The ball was in!

camel · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:06 pm

Leigh Matthews has rated the Wayne Harmes knock to Ken Sheldon in the 1979 GF as the greatest moment ever in a GF!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... fault.aspx

Suck on that Collingwood. :lol:

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:09 pm

camelboy wrote:

Leigh Matthews has rated the Wayne Harmes knock to Ken Sheldon in the 1979 GF as the greatest moment ever in a GF!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... fault.aspx

Suck on that Collingwood. :lol:

HA!!
and 2nd would be Jezza's mark in '70. :lol:

blueycarlton · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:13 pm

Collingwood can bleat all they like, but the ball was not over the line.
Check out the goal umpire, he has a perfect view and he would have signalled to the boundary umpire if the ball was completely over the line.

Juanita Jones · **Joined:** Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 4146

blueycarlton wrote:

Collingwood can bleat all they like, but the ball was not over the line.
Check out the goal umpire, he has a perfect view and he would have signalled to the boundary umpire if the ball was completely over the line.

I'd be stoked if it was definitely over the line. It would be killing them to think it was out and we still got the goal out of it! :grin:

Donstuie · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:18 pm

Of course it was in. But it's more fun telling Collingwood supporters that you thought it was out :lol:

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:23 pm

Donstuie wrote:

Of course it was in. But it's more fun telling Collingwood supporters that you thought it was out :lol:

That's what Harmesy reckons. :lol:

jimmae · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:25 pm

I personally think this has more prestige than the Brownlow.

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:26 pm

jimmae wrote:

I personally think this has more prestige than the Brownlow.

Captain Dan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:34 pm

A bloke I know used to work with Harmsey, and when he was asked whether the ball was in or out, he wouldn't say either way.

Looking at the footage, geez the club were very lucky that day to get away with that. If it happened these days I'm not sure the umps would be as forgiving.

Megaman · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:47 pm

Umpires love getting their balls out

AGRO · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:02 pm

I've been to a lot of winning Carlton Grand Finals in my time - but in my memory nothing comes close to the feeling of euphoria I felt after that win in 1979.

Perhaps it was the satisfaction of getting in on a Junior Ticket for 60cents, perhaps it was the satisfaction of watching it under cover in recesses of the old Northern Stand and seeing all those who had been scalped $200 for a ticket getting wet.

Perhaps it was drinking & spraying those surreptiously smuggled in bottles of premium Great Western Champagne (as I recall it was labelled champagne in those days).

Perhaps it was the satisfaction of knowing that I would go to school on Monday Morning to stick it up all those Collingwood Filth who had made my High School Life a miserable (dont know why as they hadnt won a flag either during that time).

I really dont know - all I know its was FLOWERING FANTASTIC and nothing will come close till we get to Number 17.

So dont really care whether it was in or out. :smoking:

muzza · **Joined:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2385

Can I tell you, I was there and I was on the same wing with a fantastic view of the moment unfolding. Without a shadow of a doubt, and despite being 13 at the time, I would argue the ball was in!

Now bear in mind I believe I saw the Easter bunny one day at my primary school and also have no doubt that this was the case.

I'm just sayin....

camel · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:11 pm

Captain Dan wrote:

A bloke I know used to work with Harmsey, and when he was asked whether the ball was in or out, he wouldn't say either way.

Looking at the footage, geez the club were very lucky that day to get away with that. If it happened these days I'm not sure the umps would be as forgiving.

No chance.

He'd be pinged for deliberate out of bounds by @#$%&! Razor Ray.

Springsteen · **Joined:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:08 pm **Posts:** 813

ah what a day, i was 14 standing on the wing northern stand. couldnt see what happened but was good. it actually out us 11 points up, butch edwards kicked a goal after that . Mconville could have easily been paid a mark but edwards got the crums and snapped on his left

bluehammer · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:56 pm

Harmesy actually said he truly doesn't know. He was running full pelt, focussed only on the ball. i think he likened it to hitting a golf ball, do you actually really see exactly the moment you hit it? you're eyes usually close... :-)

God I hope it was out.

Blueboy_Dan · **Joined:** Sun May 08, 2005 1:09 am **Posts:** 5245

It was 100% out
:grin:

Juddy&theKruezers · **Joined:** Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:12 pm **Posts:** 4426

Twas my first granny....great day....couldn't stand seeing Ray Byrne and Rod Olsen running around in filth jumpers and especially given Olsen was one of the best until Keogh ironed him out and when Harmes went into the middle the game turned dramatically....there were some great moments in this GF....Yes Harmes' tap back into play the best of them....but the battle between Picken and Sellers was classic stuff....The Dominator manhandling Picken like he was a ragdoll was magic....Doormat just being impassable....the mosquito fleet cutting the filth up when the sun came out for a brief moment in the 3rd....Francis relentlessly driving us forward from his wing....Jezza going down late in the 4th when there was under a goal in it....Perc providing the laughs as always....Harmesy's moment of course....the exhiliration when the siren sounded....but nothing will ever beat the look on the face of a middle aged looking filth barracking tramp in the standing room behind me (in the southern) caged in by a wire fence back then....with the biggest gorby hanging off your left eye....the result of her calling Jezza names I cannot repeat here on these forums....and an incident the details of which provided many a laugh for myself and our group for years and years to come....oh if only I had an iphone back then.... :thumbsup:

Navy One · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:59 pm

The ball was in and had it been a dry day they wouldn't have got as close as they did

TruBlueBrad · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:18 pm

muzza wrote:

Now bear in mind I believe I saw the Easter bunny one day at my primary school and also have no doubt that this was the case.

I'm just sayin....

x 1000

The Spornstar · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:23 pm

Donstuie wrote:

Of course it was in. But it's more fun telling Collingwood supporters that you thought it was out :lol:

Exactly. Today at work all the non-filth supporters wrote messages of 'support and good wishes' on the whiteboard near the lone filth supporter's desk. No other message got him riled up like this one: "the ball was out in 79! Bwahahahahaha".

The ball was in!

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