Memories of the good ol days

[BPBRB]

I used to have Peter "25" Cloke but I ran out of room years and years ago with the addition of badges each year so off went Cloke and the old duffle coat ended full of CS patches.

[smac]

Clearly not a North man...

[BPBRB]

Clearly not a North man...

But an ars*hole apparently!

[am Bays]

The Posters you used to get at the start of each year. Only threw out my 1981 poster a couple of years ago.

Hap a tip top bakeries poster of Paul Weston

the kellogs juniro football show with Mini-league highlights of teh previous week.

[Dogwatcher]

Running into the clubrooms after footy training on a Thursday night so I could get my free copy of the Football Times.

Always loved it when a Doggies player was the poster.

[smac]

Clearly not a North man...

But an ars*hole apparently!

Apparently?

Junior supporters club. Smac jr has the flag I won through that in about 1980 or 81.

[FlyingHigh]

How about Esanda footy sticker sheets with those millions of tiny stickers you could put in ladder order after round. Took me till 10 years later to figure that's what you were supposed to do.

Reserves telecasts and Footy Times definitely- both doing their bit to contribute to a real footy culture.

Saturday evening footy replays. Even the VFL Winners on Sunday evenings were great.

Anywhere listening to the radio with 4 other round-the-ground scores.

[Benchwarmer]

As an ex-Victorian ...

* Six games starting at 2pm on Saturday (not 2.08, 2.10 or 2.15).
* VFL Park.
* The old grounds - the Lakeside Oval, the Junction Oval, Windy Hill, Victoria Park, Princes Park, Arden Street, Moorabbin, Western Oval.
* Men squashed up in the outer shoulder to shoulder at these grounds peeing where they stood so they didn't lose their spot by going to the toilet.
* Seven's Big League.
* World of Sport
* The VFL on Saturday and the VFA on Sunday.
* "The Captain and the Major" on 3KZ ... "3KZ IS Football".
* Six stations doing six matches including Harry Beitzel and Tommy Lahiff on 3AW, Smokey Dawson and the boys on 3LO, as well as racing interrupting the team including Rex Hunt on 3DB, plus the joy of listening to Teddy Whitten when your team played in Geelong on 3GL (forgotten the other station).
* The Dial-A-Footy Star line ... 11630 ... this week it's Carlton - listen to Blues' stars Wayne Johnston and James Buckley on Monday, etc.
* The Huttons Footy Franks advert with action rewound and fast forwarded.

[Pseudo]

How about Esanda footy sticker sheets with those millions of tiny stickers you could put in ladder order after round. Took me till 10 years later to figure that's what you were supposed to do.

Klunk!

That was the sound of the penny dropping. I never realised that before!

I had always thought one was supposed to put the sticker of the winning team over the fixture of the match they had just won. Essentially ticking off each team's win with a sticker. By the end of the season one was left with two or three Glenelg/Port/Norwood stickers and almost a complete set of Woodville & Torrens stickers.

I never had one of those things myself, but friends of mine did, and that's how they were used.

[am Bays]

How about Esanda footy sticker sheets with those millions of tiny stickers you could put in ladder order after round. Took me till 10 years later to figure that's what you were supposed to do.

Klunk!

That was the sound of the penny dropping. I never realised that before!

I had always thought one was supposed to put the sticker of the winning team over the fixture of the match they had just won. Essentially ticking off each team's win with a sticker. By the end of the season one was left with two or three Glenelg/Port/Norwood stickers and almost a complete set of Woodville & Torrens stickers.

I never had one of those things myself, but friends of mine did, and that's how they were used.

there were two IIRC one was a small A4 size with the fixture and little cardboard team names so you could adjust the ladder after each round.

the other was a big poster (IIRC 1980's was a big green oval with all the captains in a half circle). Each teams program went across the poster for the 22 rounds and you put a sticker in the team that won's row.

As Psuedo said at the end of year you had no Port, Norwood, Sturt or Bays stickers but virtually a full sheet of Torrens, West and Woodville....

[JK]

How about Esanda footy sticker sheets with those millions of tiny stickers you could put in ladder order after round. Took me till 10 years later to figure that's what you were supposed to do.

