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Offline one-eyed

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The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« on: March 23, 2016, 02:50:25 PM »
Anyone here, there that night?

Friday night, Round 22, 1999 and we were playing Carlton. Razor Ray Hall's debut ;D.



Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtJ8Cmjha7w
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2016, 03:16:52 PM »
A rare miss that one, just out of hospital in full leg brace and crutches for the first time. Poo weather sat on the couch got stoned and drank scotch.
Would of been a sight trying to jump that fence!
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2016, 03:22:10 PM »
Was claw there? I thought he might have lit the fire in protest of another spud being picked for his first game! I can just picture him with a match in his hand growling hhhhhaarrrrrgghhh! ;D
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2016, 03:43:52 PM »
Yep
Sat in AFL members that night
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2016, 03:54:45 PM »
Yep, I was sitting on the other side of the ground, in the top deck of the southern stand.
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2016, 04:06:50 PM »
I was stuck at work! :banghead
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2016, 04:28:19 PM »
I was sitting in the scoreboard having a dart and drifted off to sleep, next thing I know I'm getting carted out by a firefighter.
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2016, 04:40:48 PM »
 :lol
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2016, 04:42:50 PM »
Was standing underneath it having a smoke about two minutes before it started.....
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2016, 04:57:32 PM »
Yep, had a great view of it too, from the club members section on the terrace in the Northern Stand.  People milled out onto the ground to avoid any trouble & then made their way back into the stands - several Carlscum supporters were trying to get off the ground by climbing over the fence in our area.  We pushed them back & even pushed them off the fence as they were trying to climb over, explaining that this is a Richmond members area & they couldn't come in!  They went away, wisely deciding that burning to death was better than taking on a whole bay of Richmond members!    ;D  :snidegrin 
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2016, 05:20:26 PM »
Yep was there

Watched it all unfold from the southern stand
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2016, 05:29:59 PM »
Was there in the southern stand.
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2021, 05:09:05 AM »
Out of the vault after 22 years.

@mikeamor7 has all the wash-up from the MCG scoreboard fire the night before.

Watch here: https://twitter.com/rhettrospective/status/1449847687533056000
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2021, 05:31:04 AM »
I was there
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Re: The night the MCG scoreboard caught fire
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2021, 06:34:59 AM »
I was there. Safe on the wing
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