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anchorman wrote: Give him some leeway Freez,after all he was a Victorian.

What was Dale Reeves background Anchor ..only seemed to be at SF for a short time before heading off but still creates talk some 35 years later?

DG wrote:

BC wrote: i remember when one colourful character from that era Dale Reeves got rubbed out long term for whacking one or more opponents playing for Souths and he showed up at my ammo club CBC for training one night. the plan was for him to play a few games for us but eventually someone thought better of it. he had the tightest shorts i've ever seen on a footy player...he was a bit different that's for sure.

He came up to Karratha in '79 or '80 as a guest coach for my junior team u/12's i think & he told us before the game started dont worry about winning the game just make sure you win the fights haha...I liked him...

Dale was mad, he went a bit mad in the 79 GF.

Cesspit wrote: Pity that with all those stars you only won one premiership in that era. Perhaps they underachieved. I'm pretty sure you were favourites in the '79 and '81 grand finals, and then didn't make the grand final at all in 82,83 or 84 still with a strong side.

Don't worry I know I am in no position to critisize being a Perth supporter, but it's just an observation.

There is no doubt about it at all, we underachieved with the team we had.

should of been 3/3 or at least 2/3.

I put the fault on Brownie, he single handedly stuffed up 79, the blue with Jacko set up the fail, the team was unsettled on the day, Brownies approach and tactics were all wrong.

1981 was highly winnable without a doubt, once again Brownie went out to start a fight rather than play highly skilled footy, things got away from them, but inaccurate kicking was the killer in the end, non the less the opening scenes are part of WAFL legend.

by 82 the team was breaking up, 83 was the most frustrating year, dominated the home and aways and went out in straight sets.

by 84 the era was over.

Just been checking the season game results from 1983 to see what you meant there Bazza...results back up your comments...what really struck me is how many games back then had high scoring from both sides, had to be fun to watch 2 teams going head to head with around 20 goals+ each every other week...time capsule please, I was just that bit too young

Good topic here, apart from the lack of success factor.

Must have my say hey??

Benny Vigona was my all time favourite player. He to me was what I wanted to be as skilled footballer. Both sides, do it with ease, snap goals from 40m and sell the baulk / dummy better than anyone. He looked as though he was barely trying yet no one could lay a glove on him. Looked like he was made of rubber.

Even though I was only born in '74 I have great memories of the footy at freo oval in that golden period for SF from '79-'84.

My most vivid memory was watching Benny sell the dummy to 3 Claremont players who were running at him on the boundary line. It was in front of the old grandstand where I used to sit with the old man and his mates standing on the concrete below. The bloke with the red number 8 (which was so hard to find by the way for your jumper when I was a kid . . . had to get an orange one and colour it in with red texta can you believe??)picked up the ball with one hand just before the line and turned to see 3 Cl fellas line up to get him. Within a flash he switched the ball from his right hand to left and back to right hanging the ball out like bait which all 3 Tiger boys took one after another. As they all doubled back for another shot at Benny he casually screwed the ball over his left shoulder from 40m and kicked a snagger and saunted off like it was a training drill.

Brilliant evasive skills and footy smarts.

I know that one of the Cl boys was one of the Krakouers and from memory Blackwell but that a bit hazy.

Maurice rioli was just all pure class in all forms of the game in all states in the middle of the ground for a long time. He was the best player I saw for continued excellence in the WAFL, VFL and State of Origin games but Vigona caught my attention as a yound bloke.

As for the GF's in that era we definately underachieved. '79 blew out in the end but we fell away when ot counted. '80 obviously great. '81 was the one that we ruined ourself by kicking 12.23. The fights at the start didn't do us much either and gave CL a few cheap goals and robbed some from us to get a flying start. Bad kicking cost us there. Probably '83 when we dominated the year and I think finished on top was a bad one as well. Really should have made another GF and won it but didn't happen.

I'd say you would take 2 flags and be satisfied, 3 flags and it's a great run and brilliant period of SF history and if we had of got 4 flags there magnificent.

I know we won it in 1970 but if you go from 1975 to 1996 (we won it in 1997) it reads like this.

GF - 1979, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1992
Other finals series - 1976 (2nd), 1978 (4th), 1983 (1st), 1988 (3rd), 1990 (3rd), 1993 (4th), 1995 (3rd)
Premierships - 1980

Lots of finals for 1 flag in that time hey?

thanks for the memories…

2014 - Very quiet around the club, f all updates on anything at last week’s member’s nights, no news on recruits or anything else…WTF???

Another loooonnnngggg year ahead???? Hase might see himself shunted mid-season if we are not in the hunt, with JW to take over…???

we have been a little quiet but so has every other club really. We have already done some good work pre xmas by getting Hams, Gulley, Pullman, schloithe, verrier and Sellar all signed up. I reckon that is the best thus far in the wafl easily. The good think is we have heaps of points left if we want to use them.

