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**shumozar** · 01-29-2011, 08:09 PM

Hey Fitzy... you must have an EP home & away game that has stuck in your mind after all these years. Any you can post on here ?

I tried to post late last night, Gas, but the message disappeared into cyberspace. Here goes again. I lived in CanOfBeerAh and was brewing beer in Saudi Arabia for most of the 80s and 90s and have worked on Saturdays since my return to Perth, so my most memorable East Perth home-and-away games relate to the 70s.
Rounds 15-21, 1978, stand out as the Mighty Royals were sitting sixth, three games out of the four with seven to play. Specifically, Rounds 19 (Perth), 20 (South Fremantle) and 21 (West Perth) were the best IMHO.
Out of respect for DemonsDen, I won't dwell on Alex Hamilton (from memory, he was DD's phys-ed teacher) kicking the winning goal in the last four seconds at Lathlain Park after Perth had come from the clouds to hit the front; we came from 26 points down at half-time to beat the Mal Brown-coached Bulldogs by two points at Perth Oval the following week; and before 24,500 people or thereabouts at Leederville we defeated the old enemy by nine points to jump from fifth to second.
Despite a hiccup against the Demons in the second semi-final, the rest, as they say, is history. 1978 was my favourite WAFL year, and the icing on the cake was Fitzroy winning the VFL night series premiership in the great Bernie Quinlan's first year at the club.

01-29-2011, 08:09 PM	#13
shumozar Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 524 Senior Member	Hey Fitzy... you must have an EP home & away game that has stuck in your mind after all these years. Any you can post on here ? I tried to post late last night, Gas, but the message disappeared into cyberspace. Here goes again. I lived in CanOfBeerAh and was brewing beer in Saudi Arabia for most of the 80s and 90s and have worked on Saturdays since my return to Perth, so my most memorable East Perth home-and-away games relate to the 70s. Rounds 15-21, 1978, stand out as the Mighty Royals were sitting sixth, three games out of the four with seven to play. Specifically, Rounds 19 (Perth), 20 (South Fremantle) and 21 (West Perth) were the best IMHO. Out of respect for DemonsDen, I won't dwell on Alex Hamilton (from memory, he was DD's phys-ed teacher) kicking the winning goal in the last four seconds at Lathlain Park after Perth had come from the clouds to hit the front; we came from 26 points down at half-time to beat the Mal Brown-coached Bulldogs by two points at Perth Oval the following week; and before 24,500 people or thereabouts at Leederville we defeated the old enemy by nine points to jump from fifth to second. Despite a hiccup against the Demons in the second semi-final, the rest, as they say, is history. 1978 was my favourite WAFL year, and the icing on the cake was Fitzroy winning the VFL night series premiership in the great Bernie Quinlan's first year at the club.
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