does anyone remember when we were allowed to run on the footy oval after the siren run up to the players and congratulate them or hang around and kick the footy.
im talking about the mcg afl park just to name a few.
we saw an old game being replayed on tv yesterday before the delayed coverage of essendon and carlton (melbourne viewers) back in 1982 when tim watson was playing. the style of footy was totally different even the way the players ran.
the ground was muddier (my son says because in those days there was no drainage built onto the turf ) also places like telstra dome the roof gets covered so no more wet grounds.
my goodness it even brought back memories to my son (he will be 28 on friday) so even though he was only 2 in 1982 he remembers in 1985 on how they were allowed on the ground after the siren!
gee if my son is at the stage where he is seeing flashbacks my goodness what can i say at 51!!!
i remember going to the footy in the 70s before i was married and the cheer squad were allowed to bring in the streamers on sticks with the two colours of their teams.
my some of these streamers were huge and the fan would frantically be waving them about when their team scored. i even remember streamers catching on fire at south melbourne carlton game at what is now the "bob jane stadium
and for those that dont know south melbourne then moved to sydney to become the sydney swans the first team to move interstate outside of victoria.
for those also who dont know those days there were only 12 teams with the top 4 going into finals all the teams played each other evenly twice one on the home game then away game and all played on a saturday afternoon with games starting at 2.10pm
that game on sunday on telly brought back such great memories.................
cheers annie | 
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