Our big fellas look good with some depth, a fit Saunders, Bewick and Cillica will be huge for us and we have loads of promising colts from the last 3 years ready after getting a taste last year.

Another midfielder would be the icing for me. Looking forward to the year.

dogman wrote: we have been a little quiet but so has every other club really. We have already done some good work pre xmas by getting Hams, Gulley, Pullman, schloithe, verrier and Sellar all signed up. I reckon that is the best thus far in the wafl easily. The good think is we have heaps of points left if we want to use them.

Our big fellas look good with some depth, a fit Saunders, Bewick and Cillica will be huge for us and we have loads of promising colts from the last 3 years ready after getting a taste last year.

Another midfielder would be the icing for me. Looking forward to the year.

i do remain, of course, hopeful & optimistic, but i just get a feeling of "deja vu" from the last few seasons...

hope i am wrong...

Bazza wrote:

Cesspit wrote: Pity that with all those stars you only won one premiership in that era. Perhaps they underachieved. I'm pretty sure you were favourites in the '79 and '81 grand finals, and then didn't make the grand final at all in 82,83 or 84 still with a strong side.

Don't worry I know I am in no position to critisize being a Perth supporter, but it's just an observation.

There is no doubt about it at all, we underachieved with the team we had.

should of been 3/3 or at least 2/3.

I put the fault on Brownie, he single handedly stuffed up 79, the blue with Jacko set up the fail, the team was unsettled on the day, Brownies approach and tactics were all wrong.

1981 was highly winnable without a doubt, once again Brownie went out to start a fight rather than play highly skilled footy, things got away from them, but inaccurate kicking was the killer in the end, non the less the opening scenes are part of WAFL legend.

by 82 the team was breaking up, 83 was the most frustrating year, dominated the home and aways and went out in straight sets.

by 84 the era was over.

The blue with jacko in 79? what's that story?

dogman wrote: Good topic here, apart from the lack of success factor.

Must have my say hey??

Benny Vigona was my all time favourite player. He to me was what I wanted to be as skilled footballer. Both sides, do it with ease, snap goals from 40m and sell the baulk / dummy better than anyone. He looked as though he was barely trying yet no one could lay a glove on him. Looked like he was made of rubber.

Even though I was only born in '74 I have great memories of the footy at freo oval in that golden period for SF from '79-'84.

My most vivid memory was watching Benny sell the dummy to 3 Claremont players who were running at him on the boundary line. It was in front of the old grandstand where I used to sit with the old man and his mates standing on the concrete below. The bloke with the red number 8 (which was so hard to find by the way for your jumper when I was a kid . . . had to get an orange one and colour it in with red texta can you believe??)picked up the ball with one hand just before the line and turned to see 3 Cl fellas line up to get him. Within a flash he switched the ball from his right hand to left and back to right hanging the ball out like bait which all 3 Tiger boys took one after another. As they all doubled back for another shot at Benny he casually screwed the ball over his left shoulder from 40m and kicked a snagger and saunted off like it was a training drill.

Brilliant evasive skills and footy smarts.

I know that one of the Cl boys was one of the Krakouers and from memory Blackwell but that a bit hazy.

Maurice rioli was just all pure class in all forms of the game in all states in the middle of the ground for a long time. He was the best player I saw for continued excellence in the WAFL, VFL and State of Origin games but Vigona caught my attention as a yound bloke.

As for the GF's in that era we definately underachieved. '79 blew out in the end but we fell away when ot counted. '80 obviously great. '81 was the one that we ruined ourself by kicking 12.23. The fights at the start didn't do us much either and gave CL a few cheap goals and robbed some from us to get a flying start. Bad kicking cost us there. Probably '83 when we dominated the year and I think finished on top was a bad one as well. Really should have made another GF and won it but didn't happen.

I'd say you would take 2 flags and be satisfied, 3 flags and it's a great run and brilliant period of SF history and if we had of got 4 flags there magnificent.

I know we won it in 1970 but if you go from 1975 to 1996 (we won it in 1997) it reads like this.

GF - 1979, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1992
Other finals series - 1976 (2nd), 1978 (4th), 1983 (1st), 1988 (3rd), 1990 (3rd), 1993 (4th), 1995 (3rd)
Premierships - 1980

Lots of finals for 1 flag in that time hey?

I don't remember exactly who the vicco was but i think it was Paul Salmon. Anyway, Right infront of me and the old man in the south western pocket of subi oval on a tuesday arvo, in 84 i think, Salmon picks up a loose ball calmly, steadies to have a clear shot at goal, guides the ball down onto his boot, and Maurice flashes past, seemingly from nowhere, and with his left hand takes the footy from mid air between the big fishes hand and boot glides away effortlessly.
Benny Vigona was a beauty but even with all the dedication in the world he could never have been BETTER than Rioli and Michael as Anchorman has said. I'm sticking by that.