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I've been wanting to ask this question for awhile.
If my 23 y.o son & his long term girlfriend populate (hopefully it's 10 years away ), then that rugrat will be a 5th generation saint. Fortunately his GF & mother-in-law are passionate saints as well.
My question is, Are then any current 6th generational saints out there in SS land?
In theory it's possible (likely?) but it would suggest that the family has some long term connection to a Saint player or administrator between 1896 & 1920.
OldGeorgeYoung wrote:I've been wanting to ask this question for awhile.
If my 23 y.o son & his long term girlfriend populate (hopefully it's 10 years away ), then that rugrat will be a 5th generation saint. Fortunately his GF & mother-in-law are passionate saints as well.
My question is, Are then any current 6th generational saints out there in SS land?
In theory it's possible (likely?) but it would suggest that the family has some long term connection to a Saint player or administrator between 1896 & 1920.
When travelling to Ethiad stadium last year I met an elderly man on the station.
We got talking and he showed me his first membership card which was pre war.
We continued talking and he then showed me his fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers membership cards.
The earliest went back to the1870 of 1880's and was when Saints played in the VFA before the league was formed.
I did say that these were really too precious for him to carry around with him but he said he did not want to not have them.
What a great story! We should make him our version of that old Swans bloke who's in the middle of the circle for the song after a win. People like this should be celebrated as the real No.1 ticket holder.
Inspirational stuff!
He should be honoured at a Presidents lunch and given free membership.
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!
longtimesaint wrote:When travelling to Ethiad stadium last year I met an elderly man on the station.
We got talking and he showed me his first membership card which was pre war.
We continued talking and he then showed me his fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers membership cards.
The earliest went back to the1870 of 1880's and was when Saints played in the VFA before the league was formed.
I did say that these were really too precious for him to carry around with him but he said he did not want to not have them.
Great story. He would have been a very interesting guy to chat to. I wonder how many of those membership tickets still exist.
OldGeorgeYoung wrote: We should make him our version of that old Swans bloke who's in the middle of the circle for the song after a win.
OldGeorgeYoung wrote:I've been wanting to ask this question for awhile.
If my 23 y.o son & his long term girlfriend populate (hopefully it's 10 years away ), then that rugrat will be a 5th generation saint. Fortunately his GF & mother-in-law are passionate saints as well.
My question is, Are then any current 6th generational saints out there in SS land?
In theory it's possible (likely?) but it would suggest that the family has some long term connection to a Saint player or administrator between 1896 & 1920.
When travelling to Ethiad stadium last year I met an elderly man on the station.
We got talking and he showed me his first membership card which was pre war.
We continued talking and he then showed me his fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers membership cards.
The earliest went back to the1870 of 1880's and was when Saints played in the VFA before the league was formed.
I did say that these were really too precious for him to carry around with him but he said he did not want to not have them.
do you remember a name? should be passed onto the club- Living history
OldGeorgeYoung wrote:I've been wanting to ask this question for awhile.
If my 23 y.o son & his long term girlfriend populate (hopefully it's 10 years away ), then that rugrat will be a 5th generation saint. Fortunately his GF & mother-in-law are passionate saints as well.
My question is, Are then any current 6th generational saints out there in SS land?
In theory it's possible (likely?) but it would suggest that the family has some long term connection to a Saint player or administrator between 1896 & 1920.
When travelling to Ethiad stadium last year I met an elderly man on the station.
We got talking and he showed me his first membership card which was pre war.
We continued talking and he then showed me his fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers membership cards.
The earliest went back to the1870 of 1880's and was when Saints played in the VFA before the league was formed.
I did say that these were really too precious for him to carry around with him but he said he did not want to not have them.
do you remember a name? should be passed onto the club- Living history
He wouldn't tell me his name and even though he showed me all the memberships there was no names.
Long time supporters like me will remember there was no names on the membership cards.
They were just cardboard which were clipped for each round you attended.
They had a number but were sold to fans outside the ground at the early rounds or perhaps the practice matches.
I don't think the club used to record names against the membership card number.
My first membership was in 1958 which would entitle me to be on the 50 years board at Linen House but The earliest one I could find was 1971 .
I enquired if the club had records of memberships but they told me nothing earlier than the 70's.
The Fireman wrote:those memberships should be framed and displayed somewhere prominent
From memory the Heritage museum has membership tickets from 1897 to present on display. They might even have earlier.
longtimesaint wrote:Long time supporters like me will remember there was no names on the membership cards.
They were just cardboard which were clipped for each round you attended.
Membership tickets from at least 1952 until 1987 had space on the inside to write your name. Not sure if earlier tickets did.
I don't ever remember putting my name on one.
