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    Re: Whitten (Western) Oval. A bucket list item ticked

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    The Bulldog Museum doesn't have a proper home any more since the renovation to the women's change room. It has been spread out abit near the Cafe.

    Once the redevelopment happens it will find a more permanent home.
    Yes I noticed a bit of it in the cafe when I was last there.
    "Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"

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    Re: Whitten (Western) Oval. A bucket list item ticked

    Quote Originally Posted by NoseBleed View Post
    I spent every winter of my childhood, adolescence and young adulthood going to the Western (now Whitten!) Oval for the footy with my Dad and my Auntys and Uncles (and their assocated footy mates). Born in the mid 60's, I literally can't remember a time before going to the ground. As a young kid to an pre teen, we stood at the Barkly St end, and I rode cardboard toboggans down the back of the mound to the tennis courts, raced other kids up and over the tennis court fences to retrieve footy roosted (all too often by the opposition) through the goals and onto the courts (even was first to one once), climbed to the top of the new hoardings when they went in, or stood on my milkcrate and barracked with the family. It was a familiar playground.

    At some point we moved to the Geelong road end (maybe to finally get away from the oppo cheersquads!). Our family meeting/viewing point from then remained constant - beside the powerpole, under the speaker through which you could hear the needle dropped on the 45, so the Fable Singers could belt out "Sons of the 'Scray", before, and sometimes after, the game.

    I was there for the last game, I was there when Neil Scahse went down, when Templeton kicked 15, counless times when Hawkins won a 1 on 1 from a kickout (and the day he came back from his knee), when we held Carlton to one goal, when Quinlan kicked a goal from the center circle, when Libba jnr did his knee, there for countless harsh defeats, and many sweet victories. I've been on the ground helping hold up the banner, queued for finals tickets, taken my life in my hands taking a leak in the Gordon St toilets, watched from inside the old scoreboard, knew how to sneak into the stands, and the rooms after the game. I've had pies from the 4n20 kids, donuts from the purple van, peanuts from the peanut man, franks from Huttons, and VB's from the Can Bar (in all it's interations). Wins, losses, draws, Rain, wind, hail sunshine. Never left early, never lost an argument with the opposition ;-)

    I love that oval.

    I started skydiving in 1990, done over 5000 jumps since then. I've jumped into the Grand Prix, the MCG, over the Sydney Harbour bridge, off the Westgate, into every racecourse in Melbourne, Princes Park, Royal Park, Albert Park, Falkner park.

    But never my home ground.

    Last week I heard that a buddy was delivering the contest ball for the 104.3 "Gran Final". So I called in some favours, and got on the jump with him.

    Today, I got a brand new view of the oval. Bucketlist item ticked off.



    Final approach. My new favourite view of my oldest favourite oval.
    Great recollections Nose and wonderfully told.
    I've already made arrangements for my ashes to be spread over windswept patch of green.

    By the way, i did a jump once with a bloke on my back. Strongest bout of nausea ever.

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    Re: Whitten (Western) Oval. A bucket list item ticked

    I wonder if someone has a shot of Whitten Oval on the day after we won the premiership in 2016 with the 30,000 fans packed in.
    "Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"

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    Re: Whitten (Western) Oval. A bucket list item ticked

    Quote Originally Posted by NoseBleed View Post
    I spent every winter of my childhood, adolescence and young adulthood going to the Western (now Whitten!) Oval for the footy with my Dad and my Auntys and Uncles (and their assocated footy mates). Born in the mid 60's, I literally can't remember a time before going to the ground. As a young kid to an pre teen, we stood at the Barkly St end, and I rode cardboard toboggans down the back of the mound to the tennis courts, raced other kids up and over the tennis court fences to retrieve footy roosted (all too often by the opposition) through the goals and onto the courts (even was first to one once), climbed to the top of the new hoardings when they went in, or stood on my milkcrate and barracked with the family. It was a familiar playground.

