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gtrxuone wrote: BC-The 88 GF.Neesham was Claremont Captain\Coach.Did he cut Keane with an elbow to the jaw.And may have put a few other Subi players down that day.Greek surname played AFL kicked 7 from the half fwd line.And Claremont played the muscle all game and Subi played footy in 2nd half.
Bazza what do you recon 79 GF..53-55K.When the gates where thrown open.

Most people reckon 55K , some say 60k, but nah, I reckon jp to 55k max, what I remember is heaps of people climbing over fences, threw holes in cyclone wire , sitting on vans, and the gate getting chucked open to let the crowd surge in after bouncdown.

What year was that massive brawl on the grass hill at a state game?

Police Horses charging through huge crowd.

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Bazza wrote: What was the go with that strange gap between the Concrete Terrace and the Three Tier Stand, it had lawn and what looked like a bore water tank.

was there for decades,

Police horses used to stand there for the big games like GFs & SOO but not sure why bit of a waste really as they probably could have fitted in another few thousand in to that area?

Oh yeah, yep the big steel bore water pipes. School Ovals and Councils had the same.
It was where they stored all the pipes for the irrigation, no pop up sprinklers back then so they had to lay out pipes.

Baz was that 1976 Wa V Vic.

The fifties EP Premierships with our team of legends was a golden era. The 1978 match was also a game that the true crowd is anybody's guess. People outside the gate couldn't get in.

The 5 flags I've seen Swans win
Midweek State of Origin games
1996 Grand Final between Claremont and East Perth
Demolition Derby when Clive Waterhouse kicked 7 goals in Fremantle's win

Concerts
Paul McCartney
Billy Joel and Elton John
Dire Straits

I can honestly say none of my best memories involve any of the local AFL teams..just don't seem the same.

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Bazza wrote:

gtrxuone wrote: BC-The 88 GF.Neesham was Claremont Captain\Coach.Did he cut Keane with an elbow to the jaw.And may have put a few other Subi players down that day.Greek surname played AFL kicked 7 from the half fwd line.And Claremont played the muscle all game and Subi played footy in 2nd half.
Bazza what do you recon 79 GF..53-55K.When the gates where thrown open.

Most people reckon 55K , some say 60k, but nah, I reckon jp to 55k max, what I remember is heaps of people climbing over fences, threw holes in cyclone wire , sitting on vans, and the gate getting chucked open to let the crowd surge in after bouncdown.

Lucky there wasn't a situation similar to Hillsborough

Lucky mate, we never had huge fences holding people in pens, if it got crowded at Subi, you could just jump over a 4 foot fence onto the oval, the problem at Hillsborough was fans got crushed against 8 foot security fences, no escape.

BC wrote: I don't recall Neesham having a crack at Keeney....but do recall him whacking Mark Zanotti at one stage. The greek guy could be John Georgiadis who kicked 6 from memory but the main combatants were Willett and Melesso as well as Peter Higgins and anyone in a Subi jumper. Tony Begovich got stuck into Mick Lee while he was on the deck. There were plenty of others as well. I still recall Gary Kemp putting Higgins over the fence. It was a pretty good effort as Higgins had about 8 inches in height and 25 kilos in weight on Kemp. I've got it on dvd so might crank it up on the weekend and report back.

That was a very tough and spiteful first half in '88. Neeshams first game back after getting 8 weeks for breaking a Subi players jaw. Neesham was underdone but played a terrific game, did everything legal and illegal to get his team up but Subi were after revenge for the shellacking they got the previous year. Georgiades up forward and Brad Mcdougal in the mids, a couple of terrific left footers, carved the tigers up particularly after halftime and Keene was the dominant big man.

Bazza wrote: I can honestly say none of my best memories involve any of the local AFL teams..just don't seem the same.

yes...I agree. I can't think of one AFL related event that I'd put in my top 10 things to have happened at Subi Oval.