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Melbourne and Richmond request to play an annual Anzac Eve night match at the MCG
Herald-Sun
April 24, 2014
AN annual Anzac Day eve clash between Richmond and Melbourne could be launched next season.
The match — which has the crucial support of the RSL — would be played at the MCG on the night of April 24 each year.
Tigers chief executive Brendon Gale told the Herald Sun the two clubs wanted to develop a “traditional blockbuster” on the eve of the Collingwood-Essendon Anzac Day game.
“This is very much about complementing the existing programming the AFL has around Anzac Day,” Gale said on Wednesday.
“We are well aware of the sensitivities around such a game. We have already spoken to the RSL and without their support the concept would not have gone any further.
“Both clubs have significant links into armed conflict and being cotenants of the MCG there is a natural and historic fit.”
The Anzac Day eve concept was pitched to AFL chiefs last year and will be considered for next season.
AFL broadcaster Channel 7 has also indicated support.
Collingwood and Essendon have played on Anzac Day at the MCG since 1995, while St Kilda and Brisbane meet for the second time in New Zealand tomorrow night.
Melbourne chief executive Peter Jackson told the Herald Sun: “We believe this match can complement the Anzac Round in a meaningful way.
“Anzac Round is about recognising and reflecting on the sacrifices made by our service men and women.
“Our club along with Richmond has strong ties to war. Melbourne lost more players (32) in wartime service than any other club. The story of Ron Barassi Sr who died in Tobruk in 1941 still has an enormous impact on the Melbourne Football Club and for the supporters of both clubs to be able to recognise and honour these stories at a night time special event game would be fitting.”
Richmond and Melbourne played in their only Grand Final meeting in 1940 during World War II.
The winning Melbourne side contained four players subsequently killed in action — Ron Barassi Sr, Keith Truscott, Syd Anderson and Harold Ball — along with idiot Hingston, who survived.
Six members of the Richmond team also served in the war — Ian Hull, Kevin O’Neill, Jack Cotter, Jack Quinn, Laird Smith and Jack Crane.
Richmond’s Punt Rd Oval became Melbourne’s home ground during WWII because the MCG was occupied by the armed forces.
In 1965 the two clubs became the MCG’s original cotenants.
Gale said yesterday: “We will continue to work with the RSL to ensure we are complementing existing ceremonies.”
Anzac Day falls on a Saturday next year and Monday in 2016.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/melbourne-and-richmond-request-to-play-an-annual-anzac-eve-night-match-at-the-mcg/story-fndv8t7m-1226893699973
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If the dees pull their finger out coud draw 70,000 plus to this.
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:facepalm :huh3
So when ANZAC day falls on Wednesday or Thursday Richmond want to play on the Tuesday or Wednesday night?
:help :help
And another of these
:facepalm
and this
:nope
PASS
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^ can just imagine playing at metricon the sunday twilight game before tueday ::) :lol
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^ can just imagine playing at metricon the sunday twilight game before tueday ::) :lol
The Tuesday match would be the last of the round. You could follow it up with an away Monday night game the following week.
The hardest to cover would be a Wednesday night game.
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Good Idea IMHO. Who gives a poo if we only have a 5 day break or something. The reality is players are professional so they should do what they can to get themselves up for the game.
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Good Idea IMHO. Who gives a poo if we only have a 5 day break or something. The reality is players are professional so they should do what they can to get themselves up for the game.
Yep it sounds like another great idea/concept
Just like the "Eureka Game" was :whistle
;D
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:facepalm :huh3
So when ANZAC day falls on Wednesday or Thursday Richmond want to play on the Tuesday or Wednesday night?
:help :help
And another of these
:facepalm
and this
:nope
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But we'll be playing Melbourne so we only need a couple of days rest right?
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Fantastic
just another event to showcase our monkey ball concept, and squeeze some more coin out of us loyal supporters.
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Should be us vs Carlton
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Don't like the idea one bit. No from me.
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Great idea if we guarantee playing them twice
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Pretty shrewd move by the tigers , could easily see it being bigger than Anzac Day itself, :clapping :gotigers
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Pretty shrewd move by the tigers , could easily see it being bigger than Anzac Day itself, :clapping :gotigers
Is that your mail BJ?
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Well we've got Eddie sooking :wallywink.
Eddie Tells Tigers, Dees To Get Original
Collingwood president flabbergasted by Anzac Day eve match idea
MMM
April 24, 2014
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has told Richmond and Melbourne to ‘come up with something fresh’ in light of their proposal for an Anzac Day eve match.
