CFC 150th celebration

JackWorrall · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:22 pm

Last Saturday night I went to the 150th function at Jeff's Shed.

Walking into the venue from the carpark was an event on its own, as I kept spotting players of the past and had to resist the urge to go on a mass autograph hunt. Once in the foyer, it was a who's who of Carlton greats, and a supporter's dream.

The event itself was predictable in most ways, but that didn't detract from the enjoyment of the night. There was lots of video from the past, segmented into the usual marks and goals categories, but one of the packages included biffo. This produced the biggest cheers of the night, especially when footage of David Rhys-Jones going berserk in the 'Battle of Britain' was played.

On one side of the stage the sixteen premiership cups were on display, and on the other a mock up bench and lockers from Princes Park. There small groups of players from different eras were interviewed. First up, Tim Lane talked with John 'Ragsy' Goold, Kevin Hall and Ian Collins about the sixties. These guys were the most passionate about how much they loved our club; which is not to say those speaking afterward didn't, but I hope the current players who were there took on board how lucky they are to belong to a club with such rich history and that it's not just about the money.

Next HG Nelson interviewed 'Swan' McKay and Mark Maclure about the '70's. I could listen to 'Sellers' for hours, as he always speaks with such a great combination of passion and pragmatism.

Sandra Sully discussed the '80's with David Parkin, Ken Hunter and Wayne Johnston. It still amazes me how Hunter is still alive, or at least not in a wheelchair, given the way he punished his body during his playing career, and especially given how slender he was. 'Dominator' is clearly miffed with not being inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame (and rightly so), while Parkin mused at how the 1979-1982 side is never discussed with the same reverence as Melbourne of the '50's, Richmond of the '70's, Hawthorn of the '80's and Brisbane a decade ago.

Lastly, Andrew Maher reminisced with Jon Dorotich, Anthony Koutoufides, Justin Madden and Brendan Fevola. It was great to see Fev there, and the crowd roared when his name was announced. It's easy to forget, given how his career with us ended, how good a player he was. In particular, during those crap years, he was often the only thing to get excited about, and this night was very appropriate to see him back in the fold.

Unsurprisingly, John Nicholls was named the #1 Blue of all time, and it was interesting to hear him rue how arrogant we became. Clearly he wasn't a big fan of how George Harris and John Elliott conducted themselves, although he did praise Harris for the changes he made during his tenure.

The raffle prize of a new Hyundai was won by Ahmed Fahour, who gave the car back to be auctioned for the club's multi-cultural programs. The other auction items went for plenty, including an original painting of the top twelve Carlton players, which was won by 'Diesel' Williams for $53,000.

There were only two down sides to the night. Firstly that people kept talking during the q&a sessions, which made it hard to hear. Tim Lane stopped his interviews at one stage to tell people to shut up and pay some respect, and the MC (Craig Willis) told people there was plenty of space outside the room if people had to have a conversation. The second disappointment was that the club song wasn't sung during the night, which given the occasion, was very surprising.

All-in-all a terrific night, and one that firmly reinforced how great it is to be a Blue.

verbs · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:41 pm

Warby · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:54 pm

JackWorrall wrote:

Last Saturday night I went to the 150th function at Jeff's Shed.

Walking into the venue from the carpark was an event on its own, as I kept spotting players of the past and had to resist the urge to go on a mass autograph hunt. Once in the foyer, it was a who's who of Carlton greats, and a supporter's dream.

The event itself was predictable in most ways, but that didn't detract from the enjoyment of the night. There was lots of video from the past, segmented into the usual marks and goals categories, but one of the packages included biffo. This produced the biggest cheers of the night, especially when footage of David Rhys-Jones going berserk in the 'Battle of Britain' was played.

On one side of the stage the sixteen premiership cups were on display, and on the other a mock up bench and lockers from Princes Park. There small groups of players from different eras were interviewed. First up, Tim Lane talked with John 'Ragsy' Goold, Kevin Hall and Ian Collins about the sixties. These guys were the most passionate about how much they loved our club; which is not to say those speaking afterward didn't, but I hope the current players who were there took on board how lucky they are to belong to a club with such rich history and that it's not just about the money.

