Conjecture about last game at waverly

[i_love_boys]

I went to the last game at waverly in 1999 at round 22 against sydney.

now i have met several people, who have actually told me the last game at waverly was against st kilda.

Which one is right? ONCE and for all?

 

[marz]

I was there, it was against sydney

 

[i_love_boys]

Why the hell are people saying the last game was against st kilda?

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE PEOPLE!

why are you saying it?

 

[O Grobbecker]

I was there, it was against sydney

Are you sure you aren't thinking about the last game at waverley ?

 

[MOJOE]

The following pre-season there was also an Ansett Cup game between Essendon and Hawthorn at Waverly. Not a home and away game of course.

Just for the record, Essendon dominated that game too (with Lloyd kicking a stack!!!)

 

[Otiman]

Wasnt a stkilda game.

 

[i_love_boys]

that is so weird. why would they have played a game at waverley in 2000 when the last game was meant to be in 1999?

 

[tapestry]

that is so weird. why would they have played a game at waverley in 2000 when the last game was meant to be in 1999?

It's along the lines of say AFL Life Membership is at 300 games - that's 300 pre-season, h & a, state of origin and finals games. But a players 300 Game Milestone is at 300 H & A and finals games. Pre-season don't count.

So the last game that counted was in 1999.

With the AFL it's all about 'what counts' in their eyes, not what actually has happened.

 

[finders]

The last actual football game played at Waverley was the VFL GF 2000 won by Sandringham.

 

[Hawkk]

Waverly was a great ground.

The last game was one for the archives watched by over 72 000 inside the ground with a further 10 000 odd in the parking lot. The partisan home crowd went home happy indeed.

I loved the ground, sadly I only went there a few times.

"Hawthorn open its hearts to the people and scores of people responded by barracking for the Eastern sububan club." I loved this part.

We have won our fair share of premierships but I hold to this day that this was the best decision the club ever made. By moving home games to Waverly it has ensured our medium to long term future

I actually did a speech on this a few years back.

It was meant to be a "Persuasive speech" taking the dominant discourse
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Commercialism in Sport: “A blight on the game”

Commercialism is all around us; it has become a way of life. It affects all aspects of our life
and has even found its way onto the sporting field. Here in Australia, we have seen firsthand
the ramifications of this commercialism on overseas sporting competitions such as the English Premier League and the NFL. Where, wealthy businessmen and corporate mishaps have helped diminish much of the traditions, the nucleus, of these respected sporting competitions. But did you know that such actions are also occurring inside competitions within Australian shores?

Good afternoon fellow Collegians. My name is Jason Ross and as an avid supporter of numerous sporting competitions all of which having been harmed drastically by commercialization, I feel that it is in the interests of the sporting public to raise their awareness of such happenings. A perfect example of this commercialism can be found within the Australian Football League. Within this industry wealthy entrepreneurs, the media
modernized stadiums and the development of the expanded competition from its role as the Victorian Football League to its current state, are acts of commercialism, all of which have contributed to the gross inequalities found within the football competition today

The first signs of commercialism inside the Australian Football League came to the fore during the electrifying 80’s. During this time, high flying media celebrities such as; the ‘good doctor’ Dr. Geoffrey Edelstein, Christopher Skase and John Elliot better known as “big Jack” in football circles took over the reigns of their respected VFL clubs. Each of these businessmen shared one common interest and that was to make money and improve their own already impressive resumes. However, history has shown, that owning or presiding over a club with these intentions, will not only lead to heartache for the club and the owner as a whole but can also lead to heartache for the loyal footy fans.

Dr. Geoffrey Edelstein made history in the football world when in 1985 he bought the Sydney Swans for 6.5 million dollars, thus making Sydney the 1st privately owned club in the League. Edelstein had everything that symbolized a 1980’s ‘multi millionaire’ and looked to be the perfect match for this new franchise but he lacked one significant quality – knowledge of the game of football. This ultimately became his downfall, as he sold the club back to the VFL in 1988 for only two dollars $2.00 and was left a shattered and broken man. Inevitably, similar circumstances are found in the case of Christopher Skase’s time at the Brisbane Bears and John Elliot’s iron fist styled leadership at Carlton which has brought this once powerful club to the brink of collapse. All of these tragic cases are perfect examples of why the ideals of commercialism and sport – just do not mix.