Speaking on Triple M’s Hot Breakfast on Thursday, Eddie said we were already ‘oversubscribed’ on Anzac Day with three games featuring on the day this year and attaching another match to the occasion might ‘over-bake the cake’.
One of Eddie’s biggest concerns is the prospect of having two Anzac Day ceremonies back-to-back if the Richmond-Melbourne match got the go-ahead.
Eddie likened that to ‘having Christmas twice’ if that occurred.
Luke Darcy also voiced his concerns over the saturation of one of the country’s most solemn days from a footy perspective and he believes it will be ‘overcooked’ this year as it is with three games.
St Kilda and the Brisbane Lions will do battle in Wellington after the traditional Collingwood-Essendon blockbuster and the day will be rounded out by a match between Fremantle and North Melbourne at Patersons Stadium.
http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/afl/news/2014/4/collingwood-magpies-president-eddie-mcguire-not-happy-with-idea-from-richmond-tigers-and-melbourne-demons-to-have-an-anzac-day-eve-match/
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My mail is the afl are pretty supportive of it, keep your eyes on next years fixture :shh
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If Eddie is upset about it it has to be a good idea. I haven't heard him complain about the other smaller teams games that occur after the Pies v Dons clash. I think having it first will mean it take away from their game as it will become the first celebration. Has a great deal of potential imo :thumbsup
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If Eddie is upset the afl will listen to him and it won't go ahead
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Well we've got Eddie sooking :wallywink.
Eddie Tells Tigers, Dees To Get Original
Collingwood president flabbergasted by Anzac Day eve match idea
MMM
April 24, 2014
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has told Richmond and Melbourne to ‘come up with something fresh’ in light of their proposal for an Anzac Day eve match.
Speaking on Triple M’s Hot Breakfast on Thursday, Eddie said we were already ‘oversubscribed’ on Anzac Day with three games featuring on the day this year and attaching another match to the occasion might ‘over-bake the cake’.
One of Eddie’s biggest concerns is the prospect of having two Anzac Day ceremonies back-to-back if the Richmond-Melbourne match got the go-ahead.
Eddie likened that to ‘having Christmas twice’ if that occurred.
Luke Darcy also voiced his concerns over the saturation of one of the country’s most solemn days from a footy perspective and he believes it will be ‘overcooked’ this year as it is with three games.
St Kilda and the Brisbane Lions will do battle in Wellington after the traditional Collingwood-Essendon blockbuster and the day will be rounded out by a match between Fremantle and North Melbourne at Patersons Stadium.
http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/afl/news/2014/4/collingwood-magpies-president-eddie-mcguire-not-happy-with-idea-from-richmond-tigers-and-melbourne-demons-to-have-an-anzac-day-eve-match/
I thought Christmas had a Christmas eve..... :shh
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If Eddie is upset about it it has to be a good idea. I haven't heard him complain about the other smaller teams games that occur after the Pies v Dons clash. I think having it first will mean it take away from their game as it will become the first celebration. Has a great deal of potential imo :thumbsup
The only reason there are 3 games this year is because ANZAC day falls on Friday. Most years there is only one game. Going forward the only other likely to be played is perhaps the game in NZ and that's debatable
next year you will see at least 3 games played because it falls on a Saturday. Next year there will be a game on the eve of ANZAC day because it is a Friday and the AFL have a TV contract to fulfil. Are people seriously of the belief that in 2016 when ANZAC day eve falls on Sunday they are only going to play 1 game. Please!!!!
Sorry Stripes but how you think having first will mean it will take away from their game is staggering to me.
It won't and nor should it.
The ANZAC day game at the MCG is special for so many reasons and that will never change. Suggest people go and experience first hand to understand why it is so special.
Collingwood and Essendon have done so much to get there game where it is today especially away from the actual field that they deserve to have the game. And the significance of it should not be watered down by the AFL or any of the other clubs trying to cash in on it and that seems to be what's happening here
Pains me to say it but I agree with Eddie
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If Eddie is upset about it it has to be a good idea. I haven't heard him complain about the other smaller teams games that occur after the Pies v Dons clash. I think having it first will mean it take away from their game as it will become the first celebration. Has a great deal of potential imo :thumbsup
The only reason there are 3 games this year is because ANZAC day falls on Friday. Most years there is only one game. Going forward the only other likely to be played is perhaps the game in NZ and that's debatable
next year you will see at least 3 games played because it falls on a Saturday. Next year there will be a game on the eve of ANZAC day because it is a Friday and the AFL have a TV contract to fulfil. Are people seriously of the belief that in 2016 when ANZAC day eve falls on Sunday they are only going to play 1 game. Please!!!!
Sorry Stripes but how you think having first will mean it will take away from their game is staggering to me.