Next HG Nelson interviewed 'Swan' McKay and Mark Maclure about the '70's. I could listen to 'Sellers' for hours, as he always speaks with such a great combination of passion and pragmatism.

Sandra Sully discussed the '80's with David Parkin, Ken Hunter and Wayne Johnston. It still amazes me how Hunter is still alive, or at least not in a wheelchair, given the way he punished his body during his playing career, and especially given how slender he was. 'Dominator' is clearly miffed with not being inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame (and rightly so), while Parkin mused at how the 1979-1982 side is never discussed with the same reverence as Melbourne of the '50's, Richmond of the '70's, Hawthorn of the '80's and Brisbane a decade ago.

Lastly, Andrew Maher reminisced with Jon Dorotich, Anthony Koutoufides, Justin Madden and Brendan Fevola. It was great to see Fev there, and the crowd roared when his name was announced. It's easy to forget, given how his career with us ended, how good a player he was. In particular, during those crap years, he was often the only thing to get excited about, and this night was very appropriate to see him back in the fold.

Unsurprisingly, John Nicholls was named the #1 Blue of all time, and it was interesting to hear him rue how arrogant we became. Clearly he wasn't a big fan of how George Harris and John Elliott conducted themselves, although he did praise Harris for the changes he made during his tenure.

The raffle prize of a new Hyundai was won by Ahmed Fahour, who gave the car back to be auctioned for the club's multi-cultural programs. The other auction items went for plenty, including an original painting of the top twelve Carlton players, which was won by 'Diesel' Williams for $53,000.

There were only two down sides to the night. Firstly that people kept talking during the q&a sessions, which made it hard to hear. Tim Lane stopped his interviews at one stage to tell people to shut up and pay some respect, and the MC (Craig Willis) told people there was plenty of space outside the room if people had to have a conversation. The second disappointment was that the club song wasn't sung during the night, which given the occasion, was very surprising.

All-in-all a terrific night, and one that firmly reinforced how great it is to be a Blue.

Jack......thankyou so much for that terrific description of the night's celebration and commemoration.

I would've killed to have been there; and your post is as close as could be to being the next best thing to being there.....thanks once again....... :clap:

AGRO · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:55 pm

JackWorrall wrote:

Last Saturday night I went to the 150th function at Jeff's Shed.

Walking into the venue from the carpark was an event on its own, as I kept spotting players of the past and had to resist the urge to go on a mass autograph hunt. Once in the foyer, it was a who's who of Carlton greats, and a supporter's dream.

The event itself was predictable in most ways, but that didn't detract from the enjoyment of the night. There was lots of video from the past, segmented into the usual marks and goals categories, but one of the packages included biffo. This produced the biggest cheers of the night, especially when footage of David Rhys-Jones going berserk in the 'Battle of Britain' was played.

On one side of the stage the sixteen premiership cups were on display, and on the other a mock up bench and lockers from Princes Park. There small groups of players from different eras were interviewed. First up, Tim Lane talked with John 'Ragsy' Goold, Kevin Hall and Ian Collins about the sixties. These guys were the most passionate about how much they loved our club; which is not to say those speaking afterward didn't, but I hope the current players who were there took on board how lucky they are to belong to a club with such rich history and that it's not just about the money.

Next HG Nelson interviewed 'Swan' McKay and Mark Maclure about the '70's. I could listen to 'Sellers' for hours, as he always speaks with such a great combination of passion and pragmatism.

Sandra Sully discussed the '80's with David Parkin, Ken Hunter and Wayne Johnston. It still amazes me how Hunter is still alive, or at least not in a wheelchair, given the way he punished his body during his playing career, and especially given how slender he was. 'Dominator' is clearly miffed with not being inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame (and rightly so), while Parkin mused at how the 1979-1982 side is never discussed with the same reverence as Melbourne of the '50's, Richmond of the '70's, Hawthorn of the '80's and Brisbane a decade ago.

