When footy was footy…
… and a bucket of hot chips (in one of those newsprint pattern buckets) at Waverley Stadium was to stave off frostbite more than hunger. When you went to that underground McDonald’s in Moorabool St after a Cats game. When dad going to the toilet at quarter-time meant you could sneak a sip or two of his beer. (Why do all my memories of going to the footy revolve around food?)
I was on Youtube earlier looking for that new Smith Chips commercial which features the return of the Gobbledok. The freakin’ Gobbledok, man, have you guys seen it?! Anyway, it’s not up, but I found this hilarious clip from Seven’s World Of Sport after the famous Round 12, 1985 incident in which Leigh Matthews broke Neville Bruns’ jaw. And it all started cos Mark Jackson goes totally off his nut if someone slightly touches him.
Have a good look at Tom Hafey at about 2:04. It takes him a while to work out if he’s been insulted or not, and he’s seriously considering twisting McKenna’s mulleted head off with those awe-inspiring guns of his. Now that’s a coach!
You’re a real players man aren’t you Daniel?…You always have been…And there’s nothing wrong with that.
… Yes, Gitoku.
If I was Peter McKenna I’d feel like punching Allan Jeans in the head.
I love how he goes ‘nothing wrong with that’ at the end when he realises he is seconds away from death. That hawthorn coach whoever he is. (I was only born in ‘85) WELL I WAS BORN IN 1949 AND I KNOW WHO BLOODY QUEEN VICTORIA IS!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah anyway i love he fired up he gets and how he tears mckenna to shreds and then the mckenna looks as if hes gonna cry
Hahahaha! Now that’s retro. XD