Eastern Park to D4

[Cohiba]

The club known as Glandore was kicked off of their oval by the council at the end of 2001 and they moved to Charles Cane Oval (Ovingham) for the 2002 season and still known as the Glandore Eagles and won the D5 flag from the elimination final having finished in 4th spot with a 13-5 record. They lost 5 of their first 6 games before going on a 16 game winning streak to take the flag with an average winning margin of 66pts in the minor round and 106pts in the the finals. In 2003 they moved to the old Woodville Districts ground in 2003 and were still known as the Glandore Eagles where they finished in 3rd place at the end of the finals series in an incident pact Preliminary Final at Kilburn Oval against SMOSH West Lakes. In 2004 they finished 9th in D4 and were now known as the Kaurna Eagles and were relegated to D5 where they finished 10th and then were relegated to D6 for the 2006 season in which they only played practice matches during the season as no score was recorded in any matches they played in in both A & B Grade matches. The club was further relegated to D7 for the 2007 season where once again they failed to win a match in either grade. The club disbanded at the end of the 2007 season. The club played the last 3 years of its existence at Mawson Lakes Oval 2005-07

That was the worst game i have ever been part. At Kilburn prelim final. Michael long was a hero of mine and i walked out to stand him. his words ya better have eyes on the back of ya head. Smosh won the game by a few goals, lost ruckman with a broken cheek bone, lost the captain with a busted ear and about 4 or 5 others with concussion. Long and Warrior walked into the rooms after the game and wished us luck in the GF. Lucky we won the GF against Salisbury the following week
As for eastern park. sorry but rules are rules. take ya medicine. In the late 90's early 00's smosh went from div 2 to div 4 in straight years. took our medicine and worked way back up

My understanding is they had already had a "soft" ride from then GM and SAAFL admin at the time regarding certain financial obligations in order to continue playing and not suspended. Post that Prelim final against SMOSH WL given what had transpired they were still treated with "kid gloves" for their acts of "thuggery" on and off the field. The king hit merchants that day had disappeared so were given a few matche in abstensia and that was that.. Should have been banned for life IMO. I agree with you Schimma......Great player Michael Long, but on that day he should have practiced what he so ardently preached and bitched about when someone served it up to him during his prime days. Also agree with Footy Smart in that no one was probably sad to see Kaurna fold..... for some, more a case of good riddance....

[marbles]

i remember taking a massive mark off the back of a gumtree at eastern park

[Yank Man]

i remember taking a massive mark off the back of a gumtree at eastern park

Were you sitting in it at the time?

[Wazz]

woodville south got relegated every year for 5 years, they did it the hard way and have shown alot of charactor, eastern park should do the same

Well said Bubba...

Modbury also dived to Div 5 and went straight up to Div 1, also doing it the hard way. Surely the league wouldn't allow this to happen. You lose players and push on regardless, EP has a good junior structure and it wouldn't take long. How embarrassing would it be if they went to Div 4 then straight up to Div 1 in 4 years.

Can I just say thay although I am not involved at a committee level I do know this proposal was only a discussion point to ascertain the best direction of the club to ensure its longevity. As I have previously posted I clearly stated in would be totally up to the member clubs of the SAAFL and the club has no issue in following their decision. The club is not looking for a "free" ride in anyway.

[Mr Beefy]

woodville south got relegated every year for 5 years, they did it the hard way and have shown alot of charactor, eastern park should do the same

Well said Bubba...

Modbury also dived to Div 5 and went straight up to Div 1, also doing it the hard way. Surely the league wouldn't allow this to happen. You lose players and push on regardless, EP has a good junior structure and it wouldn't take long. How embarrassing would it be if they went to Div 4 then straight up to Div 1 in 4 years.

Can I just say thay although I am not involved at a committee level I do know this proposal was only a discussion point to ascertain the best direction of the club to ensure its longevity. As I have previously posted I clearly stated in would be totally up to the member clubs of the SAAFL and the club has no issue in following their decision. The club is not looking for a "free" ride in anyway.

If it was only a discussion point why would you need other member clubs to make a decision. I'm confused, has EP requested to be in D4 or not?

[FOURTH ESTATE]

Yes

[Gatt_Weasel]

to early for any club to even ask to drop down from 3-4 if this did happen what would stop eastern park from buying few good players and dominate div 4 instead of struggling in div 3

[FOURTH ESTATE]

You got it in one Bruno!!!!

