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Warby
PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:25 pm 
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Great article featuring the thoughts of our former Flag Captain about the big four Vic. teams.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/l ... 1fgnb.html

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It has always and always will be the Big 4 in Melb.
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It feels strange to think of Richmond as a potentially successful team
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Bomba Sheldon
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Bluey44 wrote:
It feels strange to think of Richmond as a potentially successful team


I maybe a bit older than you but I started following the Blues in the late 70's / early 80's and the rivalry was fierce back then. I just hated Collingwood a tad more than Richmond, the Bombers weren't even close to third for a while.

But Sheedy soon fixed my hatred of Essendon* quick smart
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Warby
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Bomba Sheldon wrote:
Bluey44 wrote:
It feels strange to think of Richmond as a potentially successful team


I maybe a bit older than you but I started following the Blues in the late 70's / early 80's and the rivalry was fierce back then. I just hated Collingwood a tad more than Richmond, the Bombers weren't even close to third for a while.

But Sheedy soon fixed my hatred of Essendon* quick smart


Richmond was a real powerhouse in the late 60's and then again in the early to mid 70's.

They won the Flag in '67 and '69, and again in '73 and '74.....and stuffed our fourpeat by winning in 1980.

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Non- Carlton people often forget we played in 5 Grand Finals in 6 years (68 to 73) - and Richmond probably beat us fair and square in 69 - but 73 they king hit our chances from behind. :mad:

For some reason we are under rated by the media and general public for our achievements through that period - everyone talks about the great Melbourne sides of the 50s, and the Hawthorn and North Melbourne sides of the 70s and the Hawthorn and Essendon* Sides of the 80s.

But Jesus Christ between 1968 to 1982 (15 seasons) Carlton played in 8 Grand Finals and won 6 of them. Geez we were good.

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AGRO wrote:
Non- Carlton people often forget we played in 5 Grand Finals in 6 years (68 to 73) - and Richmond probably beat us fair and square in 69 - but 73 they king hit our chances from behind. :mad:

For some reason we are under rated by the media and general public for our achievements through that period - everyone talks about the great Melbourne sides of the 50s, and the Hawthorn and North Melbourne sides of the 70s and the Hawthorn and Essendon* Sides of the 80s.

But Jesus Christ between 1968 to 1982 (15 seasons) Carlton played in 8 Grand Finals and won 6 of them. Geez we were good.

Hear Hear

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Hawthorn prefer it to be The Big 5 :roll:

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These are all our ladder posns, Runner up, in Finals, Premierships 1897-2010

1906 - 1910 could have had a 5 peat

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rabten
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did we finish on the bottom in 1925?
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Bomba Sheldon
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rabten wrote:
did we finish on the bottom in 1925?


No we finished 9th, it was the first year of the expanded competition with the addition of Footscray, Hawthorn and Nth Melbourne.
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