The old memberships may have had a name but it was either a signature that wasn't easily recognised or there wasn't one!
The Fireman wrote:those memberships should be framed and displayed somewhere prominent
From memory the Heritage museum has membership tickets from 1897 to present on display. They might even have earlier.
longtimesaint wrote:Long time supporters like me will remember there was no names on the membership cards.
They were just cardboard which were clipped for each round you attended.
Membership tickets from at least 1952 until 1987 had space on the inside to write your name. Not sure if earlier tickets did.
I didn't realize they didn't play everyone twice back in the day - I always thought they did.
We played Hawthorn, North Melb, Footscray & Richmond only once that year. There is also a lightning premiership there which they could reintroduce this year when there are no games before the finals - A best of the rest!
As ex-president Peter Summers said:
“If we are going to be a contender, we may as well plan to win the bloody thing.”
That bloke should be given life membership and they should do an interview with him about his family and the families history with supporting the club.
Something like this will more likely than not never be seen again.
A big deal should be made about it.
Maybe you could go back to the same train station this coming season and see if you can see the guy again and get his name
You can then pass it on to the club
Other than that I'm not sure how else he can be found
The club might have records of continuation of membership going back 50 years, which would be a start, but it would then be a process of elimination and emails could be sent....but, then the old fella might not even use a computer
??
matrix wrote:That bloke should be given life membership and they should do an interview with him about his family and the families history with supporting the club.
Something like this will more likely than not never be seen again.
A big deal should be made about it.
Maybe you could go back to the same train station this coming season and see if you can see the guy again and get his name
You can then pass it on to the club
Other than that I'm not sure how else he can be found
The club might have records of continuation of membership going back 50 years, which would be a start, but it would then be a process of elimination and emails could be sent....but, then the old fella might not even use a computer
??
I have been going to that same station for the last few years when travelling to Ethihad games and that was the only time I have met him.
We travelled on the train together and even walked to the ground where he met his daughter and grandson.(6 generations of saints supporters)
I did suggest he contact the club and give them the originals or copies of the memberships but he said he didn't want to let them go.
He stopped talking to me then so I didn't push the issue.
I doubt he has a computer as he would be in his mid to late 80's.
I wouldn't give up the old membership cards either.
Would be nice if he was willing to talk to the club tho, the stories and the history would be great to have a record of.
The cards will obviously go to his children or grandchildren,, as they should.
This is a great story, it would be a privilege to speak to someone knowing that kind of club history
Chalk and cheese, he has many generations of St Kilda members in his family, where as mine will stop at one generation.....me.
OldGeorgeYoung wrote:What a great story! We should make him our version of that old Swans bloke who's in the middle of the circle for the song after a win. People like this should be celebrated as the real No.1 ticket holder.
What, the old fool that plugger tried to decapitate?
longtimesaint wrote:When travelling to Ethiad stadium last year I met an elderly man on the station.
We got talking and he showed me his first membership card which was pre war.
We continued talking and he then showed me his fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers membership cards.
The earliest went back to the1870 of 1880's and was when Saints played in the VFA before the league was formed.
I did say that these were really too precious for him to carry around with him but he said he did not want to not have them.
Great story. He would have been a very interesting guy to chat to. I wonder how many of those membership tickets still exist.
OldGeorgeYoung wrote: We should make him our version of that old Swans bloke who's in the middle of the circle for the song after a win.
Not sure why but that guy gives me the s***s
+1, big time. The guy's a fool and and his performances are quite sickening.
ps. Great story though.
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OldGeorgeYoung wrote:What a great story! We should make him our version of that old Swans bloke who's in the middle of the circle for the song after a win. People like this should be celebrated as the real No.1 ticket holder.
What, the old fool that plugger tried to decapitate?
Unfortunately it was the only thing he missed that day.
OldGeorgeYoung wrote:What a great story! We should make him our version of that old Swans bloke who's in the middle of the circle for the song after a win. People like this should be celebrated as the real No.1 ticket holder.
What, the old fool that plugger tried to decapitate?
Unfortunately it was the only thing he missed that day.
Didn't miss Caven either.
Great game though. Loved it. loved how upset the swine supporters around me were. They had been rubbishing the saints all day. After the siren I remarked to them that every dog has their day. One of them who claimed to be a lawyer went off his tree. I just laughed.
Oh and I hugged a very drunk Molly on the way out of the ground.
Lockett laughs about that game - I've heard him refer to it as the Mothers Day Massacre.
That game and the Bulldogs game last year are in my top 10 favourite games.
I remember the flimsy cardboard memberships in the 80s, which had the round numbers on the side which were clipped as you entered the ground.
), then that rugrat will be a 5th generation saint. Fortunately his GF & mother-in-law are passionate saints as well.
