The ole girl IS coming down!

[saintbrat]

found this one of the team training- they went no shirts in those days to



http://www.realfooty.com.au/ftimages/20 ... 51230.html

[chook23]

In July 1964 the Mayor, Bryan Stuart-Jones, Cr Les Coates, the Town Clerk Vic Smith, and Graham Huggins and Ian Drake representing the St Kilda Football Club, signed the agreement between the Council and the Club. The agreement gave the Saints a seventy five year lease over the 23 acres 2 roods and 30 perches that constituted the Moorabbin ground, and a commitment from the Council to spend £100,000 on ground improvements. The money was to be raised by a loan repayable over 45 years. [2]



Mayor of Moorabbin Cr Bryan Stuart-Jones signs lease of Linton Street football ground with St Kilda, watched by Cr Les Coates, Town Clerk, Vic Smith, St Kilda secretary, Ian Drake, president, Graham Huggins and treasurer Murray Hartlett 1964. Courtesy Leader Collection.

The rate payers of the municipality were assured by Council that the St Kilda venture would not cost them a penny. In fact, Cr Ken Hodgson predicted the scheme would ultimately show a profit for the City, as they would receive an annual rent of £5000 and save the £3000 it spent at that time on ground maintenance. This income he believed would more than match the principal and interest payments on the £100,000 loan. [3]

In addition to the Council investment, the St Kilda football club undertook to improve buildings to the value of £275,000 with a minimum expenditure of £140,000 in the first five years, together with £120,000 on a social club. In total the city’s assets would be enhanced by £500,000, Cr Hodgson claimed. [4] Cr Coates agreed, reportedly saying , “Financially we’ll come out of this pretty wellâ€

[brown-coat]

Damn sad to hear this news. Always hoped we'd return their one day, but that hope is finally gone.

[WayneJudson42]

[quote="chook23"]In July 1964 the Mayor, Bryan Stuart-Jones, Cr Les Coates, the Town Clerk Vic Smith, and Graham Huggins and Ian Drake representing the St Kilda Football Club, signed the agreement between the Council and the Club. The agreement gave the Saints a seventy five year lease over the 23 acres 2 roods and 30 perches that constituted the Moorabbin ground, and a commitment from the Council to spend £100,000 on ground improvements. The money was to be raised by a loan repayable over 45 years. [2]



Mayor of Moorabbin Cr Bryan Stuart-Jones signs lease of Linton Street football ground with St Kilda, watched by Cr Les Coates, Town Clerk, Vic Smith, St Kilda secretary, Ian Drake, president, Graham Huggins and treasurer Murray Hartlett 1964. Courtesy Leader Collection.

The rate payers of the municipality were assured by Council that the St Kilda venture would not cost them a penny. In fact, Cr Ken Hodgson predicted the scheme would ultimately show a profit for the City, as they would receive an annual rent of £5000 and save the £3000 it spent at that time on ground maintenance. This income he believed would more than match the principal and interest payments on the £100,000 loan. [3]

In addition to the Council investment, the St Kilda football club undertook to improve buildings to the value of £275,000 with a minimum expenditure of £140,000 in the first five years, together with £120,000 on a social club. In total the city’s assets would be enhanced by £500,000, Cr Hodgson claimed. [4] Cr Coates agreed, reportedly saying , “Financially we’ll come out of this pretty wellâ€

[Bono]

Moorabbin were in the Federal League back then and playing at Moorabbin. They used what become the visitors rooms so when St Kilda built the grand stand, they biult it over the top of the existing rooms and took the middle partition out.

[GrumpyOne]

Moorabbin were in the Federal League back then and playing at Moorabbin. They used what become the visitors rooms so when St Kilda built the grand stand, they biult it over the top of the existing rooms and took the middle partition out.

That is not my memory Bono.

Moorabbin were a VFA club before the Saints took over the oval. I seem to recall that they were kicked out of the VFA because of that, and tried to continue in the Federal Leage afterwards. They later folded, as have most of the old Federal League teams.

If somebody could check with "The Point Of It All" and advise?

[Legendary]

Makes no difference to me, none of those stands existed when I started following the mighty Sainters.

Puts it into perspective a bit more.

Yes an important part of our history.

But the club and Saints continually evolve, and this is a step forward for us.