Lastly, Andrew Maher reminisced with Jon Dorotich, Anthony Koutoufides, Justin Madden and Brendan Fevola. It was great to see Fev there, and the crowd roared when his name was announced. It's easy to forget, given how his career with us ended, how good a player he was. In particular, during those crap years, he was often the only thing to get excited about, and this night was very appropriate to see him back in the fold.

Unsurprisingly, John Nicholls was named the #1 Blue of all time, and it was interesting to hear him rue how arrogant we became. Clearly he wasn't a big fan of how George Harris and John Elliott conducted themselves, although he did praise Harris for the changes he made during his tenure.

The raffle prize of a new Hyundai was won by Ahmed Fahour, who gave the car back to be auctioned for the club's multi-cultural programs. The other auction items went for plenty, including an original painting of the top twelve Carlton players, which was won by 'Diesel' Williams for $53,000.

There were only two down sides to the night. Firstly that people kept talking during the q&a sessions, which made it hard to hear. Tim Lane stopped his interviews at one stage to tell people to shut up and pay some respect, and the MC (Craig Willis) told people there was plenty of space outside the room if people had to have a conversation. The second disappointment was that the club song wasn't sung during the night, which given the occasion, was very surprising.

All-in-all a terrific night, and one that firmly reinforced how great it is to be a Blue.

Great post Jack, the lack of respect our 79-82 sides get against the other great sides of the modern era shits me no end.

I think it's a combination of the fact that Tom Prior (who was football writer at The Sun and ghost wrote for Lou Richards) who were both Carlton haters never giving Carlton the credit they deserved, and when Essendon* went back to back in 84/85, they went all masturbatory on that for some reason, and Carlton's achievements were given short shrift.

Warby · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:15 pm

AGRO wrote:

JackWorrall wrote:

Last Saturday night I went to the 150th function at Jeff's Shed.

Walking into the venue from the carpark was an event on its own, as I kept spotting players of the past and had to resist the urge to go on a mass autograph hunt. Once in the foyer, it was a who's who of Carlton greats, and a supporter's dream.

The event itself was predictable in most ways, but that didn't detract from the enjoyment of the night. There was lots of video from the past, segmented into the usual marks and goals categories, but one of the packages included biffo. This produced the biggest cheers of the night, especially when footage of David Rhys-Jones going berserk in the 'Battle of Britain' was played.

On one side of the stage the sixteen premiership cups were on display, and on the other a mock up bench and lockers from Princes Park. There small groups of players from different eras were interviewed. First up, Tim Lane talked with John 'Ragsy' Goold, Kevin Hall and Ian Collins about the sixties. These guys were the most passionate about how much they loved our club; which is not to say those speaking afterward didn't, but I hope the current players who were there took on board how lucky they are to belong to a club with such rich history and that it's not just about the money.

Next HG Nelson interviewed 'Swan' McKay and Mark Maclure about the '70's. I could listen to 'Sellers' for hours, as he always speaks with such a great combination of passion and pragmatism.

Sandra Sully discussed the '80's with David Parkin, Ken Hunter and Wayne Johnston. It still amazes me how Hunter is still alive, or at least not in a wheelchair, given the way he punished his body during his playing career, and especially given how slender he was. 'Dominator' is clearly miffed with not being inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame (and rightly so), while Parkin mused at how the 1979-1982 side is never discussed with the same reverence as Melbourne of the '50's, Richmond of the '70's, Hawthorn of the '80's and Brisbane a decade ago.

Lastly, Andrew Maher reminisced with Jon Dorotich, Anthony Koutoufides, Justin Madden and Brendan Fevola. It was great to see Fev there, and the crowd roared when his name was announced. It's easy to forget, given how his career with us ended, how good a player he was. In particular, during those crap years, he was often the only thing to get excited about, and this night was very appropriate to see him back in the fold.

