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Certified Legendary Thread Sneaking in to the Grand Final............
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Geelong have done it the last 2 years. Ask them how to do it
yes... they like to watch, don't they?
Geelong have done it the last 2 years. Ask them how to do it
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You are pretty funny. For a lawyer.
With the modern facilities this is not a bad idea. I mean the MCG used to get 115,000 with shiit facilities. After all 115,000 could result in an extra 15,000 club members attend. Maybe the standing room could just go to members of both clubs 7,500 each in a ballot. Would add to the atmosphere as well.
That kind of thing tend to be frowned upon these days
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7971140.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhilSports_Stadium_stampede
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s276684.htm
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There was a story on A Current Affair a few years back which had a group of mates who had snuck into the AFL Grand Final for 15 - 20 years straight.
The story was aired because one of the group had died in a car accident a few weeks before the upcoming Grand Final. The surviving friends all agreed to sneak into one more Grand Final and dedicate it to their lost mate. Sound like top blokes
They didnt give away to many details on how they got in each year, although they did say one year that two of them tried to get into the MCC Members however the attendant refused entry (obviously because they didnt have a ticket). Anway, the two at the gate fired up, started being abusive etc and their other two mates came over dressed in police uniform and said to the gate attendant we are taking these two into the ground police HQ. They escorted them in, the two "police" ditched their uniforms and off they all went. Brilliant
Impersonating police is a pretty serious charge to cop just to sneak into the GF.
North have been impersonating a footy club for years
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I see Hawthorn's plan for getting to the Grand Final ... nay any final ... without having to buy a ticket failed spectacularly this season.
in 2003 a lions supporter mate of mine had a "tickets wanted" sign and bought a passout off a bloke who approached him outside the ground when he saw the sign. he charged him 150 which he was happy with. he had a bunch of passouts that he got somewhere or counterfeited and he had one standing room ticket. the catch was you had to pass the ticket back to him through those black bars near gate 8 so therefore u couldnt come back out of the ground which didnt really matter anyway. the bloke would of made a killing but one risk is how would you know what colour the pass outs are going to be on the day?
Don't think this would work nowdays. I'm sure they change the pass out colours and they have the date or game info on them. I went on Saturday night and they were checking people for their tickets when returning into the ground.
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In that case they will probably say 'oh this has been swiped?' and you would say 'hmmm that cant be???' But then i am sure they have ways of proving its not your ticket!!
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If you ever come across a book called "Hear the barrackers are shouting" -pretty sure thats the title- there's a great story in one of the chapters about a Collingwood fan who decided to get into the MCG without a ticket.
He was at a wedding on GF eve in 1990 when he decided -after consuming many ales- that he would somehow get into the ground illegally and see his beloved Pies play the next day. He tried and tried all during the week to get a ticket but all efforts had failed and things were looking grim.
He left the wedding, got to the MCG at something like 3am and then actually climbed the outside wall to a height of about 40ft where he got in and hid for hours.
I'm sure he used the Channel 7 TV's van roof to make his first step up the wall and nearly fell a couple of times while making his way up.
It was total commitment from a desperate fan who had made up his mind to get into the G no matter what the risks.
I think I remember him saying he slept for a couple of hours behind a row of seats way up in the old stands and got up later to find a good seat that was vacant and enjoyed his day...as u would in 1990
He was at a wedding on GF eve in 1990 when he decided -after consuming many ales- that he would somehow get into the ground illegally and see his beloved Pies play the next day. He tried and tried all during the week to get a ticket but all efforts had failed and things were looking grim.
He left the wedding, got to the MCG at something like 3am and then actually climbed the outside wall to a height of about 40ft where he got in and hid for hours.
I'm sure he used the Channel 7 TV's van roof to make his first step up the wall and nearly fell a couple of times while making his way up.
It was total commitment from a desperate fan who had made up his mind to get into the G no matter what the risks.
I think I remember him saying he slept for a couple of hours behind a row of seats way up in the old stands and got up later to find a good seat that was vacant and enjoyed his day...as u would in 1990
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one of the most entertaining threads ive read on here
Anyone else thought that if you were an AFL employee looking to eliminate all possibilities of people sneaking in to the Grand Final, you'd start a thread exactly like this?
I did it to the 07 GF. Mate worked in one of the boxes, walked in, grabbed an employee pass that people throw on the ground once they are in the staff rooms, gave it to me. I then pretended I had a backpack full of clothes and was on the phone to my boss. Attendant scanned ticket and asked where my pass out was, I just said that I had forgotten my clothes while saying on the phone "Yes, im coming, I know im late".
Bingo Bango
Bingo Bango
Step 1: Hold ticket
Step 2: Walk to gate
Step 3: Scan ticket
Step 4: Walk through gate
Just make sure you go at a busy period and pick your turnstyle.
Did any little delinquants manage it this year?
Did any little delinquants manage it this year?
I heard some bloke just dropped into the game holding a trophy he found at Cashies
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I heard some bloke just dropped into the game holding a trophy he found at Cashies
He didn't just nick it out the North Melbourne cabinet while they were busy point-scoring?
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oh, hang on...
Nah he got the 1996 one from Cashies after North pawned it.
The one you speak of is safe and sound at West Lakes. Next to the other one we have.
