Random thoughts and observations
The only year I lived in Melbourne and got to see football whenever I pleased was 1991. Fitzroy had a very good team, but failed to put it all together on most occasions and finished second bottom. It was the year after we lost Gary Pert to Collingwood in a bitter pay dispute, and with [...]
I was born in 1967 and grew up in the 1970s before and after color television became established in Australia. I can remember watching Collingwood play North Melbourne in black and white, and not having a clue which team was which. Most of my early football memories come from the radio. At Traralgon, where I [...]
These memories are in no particular order. An obvious highlight of my time following Fitzroy was their last senior premiership, a night flag in 1978. The picture above comes from Full Points Footy. It shows skipper Ron Alexander, coach Graham Campbell and one of my favorite all-time Lions Garry Wilson. I wanted to introduce Graham [...]
I’ve decided to chronicle some of my Fitzroy memories for the sake of personal history. I grew up in Traralgon. My father barracked for Carlton because that’s the team his brother Archie supported. Dad was 10 when Carlton won the 1945 premiership. My grandfather supposedly played for North Melbourne in its VFA days, but nobody [...]
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