Unsurprisingly, John Nicholls was named the #1 Blue of all time, and it was interesting to hear him rue how arrogant we became. Clearly he wasn't a big fan of how George Harris and John Elliott conducted themselves, although he did praise Harris for the changes he made during his tenure.

The raffle prize of a new Hyundai was won by Ahmed Fahour, who gave the car back to be auctioned for the club's multi-cultural programs. The other auction items went for plenty, including an original painting of the top twelve Carlton players, which was won by 'Diesel' Williams for $53,000.

There were only two down sides to the night. Firstly that people kept talking during the q&a sessions, which made it hard to hear. Tim Lane stopped his interviews at one stage to tell people to shut up and pay some respect, and the MC (Craig Willis) told people there was plenty of space outside the room if people had to have a conversation. The second disappointment was that the club song wasn't sung during the night, which given the occasion, was very surprising.

All-in-all a terrific night, and one that firmly reinforced how great it is to be a Blue.

Great post Jack, the lack of respect our 79-82 sides get against the other great sides of the modern era shits me no end.

I think it's a combination of the fact that Tom Prior (who was football writer at The Sun and ghost wrote for Lou Richards) who were both Carlton haters never giving Carlton the credit they deserved, and when Essendon** went back to back in 84/85, they went all masturbatory on that for some reason, and Carlton's achievements were given short shrift.

Great points Aggers.....it was only a cruel twist of fate that prevented us from winning 79-80-81- and 82 Flags.....Four in a row in any era would've set us up as a Superteam forever in History.

dadadadada · **Joined:** Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:24 pm **Posts:** 1354

Great night.

Agree about the lack of accolades our 1979, 1981 and 1982 side had. It was always ignored by the media as to how many players in our 1979 were young and inexperienced ... Klomp, Dominator, Francis and Marcou were first year senior players, McConville a second year player, Sheldon, Harmes and Young were into their third years and Buckley fourth (but still only 20).

Teddy · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:06 pm

JackWorrall wrote:

Last Saturday night I went to the 150th function at Jeff's Shed.

Walking into the venue from the carpark was an event on its own, as I kept spotting players of the past and had to resist the urge to go on a mass autograph hunt. Once in the foyer, it was a who's who of Carlton greats, and a supporter's dream.

The event itself was predictable in most ways, but that didn't detract from the enjoyment of the night. There was lots of video from the past, segmented into the usual marks and goals categories, but one of the packages included biffo. This produced the biggest cheers of the night, especially when footage of David Rhys-Jones going berserk in the 'Battle of Britain' was played.

On one side of the stage the sixteen premiership cups were on display, and on the other a mock up bench and lockers from Princes Park. There small groups of players from different eras were interviewed. First up, Tim Lane talked with John 'Ragsy' Goold, Kevin Hall and Ian Collins about the sixties. These guys were the most passionate about how much they loved our club; which is not to say those speaking afterward didn't, but I hope the current players who were there took on board how lucky they are to belong to a club with such rich history and that it's not just about the money.

Next HG Nelson interviewed 'Swan' McKay and Mark Maclure about the '70's. I could listen to 'Sellers' for hours, as he always speaks with such a great combination of passion and pragmatism.

Sandra Sully discussed the '80's with David Parkin, Ken Hunter and Wayne Johnston. It still amazes me how Hunter is still alive, or at least not in a wheelchair, given the way he punished his body during his playing career, and especially given how slender he was. 'Dominator' is clearly miffed with not being inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame (and rightly so), while Parkin mused at how the 1979-1982 side is never discussed with the same reverence as Melbourne of the '50's, Richmond of the '70's, Hawthorn of the '80's and Brisbane a decade ago.

Lastly, Andrew Maher reminisced with Jon Dorotich, Anthony Koutoufides, Justin Madden and Brendan Fevola. It was great to see Fev there, and the crowd roared when his name was announced. It's easy to forget, given how his career with us ended, how good a player he was. In particular, during those crap years, he was often the only thing to get excited about, and this night was very appropriate to see him back in the fold.