For many footy fans a home ground is almost as important as their club itself; once you lose the home ground you lose any identity you once had with the club. In 1999 two such clubs said farewell to their home ground in style. Now, Waverly Part and Victoria Park were not the best venues in the AFL, but when the AFL decided it was time and they had to go, footy fans saw this as the mighty $$$$$ again given priority over the footy fans. For both clubs the curtain closed for them in Round 22 – 1999.



Waverley Park, often criticized as the Leagues worse venue, was subject to an outpouring of affection in its latter years. After years of being despised, Hawthorn adopted this stadium for its home games in 1992. The eastern suburban club opened its heart to the area and scores of locals responded by supporting the club. The stadium hated for so many years suddenly became “Peoples Park” a “Hawthorn Cauldron” as some labeled it. The stadium had qualities beyond belief; it was one of few remaining venues that accommodated for standing room and where you didn’t have to book a ticket to get in. Not surprisingly, its death was seen as a kick in the teeth for the average footy fan; yet another local ground bites the dust. Its farewell game was one for the archives played between Hawthorn and Sydney, watched by over 75 000
people inside the ground, and with 20 000 watching in the parking lot, the partisan local crowd went home happy.

The death of Victoria Park is again another example of the AFL’s hidden agenda to fully commercialize the game. By shutting down the home of the “Black and White army” it symbolized the death of traditional suburban football. For many years Collingwood’s opposition feared for their lives from the crowd and players as they suffered yet another flogging at the hands of the mighty Collingwood machine. This famous ground was unique with stands dating back to the 1890’s and early 1900’s and was seen by many as the great white hope against commercialism taking over the game of footy. The closure of this famous ground for the glorified ‘phone box’ once again highlighted the direction this once great game of footy was taking,

There is no doubt the AFL has shown in the past that no Victorian team is safe from the threat of merging with another club, relocation or its eventual demise due to lack of funds. They, the AFL have laughed at the traditions of the past, in favour of making $$$ money by merging Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears, relocating South Melbourne to Sydney and in the process had effectively killed off these foundation clubs. The people in charge have been successful in creating a competition where the Victorian clubs are disadvantaged compared to interstate monsters such as West Coast and Adelaide who have dominated both on and off the field in recent years. They are slowly killing such traditional clubs as the Kangaroos, Bulldogs and Demons by giving them minimal prime time television coverage and making them travel interstate at every opportunity. The AFL will no be satisfied until every Victorian Club bar Collingwood and Essendon have been killed off all in favour of commercialism and the mighty dollar eventually creating a hybrid game. Yes, the game of football will become nothing more than a sad and insignificant hybrid game.



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I got an "A" for it, only problem was the teacher was an Essendon supporter, and took offence to the "Phone box" comment.

I love how you can be biased in Queensland and no one knows what I am talking about.

Of course that was in 2003 , people have become more aware of footy in Queensland

 

[Helix]

I love how you can spell Waverley correctly in your assignment, then forget. Did you plagiarise it?

 

[Hawkk]

I love how you can spell Waverley correctly in your assignment, then forget. Did you plagiarise it?

No of course not

I am actually a pretty good writer outside of bigfooty.

I write in haste and often purely on emotion on bigfooty, its sought of like....cheap psychiatry.

In the world outside of bigfooty I am actually quite clever

 

[Mero]

Daryn Cresswell kicked the last goal in a game at Waverley.

Practice matches are just that. Practice.

 

[FootyJunkie]

IIRC, AFL wanted to hold the 2000 pre-season GF at Waverley in 2000 if a Vic club was competing, for the last ever AFL sanctioned match there, but when the MCG quickly became available following the cricket cleanup, they ditched that idea and had it at the MCG.

 

[Keith Richards]

Just for the record, Essendon dominated that game too (with Lloyd kicking a stack!!!)

Dominated? More like he took a dive all night

 

[Deegle]

Great game, not so much for the teams playing ( i dont even remember who won playing) but the buzz around the stadium was phenomonal

 

[Pessimistic]

I recently found out the last game at glenferrie was hawks v swans too

 

[Hawkk]

Great game, not so much for the teams playing ( i dont even remember who won playing) but the buzz around the stadium was phenomonal

Hawthorn won by about 15 goals.

Thommo kicked 6.