Did this with some friends over the weekend. Much like your last meal, what if you were allowed to watch one last football match. Which one would you choose. For me there is a couple of obvious ones.
The '84 GF
The Comeback game
There are a couple of ANZAC games including Zaharakis in 2009
I love the Adelaide Prelim in 93
But I reckon I would go slightly left of centre and in the same year, the Salmon vs Ablett, Rnd 6 1993. Ablett with 14 goals, Salmon with 10. Brilliant footy.
The one where Neile Daniher kicks winning goal against the Blues was 1981 I think
1993 GF
The one where Silvagni kicks in and Lucas scores a goal in the final minutes.
The one at Waverly when the Blues used to have their 3rd quarter Blitz’s and the one which I remembered yesterday morning.
Was in the 80’s as I was living in Mildura at the time and I was sitting in the WentworthFC clubrooms watching. Was against Sydney in Sydney we were about 20/24 points downs with about 5/6 minutes to go in the last and we got up and won.
The one against Melbourne going into the last quarter and we were about 40 points down. (also the 80’s)
All I can remember at off the top of my head at the moment. (funny most are against the Blues )
It wasn’t a win but Kernahan kicking out on the full in '93 when a point would have been good enough was a memt I won’t forget. One of those draws that felt like a win. Couldn’t believe he could miss everything from where he was.
1992, yep (don’t know why I thought it was the 80’s), probably remembering wrong again, but it was Wanga who kicked the winner from nearly the middle of the ground, wasn’t it ?
Wanganeen kicked it from fifty on a 45 degree angle, from a holding the ball free. He’d had two similar chances on the opposite flank in the second quarter, and fell short both times.
Salmon finished with seven goals, including four in the last quarter.
Vander Haar’s comeback game in 78 vs Richmond at Windy Hill.
3/4 we were five goals down, kicked nine in the last to win by 20 odd points.
1989 vs West Coast at Windy Hill.
160 to 18. Close to the best football I have ever seen (including the 2000 final against North)
And finally round 2 1972 vs South. The first game I ever went to. Made a wide eyed 12 year old an Essendon supporter for life.
Tuddy, Blethyn, Cassin, Roberts, Noonan, Davis, Fletcher, McKenzie and my favourite Fields.
What I would give to see that game again.