Your one favourite Day at the Footy.

[Bornadog]

Finals are always great, but thinking of the home and away season, can you think of the one favourite day at the footy, and why?

I always enjoy the games where we come from behind and snatch a victory.

Thinking about it, one of my favourites is the Collingwood match where Allen passed a kick across the ground and Beasley snatched it and put us in front in the dying minutes.



We never really looked like winning this game and to snatch it by 5 points was such a thrill.

[Twodogs]

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^^^^^^^^^^
That was a great day.


The win over Carlton at Optus in 2000 was pretty special for a lot of reasons. We won by less than a goal with a dodgy free kick right in front, we had 4 or 5 top liners missing with injury, Carlton had won 11 or 12 on the trot and thought they'd just waltz past us on the way to playing undefeated Essendon the next week.

[LostDoggy]

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Most recently it's hard to go past our win against St Kilda last season. Our first win since starting off with such promise against the Lions in Round 1 and our first win against the Saints in 5 years. Seeing guys like Boyd, Murph and Griffen celebrating the win you could tell it meant as much to them as it did the supporters after those preliminary finals. Very small crowd but the atmosphere was electric.

[Eastdog]

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That's a tough one. I will go for my first ever game as a Bulldogs member which was Round 1 2013 against the Brisbane Lions. The way we played that day was excellent winning by 68 points.

[always right]

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How could anyone go past that final against Collingwood? The sight of pie supporters streaming out of the stands midway through the last quarter is still vivid in my mind.

Also loved that match against Brisbane when Robbo took "one-handed mark of the year? Recently watched that back on DVD......non-stop highlights.

[ReLoad]

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There is quite a few that deserve a mention, so ill pick one as not to steal anyones thunder.

Background; my wife and 2 sons barrack for hawthorn.

Saturday the 4th of July 2009 at about 7pm it began. At the end of the day we beat the Dawks by 88 Points. after being 84 points up at half time, to smash the reigning premiers like that was clinical and ruthless. If Aker had have kicked straight we would have won by 120 points.

[Bulldog4life]

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Would have to be for me Teddy's last game against the Hawks in 1970. We won by 3 points in shocking conditions. Ted's speech at 3/4 time is legendary. I was close to the action as Ted was carried off the ground at the end of the game. Definitely my favourite home and away game.

[azabob]

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How could anyone go past that final against Collingwood? The sight of pie supporters streaming out of the stands midway through the last quarter is still vivid in my mind.
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Because the OP indicated he didn't want finals nominations

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

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How could anyone go past that final against Collingwood? The sight of pie supporters streaming out of the stands midway through the last quarter is still vivid in my mind.

Also loved that match against Brisbane when Robbo took "one-handed mark of the year? Recently watched that back on DVD......non-stop highlights.

Must've been our biggest crowd ever - 84,000.
The Brisbane game was Johnno's 250th - a roller coaster of a game. His 300th was pretty good too against Adelaide.
The 1992 final against St Kilda at Waverley is a favourite of mine. Remember Frosty?

[always right]

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Because the OP indicated he didn't want finals nominations

Yeah....realised after I typed, so added the Brisbane match.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Tough call, there's been many.

Those two games v Geelong at Kardinia Park when we came from behind in the 90's was amazing.

The 08 R3 game (I think it was) v St. Kilda when we were behind and then absolutely blitzed them was extremely enjoyable. Griff and Cooney were on fire.

I also liked the 2006 game v Adelaide at the MCG when we sealed a finals berth. They were on top of the ladder from memory but we found a way to win.

[comrade]

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Johnno putting on a show in the last qtr of his 300th to seal a great win against Adelaide was one of my great days.

[LostDoggy]

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EJ's lap at the State of Origin match. I close my eyes and I can still hear the noise of the grass under the tyres on a MCG that couldn't have been more silent if it was completely empty, then the great man started fist-pumping and that silence became an instant noise tsunami. Alongside the birth of my kids, one of the best days of my life.

Bulldogs games? As a kid: Steve a Wallis’ last game, or Dougie's. As an adult: 2009 prelim. Until those last minutes, it was heaven.

[bulldogtragic]

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Doug's games record game breaker with Teddy. Awesome day out Western Oval.

[GVGjr]

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Johnno putting on a show in the last qtr of his 300th to seal a great win against Adelaide was one of my great days.

Ditto for me. He carried us across the line that day. Morris played his first game that day didn't he?