Unsurprisingly, John Nicholls was named the #1 Blue of all time, and it was interesting to hear him rue how arrogant we became. Clearly he wasn't a big fan of how George Harris and John Elliott conducted themselves, although he did praise Harris for the changes he made during his tenure.

The raffle prize of a new Hyundai was won by Ahmed Fahour, who gave the car back to be auctioned for the club's multi-cultural programs. The other auction items went for plenty, including an original painting of the top twelve Carlton players, which was won by 'Diesel' Williams for $53,000.

There were only two down sides to the night. Firstly that people kept talking during the q&a sessions, which made it hard to hear. Tim Lane stopped his interviews at one stage to tell people to shut up and pay some respect, and the MC (Craig Willis) told people there was plenty of space outside the room if people had to have a conversation. The second disappointment was that the club song wasn't sung during the night, which given the occasion, was very surprising.

All-in-all a terrific night, and one that firmly reinforced how great it is to be a Blue.

Great summary Jack. I was there too and enjoyed the passion of the night. Was telling to hear Big Nick talk about how he thought Carlton were never an arrogant club until Harris and Elliot came along and influenced others. He firmly believes the true Carlton was and is better than that and needs to work hard now to rid itself of that reference.

I too was very surprised they didn't sing the song (they played it as background music at the very end when it was all over and everyone was leaving) when they didn't sing it at the beginning I thought they were saving it for a big sing along towards the end but that never happened. I'm no fan of john Elliot but I will say if he was in charge there would have been at least one if not more very rousing renditions of the song. A bad over site as with the passion displayed on the night I think a rendition of the song would have brought goose bumps.

camel · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:39 pm

Thanks for the report Jack. Glad you had a great night. :beer:

AIRCAV · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:01 pm

What 'hurts' the 79-82 side, as crazy as it may seem, is that their achievement crossed a decade. Given how we then slice things up into decades, we tend to be the team that won in 79 then 2 more in the early 80's.

Definitely deserves more respect, especially when you think it was up against a Richmond team (80) that really should have won more than it did.

HTP · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:06 pm **Posts:** 3366

I agree 100%, AIRCAV. Kind of like the reverse of, "OMG, that meat pie only costs $9.99? I'll take four!".

EDIT - will be interesting to see how Geelong is viewed in 10-20 years time for the same reason.

AGRO · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:10 pm

HTP wrote:

I agree 100%, AIRCAV. Kind of like the reverse of, "OMG, that meat pie only costs $9.99? I'll take four!".

EDIT - will be interesting to see how Geelong is viewed in 10-20 years time for the same reason.

Geelong 07-09-11 did the same thing as our 68-70-72 sides, in fact our side went one better by actually making the 1973 Grand Final, whereas they didn't make the Grand Final in 2012.

Again our side gets little credit for its dominance in that era, but the media get all misty eyed about the Richmond side of that era. :mad:

billc3 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:41 pm **Posts:** 4627

Was SOS there? I hope on a night like that there were no notable omissions

dadadadada · **Joined:** Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:24 pm **Posts:** 1354

Yep, SOS was there.

Aaron Hamill was there too.

Teddy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:44 pm

Walls and Doull were the notable omissions. Walls was holidaying in France and Doull was having an operation.

GWS · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:39 pm

Teddy wrote:

Walls and Doull were the notable omissions. Walls was holidaying in France and Doull was having an operation.

Amputating his shy-bone?

mikkey · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:27 pm **Posts:** 4129

GWS wrote:

Teddy wrote:

Walls and Doull were the notable omissions. Walls was holidaying in France and Doull was having an operation.

Amputating his shy-bone?

Getting a new hip - so quite serious. AFAIK Walls lives now in France with his partner.

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:00 am

Cheers Frank.

Nice to read all the way over here.

dane · **Joined:** Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:14 am **Posts:** 22357

Its great to read a positive thread every now and then!
Thanks!

camel · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:13 am

Did they kit this guy up and get him to run out for another game?

moshe25 · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2005 1:23 am **Posts:** 11671

We should just falsify the record and add in another game....... Then blame Dank if we get caught.

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