I don’t think it will be anywhere near like 2001 - at that point we were making a GF like once every 4 years, making finals almost every year - hugely successful. Everyone hated our ■■■■■■■ guts.
Richmond were a dumpster fire for 30 years, I know I almost pitied them.
No mate, just havn’t had to worry about attending a grand final since I’ve been living in Melbourne and barracking for Essendon.
Just had the day off work and curious.
A simple answer would have been fine, flog.
Imagine the outrage if Mummy goes bezerk and cleans a couple up, the do-gooders will have the sin bin introduced by RD 1 next year.
Was a sarcastic answer but reason he said it is because it’s been impossible to get tickets to the grand final since the late 90s unless you’re a high paying member of the competing clubs, have connections or you’re willing to fork out plenty of money (at least several hundred if not more) for a ticket. If you have AFL or MCC membership then you may be in luck as well.
Edit: it’s been a well known problem for 20 years.
There’s almost no chance that GF tickets ever go on sale to the gen public unless it was 2 interstate sides & they were desperate to get bums on seats that they can’t sell as corporate tickets. Basically there is only about 17K tickets allocated to the competing clubs & Richmond have have over 100K members so the vast majority miss out. Even GWS are listed at 30K members. Most seats are taken up by MCC, AFL & corporate tickets sold with packages at very inflated prices. If you want to go to a big game (outside ANZAC Day) then the prelims are for the footy purists. Even as far back as 93 my enjoyment of the win was a little tempered by the fact I was sitting near a group of mainly corporate seats that had little idea what was happening & why I was going so crazy!!!
Mummy jump? Not anymore.
In an Essendon top, waving his jacket?? No?
Mrs Fox and I are Full AFL Members.
Yesterday at 2pm, I was logged on to Ticketek ready to buy tickets. Got in at 2:13 and there were no tickets left at all in any AFL Members area!
AFL is farking corrupt as I cannot believe 30000 tickets were sold in 13 minutes and it is apparent that AFL Membership is just a hoax.
I first became a VFL Member from the first day it happened 40 years ago, no farking more.
See. It can be done.
DA DA DA DA DA DA…
He could have got away with a tigers scarf too if he felt like it
GWS to wear thier clash kits beacuse of course a 90% orange top with orange shorts will clash will a mostly black top and black shorts.
Not confirmed, im just doing what the AFL do.
Gees i hated that mongerel number 10 in that old Richmond lace up jumper, when he played us. Then he became our coach , and i worship the ground he stands on. Luvs ya Sheeds.
In 2000 I was lucky enough to “only” pay about $250 for my seat from a reseller in Darling Harbour Sydney
Top deck Ponsford end with all 100% hardcore Bombers - good times
but in 2001 my only option was to get one thru the Crows GF breakfast which I had no intention of attending
Surrounded by rubberneckers who all had their “I went to a GF hat” and had no idea about the game
Halfway thru the last qtr I cracked it and told them I personally knew 50 people who should be sitting in those seats rather than you privileged bunch of ■■■■■■
Worst day ever since 90
Simply an indictment of what a corporate wank the AFL had become even then
Way back in 84 my dad’s mate (who originally took me to Windy Hill when I was a kid) & got me supporting the Bombers from an early age. He and I scored 4 x tickets which were painted yellow footprints & a number on the concrete on the wing concourse. We each walked opposite directions around the G and sold two of them for $50 which gave us beer money for the day
I’m sitting bottom level row K, HFF.
■■■■ I hope the giants win
I’m an AFL member also and have only missed 3 GF’s since 79 because I was o/s. We always queue up and I don’t trust on line allocation at all.
I tried it once and missed out but fortunately got a ticket elsewhere. I’ll keep queuing as long as it’s permitted as we’ve never missed.
Was also top deck ponsford in 2000. Bottom deck Olympic 01. What a ■■■■ of a day.
@bomber001 @JBOMBER Thanks for the replies. I’ve never really payed much attention to the way in which the tickets are displaced. Sounds like a pretty ordinary arrangement tbh.
Stunning, I got so lucky then. Had my dad trying for 3 tickets and he was still waiting after I got mine. Had friends trying to get it as well but they couldn’t get any
We usually line up too but it’s always my dad and I lining up from 2am trying to get 12 tickets and no one else helps. So this year I said ■■■■ yas, I’m just doing online and just getting my own. If anyone wants me to get them for them then I will but no guarantees.
And what do you know, had the best luck ever.
Now hopefully I can get that lucky when Essendon make one