner had ever won it by also winning so many games in a year.

     

    So in 1976 we missed the finals from a Robert Walls miss. 

    Only took another eleven years.

    This smells like 1987

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    Posted · Edited by radar

    Oh yeah, supported the Ds for only 11 years by 1976.  Was away for the R22 , Collingwood Melbourne/Carlton Footscray match.  We hadn't won at Vic Park since 1968 either.

    Nearly quarter of a century by 87 and I was OS.

    Only omen I have now is I am away again

     

    Kinda hopin Tom Scully bobs up, kicks the one putting North out.

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    This smells like 1987

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    Supported the Ds for 23 years. 

    1976 -listened on Gold Coast to Robert Walls' miss against Footscray , that kept us out. 

    1987 -in UK, trunk calls at 8.00 am and cross county dashes to Australia House in Strand. Devour air freighted AGE and Sunday Press. 

     

    *Younger posters will have no concept. Pre internet. 

    Actually had to "wait".

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    Chris From Camberwell!

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    1 minute ago, Satyriconhome said:

    You listen to the radio?.........hopefully only when you are travelling in a car WJ, or is it a comfy chair, roaring open fire, a balloon of Courvoisier..and SEN

    Haven't listened to radio since the days of 3XY in the Seventies

    I listen to the wireless. Sadly Tony Dalroy is leaving ABC after 25 ,years. Is great comfort to hear all the way here in Vietnam. 

    Also caught 5 AA call of our game. 

    When will Melbourne break these embarrassing records?

    in Melbourne Demons

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    recall Jurrah not being paid a screamer in a tight finish also.

    and Leigh Colbert for Geelong in a final - turned the tide - probably the year we beat them by 10 goals.  The AFL has since ruled they got it wrong with us.  Needless to say, Crows won a flag.

     

    Interstate clubs get a dream run at home.  

    One Adelaide game v Fitzroy,  Lions, 10 points up, time on final quarter, footy Park.  Last four kicks of the game - Crow frees.  Win by two points.

     

    Should the AFL lead on Social Issues

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    1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    They certainly didn't handle the Essendrug Saga well at all so i wish the AFL would just stick to putting on games of footy

    But it won't happen. The industry is now too big. 

    I heard the other day that many food outlets at Etihad don't accept cash for food purchases. 

    These sort of decisions could kill crowd numbers. 

    The Ivory Tower of AFL HQ is alive and well

     

    54 minutes ago, stuie said:

    Controlling everything? They run the game, of course they control everything. What would you prefer? Chaos?

    What have the non-cash vendors got to do with the "ivory towers" and how will that kill crowd numbers when we're in an increasingly cash-less system based society?

    And what do any of those things have to do with the AFL leading on social issues?

     

    Ever thought of taking a thermos and couple of sandwiches. I can go 10 years not spend a zack at footy. 

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