A brief history of our finals matches

[Twodogs]

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That stab pass to Jock Edmond in the 2nd Qtr I think it was is as close to pure football perfection as I've ever seen.

How good was it? I well up just thinking about it.

[Sedat]

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Thanks for putting that up, that was an amazing run, but just that bit short.

I also went to the drawn game at Carlton in 1976 and it really was a thriller. That draw got us in the finals so it was exciting stuff.

Apparently the week before we won with a goal after the siren from Allan Stoneham at a soggy VFL Park against Fitzroy - talk about making the finals the hard way.

I read somewhere that Sam Newman destroyed us out of the middle in the last qtr of the 76 EF. Easy to forget that he was a very good footballer before be morphed into the f-wit he is today.

[Bulldog4life]

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Apparently the week before we won with a goal after the siren from Allan Stoneham at a soggy VFL Park against Fitzroy - talk about making the finals the hard way.

I read somewhere that Sam Newman destroyed us out of the middle in the last qtr of the 76 EF. Easy to forget that he was a very good footballer before be morphed into the f-wit he is today.

That match against Carlton I was there too. I remember right at the end it looked like Carlton were going to kick a certain goal to put them 5 points in front when Bernie Quinlan got a fingernail to it which resulted in a behind and a draw.

[LostDoggy]

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VFL/AFL FINAL #23 (8-14)

So we're back up against Geelong in the '92 Prelim, at the MCG in front of 71,841.

This is one match I remember attending with trepidation, such was the authority of Geelong's Qualifying Final victory.

I remember us throwing everything at Geelong early, hitting contests ferociously and creating opportunities, however a quarter time lead of 2.6.18 to 2.3.15 was not the return our efforts deserved.

The game remained even until midway through the 2nd, but 2 quick goals seemed to sap our resolve and Geelong went to half time leading 8.9.57 to 5.9.39.

We had no answers once that Geelong team got a roll on. By 3QT it was 14.15.99 to 8.9.57 and ultimately 22.17.149 to 12.13.85.

The stats clearly reveal our defeat, with possessions at 314-252 and marks at 87-41, a smashing.

Multiple goalkickers were Hawkins 3, and Grant, DelRe and Baxter, 2.

Best players were Liberatore (23 touches, 4 tackles), Atkins (22 touches, 4 tackles), whilst undersupplied forwards Grant (17 touches, 5 marks, 2 goals) and Hawkins (3.3) made the most of limited opportunities.

So that was '92. The club had plenty to look forward to, with only Hawkins (32) and recruits Coleman (31) and Toohey (29) the Preliminary Final players close to retirement, although it was generally a fairly seasoned team with Grant the only PF player under 21, himself already a 59 game, 119 goal player though only 19.

[LostDoggy]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk8XHDRHTZs

As a postscript to the 1992 finals series, this little gem is a bit of Footscray folk lore for those old enough to remember.

[Bornadog]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk8XHDRHTZs

As a postscript to the 1992 finals series, this little gem is a bit of Footscray folk lore for those old enough to remember.

Thanks for that, I have never seen this report. I missed the finals in 1992 but listened on my short wave.

How many times have we played Geelong in finals and lost.

[Mofra]

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How many times have we played Geelong in finals and lost.

All of them sadly - isn't it one of those quirky stats that we've never beaten them in a final?

[Twodogs]

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Eleven times is it? That we have lost to Geelong in finals.

[LostDoggy]

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We have beaten them once, to make it into the 1954 GF (final #9, page 6).

[Axe Man]

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We have beaten them once, to make it into the 1954 GF (final #9, page 6).

Twice actually - we beat them again in 1956 (also on page 6). We are 2 from 10 against Geelong in finals.

[Twodogs]

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That's a whole lot better than I thought!

[Bornadog]

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Twice actually - we beat them again in 1956 (also on page 6). We are 2 from 10 against Geelong in finals.

We must have played Geelong in finals more than any other team

[LostDoggy]

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We must have played Geelong in finals more than any other team

Pretty sure that's right. Amazingly often given we have never played Richmond or Carlton in a final.

[Missing-Dog]

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Pretty sure that's right. Amazingly often given we have never played Richmond or Carlton in a final.

Don't like our chances of playing Carlton in a final in the near future. Maybe Richmond in week 1 and that's it.

[Axe Man]

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I'm sure I have posted our finals record in another thread but I can't find it. So here it is again in all it's glory: