Curse of the Stewart

[older saint]

With lots of posts here about our luck it started me thinking along the lines of the great Curse of the Bambino, perhaps in trading Ian Stewart in after 1970 season to Richmond we invented the Curse of Stewart:

Since then :

1971 GF - 3 goals up at 3/4 time and lose to Hawthorn where Hawthron kick 7 goals in the last qtr, Keddie kicks 4 and we lose

1978 - miss out on the finals by half a game after a horror patch in the middle of the season. 1979 lose many good players and crash to the cellar for the next decade

1991- Finish 4th and play Geelong in a ripper game losing by 7 points . Elimination final where 5 and 6 also play off and one stays in. had beaten both WC and Hawthorn that season

1992 - Finally break finals drought but lose Spud in final 10 minutes with Achilles injury . Grant ( frawleys match up ) tears us a new on the next week

1993 - 3-0 win at Vic Park, Winmar walks out , season collapses

1997 - Best team coming into finals lose Vidovic in last game and Everett in first final. No ruckman for the rest of the finals campaign . Stands out in the GF where Rehn controls things. Loewe and Winmar suffer personal tragedies in the week leading up the GF

2004 - Travelling beautifully , changed plans mid season see us lose top 2 spot and then travel to Port for Prelim where Wanganeen kicks one out of his arse and Burgouyne lung sees us lose - Port win flag

2005 - 15 point up 3/4 time v Sydney premlim mcg and get smashed in last qtr. Hall whacks Maguire and kicks a goal earlier. Maguire done for game . Would have been 4 goals at 3/4 time which would have been different mind set

2009 - Dominate the season . Come GF wet and miserable day . not ideal. Roo injures quad in final training session. Dominate first half but kick 7.7 to 7.1 . Goal hits the post in 2nd quarter not called, Ablett kicks goal from subsequent clearance (11 point difference there ). Toe poke and lose

2010 - Get back into GF . Fisher coming out of defence after we hit the front doesn't see Kosi opposite wing by himself , goes down the line, Maxwell marks and leads to Cloke goal. Milne and the bounce of the ball...

And this is just the major stuff i can recall.

Injuries ruining careers of Cripps, Robbo , McCartin?

Trades : Greene, Perovic, Dietrich, Lockett, Ball, McEvoy,

Sure I've missed others .

in the same way as the Bambino curse please don't take this too seriously.
By the way it was broken 84 years later - Premiers 2050

[cwrcyn]

Please, no more..........

[ace]

Any truth to the rumour at the time that Stewart was traded because Alan Jeans was a cop and Stewart was .............
What were those court cases where Jeans was reluctantly called as character witness all about ?

[ace]

You left out Barry Hall

[spert]

No curse, if you're good enough, you win

[ace]

You left out trade: Barry Hall

[Crossy66]

Any truth to the rumour at the time that Stewart was traded because Alan Jeans was a cop and Stewart was .............
What were those court cases where Jeans was reluctantly called as character witness all about ?

"allegedly"

[tedtheodorelogan2018]

More like a cross dresser.

[satchmo]

More like a cross dresser.

Oh, you know him?

[The Fireman]

More like a cross dresser.

Oh, you know him?

[tedtheodorelogan2018]

Rumours old son.

[Enrico_Misso]

older saint, I won't thank you as I would like to forget each of those nightmares that you revisited.
But agree they are the worst moments in our history over the last 50 years (apart from leaving Moorabbin).

[ausfatcat]

Injuries ruining careers of Cripps, Robbo , McCartin?

Penny the obvious one there would have been in prime and handy in 09

to a lesser degree kosi and Ball not being the same after there massive concussion and ostep pubis respective again would have been handy in 09


but late sixties and early 70's the saints should have won at least anther 2 premierships with the team they had

[Ghost Like]

Can I add the chasing of Cousins after "exiting" Rob Harvey? I'm quite sure Harvey would have been the difference in that last quarter amidst the mayhem & toe pokeiness. Would have been the perfect finish to one of the best I've seen pull on a Saints jumper.

Possibly not so much a curse, just another head scratcher.

Possibly add the crowd invasion in the 2004 Prelim, hard to fathom that a Saints player kicking 100 being a curse.

[stjohnc]

not all bad luck but some cases of destabilizing moments and bad luck
Schoolgirl saga (what a beat up that was)
Milne rape allegations
Lovett rape allegation (later found not guilty)
Koschitzke KO and ongoing problems
Kingston council role in forcing move to Seaford
Malcolm Blight sacking
Whispers in the sky
Sirengate
Lights out at Waverley

Has any other club had such bad luck, bad press in the last 20 years

[MC Gusto]

Can I add the chasing of Cousins after "exiting" Rob Harvey? I'm quite sure Harvey would have been the difference in that last quarter amidst the mayhem & toe pokeiness. Would have been the perfect finish to one of the best I've seen pull on a Saints jumper.

Possibly not so much a curse, just another head scratcher.

Possibly add the crowd invasion in the 2004 Prelim, hard to fathom that a Saints player kicking 100 being a curse.

Should’ve had Maxy in at full back

[saynta]

Can I add the chasing of Cousins after "exiting" Rob Harvey? I'm quite sure Harvey would have been the difference in that last quarter amidst the mayhem & toe pokeiness. Would have been the perfect finish to one of the best I've seen pull on a Saints jumper.

Possibly not so much a curse, just another head scratcher.

Possibly add the crowd invasion in the 2004 Prelim, hard to fathom that a Saints player kicking 100 being a curse.

Should’ve had Maxy in at full back

Yep, especially seeing the other drip had been on a drip all night.