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Talking of Essendon and North and Windy Hill- the first match I ever attended was actually Essendon v North Melbourne very late in the 1991 season. I was just three years old at the time, and went with my father.
Unfortunately I have little recollection of the game, I don't think I was too interested in footy until more like five or six years of age! But for the record, Essendon won 19.9 (123) to 5.19 (49). Apparently, this was also the last ever televised game at Windy Hill- they had two games there after the North game, against Brisbane and Sydney, but neither were televised.
Was anyone at Windy Hill for those final few games in 1991? I seem to recollect reading that Essendon only announced the move to the MCG between the 1991 and 1992 seasons, and the low attendance figures for those games I have seen (only around 13-14k for the Brisbane and Sydney games) suggest people didn't really have an inkling that its time was up as a venue...
Unfortunately I have little recollection of the game, I don't think I was too interested in footy until more like five or six years of age! But for the record, Essendon won 19.9 (123) to 5.19 (49). Apparently, this was also the last ever televised game at Windy Hill- they had two games there after the North game, against Brisbane and Sydney, but neither were televised.
Was anyone at Windy Hill for those final few games in 1991? I seem to recollect reading that Essendon only announced the move to the MCG between the 1991 and 1992 seasons, and the low attendance figures for those games I have seen (only around 13-14k for the Brisbane and Sydney games) suggest people didn't really have an inkling that its time was up as a venue...