Universal Love Disco in hospital

[SunshineBoy]

Stay strong Disco

 

[Wooden Robot]

Extremely sad.
Gutted.
Such a wonderful bloke I have been fortunate to meet a few times.
All the best.

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

I love Disco, my fave tiger of all time. All the best and I hope he get's well soon.

 

[cairo tiger]

good luck disco. sending pos vibes.

 

[captain blood 17]

My first Tiger player crush as a kid. Get well Roachy.

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

My first Tiger player crush as a kid. Get well Roachy.

Me too I had his number on my knitted jumper

 

[captain blood 17]

Me too I had his number on my knitted jumper

Yeah, the news was a bit upsetting when i heard it today. Not ready for Roachy to go yet.

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

Yeah, the news was a bit upsetting when i heard it today. Not ready for Roachy to go yet.

Same here, I remember playing kick to kick in the backyard pretending I was him.

 

[captain blood 17]

Same here, I remember playing kick to kick in the backyard pretending I was him.

Absolutely. Roach and Jess were my two go to's. He was a superstar for us.

 

[STRUGGLETOWN EST1885]

Remember as a kid in the backyard dad would kick the footy to me and I'd yell out Roach taking a mark and pretending to line up for another goal kicking the ball over Dads head.

 

[STRUGGLETOWN EST1885]

Me too I had his number on my knitted jumper

Dad got me KB'S famous number on my jumper but I always thought I was Roachy in the backyard.

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

Absolutely. Roach and Jess were my two go to's. He was a superstar for us.

100% I remember doing a hand drawn sketch of his mark.

 

[sandeano]

My first Tiger player crush as a kid. Get well Roachy.

How thrilled I was to watch the 1980 Grand Final Parade live as a 11yo and then run into Disco and Barry Rowlings in Myers as they were discussing where to get lunch. They both happily signed autographs. I'll remember that till the day I die.

Love ya Roachy and get well soon.

 

[smasha]

Get well Roachy,Tiger legend.

 

[Tenacious T]

This is news to me……hope it’s not serious.
Roachy was my very first sporting idol as a kid and was absolutely obsessed with his silky smooth kicking style and that MOTY in 79. Not only a great footballer but an even better bloke…
Proudly have a signed large colour photograph of that mark and no.8 jumper.
Absolutely devo about this.
Get well soon champ

 

[Arr0w]

Disco Roach, one of my favourite opposition players, gifted and all round great bloke

Speedy recovery

 

[YeOldTiger]

Get well soon Roachy.

Everyone wanted to be No. 8

What a player.

 

[Wooden Robot]

Me too I had his number on my knitted jumper

Nothing beats a knitted jumper. I had one as a young kid and used to wear my footy boots and shorts to the footy as 4 to 7 year old til mum demanded I wear more appropriate attire, that is not shorts and boots.

 

[Bojangles17]

All the best disco , cmon tiger get thru this

 

[Coach_Required]

Still have my duffel coat from when I was a 7 year old and had number 8 on one of my pockets.

He was my first tiger hero, get well Disco.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Wouldn't be out of place as one of our best F/Fwds of all time.
One of the best kicks ever let alone his marking ability.
Get well Disco we're all with you.

 

[RFCGloryJC]

Best wishes to Disco.
Was an amazing photo too, when you consider they didn't have the technology then that they have today.

 

[voorhees]

thoughts and best wishes being sent to Disco. champion bloke and richmond forward machine.
pull through big guy, you got this champ.

 

[TigerTough 65]

Sad news, hope Roachy makes a full and speedy recovery from recent heart surgery.
Just reminiscing, that 1980 premiership side, really stoked the love and passion I had for the mighty tigers.
Duffel coats were the norm back in high school and the famous number 8 appeared regularly on them.
Kick to kick in the schoolyard, you would regularly hear from the Richmond supporters cries of Roachy as everyone attempted to take hangers over each other.

That Tigers premiership side that was something else, the Tigers that season played a tough, hard, skilful brand of footy and would on occasions kick skyscraper scores by the final siren.
Definitely some iconic premiership players were in that side, featuring:
Geoff "Pretty Boy" Raines, Mark 'General' Lee, Dale 'Flea' Weightman, Peter 'Woofer' Welsh, Jimmy 'The Ghost" Jess, Kevin Bartlett, Francis Bourke, Bryan Wood, Robert Wiley, Mervyn Keane, Micky Malthouse, David Cloke (plus honourable mentions to all the other tigers players that contributed to that wonderful premiership).

But there was no doubt from the Richmond faithful (and even some respectful opposition supporters), that Michael 'Disco" Roach was one of the most popular players in that team of champions, his ability to take spectacular pack marks and that beautiful run up and goal kicking technique (could easily kick a distance of 60-65 metres in his heyday) was a thing of beauty to watch on the footy field.

Get well soon champ

 

[STRUGGLETOWN EST1885]

This is news to me……hope it’s not serious.
Roachy was my very first sporting idol as a kid and was absolutely obsessed with his silky smooth kicking style and that MOTY in 79. Not only a great footballer but an even better bloke…
Proudly have a signed large colour photograph of that mark and no.8 jumper.
Absolutely devo about this.
Get well soon champ

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Roachy sitting on Kelvin Moores head. Higher than Joe Cocker. One of the greatest marks of all time.