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**Peabelilt** · 01-25-2011, 04:55 PM

With the hundreds if not thousands of games we have all seen over the years, it would be great to see who rates their best & most memorable "Home and Away" game EVER.... Not a final or Grand Final, just your most memorable standard H & A game that you have always remembered.

I gotta say there are too many, but one that always stuck in my head was when I was a young bloke back in 1982. As a tragic Royals kid I would bleed when the Royals lost. I recover much better now but back then it was tough.... It was a wet day and EP had to travel to Claremont Oval to play the Tigers, who were at the time a very powerful side that didnt lose at Claremont Oval very often. In fact the previous year (1981) the tigers dished out some brutal thrashing to many sides. Almost to the point of total humiliation. It was with this in mind we dragged our feet to Claremont Oval not expecting much joy for the day. But we went as usual anyway.

The game was fairly close for the best part of the day, mainly due to the fact that Claremont had an off day in front of the goals. But the general feeling was that as soon as the Tigers found their radar, our boys would get swallowed up. At 3/4 time the Royals found themselves 8 points behind (8.18 to 9.4). Claremont had the breeze and the rain continued to fall. Towards the end of the game EP trailed by less that a kick. Until at about the 25 minute mark Claremonts Peter Jaimeson (ex-Royal himself) kicked a miracle goal from the boundary right in front of the Claremont members area. This put the tigers 9 points up with a few minutes to go and it seemingly ended any hope EP had. As the ball went back to the centre the Royals pushed the ball forward and space opened up for Peter Spencer. He swooped on a ball at half forward and nailed a goal. We were back to within 3 points. The clock was ticking and the siren was ready to go any second. As the ball was bounced back in the middle, the Royals got the pill forward and amazingly John Ironmonger grabbed it and found himself running towards the goal and about 40 metres out. He sunk his size 14's into the ball and it sailed through post height..... The boys had hit the front and us kids were jumping around like mad anticipating one massive upset. As the rain continued the Royals pounced and scratched their way until that loud siren blew to the roar of us stoked EP fans. We had just pulled off a miracle win against all odd (14.6 to 11.21) and thankful the star studded tigers had an off day in front of the sticks. We couldnt have cared less !! It was a very memorable day and a game I personally have never forgotten. To go from expecting a thrashing - to one of the most fighting victories I can remember (after-1978).

EAST PERTH 1.1 - 4.3 - 9.4 - 14.6 - 90
CLAREMONT 3.5 - 4.10 - 8.18 - 11.21 - 87

Would love to hear others favourites.

01-25-2011, 04:55 PM	#1
Peabelilt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	Most memorable H & A game With the hundreds if not thousands of games we have all seen over the years, it would be great to see who rates their best & most memorable "Home and Away" game EVER.... Not a final or Grand Final, just your most memorable standard H & A game that you have always remembered. I gotta say there are too many, but one that always stuck in my head was when I was a young bloke back in 1982. As a tragic Royals kid I would bleed when the Royals lost. I recover much better now but back then it was tough.... It was a wet day and EP had to travel to Claremont Oval to play the Tigers, who were at the time a very powerful side that didnt lose at Claremont Oval very often. In fact the previous year (1981) the tigers dished out some brutal thrashing to many sides. Almost to the point of total humiliation. It was with this in mind we dragged our feet to Claremont Oval not expecting much joy for the day. But we went as usual anyway. The game was fairly close for the best part of the day, mainly due to the fact that Claremont had an off day in front of the goals. But the general feeling was that as soon as the Tigers found their radar, our boys would get swallowed up. At 3/4 time the Royals found themselves 8 points behind (8.18 to 9.4). Claremont had the breeze and the rain continued to fall. Towards the end of the game EP trailed by less that a kick. Until at about the 25 minute mark Claremonts Peter Jaimeson (ex-Royal himself) kicked a miracle goal from the boundary right in front of the Claremont members area. This put the tigers 9 points up with a few minutes to go and it seemingly ended any hope EP had. As the ball went back to the centre the Royals pushed the ball forward and space opened up for Peter Spencer. He swooped on a ball at half forward and nailed a goal. We were back to within 3 points. The clock was ticking and the siren was ready to go any second. As the ball was bounced back in the middle, the Royals got the pill forward and amazingly John Ironmonger grabbed it and found himself running towards the goal and about 40 metres out. He sunk his size 14's into the ball and it sailed through post height..... The boys had hit the front and us kids were jumping around like mad anticipating one massive upset. As the rain continued the Royals pounced and scratched their way until that loud siren blew to the roar of us stoked EP fans. We had just pulled off a miracle win against all odd (14.6 to 11.21) and thankful the star studded tigers had an off day in front of the sticks. We couldnt have cared less !! It was a very memorable day and a game I personally have never forgotten. To go from expecting a thrashing - to one of the most fighting victories I can remember (after-1978). EAST PERTH 1.1 - 4.3 - 9.4 - 14.6 - 90 CLAREMONT 3.5 - 4.10 - 8.18 - 11.21 - 87 Would love to hear others favourites.
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