wristwatcher wrote:=D> Well said Sir. They were still fun times though and putting your head over the ball when you know a guy named Grinder, Scurvy, Elsie, Taz, Tickets, Blute, Smudger Smith or Molly Molloy (broke my nose) was going to whack you was very character building. Id go as far as too suggest that its those early challenges that we confronted that has made us always have such a strong appreciation of the Hannigan Cup and its rich traditions. I know we suffered some devestating losses and that really helps appreciate the wins. It probably also makes us fairly protective of the records and the history. It also makes Onkas win even better as that was one of the great games of Gaelic and a superb Hannigan Cup final and a pleasure to be a part of even if on the losing side
Very much in the same way personally i started as a Minor in 1991 when we travelled to Aucland to take on one of Jimmy Connollys devestating squads and you started in 88 i believe (was that Melboune losing to the Vics in the last kick of the game?) as a 14 year old. We had a fairly heavy involvment/interest ever since and waited all the way up until 2003 before the SAs drought at the Nationals was finnally broken and then lucky enough by 2005 to be threepeated. This was an amazing 3 year run that those who had been around and worked towards truly appreciated the magnitude of. It was celebrated long and hard by many of those who brought the rich heritage of Football in this State to life.
I was recently told that the Victorian Minor squad of 2010 was the best one asembled PPPFFFFFFTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!Another example of people making things up they really know nothing about. I have 8 hours of vidoe footage of the 2005 Undefeated SA Minor team who were a Gaelic Football machine. Not a footy team brought to together for a championships but a Gaelic Football team built from bottom in 2001 several of them as 14 year olds and mentored and taught the games its values and its traditions.I wouldnt let the incorrect stats bother you Mr Gunn the same way i dont let the negatives bother me. Well thats enough from me for a while on here for a while. Ive got another 7 months of volantary work to do for the association but if i can just take a moment to address the bunch of girls who abused me on preliminary final day for arriving to goal umpire late after i was told i wouldnt have to supply match officials and then continued to abuse me after the game in the presence of several commitee members. Once again i cracked the 60 game mark as a ref or umpire this year and worked behind the bar in excess of 20 different occasions. The fact i dont know your name says enough to me. Still not to worry i wont see them again until late October when the magical Gaelic fairies will have a new season prepared for them with just the wave of a wand
AHHh THAT FEELS MUCH BETTER NOW
Oh yes....what a side that was
. The man who sent him was the referee obviously and that was the late great Norman John Murphy R.I.P. Great memories indeed. But the stories dont stop there, after the game Paul Blute passed me the Hannigan Cup and.............the next 12 hours of this story are edited and innadmissable 