It won't and nor should it.
The ANZAC day game at the MCG is special for so many reasons and that will never change. Suggest people go and experience first hand to understand why it is so special.
Collingwood and Essendon have done so much to get there game where it is today especially away from the actual field that they deserve to have the game. And the significance of it should not be watered down by the AFL or any of the other clubs trying to cash in on it and that seems to be what's happening here
Pains me to say it but I agree with Eddie
Bro, the game should be taken away from Essendendrug and given to us because they're drug cheats.
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Pretty shrewd move by the tigers , could easily see it being bigger than Anzac Day itself, :clapping :gotigers
Ahaha the league's GF in April. Who needs to play regular finals we've got this. :lol :rollin :lol
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^ can just imagine playing at metricon the sunday twilight game before tueday ::) :lol
The Tuesday match would be the last of the round. You could follow it up with an away Monday night game the following week.
The hardest to cover would be a Wednesday night game.
wednesday night would be first of the round with both richmond and Melbourne playing on the Saturday 4 days earlier.
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Agree with Eddie, just jumping on someone else's good idea.
Too much of that at the RFC these days.
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If Eddie is upset the afl will listen to him and it won't go ahead
don't bet on it, there's already think tanks planned to arrest sliding crowd attendances, top of the agenda is maximising public holiday timeslots :shh
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If Eddie is upset the afl will listen to him and it won't go ahead
don't bet on it, there's already think tanks planned to arrest sliding crowd attendances, top of the agenda is maximising public holiday timeslots :shh
Thats my mail BJ! ;D
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What shyte.
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garbage, become a good side and every game will be a blockbuster - we'll have real meaningful rivalries coming out of our arses, not all this concocted bullshyte
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garbage, become a good side and every game will be a blockbuster - we'll have real meaningful rivalries coming out of our arses, not all this concocted bullshyte
:bow
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(http://i.imgur.com/CupiM.gif)
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Great concept. :yawn
They could have drummers on the field before the boys run thru the banner too.
They could have the roar-o-meter after every goal.
They could bring back the tigerettes.
....how about we concentrate on winning and getting better first boys. :facepalm
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If Eddie is upset the afl will listen to him and it won't go ahead
don't bet on it, there's already think tanks planned to arrest sliding crowd attendances, top of the agenda is maximising public holiday timeslots :shh
Bandaid solution that won't save the problems facing the AFL.
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What a great way to commemorate the real men of early society that actually enlisted and died to protect their countrymen and land - Play footy!!
While these men were dying, the gutless dogs stayed home and played footy.
Big tough men on the field but rathered others to fight the battles that mattered.
The afls hypocrisy is as consistent as ice in Antarctica.
Anzac spirit my fkucn as shole
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Might have a chance of succeeding if we were playing another 'blockbuster' team - Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon etc but it will only be a contrived failure with a short lifespan (hello Eureka game) against the Dees. Waste of our time but in saying that I completely disagree with only Collingwood and Essendon getting the Anzac Day gig. Should be a set criteria to earn the game - last years Grand Finalists, 2 highest attendance teams from the previous season or something similar but I don't think it enhances the game or occasion to give it to the same clubs each year. And I know that some apologists say it doesn't matter because the gates are shared around the league but that's not the point - the extra visibility and 'prestige' both clubs get from playing this marquee game year in year out does have an ongoing positive impact to them in terms of marketing and memberships, and that isn't fair from a competition-wide perspective. Make the combatants earn it, then you will see the Anzac Day game grow even more in stature.
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Not entirely correct, queens b day clash draws a decent crowd , I accept that against any of the big 4 we could play anytime anywhere and we draw an acceptable crowd. When playing the minor league clubs, if the planets don't align it's the difference between getting 39 or 59,000. This would be one step in getting the ducks in a row
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I've read posts stating complaints about having it on a wednesday night or other days through the week, so what! The pies and the vomits have been doing that for almost 2 decades now, never been a major issue.
Mind you though I don't agree with the concept of an ANZAC eve event.
We need to format a game on another big day or create one. Us Aussies can come up with an excuse to drink and watch footy for anything we can think of.
I would love to see the Tigers play any other team, I don't really care who, on a special day, and that special day for me, would be the day we be come a republic and be real Aussies (like the 4th of july for the yanks).
Trouble is I don't see that happening real soon :banghead
What if we create a day like children's fund, such as The Alannah and Madeline Foundation for instance.
or,
Create one for breast cancer, or for poverty or what ever, just create something new and exciting something that means something to all Aussie, maybe to the whole world.
Yeah I know, some rival teams have their silly little cups for who ever wins that game, but I mean an event that everybody knows about and can identify with.