    At some point we moved to the Geelong road end (maybe to finally get away from the oppo cheersquads!). Our family meeting/viewing point from then remained constant - beside the powerpole, under the speaker through which you could hear the needle dropped on the 45, so the Fable Singers could belt out "Sons of the 'Scray", before, and sometimes after, the game.

    I was there for the last game, I was there when Neil Scahse went down, when Templeton kicked 15, counless times when Hawkins won a 1 on 1 from a kickout (and the day he came back from his knee), when we held Carlton to one goal, when Quinlan kicked a goal from the center circle, when Libba jnr did his knee, there for countless harsh defeats, and many sweet victories. I've been on the ground helping hold up the banner, queued for finals tickets, taken my life in my hands taking a leak in the Gordon St toilets, watched from inside the old scoreboard, knew how to sneak into the stands, and the rooms after the game. I've had pies from the 4n20 kids, donuts from the purple van, peanuts from the peanut man, franks from Huttons, and VB's from the Can Bar (in all it's interations). Wins, losses, draws, Rain, wind, hail sunshine. Never left early, never lost an argument with the opposition ;-)

    I love that oval.

    I started skydiving in 1990, done over 5000 jumps since then. I've jumped into the Grand Prix, the MCG, over the Sydney Harbour bridge, off the Westgate, into every racecourse in Melbourne, Princes Park, Royal Park, Albert Park, Falkner park.

    But never my home ground.

    Last week I heard that a buddy was delivering the contest ball for the 104.3 "Gran Final". So I called in some favours, and got on the jump with him.

    Today, I got a brand new view of the oval. Bucketlist item ticked off.



    Final approach. My new favourite view of my oldest favourite oval.
    I can see my house! Can anyone else see there's?

    Actually I can see the last three houses I have lived in.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Whitten (Western) Oval. A bucket list item ticked

    Quote Originally Posted by HOSE B ROMERO View Post
    Great recollections Nose and wonderfully told.
    I've already made arrangements for my ashes to be spread over windswept patch of green.

    By the way, i did a jump once with a bloke on my back. Strongest bout of nausea ever.

    Don't tell the club or the council or they might try and stop you. I work in Age Care and the other day someone told me there was a big problem with players getting graze marks when they fell over at training and they couldn't figure out why. So they did an analysis of the soil and found that there was a lot of metal and harsh elements in it that typically go into heart pacemakers that had been spread over the surface of the grounds from people spreading (or having their ashes spread more accurately) on the surface of the ground and it was scraping and grazing the players' skin.

    I just went down with my son and we spread dad where we used to stand. We didn't tell anyone we were going to do it and he's not on the surface of the playing arena. He's up on the terrace and when I need to talk to him I know where to go.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Whitten (Western) Oval. A bucket list item ticked

    My family bought plaques in the Whitten Stand - Mum and Dad are next to Jarrod Grant

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    Re: Whitten (Western) Oval. A bucket list item ticked

    Quote Originally Posted by I’m Not Bitter Anymore! View Post
    My family bought plaques in the Whitten Stand - Mum and Dad are next to Jarrod Grant
    I have one too, but haven't really looked at it. I must check it out at some stage.
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    Re: Whitten (Western) Oval. A bucket list item ticked

    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Don't tell the club or the council or they might try and stop you. I work in Age Care and the other day someone told me there was a big problem with players getting graze marks when they fell over at training and they couldn't figure out why. So they did an analysis of the soil and found that there was a lot of metal and harsh elements in it that typically go into heart pacemakers that had been spread over the surface of the grounds from people spreading (or having their ashes spread more accurately) on the surface of the ground and it was scraping and grazing the players' skin.

    I just went down with my son and we spread dad where we used to stand. We didn't tell anyone we were going to do it and he's not on the surface of the playing arena. He's up on the terrace and when I need to talk to him I know where to go.
    Strewth! Maybe i will nominate the oval unless ive got a pacemaker in which case it will be against the players race. Not planned for anytime soon. And definitely not via the council.

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