[bobmurray]

The Moorabbin News of March 26, 1964, announced to its readers that their Council had offered the St Kilda Football Club the Moorabbin Oval in Linton Street as its home ground. While final agreement had not been reached at that time, progress must have pleased many of the councillors for they had been trying to entice a League team to Moorabbin for more than a year. The Fitzroy club had inspected the Linton Street ground as had the Richmond club but they failed to take up the Council’s offer. [1]

The expectation was that the Moorabbin Football Club, the occupier of the Linton Street oval and the winner of a Victorian Football Association premiership flag the previous year, would amalgamate with the Saints. The new team would be known as the St Kilda – Moorabbin Football Club for ten years, after which time the St Kilda part of the title would be dropped. Cr Don Bricker, the president of the Moorabbin club was cautiously optimistic about the new developments but many Moorabbin members feared that their club would lose its identity. In fact, the naming provision was later dropped as the St Kilda constitution expressly prohibited a club name change without gaining the agreement of three quarters of its membership, an impossible target.

The reaction to the announcement by the Victorian Football Association was to suspend the Moorabbin Club on charges of disloyalty and as a result the Moorabbin Club gave restricted clearances to its players to join a variety of other clubs, including VFA teams, for 1965. Nevertheless, the 1964 season was a triumph for Moorabbin as it won the premiership flag for the first division.

The St Kilda Football Club had played for years at the Junction Oval managed by the St Kilda Cricket Club but had become dissatisfied with the financial arrangements and the inadequate facilities available to them. The Moorabbin Council proposal gave them a long term lease on the Linton Street ground, a new grandstand, two sewered toilet blocks, a graded car park, earth embankments and retaining walls, and concrete edges to terracing.

[WayneJudson42]

So we almost became the Mighty Moos?

Pity the council didn't throw in hot water and light globes for the dunnies.

[GrumpyOne]

The Moorabbin News of March 26, 1964, announced to its readers that their Council had offered the St Kilda Football Club the Moorabbin Oval in Linton Street as its home ground. While final agreement had not been reached at that time, progress must have pleased many of the councillors for they had been trying to entice a League team to Moorabbin for more than a year. The Fitzroy club had inspected the Linton Street ground as had the Richmond club but they failed to take up the Council’s offer. [1]

The expectation was that the Moorabbin Football Club, the occupier of the Linton Street oval and the winner of a Victorian Football Association premiership flag the previous year, would amalgamate with the Saints. The new team would be known as the St Kilda – Moorabbin Football Club for ten years, after which time the St Kilda part of the title would be dropped. Cr Don Bricker, the president of the Moorabbin club was cautiously optimistic about the new developments but many Moorabbin members feared that their club would lose its identity. In fact, the naming provision was later dropped as the St Kilda constitution expressly prohibited a club name change without gaining the agreement of three quarters of its membership, an impossible target.

The reaction to the announcement by the Victorian Football Association was to suspend the Moorabbin Club on charges of disloyalty and as a result the Moorabbin Club gave restricted clearances to its players to join a variety of other clubs, including VFA teams, for 1965. Nevertheless, the 1964 season was a triumph for Moorabbin as it won the premiership flag for the first division.

The St Kilda Football Club had played for years at the Junction Oval managed by the St Kilda Cricket Club but had become dissatisfied with the financial arrangements and the inadequate facilities available to them. The Moorabbin Council proposal gave them a long term lease on the Linton Street ground, a new grandstand, two sewered toilet blocks, a graded car park, earth embankments and retaining walls, and concrete edges to terracing.

Thanks Bob, good to know the old memory is still functioning ok.

[casey scorp]

Went past Linton Street this afternoon expecting to see the grandstand gone.

It was still as demolished (pretty much as I recall it) as at the intra-club.

Is there a hold-up?

[saint66au]

Went past Linton Street this afternoon expecting to see the grandstand gone.

It was still as demolished (pretty much as I recall it) as at the intra-club.

Is there a hold-up?

The areas underneath the parts of the stand still undemolished include dressing rooms and groundkeeping storage areas..the demolished parts had nothing of use underneath them

Perhaps they are waiting on ATCO huts to replace them??

[Enrico_Misso]

Part of the demolished stand was the room where the cheer squad used to make the banner.
Were they still making banners there last year?
And if so where will they make them now?

[saintbrat]

maybe someone who gets to training NEXT monday can find out and get some updated pics?