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Used to live in beaumaris and follow the saints but moved away for work.
Kept following the saints but just by TV, newspapers, etc. I found this website recently and enjoyed the opinions so I decided to get on board and start posting.
Did anyone here go to the animal enclosure during the 80's at Moorabbin?
(Great memories)
Look forward to throwing in the odd opinion.
Cheers
I've never seen a bad St.Kilda player - that's just how they are.
Yes I spent every second winter Sat arvo standing in the animal pit in the 80s.
Terrible football.
But some of the happiest days of my life.
The rest of Australia can wander mask-free, socialise, eat out, no curfews, no zoning, no police rings of steel, no illogical inconsistent rules.
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!
Wetracked him to WAverly, where I believe he sat on the members side. If the wind blew the right way, we could hear him on the outer wing.
He used to stand right behind me, next to the walkway separating the Huggins Stand from the other stand, and virtually right below the TV commentary box. He also used to shout out "Where's me pie-warmer?" to the police patrolling the boundary. He was always threatening to burn down the house/FJ of whichever umpire was in control. He also used to tell the umps to get their wives to take a bath. Good times!
Still waiting for closure ... if you get my drift.
Wetracked him to WAverly, where I believe he sat on the members side. If the wind blew the right way, we could hear him on the outer wing.
He used to stand right behind me, next to the walkway separating the Huggins Stand from the other stand, and virtually right below the TV commentary box. He also used to shout out "Where's me pie-warmer?" to the police patrolling the boundary. He was always threatening to burn down the house/FJ of whichever umpire was in control. He also used to tell the umps to get their wives to take a bath. Good times!
So you were right behind me. I was about 2 rows from the fence, so you would have stood up against the grandstand wall.
The lid is off after Round 2! Enjoy the journey, coz you just don't know where we'll end up. Live for today and seize the moment.
Wetracked him to WAverly, where I believe he sat on the members side. If the wind blew the right way, we could hear him on the outer wing.
He used to stand right behind me, next to the walkway separating the Huggins Stand from the other stand, and virtually right below the TV commentary box. He also used to shout out "Where's me pie-warmer?" to the police patrolling the boundary. He was always threatening to burn down the house/FJ of whichever umpire was in control. He also used to tell the umps to get their wives to take a bath. Good times!
That bloke used to stand on a wheelie bin sometimes and wait for the right moment to let lose. I was always right behind the players box next to the race. Before that in the animal enclosure. The funniest day there was when Danny Hughes playing fior the Crows was dragged after Plugger had kicked his 9th late in the 2nd Quarter!! And he had to run right past the AE from the South Rd end to come off.. That was hilarious and probably really embarassing for Danny!!
I want to stand for something. I'm a loyal person and I think at the end of my career it will be great to look back and know that I'm a St Kilda person for life.
- Nick Riewoldt. May 19th 2009.
Wetracked him to WAverly, where I believe he sat on the members side. If the wind blew the right way, we could hear him on the outer wing.
He used to stand right behind me, next to the walkway separating the Huggins Stand from the other stand, and virtually right below the TV commentary box. He also used to shout out "Where's me pie-warmer?" to the police patrolling the boundary. He was always threatening to burn down the house/FJ of whichever umpire was in control. He also used to tell the umps to get their wives to take a bath. Good times!
That bloke used to stand on a wheelie bin sometimes and wait for the right moment to let lose. I was always right behind the players box next to the race. Before that in the animal enclosure. The funniest day there was when Danny Hughes playing fior the Crows was dragged after Plugger had kicked his 9th late in the 2nd Quarter!! And he had to run right past the AE from the South Rd end to come off.. That was hilarious and probably really embarassing for Danny!!
Ah the memories. Used to sit in the stand behind the animal enclosure. Best of both worlds really, comfort and entertainment. Pity about the football however. Met a lot of the players rellies up there; gday to the Bowey family if they visit the site.
I, and plenty of others, will show you the respect you deserve.
Mate, the girl barracks for Carlton. She's going to be a front-runner like everyone else associated with that club, who gets scared and goes missing when things get tough. There's no way she'll show.
Besides, given Carlton hasn't beaten us since 2001, which is the best part of a decade, I don't know why she's so cocky.
Still waiting for closure ... if you get my drift.
Wetracked him to WAverly, where I believe he sat on the members side. If the wind blew the right way, we could hear him on the outer wing.
welcome PJ
the "howler" never caught his name but i reckon he looked like Mick Dwyers' twin brother...yep he followed the Saints out to Waverly, but went missing after that, maybe his throat gave out in the end. He would have been perfect for a closed roof TD
Oh the days at the animal enclosure spent my teen years barracking for the sainters .
Love the memories from there even copped the tinnie of beer across the head that then went on to hit Gary Sidebottom.
Use to love watching Mad Dog Muir when he was benched to see his reaction.
Now I sit in the social club area nothing will replace those wonderful memories of the animal enclosure.
Ah yes, the can and G SIdebottom! Now, what year was that do you think? I was very young, Im thinking early 80's? It was right in front of me, as we used to sit in the stand directly behind the cage.
If it clipped someone on the back of the head on the eway through, it must have been a one in a millino shot. As I can recall it hitting him FLUSH in the head and him dropping like he had been shot.
opinion.
Met a lot of the players rellies up there; gday to the Bowey family if they visit the site.
