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Your garden-variety Melbourne sports nut. Cricket & footy first and foremost. Tweet from @collinsadam
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Vietnamese tucker and VB tins. Swathes of abuse. Swearing, laughing, despair, elation and then more abuse. A group of thirty-somethings, scattered across the country…
Nostalgia always runs the risk of becoming self-serving drivel. Take the X-Files reboot. One of the great TV shows of its time, adored by…
Thanks for having me, Paddy. Sydney contrast interesting. Recall well the huge cash that went into Manly’s ground the day before the 2010 election. That’s kinda pork barrelling.
The danger of nostalgia; the beauty of suburban footy
Cheers, Gyfox.
The Gardiner Stand and Hawthorn Stands in particular were an utter delight on Sunday.
The danger of nostalgia; the beauty of suburban footy
Don’t mind it at all.
I also fancy the idea of one weekend with two games at Princes Park, 2pm start.
As a starting point.
The danger of nostalgia; the beauty of suburban footy
Don’t mind the Ballarat/Bendigo proposition either. But I think the link to history achieved by a suburban ground re-vamp would be the logical place to start for a ~boutique~ joint.
The danger of nostalgia; the beauty of suburban footy
It’s about diversifying the experience, for mine. Nothing wrong with the stadiums. But this is something different, and valuable.
The danger of nostalgia; the beauty of suburban footy
Punt Road gets spoken of in the same breath as PP in terms of third grounds (due to proximity to the ‘G), but it’s just not big enough. But great to dream! Loved watching Sheffield Shield games there in the late 90s.
The danger of nostalgia; the beauty of suburban footy