Klunk!

That was the sound of the penny dropping. I never realised that before!

I had always thought one was supposed to put the sticker of the winning team over the fixture of the match they had just won. Essentially ticking off each team's win with a sticker. By the end of the season one was left with two or three Glenelg/Port/Norwood stickers and almost a complete set of Woodville & Torrens stickers.

I never had one of those things myself, but friends of mine did, and that's how they were used.

LOL I was gonna raise this one the other day but didnt know how to explain it or if anyone else had them ... Is probably my first memory of football (or something related to it)

[Hondo]

How about Esanda footy sticker sheets with those millions of tiny stickers you could put in ladder order after round. Took me till 10 years later to figure that's what you were supposed to do.

They were great!

IIRC the 1980 one had Neville Roberts (WT), Lindsay Head (WD), Rodney Robran (NA), Dean Mobbs (CD), Colin Casey (ST), Brian Cunningham (PA), Paul Weston (GL), Ray Hayes (WA), Geoff Baynes (SA), Michael Taylor (ND) - pic of them on one knee across the top then the draw on the bottom to put the stickers!

I reckon if anyone had one in decent nick you could get some good $$ on Ebay for it

My parents returned some books of mine from when I was a kid and one of those little square stickers was on an old school book!

[bulldogs]

How about Esanda footy sticker sheets with those millions of tiny stickers you could put in ladder order after round. Took me till 10 years later to figure that's what you were supposed to do.

They were great!

IIRC the 1980 one had Neville Roberts (WT), Lindsay Head (WD), Rodney Robran (NA), Dean Mobbs (CD), Colin Casey (ST), Brian Cunningham (PA), Paul Weston (GL), Ray Hayes (WA), Geoff Baynes (SA), Michael Taylor (ND) - pic of them on one knee across the top then the draw on the bottom to put the stickers!

I reckon if anyone had one in decent nick you could get some good $$ on Ebay for it

wow had one of those to, they were fantastic . makes you wonder why there isnt something like it now. could be worth doing

My parents returned some books of mine from when I was a kid and one of those little square stickers was on an old school book!

[bulldogs]

they were great had one myself so did my brother. why dont we have them anymore 367 now and would still buy one

[Brad]

We used to get the football times in the library at Primary School, we used to always sneak the poster out if it was our team, the old cow in the library used to go off if she caught us!

[FlyingHigh]

I never had the posters for them, just heaps of A5 sized sheets with stickers about as big as a fingernail. Back in the days when Woodville were still the Peckers.

Remembering having those cardboard ladders too. Couple of weeks before the season you'd stick the teams in, and would think how good it looked with Woodville on top. Of course then the season started.

[Magpiespower]

The cartoon logo t-shirts were a favourite.

As were the clapper hats.

In the mid-80s there were a whole bunch of jumpers released.

Preferred the grey windcheaters with the club logo and grid background.

Club posters, flags - loved all the merchandise.

Really is disgraceful that the SANFL - the second biggest league in the country - don't sell official merchandise anymore.

Can't imagine the English Championship (and lower leagues) or minor league baseball clubs doing the same...

[Dogwatcher]

Between the age of three and five I had a Centrals jumper/windcheater in trhe design of our guernsey. I loved it and was very upset when I grew out of it. If I could find a photo of me wearing it, I'd post it.

Also, in the early 90s, there were those Mrs Mac Pies squad posters. That was weird, because when they came out it wa the first year some of my mates or blokes I'd played with were in the league squad. All of a sudden my heroes were my age.

[Benchwarmer]

Those jumper/windcheaters were sensational!

Also, Malcolm Blight flogging "Peters' Footy" ice-creams .. caramel and vanilla in the shape of a footy with a chocolate back (slightly similar to the "Funny Feet" ice creams - remember them? - except the shape was different and there was no banana).

Memories, hey!

[Pseudo]

Also, Malcolm Blight flogging "Peters' Footy" ice-creams ..

I remember him flogging Balfours crumpets... "you've gotta be fast to beat the kids!"