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If Eddie is upset about it it has to be a good idea. I haven't heard him complain about the other smaller teams games that occur after the Pies v Dons clash. I think having it first will mean it take away from their game as it will become the first celebration. Has a great deal of potential imo :thumbsup
The only reason there are 3 games this year is because ANZAC day falls on Friday. Most years there is only one game. Going forward the only other likely to be played is perhaps the game in NZ and that's debatable
next year you will see at least 3 games played because it falls on a Saturday. Next year there will be a game on the eve of ANZAC day because it is a Friday and the AFL have a TV contract to fulfil. Are people seriously of the belief that in 2016 when ANZAC day eve falls on Sunday they are only going to play 1 game. Please!!!!
Sorry Stripes but how you think having first will mean it will take away from their game is staggering to me.
It won't and nor should it.
The ANZAC day game at the MCG is special for so many reasons and that will never change. Suggest people go and experience first hand to understand why it is so special.
Collingwood and Essendon have done so much to get there game where it is today especially away from the actual field that they deserve to have the game. And the significance of it should not be watered down by the AFL or any of the other clubs trying to cash in on it and that seems to be what's happening here
Pains me to say it but I agree with Eddie
When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
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If Eddie is upset about it it has to be a good idea. I haven't heard him complain about the other smaller teams games that occur after the Pies v Dons clash. I think having it first will mean it take away from their game as it will become the first celebration. Has a great deal of potential imo :thumbsup
The only reason there are 3 games this year is because ANZAC day falls on Friday. Most years there is only one game. Going forward the only other likely to be played is perhaps the game in NZ and that's debatable
next year you will see at least 3 games played because it falls on a Saturday. Next year there will be a game on the eve of ANZAC day because it is a Friday and the AFL have a TV contract to fulfil. Are people seriously of the belief that in 2016 when ANZAC day eve falls on Sunday they are only going to play 1 game. Please!!!!
Sorry Stripes but how you think having first will mean it will take away from their game is staggering to me.
It won't and nor should it.
The ANZAC day game at the MCG is special for so many reasons and that will never change. Suggest people go and experience first hand to understand why it is so special.
Collingwood and Essendon have done so much to get there game where it is today especially away from the actual field that they deserve to have the game. And the significance of it should not be watered down by the AFL or any of the other clubs trying to cash in on it and that seems to be what's happening here
Pains me to say it but I agree with Eddie
When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
And just as well they did.
Every year a flogging in front of the whole country.
It would've just been another embarrassing performance the club does every year to embarrass us further and reinforce what makes us the laughing stock of the competition.
I'm glad we aren't the showcase game anymore.
And ANZAC eve match between two of the poorest culture ridden clubs will be a comedy act before the real thing begins the next day. It will end before it even gets going as the AFL don't want to be embarrassed on such an important day.
And if you think what I'm saying is offending you ask yourself when hasn't the club embarrassed or offended us?
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If Eddie is upset about it it has to be a good idea. I haven't heard him complain about the other smaller teams games that occur after the Pies v Dons clash. I think having it first will mean it take away from their game as it will become the first celebration. Has a great deal of potential imo :thumbsup
The only reason there are 3 games this year is because ANZAC day falls on Friday. Most years there is only one game. Going forward the only other likely to be played is perhaps the game in NZ and that's debatable
next year you will see at least 3 games played because it falls on a Saturday. Next year there will be a game on the eve of ANZAC day because it is a Friday and the AFL have a TV contract to fulfil. Are people seriously of the belief that in 2016 when ANZAC day eve falls on Sunday they are only going to play 1 game. Please!!!!
Sorry Stripes but how you think having first will mean it will take away from their game is staggering to me.
It won't and nor should it.
The ANZAC day game at the MCG is special for so many reasons and that will never change. Suggest people go and experience first hand to understand why it is so special.
Collingwood and Essendon have done so much to get there game where it is today especially away from the actual field that they deserve to have the game. And the significance of it should not be watered down by the AFL or any of the other clubs trying to cash in on it and that seems to be what's happening here
Pains me to say it but I agree with Eddie
When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
And just as well they did.
Every year a flogging in front of the whole country.
It would've just been another embarrassing performance the club does every year to embarrass us further and reinforce what makes us the laughing stock of the competition.
I'm glad we aren't the showcase game anymore.
And ANZAC eve match between two of the poorest culture ridden clubs will be a comedy act before the real thing begins the next day. It will end before it even gets going as the AFL don't want to be embarrassed on such an important day.
And if you think what I'm saying is offending you ask yourself when hasn't the club embarrassed or offended us?
