Alternate opp. for Rivalry Round

[ItsAllGoodes]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
How do we have a traditional rivalry with StKilda?

As has been said earlier...South Melbourne and StKilda used to have a rivalry stemming from the days when both clubs played at opposite ends of Albert Park

That said...I am more in favour of creating a Sydney rivalry....Brisbane works...Kangaroos sort of work but in my mind only because of the fact that we play the game in Canberra...it would feel quite that strong if we played in Melb...I think it should either be Brisbane or Melbourne...assuming Collingwood play Carlton

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Look it up.

Thanks for your usual helpful contribution...

[NMWBloods]

I had thought that was Fitzroy and the Swans from the time when I used to go, so I associate it with that. Hadn't heard of it called that for the Saints games before that I can recall.

Brisbane's merger with Fitzroy and Sydney's links with South Melbourne also add further rivalry between the two clubs. The two clubs played for the unofficial Lakeside premiership between 1970 and 1981 when Fitzroy played at the Junction Oval and South at the Lakeside Oval ? at either end of Albert Park Lake.

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=feature&spg=display&articleid=194807

[ItsAllGoodes]

I think that Matt Burgan is wrong.

At the moment I can only find one reference...on the StKilda website

"As a young boy taken by my fanatical one-eyed Saint father to the old South Melbourne ground to see the 'Lakeside Premiership' fought and won and as usual Bob Skilton was carving us up"

That quite from a StKilda fan

http://saints.com.au/default.asp?pg=halloffameprofile&spg=display&personid=194334

[NMWBloods]

He possibly is. I tend to associate the Junction oval with Fitzroy rather than StKilda, and maybe he is making that error too, or maybe it was called that originally for the StKilda games and then later adopted for the Fitzroy games.

[swans05]

id say west coast obviously they play fremantle but i reckon we are building some good rivalry with them we have played 3 finals against them in the last 2 years maybe fremantles new rival could be the bye as they are evenly matched

[573v30]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
He possibly is. I tend to associate the Junction oval with Fitzroy rather than StKilda, and maybe he is making that error too, or maybe it was called that originally for the StKilda games and then later adopted for the Fitzroy games.

That's right, it was St. Kilda's home ground from 1897-1984 and Fitzroy's from 1970-1984 after leaving Brunswick St. following the 1966 VFL season...

[NMWBloods]

Yep, I know the rough dates, but I always think of it as Fitzroy's ground. Probably because we used to go there and see Fitzroy, and I played for Fitzroy Little League there too, and I associate StKilda with Moorabbin (one of the most disgusting grounds in the VFL).