The ULTIMATE trivia post!!!

St Fidelius · Tue 20 Dec 2005 6:09pm

Okay..

In 1990 the Saints finished in 9th place with 9 wins...

5 games plus % out of the Five....

How many weeks were the Saints in the top 5 throughout that season?

Sainterone · Post: # 170936Post **Sainterone** » Wed 21 Dec 2005 8:54am

9 weeks of the first 14 rounds.
2 wins to start the season gave us P2.
After that we couldn't string together 2 wins (we went LWLWLWLW) which saw us slip to 6th at R10.
The last time we were at P5 was in R13 after we beat 2nd placed melbourne. After that game we faded away.

St Fidelius · Wed 21 Dec 2005 8:58am

lenatwildwildwest wrote:9 weeks of the first 14 rounds.
2 wins to start the season gave us P2.
After that we couldn't string together 2 wins (we went LWLWLWLW) which saw us slip to 6th at R10.
The last time we were at P5 was in R13 after we beat 2nd placed melbourne. After that game we faded away.

Spot on and well done....

your go...

Sainterone · Post: # 170940Post **Sainterone** » Wed 21 Dec 2005 9:01am

OK - the year is 2005!!
What was equally significant about our wins in R14 and R20?

riccardo · Post: # 170968Post **riccardo** » Wed 21 Dec 2005 10:29am

R14 was Vs Dogs and R20 was against North.

Lowest winning margins of the year, maybe?

Sainterone · Wed 21 Dec 2005 11:48am

No

Don't forget we beat freo by 1 point in R2 at Launceston.
R14 we beat the dogs by 18 and R20 we beat the roos by 23.

HarveysDeciple · Wed 21 Dec 2005 12:09pm

trying to think. First and last wins of our winning streak that set up our run to the finals?

Sainterone · Wed 21 Dec 2005 12:34pm

Yes, 7 wins in a row is significant.
Yes those wins set us up for a tilt at the finals, but....

Not the answer I'm looking for.

A hint... the games were in 2005 but the answer to the question has a historical context to it.

HarveysDeciple · Wed 21 Dec 2005 12:40pm

they became the only 2 sides we have beaten more then we have lost to?

mad saint guy · Wed 21 Dec 2005 12:45pm

On those games we drew even with them in wins/losses..

So..they're the only two sides we're even with?

Sainterone · Post: # 171029Post **Sainterone** » Wed 21 Dec 2005 1:43pm

Mad Saint Guy,

Yes, we have drawn even again:

bulldogs 68 wins, 68 losses 2 draws
kangaroos 69 wins, 69 losses 2 draws

Here's hoping we can draw ahead in 2006.

For the record, we have 8 wins and 6 losses v university (does that count? - yep until we can get ahead of some other team) and brisbane bears (not lions) we have 9 wins and 6 losses.
If you add bears and lions together we are less than 50%.

Your go MSG

HD - so close

mad saint guy · Wed 21 Dec 2005 4:51pm

Name all our Wooden Spoon years.

SaintBot · Post: # 171121Post **SaintBot** » Wed 21 Dec 2005 5:37pm

ohhhh....come on!!
we won it like 32 times lol

mad saint guy · Wed 21 Dec 2005 6:24pm

26 times actually

St Fidelius · Wed 21 Dec 2005 6:55pm

1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1909, 1910, 1920, 1924, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 2000

mad saint guy · Wed 21 Dec 2005 7:26pm

See, its not so hard SaintBot! Well done Fid.

St Fidelius · Fri 23 Dec 2005 1:26pm

Name the 3 coaches that have got the Saints to the Grand Final, and the years they got us there.

riccardo · Post: # 171463Post **riccardo** » Fri 23 Dec 2005 2:10pm

St Fidelius wrote:Name the 3 coaches that have got the Saints to the Grand Final, and the years they got us there.

George Sparrow = 1913

Alan Jeans = 1965, 1966, 1971

Stan Alves = 1997

St Fidelius · Fri 23 Dec 2005 2:11pm

Yep, well done ric...

Your go...

riccardo · Post: # 171469Post **riccardo** » Fri 23 Dec 2005 3:04pm

Awesome, here we go -

We all know the Moorabbin ground is being given a major facelift, but can someone tell us:

*The year the ground was originally constructed? AND
* The year each of the 3 grandstands were opened, and thier names?

GOOD LUCK!

yipper · Post: # 171478Post **yipper** » Fri 23 Dec 2005 3:44pm

The ground was constructed in 1964? And the 3 stands are:

G.G Huggins stand.

The Ian Drake stand.

The big stand has someone's name?? can't answer that one!! damn.

riccardo · Post: # 171482Post **riccardo** » Fri 23 Dec 2005 3:56pm

Got the name of the G G Huggins (Social Club) Stand and the Ian Drake Pavillion, but the ground was opened before 1964 and the stands were all opened at different dates, too.

Try again.

St Fidelius · Tue 27 Dec 2005 7:38pm

riccardo wrote:Got the name of the G G Huggins (Social Club) Stand and the Ian Drake Pavillion, but the ground was opened before 1964 and the stands were all opened at different dates, too.

Try again.

got no idea ric....

I didn't even realise that the main grandstand had a name...

I do remember it was extended....

the order would be...

Main Grandstand my guess maybe 1963.....

G G Huggins......... 1966/67 ??

Main Grandstand extention.... some time in the 70's ... a guess 1973

Ian Drake Pavillion......... a guess but around 1974

but I dont really know the years....

riccardo · Post: # 171785Post **riccardo** » Wed 28 Dec 2005 8:29am

Trick question on the Main Grandstand - according to all sources, that IS the name! Fiod, you are pretty close, but not quite.

The years of construction (Fid is right, the Main Granstand was extended at some time) can be found in the book Football Grounds of Melbourne.

Good luck.

St Fidelius · Wed 28 Dec 2005 9:04am

riccardo wrote:Trick question on the Main Grandstand - according to all sources, that IS the name! Fiod, you are pretty close, but not quite.

The years of construction (Fid is right, the Main Granstand was extended at some time) can be found in the book Football Grounds of Melbourne.

Good luck.

Okay...

another guess...

Main Grandstand ...1965??

G G Huggins......... 1968??

Main Grandstand extention.... some time in the 70's ... 1971

Ian Drake Pavillion......... 1973