Our club is full of amateurs and hangers on on good salaries bludging off the supporter base. We all know that. If Richmond was ever managed properly we'd be a bigger club than Collingwood. Alas we have too many people at the club who arent winners and who basically arent up to it when it comes to getting success.
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Why don't we just watch the Anzac Day eve match from 1995 against Nought.
6 goals up after 6 mins.
71 points up at 3/4 time.
6 goals from Daffy.
Wigney gave Carey a bath.
Oh hang on some spud always reams us. Keenan Reynolds kicked 3.
We only won by 49. :help
We will never learn. :help
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When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
Yep the did 1982, played Essendon in front of 90k odd people. Won by 10 goals.
However back then they were just games that formed part of a round.
Now it is very very different, in part because of the work the 2 clubs have put into building it over the time. Plus and more importantly what work off the field both clubs have done with the RSL to get it to carry the significance it now has.
The RFC has game, a massive game every year called the "Dreamtime at the G".
So Rather than worrying about trying to create something on the back that works brilliantly already the club should focus on continuing to build Dreamtime into something that is our own and is looked upon the same as today's game is.
That's our opportunity, reckon there is so much more we could do. Would rather see us doing that.
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When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
Yep the did 1982, played Essendon in front of 90k odd people. Won by 10 goals.
However back then they were just games that formed part of a round.
Now it is very very different, in part because of the work the 2 clubs have put into building it over the time. Plus and more importantly what work off the field both clubs have done with the RSL to get it to carry the significance it now has.
The RFC has game, a massive game every year called the "Dreamtime at the G".
So Rather than worrying about trying to create something on the back that works brilliantly already the club should focus on continuing to build Dreamtime into something that is our own and is looked upon the same as today's game is.
That's our opportunity, reckon there is so much more we could do. Would rather see us doing that.
1982 was round 3 WP. We played Easter Monday. :thumbsup
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When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
Yep the did 1982, played Essendon in front of 90k odd people. Won by 10 goals.
However back then they were just games that formed part of a round.
Now it is very very different, in part because of the work the 2 clubs have put into building it over the time. Plus and more importantly what work off the field both clubs have done with the RSL to get it to carry the significance it now has.
The RFC has game, a massive game every year called the "Dreamtime at the G".
So Rather than worrying about trying to create something on the back that works brilliantly already the club should focus on continuing to build Dreamtime into something that is our own and is looked upon the same as today's game is.
That's our opportunity, reckon there is so much more we could do. Would rather see us doing that.
1982 was round 3 WP. We played Easter Monday. :thumbsup
Really :huh will need to get my scrapbook out, the one I kept back in the 1980's ;D thought it was ANZAC day
Stand corrected :thumbsup
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When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
Yep the did 1982, played Essendon in front of 90k odd people. Won by 10 goals.
However back then they were just games that formed part of a round.
Now it is very very different, in part because of the work the 2 clubs have put into building it over the time. Plus and more importantly what work off the field both clubs have done with the RSL to get it to carry the significance it now has.
The RFC has game, a massive game every year called the "Dreamtime at the G".
So Rather than worrying about trying to create something on the back that works brilliantly already the club should focus on continuing to build Dreamtime into something that is our own and is looked upon the same as today's game is.
That's our opportunity, reckon there is so much more we could do. Would rather see us doing that.
1982 was round 3 WP. We played Easter Monday. :thumbsup
Really :huh will need to get my scrapbook out, the one I kept back in the 1980's ;D thought it was ANZAC day
Stand corrected :thumbsup
Would have been my first game of footy as a 7 year old if I went and was shattered when I couldn't go. Remembered it like it happened yesterday.
Instead went to my first game in Round 20 against Carlton at the G and my deep seeded life long hatred for the Blues was firmly established that day when the slurry beat us.:thumbsup
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When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
Yep the did 1982, played Essendon in front of 90k odd people. Won by 10 goals.
However back then they were just games that formed part of a round.
Now it is very very different, in part because of the work the 2 clubs have put into building it over the time. Plus and more importantly what work off the field both clubs have done with the RSL to get it to carry the significance it now has.
The RFC has game, a massive game every year called the "Dreamtime at the G".
So Rather than worrying about trying to create something on the back that works brilliantly already the club should focus on continuing to build Dreamtime into something that is our own and is looked upon the same as today's game is.
That's our opportunity, reckon there is so much more we could do. Would rather see us doing that.
1982 was round 3 WP. We played Easter Monday. :thumbsup
That is correct. I was there too….Maurice Rioli, brilliant!
