Every Dog Has Its Day - Fightback video

[LostDoggy]

Re: Every Dog Has Its Day - Fightback video

I watched this last night
Quite inspirational really..

They showed Irene Chatfield going to court...but didnt mention she mortgaged her house?

Funny to see the dogs cheer squad leader there..noticed him several times on footage haha

Oh and on subject of old bulldogs docos i have Year Of The Dogs on dvd if anyone is interested...not ultra rare though i assume some of you would have it aswell

[GetDimmaBack]

Re: Every Dog Has Its Day - Fightback video

I knw I'm coming in late on this one, but I have quite a few Dogs games on video from 97 onwards.
We recently bought a VCR-DVD combo, so I can copy tapes onto disc.
If you're looking for a specific game, I might be able to help.
PM me if you have a request.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Every Dog Has Its Day - Fightback video

I watched this last night
Quite inspirational really..

They showed Irene Chatfield going to court...but didnt mention she mortgaged her house?

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Irene didn't have a house. I have no doubt that that was the very reason that the blokes behind the supreme court action would have invited Irene to be the club member applicant. Nick Columb agreed to the merger because Oakley held a proverbial gun to his head, his assets and those of other directors, former directors, even club supporters who had not been directors, Kevin Spurling was one, from memory, were at risk if the club folded. We all love the club but nobody should be asked to put his/her assets on the line. They were heady times. Beasley was a mate of Nick Columb's. How would you feel if your mate looked like losing, on current values, millions i.e. everything, for a football club ? Whilst we all put in more than we should have in time and money, nobody's assets were at risk. Once momentum got going it was something everyone, including Beasley, wanted to be part of. He said so, publicly, on radio. He was shunned by many. That was a disgrace.

[GetDimmaBack]

Re: Every Dog Has Its Day - Fightback video

Just had a look at it for the first time...an incredibly moving experience.

After drying my eyes, I realise all over again how important it is to support the club as much as we all possibly can. No words can ever express the feeling that comes when your club is "merged". How much did/do the Fitzroy people hurt? Unbelievable.

I also have regained the respect I feel I ought to have had all along for a few other Melbourne clubs whose supporters helped out at the time. Rivalry is one thing, but the thought of losing a rival was to much for many non-Dogs people to bear, fortunately.

Having grown up in Braybrook supporting the Dogs (like, who else?), it was beyond unthinkable that they could be wound up by a bunch of suits. Twenty years on, how great, and powerful, were those rallies? It all probably means more to me now than it did then, if that's possible...

Boy, it's so much more than a game, isn't it?


BTW, how could it ever be that the administrators of the game could have no idea of the depth of feeling supporters have for their clubs? That's something I'll never, ever understand about that great human being, Ross Oakley...

Apologies if this rant is long winded, overly emotional or just plain raving on...but you know how it is.