This one for me to.
At the time it was the next best thing to the Doggies winning the flag for me.
Had only been going out with the Lioness for a couple of months and went AWOL at the Batcave with a few of my mates for the weekend.
Can't imagine what would happen if the Doggies a win the flag.
It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
Oh another one. The first game of Carey (Adelaide) versus Archer and Stevens and co.
You could cut the atmosphere with a knife. And the rough stuff was good too.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
Anyone at Waverley when the lights went out and the mob took the point post?
That would have been an experience.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
2011 PF Final Collingwood V Hawthorn at the MCG
My brother is a Pies fan and he was very happy that night but the happiness didn't last for long when the Cats beat them in the GF.
1990 drawn final between Collingwood and Westcoast out at Waverley was a ripper.
Last years Prelim between Hawks and Adelaide was pretty good as well. Tippet almost carried the team over the line, he was unstoppable in the air taking 11 huge marks and the difference in the end was 5 points.
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
IIRC Carey kicked the first goal didn't he?
Round 22, 1999, MCG. Richmond V Carlton. Jeff Gieschen's last game in charge of the Tigers. The scoreboard at the Ponsford end caught fire and my mates and I had to be evacuated, somehow in the confusion I got separated from everyone, but had my mate's uncle's mobile number in my pocket by some fluke (this was back in the day when every Tom, Dick and Harry didn't have one of the bloody things), found a payphone and managed to meet up with everyone again.
Tigers led by 6 goals at 3QT only for the Blues to mount a last quarter surge. Eventually they would fall 11 points short and Giesch had a win for his last game.