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Melbourne CEO Peter Jackson urges AFL to reconsider its dismissal of Anzac Eve clash proposal
Michael Warner
Herald Sun
April 26, 2014
BEMUSED Melbourne chief executive Peter Jackson has urged the AFL to rethink its dismissal of a proposed Anzac Day eve clash.
Jackson is adamant an annual night match between Richmond and the Demons on April 24 would prove successful and have no impact on the next day’s Collingwood-Essendon blockbuster.
“I don’t think anything on the night before will steal from the event of Anzac Day itself,” Jackson told the Herald Sun on Friday.
“I’d be staggered and I wouldn’t know why Collingwood and Essendon would be worried about it.
“You’ve got to give some opportunities to these other clubs to get a few more people in the crowd.
“You look at our fixture this year for example, we’ve got seven interstate clubs as home games — I know we are playing bloody awful football and to some extent deserve the fixture we get — but that is not going to help rejuvenate the club financially.
“We’ve got one game against Collingwood on Queen’s Birthday, which is fantastic, but there is no harm in trying to build up some of these other games up.
“Whether it comes to Good Friday or these sort of games, we’ve got to find ways of bringing in more revenue and crowds for the smaller clubs so we are not all dependent on so-called changes to equalisation policy.
“Let’s give it a lot more thought and talk about — don’t just dismiss it because someone thinks it’s going to cause a problem on Anzac Day.
“The competition is a lot bigger than that and it needs to be looked at in that way.”
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire led the charge against the Anzac eve proposal — first revealed in Thursday’s Herald Sun — and by the time AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou appeared on 3AW radio yesterday it looked dead in the water.
“I understand the request but it’s highly unlikely that it will go ahead,” Demetriou told 3AW.
“It’s just logistically impossible to fixture those sorts of games unless they are on the weekend.
“When we do an Anzac Day game and if falls on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday that is fine ... but when you start to get into Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays — and you’ve got teams coming off in some cases five day breaks — to put another game on before that is just impossible.”
Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale — in the mix to replace Demetriou as AFL boss — says new ideas should be embraced, not ridiculed.
“It is very easy to find reasons not to do something. We prefer to focus on the positives and how we could make this game happen but ultimately it is up to the AFL,” Gale said.
But McGuire believes the Anzac Day calendar is “oversubscribed already”.
The Pies and Bombers split gate takings of at least $800,000 from yesterday’s Anzac Day showdown.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/melbourne-ceo-peter-jackson-urges-afl-to-reconsider-its-dismissal-of-anzac-eve-clash-proposal/story-fniv6abm-1226896229214
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Anzac eve game wouldn't detract from Pies-Bombers clash, says Peter Jackson
Caroline Wilson and Daniel Cherny
The Age
April 26, 2014
Melbourne boss Peter Jackson said on Friday it was ridiculous to suggest that an Anzac eve clash between the Demons and Richmond would detract from Collingwood and Essendon's two-decade hold on Anzac Day football.
"This is an iconic event we are talking about," he said. "We are not trying to take away from that. We couldn't because it's such a big day. But the AFL must look at the smaller clubs when they are considering these new time slots like Good Friday and the fixture Melbourne is looking at with Richmond.
"That is what equalisation is all about. You can't put your hand up for everything and we're not putting our hands up for Good Friday, but we think we could make a contribution with an Anzac eve game that would only add to the occasion."
A regular game on Anzac Day eve is "pretty unlikely", according to AFL chief Andrew Demetriou.
Speaking on 3AW, Demetriou suggested that the logistical difficulties that accompany midweek games would make it exceptionally challenging for the league to enshrine an additional game into its schedule.
"It's just logistically impossible to fixture those sorts of games unless they're on a weekend," Demetriou said on Friday. "When we do an Anzac Day game and they fall on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, that's fine. And you've got the flexibility of putting a game on a Friday night, but when you start getting into Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, you've got teams in some cases coming off five-day breaks," he said.
"To put another game before that is just impossible. So I understand the request, but it's highly unlikely that it'll go ahead."
Demetriou did not, however, contend that the Bombers and Magpies have an inherent right to monopolise Anzac Day football, expressing his support for the games being played at both Patersons Stadium and Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Friday.
"We have got the Collingwood-Essendon game on today, which is a great game, but we've also got the game on in Perth, and we've also got the game on of course in New Zealand, so it does come around in cycles when you do get these things falling on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. For example, next year we will have games on the centenary [of the landing at Gallipoli], which it turns out will be on Saturday. They'll be pretty big events; there'll be more than one game," Demetriou said.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/anzac-eve-game-wouldnt-detract-from-piesbombers-clash-says-peter-jackson-20140425-zqzbc.html
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I reckon that we played ANZAC Day in the late 70s. Clearly remember us playing Collingwood one afternoon with an amazing crowd in attendance. Dont remember the year but definately happened.
