Swans v Giants Elimination Final 2021

[basher williams]

I was born and grew up in the same area and similar time royboy,maybe a little earlier than you.Being a Sth Melb supporter in that locality when your mates were either Fitzroy ,Richmond, or Collingwood supporters was tough.

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I was born and grew up in the same area and similar time royboy,maybe a little earlier than you.Being a Sth Melb supporter in that locality when your mates were either Fitzroy ,Richmond, or Collingwood supporters was tough.

[Blood Fever]

I was born and grew up in the same area and similar time royboy,maybe a little earlier than you.Being a Sth Melb supporter in that locality when your mates were either Fitzroy ,Richmond, or Collingwood supporters was tough.

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I was born and grew up in the same area and similar time royboy,maybe a little earlier than you.Being a Sth Melb supporter in that locality when your mates were either Fitzroy ,Richmond, or Collingwood supporters was tough.

Great stuff Basher- you are the new 'doyen' of the site. Also makes you a 1933 baby- very good year!

[barry]

Are you old bastards 88 years old?

[basher williams]

Thanks for the compliment BF. Flattering. There must be other RWO onliners around the same vintage. I was on deck for the 33 grand final win ,although unaware of it. Long wait for the next one.

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Venerable gentlemen please Barry.

[Roadrunner]

Thanks for the compliment BF. Flattering. There must be other RWO onliners around the same vintage. I was on deck for the 33 grand final win ,although unaware of it. Long wait for the next one.

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Venerable gentlemen please Barry.

It’s an honour to have you(and Royboy) as South Melbourne supporters and still following the team in Sydney. Apart from the great Laurie Nash, would love to know who your favourite players were during the years you were at the Lake Oval. Nothing better than a bit of nostalgia now our season is over! Nothing better than to have the thoughts of a true Red and White heart! God bless you!

[barry]

Venerable gentlemen please Barry.

They've lived through a world war, and worse: the 2016 grand final robbery.

[mcs]

Thanks for the compliment BF. Flattering. There must be other RWO onliners around the same vintage. I was on deck for the 33 grand final win ,although unaware of it. Long wait for the next one.

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Venerable gentlemen please Barry.

Would love to hear some more of the stories from those days well before my time from our venerable gentleman of RWO!

[Mark26]

Would love to hear some more of the stories from those days well before my time from our venerable gentleman of RWO!

I really value their insight too. I'm sure we're not the only ones happy to listen in to stories of yesteryear.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

An 88 year old that is happy contributing to an online football forum is a very rare gentleman indeed - I wish my octogenarian father in law wasn't a complete technophobe.

[royboy42]

It’s an honour to have you(and Royboy) as South Melbourne supporters and still following the team in Sydney. Apart from the great Laurie Nash, would love to know who your favourite players were during the years you were at the Lake Oval. Nothing better than a bit of nostalgia now our season is over! Nothing better than to have the thoughts of a true Red and White heart! God bless you!

I have to admit to being a Johnny come lately with the Swans.

Born in Fitzroy and followed them all their life after.

I move up to Sydney in 66 and when the Swans arrived in the 80s , I went to all their games. A footy starved Vic expatriate.

But when the Roys came to town , my maroon and blue heart came straight to the fore.

!996 came, and the Roys went.

I became a Swans member, res seat in the Brewongle for 25 years..2 flags...plenty finals...much joy.

No regrets , but still harbor hatred for the VFL sacking the Royboys.

Go Swans.

[royboy42]

Thanks for the compliment BF. Flattering. There must be other RWO onliners around the same vintage. I was on deck for the 33 grand final win ,although unaware of it. Long wait for the next one.

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Venerable gentlemen please Barry.

You've got a few years on me Basher.

First grandy was the replay in 48, when Melb smashed the Bombers after a draw the week before.

Coleman toying with the Roys in '50 and '51. The week before his career ending cartilage injury in '54, Coleman kicked 14!! God knows what he still could have been.

Barassi in the mid/late 50s. One of a kind. Never played 100 minutes in his career. Bits of pieces of ruckwork., hung around the pockets until Melbourne needed him. Then...BANG! Total domination of the whole field for 25 minutes or so. Amazing footballer. Koutafides in that couple of years was the only similar type I've seen.

Peter Box for the Dogs around '54.

Darrel Baldock in the 60s at St Kilda. Awesome ball control...on a string, and the muddier and rainier the day, the better he got. I still have him in my best three I saw.

Hawthorn's Hudson. Stats tell the story. What a forward.

Ian Stewart, Polly Farmer...We're moving closer to the periods plenty on here remember, so I'll step back.

Best 3?? Really difficult.

Baldock, Murray and Farmer with about a dozen nipping at their heels.

[Meg]

I have to admit to being a Johnny come lately with the Swans.

Born in Fitzroy and followed them all their life after.

I move up to Sydney in 66 and when the Swans arrived in the 80s , I went to all their games. A footy starved Vic expatriate.

But when the Roys came to town , my maroon and blue heart came straight to the fore.

!996 came, and the Roys went.

I became a Swans member, res seat in the Brewongle for 25 years..2 flags...plenty finals...much joy.

No regrets , but still harbor hatred for the VFL sacking the Royboys.

Go Swans.

Great to hear about your transition to the Swans. I have in the past wondered about your RWO posting name.

I recently rewatched all the ‘Jack Irish’ TV episodes (lockdown activity). I really enjoyed the depiction of the ongoing pain of the old Roy supporters.

One of my best friends, also a Fitzroy diehard, like you has never forgotten or forgiven. She became a Dees supporter after partnering with a Melbourne fanatic + Paul Roos time as Melbourne coach.

Go Swans!

[Sandridge]

I have to admit to being a Johnny come lately with the Swans.

Born in Fitzroy and followed them all their life after.

I move up to Sydney in 66 and when the Swans arrived in the 80s , I went to all their games. A footy starved Vic expatriate.

But when the Roys came to town , my maroon and blue heart came straight to the fore.

!996 came, and the Roys went.

I became a Swans member, res seat in the Brewongle for 25 years..2 flags...plenty finals...much joy.

No regrets , but still harbor hatred for the VFL sacking the Royboys.

Go Swans.

What happened to Fitzroy would have been devastating for you, royboy, exacerbated by the fact that the club had to play its very last game ever in Western Australia!

Greatly feel for you - but glad you joined us!

[royboy42]

Great to hear about your transition to the Swans. I have in the past wondered about your RWO posting name.

I recently rewatched all the ‘Jack Irish’ TV episodes (lockdown activity). I really enjoyed the depiction of the ongoing pain of the old Roy supporters.

One of my best friends, also a Fitzroy diehard, like you has never forgotten or forgiven. She became a Dees supporter after partnering with a Melbourne fanatic + Paul Roos time as Melbourne coach.

Go Swans!

My brother, rest his soul,who saw every Fitzroy game in Victoria for nearly forty years, never went to another football match after 1996.

[royboy42]

What happened to Fitzroy would have been devastating for you, royboy, exacerbated by the fact that the club had to play its very last game ever in Western Australia!

Greatly feel for you - but glad you joined us!

And that's the reason I've always had a soft spot for Freo.

As the boys left the field at Freo for the last time, they had a wonderful woman singing Auld Lang Syne amplified from the top of the grandstand.

It's on you tube and still brings a tear.