[The Rooster]

The SAAFL have disappointed me in the past by allowing Glandore to drop and I can tell you anyone that played against them in Divi 5 that year wasn't happy about it, so despite requests they need to maintain the integrity of the Divison system, that is the whole point of it, Take Kilburn, for example, had to endure some years of Pain and came out the other end, also as mentioned Woody South, have done it tough in recent times, but have copped it.

I don't know a lot about Eastern Park, and no offence is intended but But Good clubs with Stong leadership do not accept dropping divisions, they Draw a line in the sand at some point and launch again, Eastern park need to do that by themselves.

Fact: we didn't win a game this year, so we get relegated, We aren't happy about it, but we lick our wounds and dust ourselves off and get on with it, But know this We would absolutley choose to stay in Division 3 before any thought of dropping to Division 5.

[Fricky]

The SAAFL have disappointed me in the past by allowing Glandore to drop and I can tell you anyone that played against them in Divi 5 that year wasn't happy about it, so despite requests they need to maintain the integrity of the Divison system, that is the whole point of it, Take Kilburn, for example, had to endure some years of Pain and came out the other end, also as mentioned Woody South, have done it tough in recent times, but have copped it.

I don't know a lot about Eastern Park, and no offence is intended but But Good clubs with Stong leadership do not accept dropping divisions, they Draw a line in the sand at some point and launch again, Eastern park need to do that by themselves.

Fact: we didn't win a game this year, so we get relegated, We aren't happy about it, but we lick our wounds and dust ourselves off and get on with it, But know this We would absolutley choose to stay in Division 3 before any thought of dropping to Division 5.

And the thing with Kilburn is that they took the option to go up to Div 2 when Edwardstown left to the Southern Footy League as they finished 3rd in Div 3. Then after taking the spot in the higher grade they started their slide down the divisoins. And now. . . . well let Nearly Was, Slippery Gypsy and/or Chuman tell us about their last two glorious years again

[Wazz]

to early for any club to even ask to drop down from 3-4 if this did happen what would stop eastern park from buying few good players and dominate div 4 instead of struggling in div 3

Current financial position would stop this. I understand the club is looking at continuing to promote their juniors not chasing players who have in the past only played for the almighty dollar. No issues to those players/clubs who can get it, good luck to them.

[Dogwatcher]

Money's dried up.

[Wazz]

Money's dried up.

Not at Elizabeth according to a couple of past EPFC players

[Gatt_Weasel]

Money's dried up.

Not at Elizabeth according to a couple of past EPFC players

it happens to all clubs once that cash drys up in 3-5 years bam them players all bolt

[Dogwatcher]

Money's dried up.

Not at Elizabeth according to a couple of past EPFC players

Good to hear.

[Cash 123]

Money's dried up.

Not at Elizabeth according to a couple of past EPFC players

it happens to all clubs once that cash drys up in 3-5 years bam them players all bolt

you would know

[Gatt_Weasel]

Money's dried up.

Not at Elizabeth according to a couple of past EPFC players

it happens to all clubs once that cash drys up in 3-5 years bam them players all bolt

you would know

yes we learnt from the days of being in div 1 and since then we have been up and down but not from paying players more like lack of paying

[old farmer]

That is a joke Gatt Weasel isn't it. RRJ and a couple of others i could name just play for love , don't they.

[Gatt_Weasel]

That is a joke Gatt Weasel isn't it. RRJ and a couple of others i could name just play for love , don't they.

i can name 5 who actually get paid at pooraka but name a club in div1 to div 4 who doesnt wouldnt be many if any

what i tryed to say was back in div 1 we spent lot of cash on players they left we struggled rebuilt and learnt lesson next year is a different story and you will see changes at pooraka again

just curious you pay any of them players who left para hills to come play for you and what sort of cash was sam on im sure he wouldnt play div 6 if he wasnt forced to

[old farmer]

That is a joke Gatt Weasel isn't it. RRJ and a couple of others i could name just play for love , don't they.

i can name 5 who actually get paid at pooraka but name a club in div1 to div 4 who doesnt wouldnt be many if any

what i tryed to say was back in div 1 we spent lot of cash on players they left we struggled rebuilt and learnt lesson next year is a different story and you will see changes at pooraka again

just curious you pay any of them players who left para hills to come play for you and what sort of cash was sam on im sure he wouldnt play div 6 if he wasnt forced to

Well it's not from lack of paying then as you stated is it