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I reckon that we played ANZAC Day in the late 70s. Clearly remember us playing Collingwood one afternoon with an amazing crowd in attendance. Dont remember the year but definately happened.
Yep you're correct it was 1977 and they got 92k +
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When I was a kid I plainly remember Richmond playing games on ANZAC Day. Essendon and Collingwood stole this match from us.
They didn't actually steal it so much, we lost it because we were so crap that we couldn't get a crowd there.
In the end money talks and the Tigers certainly couldn't pull a big crowd.
Previously though, from the first year the Anzac day clashes started back in 1960 there were many teams that have played on that day, and through the week as well.
The years that we played in the Anzac day event, and some years, being on a Saturday everybody played are...
1961, 63, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 87, 88, 89, 90, 94
These are prior to 1995 when the pies and the bombers took over. From then on, any other teams playing on the 25th of April was because it was on a weekend, Friday night or just recently, the game over in New Zealand (from memory anyway).
I have compiled a list of the Richmond clashes from 1960 to 1994 with some stats and added other games held on the same day. There is a round, home or away, team and scores, win or loss (W or L), venue, crowd, date and the other teams that played that day.
The info is unclear if there was a match that was made bigger than any other, so I assume they were all for Anzac Day.
R5 Away St Kilda 2.6 6.11 12.16 15.22 112 Rich 2.3 5.6 6.7 10.10 70 W Waverley Park 37870 25-Apr-1994 2:08 PM Monday.
R5 Home Sydney 5.5 11.8 18.11 19.12 126 Rich 4.5 7.9 13.15 21.20 146 L M.C.G. 22154 25-Apr-1987 2:10 PM Saturday. Nearly all teams played
R4 Home Hawthorn 1.5 5.7 6.11 9.12 66 Rich 1.4 5.8 10.13 15.20 110 L Waverley Park 41347 25-Apr-1989 2:10 PM Tuesday. Also Carl v Ess
R4 Home Geelong 1.6 5.11 5.13 11.16 82 Rich 6.5 14.9 20.11 24.17 161 L M.C.G. 27417 25-Apr-1988 2:10 PM Monday. Also St Kilda v Ess
R5 Home Fitzroy 3.6 10.10 17.14 21.17 143 Rich 2.2 3.5 5.8 9.10 64 W M.C.G. 23078 25-Apr-1990 2:10 PM Wednesday. Also Carl v Foots
R1 Away Carlton 3.4 7.6 11.7 16.10 106 Rich 3.3 7.5 10.10 14.16 100 W Princes Park 43018 25-Apr-1966 2:20 PM Monday. Also St k v Melb & Foots v North
R4 Home Collingwood 4.3 7.4 12.9 14.16 100 Rich 4.7 9.11 14.17 17.24 126 L M.C.G. 92436 25-Apr-1977 2:10 PM Friday. Also Gee v South Melb
R5 Home Essendon 5.3 9.7 10.11 12.14 86 Rich 4.3 11.8 18.11 20.15 135 L M.C.G. 55141 25-Apr-1984 2:10 PM Wednesday. Also Carl v Coll
R2 Home Essendon 2.1 5.4 10.4 11.9 75 Rich 5.12 9.14 14.20 15.21 111 L Punt Rd 27300 25-Apr-1964 2:20 PM Saturday All teams played
R5 Home Fitzroy 6.1 13.8 18.19 29.25 199 Rich 4.3 4.8 9.13 11.15 81 W M.C.G. 44401 25-Apr-1980 2:10 PM Friday. Also Gee v Haw & Carl v Melb
R5 H Geelong 3.4 7.11 10.16 15.22 112 Rich 1.6 7.7 8.13 11.18 84 W M.C.G. 46230 25-Apr-1981 2:10 PM Saturday All teams played
R3 Home Geelong 6.3 7.6 8.10 10.15 75 Rich 4.4 9.8 13.14 17.21 123 L M.C.G. 52115 25-Apr-1968 2:20 PM Thursday. Also Carl v Ess
R4 Away Melbourne 3.6 10.12 11.14 15.19 109 Rich 4.8 9.14 15.19 16.23 119 L M.C.G. 44708 25-Apr-1979 2:10 PM Wednesday. Also Haw v South Melb
R5 Home Melbourne 3.3 7.4 14.9 19.16 130 Rich 5.2 6.8 6.10 8.11 59 W M.C.G. 34212 25-Apr-1978 2:10 PM Tuesday Also St Kilda v Geelong
R5 Home Melbourne 2.2 5.3 7.7 13.11 89 Rich 4.6 9.8 11.11 12.12 84 W M.C.G. 38154 25-Apr-1972 2:10 PM Tuesday, Also Carl V Ess
R4 Home North Melb 2.7 7.13 9.14 11.18 84 Rich 2.5 5.9 8.16 14.20 104 L M.C.G. 48923 25-Apr-1973 2:10 PM Wednesday Also St Kilda v Coll
R4 Away St Kilda 2.4 3.6 5.10 7.12 54 Rich 3.4 9.9 11.12 15.19 109 L Moorabbin Oval 32147 25-Apr-1970 2:10 PM Saturday. All teams played
R2 Away South Melb 4.4 6.5 13.7 17.7 109 Rich 3.4 7.11 7.13 12.14 86 W Lake Oval 25700 25-Apr-1963 2:20 PM Thursday. Also Haw v Melb
