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swan42 wrote: Ed Blackaby was one of our best rovers ever who was unfortunately cut down by illness and injury.

DW where do you sit when you go to Basso? The Macca stand is not quite as noisy as the halcyon days of the 80s but it is well worthwhile to watch a game there and enjoy the experience.

As a kid I always sat in the RHS of the Macca adjacent to the goal post line as part of the foot stomping brigade...don't get down to see too much wafl unfortunately due to my commitments at amateur level...when I do generally watch from the members area nowadays....the macca is my fave location to really watch a game from thou...never could get in to the walker stand for some reason...probably didn't like the thought of the opposition scum being seated underneath....did get down during bye week at waafl level last week to see the game against Perth...cracking game and a great result considering the only home game I've seen this year was the first round against the dees where we didn't get the chocolates...this will be my last year involved at amateur level and I've made a pact with my old boy that we will make it a Saturday ritual to go watch the footy as of next season....will make sure to watch a few from the Macca and bring the noise....that's a given

Dirty Weekender wrote: I came across the following scoreline in another post on the Oz footy Forum fellow Swans diehards -

Swans 249 Perth 87

Goals
P
Kimberley 3.3, Frost 3.0, Doyle, Baynes 2.1, W.Simms 2.0, Shepherd 1.0, Chute, King 0.1

SD
Beasley 13.4, Baker 6.2, Melrose 4.0, Neesham, Fogarty, Richardson 3.0, Sidebottom 2.2, K.Narkle 1.3, P.Narkle 1.1, Holmes, Boucher 1.0, Blackaby 0.5, Holden, Fitzgerald, Nowotny 0.1

Attendance 10,859


Not sure what year it was from however it did rekindle some childhood memories, especially with regards to Ed Blackaby who I can only vaguely recall. I was born in 1973 and only moved to the city in 1984 so didn't get to see any live footy as a kid until after the hatrick (gutting I know). Anyway, this scoreline got me to thinking. What sort of footballer was Ed Blackaby. From the above scoreline I can only gather he wasn't the best kick going around. 0 goals 5 behinds on a day it was raining goals...hmmmmmmm! Would love to hear from anyone out there who could shed a little more light on the footballer Ed Blackaby. How good was he????

I was at this game and I drank in every moment of it. I had been supporting Swans since I was a little boy (1968) and I had witnessed Perth give us some horrible thumpings in the years leading to this game, as they were in the middle of a successful era. So it was like a mass repayment for all these humiliations. To me the 1981 team was one of the best (if not the best) team to represent the club, certainly since I had been supporting Swans. Yet Swans didn't even make the grand final in 1981 as Claremont and South Fremantle were champion teams in this era too.

Also the top goal scorer for Perth was Barry Kimberley who ended up being a Swans premiership players a few years later! I think he may have also won a Simpson Medal but not 100% sure of that

In 79 & 80 Smith was a very dangerous player but obviously was never the same after he did his knee. Didnt Ed lose a kidney or something like that?

The article on Ed has now been published. Thanks Ron.

Tar Anchor, much appreciated.

For Mikeh, an article on Barry Kimberley is coming up...