Peter Riccardi Goal - 2002 Vs Carlton

[Stevens is Grouse]

I'm sure you all remember this game very well . Well if you don't it was the game were Riccardi (spelling) kicked the goal with only a few seconds to go to put the Cats in front. Can anyone tell me who kicked it to Riccardi?

 

[Unwritten_Law]

David Clarke I think (?)

 

[JUBJUB]

David Clarke I think (?)

I think you're right.It was his only accurate kick in 2002.
I think Joel Corey got it out of the centre and handballed it to clarke.

 

[Silver Cat]

Yep and i think it was a left footer.

 

[grimace58]

It was definatly David Clarke as he ran down the left wing, kicking possibly the best kick of his career. The rest was history, oh how that day made me cycle through emotions like a twister on steroids !

 

[choc_a_holic]

I ACTUALLY remember that...good moment.

 

[Unwritten_Law]

One of the few games, in recent years, that I have actually been too. When we got 38 odd points up I remember Dad (Carlton supporter) saying that Geelong were the only team that could lose from here. We tried our best!

 

[Sammy D]

It definately was Clarkey that kicked the ball to Rico. Rooke got r*ped on that 50m call against him also.

 

[LongBomb]

Iit was the game were Riccardi (spelling) kicked the goal with only a few seconds to go to put the Cats in front.

It was after siren actually.

Ah, good times.

 

[benrick]

I'll never forget that game, when Lappin got that bull******** 50m penalty, i saw there were only 25 seconds left so i stood up in a fit of rage, swore my head off and left. When i was at the top of the stairs i heard a roar, i quickly ran back and saw ricco had it 50 out, i was standing right on the goal line. As soon as it left his boot i was confident and when it cleared the goal line i went nuts and hugged some random cat fan.

What a great moment!!

 

[Ricketts]

Yep and i think it was a left footer.

maybe he should have used it more often.

 

[tragicforces]

that was the game where Lappin started kicking goals from the boundary line!

There was also some controversy as to whether Riccardi's kick was touched on the mark

 

[rizzo]

But we all no it wasnt

 

[grimace58]

that was the game where Lappin started kicking goals from the boundary line!

There was also some controversy as to whether Riccardi's kick was touched on the mark

Lappin kicked the last two goals for them both resulting from some sort of umpire intervention. The first one was a Milburn deliberate OOB which was there (thought at the time I thought otherwise) which Lappin freakishly converted from the boundary. Very good goal.

The second one was Rooke's 50m penalty cause when Rooke went for the spoil Lappin fell to ground clutching his head like he had been hit (subsequent viewings show not even a feather touch). The umpire bought this and gave 50, though it should never be 50 anyway.

The ball travelled almost 50-55 meters, and Wiggins had a spat for a while getting Britian involved about how it was touched - maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. Carlton got a free goal from Lappin before, we got this one - it’s simply justice. Did they also notice that other players came too close to the mark and should have been 50 for interference?

I have watched this game far too many times

 

[Ricketts]

The second one was Rooke's 50m penalty cause when Rooke went for the spoil Lappin fell to ground clutching his head like he had been hit (subsequent viewings show not even a feather touch). The umpire bought this and gave 50, though it should never be 50 anyway.

I maintain that Rooke has never fully recovered from that.

 

[Catman]

But we all no it wasnt

I wish it was proven that it was, would have made the win all the more sweeter.

 

[catattack]

I have watched this game far too many times

Don't worry Grimace, I've only seen the match once, but each of those dramatic passages of play is etched into my football memory bank. We could talk all day about the dubious umpiring decisions and whether we really should have conceeded 40 odd points in the final quarter - but such is football.

Ah, the memories, still remember that ball of Ricco's sailing through.

 

[grimace58]

Don't worry Grimace, I've only seen the match once, but each of those dramatic passages of play is etched into my football memory bank. We could talk all day about the dubious umpiring decisions and whether we really should have conceeded 40 odd points in the final quarter - but such is football.

Damn straight mate, I never once know still bicker about those decisions - it is history. It may have been karma, may have been the hand of God or even the fact to try and make me make the most regrettable decision of my life when I was a step outside colonial before I decided that there still was 28? seconds left.

But it remains as one of those moments that make me smile and warms my heart. Was it the fact that is was Carlton, or the fact that Ricco kicked it, or even the look Kingy gave the Carlton cheer squad as it went through the big sticks. No, it was the fact it was simply magic, summed up by the Herald Suns headline being "Miracle at the Dome" the next day (or something like that).

Ah, the memories, still remember that ball of Ricco's sailing through.

It didn't really sail through, probably a bit more of a JB's 'black hawk down' - but it went through.


What im not obsessed, who said that?

 

[Stevens is Grouse]

I wish it was proven that it was, would have made the win all the more sweeter.

It was proven, but the AFL didn't let it get out to the media...

 

[GeeCat]

It was proven, but the AFL didn't let it get out to the media...

You keep telling yourself that mate

 

[Stevens is Grouse]

You keep telling yourself that mate

Hey aslong as it works then I will.

 

[LongBomb]

It was proven, but the AFL didn't let it get out to the media...

How was it proven?

Always sounded like sour grapes to me. Why go off the word of a losing player over an umpire?

 

[lowbo]

As soon as it left his boot i was confident and when it cleared the goal line i went nuts and hugged some random cat fan.

i was on the 3rd level behind the goalposts he was kicking to, and i wasnt sure whether that floater kick of his was going to make the distance.

 

[iameviljez]

No doubt Clarke, I remembering watching and thinking, Oh... Mi... God.

 

[Snickers]

worst kick ever