R3 Home South Melb 0.1 3.5 3.7 6.9 45 Rich 5.3 8.8 10.14 12.17 89 L Punt Rd 27650 25-Apr-1961 2:20 PM Tuesday. Also Ess v Melb
R5 Home Footscray 0.3 8.8 13.11 17.12 114 Rich 10.3 12.3 16.5 18.8 116 L M.C.G. 51651 25-Apr-1983 2:10 PM Monday. Also Gee v Melb & Ess v North
The 1994 match was the last one before Collingwood and Essendon took over, and it was the only day (that Richmond was involved) that there was just one match played. This is probably where it was thought of as being taken away from us, as it may have been the start as a single blockbuster for Richmond and Melbourne. Clearly that never worked.
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I think its mighty unfair to say we couldnt pull a crowd.
How much crowd do you think we could get in
1961 playing South at PUNT ROAD
1963 playing South at LAKE OVAL
1966 playing Essendon at PUNT ROAD
1970 playing St Kilda at MOORABBIN and STKILDA have been our opponent 2 times on ANZAC Day
or
1989 playing Carlton at PRINCESS PARK
all those grounds got shut because they couldnt hold bigger capacity crowds. Thats not the fault of Richmond. In 1977 we drew 92,000 people against Collingwood on ANZAC Day at the MCG.
As for the other games
R5 1983 vs Footscray (who still cant get a crowd today) the game got 51,651
R4 1973 vs Norf (Whose supporters you can fit in a phone box) the game got 48,923
we played Melbourne 3 times (1972, 1978 and 1979) and Melbourne have been no good since Methusalah was a boy and dont get any crowds coz their supporters are up at the snow.
I can see we drew ok crowds in the game against Collingwood (1977), Essendon (1984) and Geelong (1968 and 1981) especially considering there was no monopoly type set up for ANZAC Day.
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I think its mighty unfair to say we couldnt pull a crowd.
How much crowd do you think we could get in
1961 playing South at PUNT ROAD
1963 playing South at LAKE OVAL
1966 playing Essendon at PUNT ROAD
1970 playing St Kilda at MOORABBIN and STKILDA have been our opponent 2 times on ANZAC Day
or
1989 playing Carlton at PRINCESS PARK
all those grounds got shut because they couldnt hold bigger capacity crowds. Thats not the fault of Richmond. In 1977 we drew 92,000 people against Collingwood on ANZAC Day at the MCG.
As for the other games
R5 1983 vs Footscray (who still cant get a crowd today) the game got 51,651
R4 1973 vs Norf (Whose supporters you can fit in a phone box) the game got 48,923
we played Melbourne 3 times (1972, 1978 and 1979) and Melbourne have been no good since Methusalah was a boy and dont get any crowds coz their supporters are up at the snow.
I can see we drew ok crowds in the game against Collingwood (1977), Essendon (1984) and Geelong (1968 and 1981) especially considering there was no monopoly type set up for ANZAC Day.
Sorry mate, I wasn't real clear, I meant the crowd for the 1994 game only, I am well aware of the small capacities of the other older grounds and I think that the 1994 game was the first solo game that only got 37,000+ and I think what the AFL wanted was a big crowd, which is what they got the following year which was 94,000+
As I said sorry mate I was tired when I did :thumbsup
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WP might be onto something. Rather than hang of the coat tails of colonwood and the bummers, perhaps we should put our efforts into gaining a regular good Friday game?
That is a glaring void in the footy fixture.
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9 Saturday games every week would suit me
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9 Saturday games every week would suit me
Me too....unfortunately the people who pay a billion dollars to broadcast them are highly unlikely to share our view.
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I was gonna say for a novel idea, why don't we pitch to play an Anzac clash 200pm Saturday , who would have thought :shh
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Just sayin ;D