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I was there at the Junction Oval.
The game should have been called off.

In the last quarter Fitzroy were kicking to the scoreboard or city end.

Someone from Fitzroy had the nouse to switch the lights on in the scoreboard.
The scoreboard was adjacent to the goals.
So the Roys unlike the Blues had the advantage, through the thick fog, of knowing where their goal was.

From a spectator's view you could only see 25 meters.
Suddenly the ball would be bouncing out of the fog, someone would eventually find it, kick it, and it would disappear again.

Spectators set fire to the 44 gallon rubbish bins to keep warm.
It was an amazing contrast to the first half of the game which was played in brilliant sunshine.

We missed out on the final four in 1971 by just 2 points.

The consolation was the next week against Collingwood, in Serge's last game.
It was a repeat of the 1970 grand Final where this time we came from 42 points down at half time to beat the Woods by 19 points at Princes Park.

If we could have made the finals in 1971 we had the side to win the premiership from fourth spot.

The following year the final five was introduced.

Author:	Jarusa [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:06 pm ]
Post subject:	A Memorable Gameâ€¦with Geoff Southby
Written by molsey and Geoff Southby himself, this is another in the series of Blueseum articles. Hopefully the first of many using the words and memories of past Carlton greats! http://www.carltonfc.com.au/Season2007/ ... wsId=45878

Author:	bondiblue [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:59 pm ]
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What a blast from the past. That was a game I never saw, despite being there. I was so disappointed by the loss, but it was so surreal I still to this day don't consider it a game that was plkayed amongst team mates. Good article Molsy, now an article for a winning game thanks.

Author:	budzy [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:03 pm ]
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I played in a game like that at Mooroolbark once ..it was fun

Author:	Sydney Blue [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:59 pm ]
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budzy wrote: I played in a game like that at Mooroolbark once ..it was fun I played for Mooroolbark and you used to get a lot of fog at training - it was great when you were doing laps . you would get to the other side of the ground and just stop ant wait until they came back around again. It might explain why I'm such a fat bastard now- couldn't / wouldn't run then and cant run now

Author:	molsey [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:36 pm ]
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bondiblue wrote: What a blast from the past. That was a game I never saw, despite being there. I was so disappointed by the loss, but it was so surreal I still to this day don't consider it a game that was plkayed amongst team mates. Good article MolsEy, now an article for a winning game thanks. They can take me wherever they want to go, Bondi. But with 2200 + games and 1100 + players, I'm sure a win will come along soon enough.

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Author:	blueycarlton [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:59 am ]
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I was there at the Junction Oval. The game should have been called off. In the last quarter Fitzroy were kicking to the scoreboard or city end. Someone from Fitzroy had the nouse to switch the lights on in the scoreboard. The scoreboard was adjacent to the goals. So the Roys unlike the Blues had the advantage, through the thick fog, of knowing where their goal was. From a spectator's view you could only see 25 meters. Suddenly the ball would be bouncing out of the fog, someone would eventually find it, kick it, and it would disappear again. Spectators set fire to the 44 gallon rubbish bins to keep warm. It was an amazing contrast to the first half of the game which was played in brilliant sunshine. We missed out on the final four in 1971 by just 2 points. The consolation was the next week against Collingwood, in Serge's last game. It was a repeat of the 1970 grand Final where this time we came from 42 points down at half time to beat the Woods by 19 points at Princes Park. If we could have made the finals in 1971 we had the side to win the premiership from fourth spot. The following year the final five was introduced.

Author:	Jarusa [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:36 am ]
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blueycarlton wrote: I was there at the Junction Oval. The game should have been called off. In the last quarter Fitzroy were kicking to the scoreboard or city end. Someone from Fitzroy had the nouse to switch the lights on in the scoreboard. The scoreboard was adjacent to the goals. So the Roys unlike the Blues had the advantage, through the thick fog, of knowing where their goal was. From a spectator's view you could only see 25 meters. Suddenly the ball would be bouncing out of the fog, someone would eventually find it, kick it, and it would disappear again. Spectators set fire to the 44 gallon rubbish bins to keep warm. It was an amazing contrast to the first half of the game which was played in brilliant sunshine. We missed out on the final four in 1971 by just 2 points. The consolation was the next week against Collingwood, in Serge's last game. It was a repeat of the 1970 grand Final where this time we came from 42 points down at half time to beat the Woods by 19 points at Princes Park. If we could have made the finals in 1971 we had the side to win the premiership from fourth spot. The following year the final five was introduced. Great memories. Do you mind if these are used in the Blueseum's review of the Fog game? The Blueseum could really use some more people with excellent memories of these types of games.

Author:	tommi [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:57 am ]
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Just memories would be good...........! kindest regards tommi common....................garden variety...................memories.........!

Author:	blueycarlton [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:42 am ]
Post subject:	Fog Game
Jarusa. Of course you are welcome to use it on Blueseum.

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