St. Kilda and umpires - the eternal friendship

[David Schwarz]

So there's been a lot of people (read: just one) that have been quick to get the tinfoil out over our 20-8 free kick ratio last Saturday.

Curiously, I pondered whether this was the most one sided GF performance from the umps ever.

After trawling through the ever reliable footywire website for what seemed a decade (read: the whole of 10 seconds), I came across one particular match in 1966.



That's right folks, Pluggers first love won their one and only flag with a whopping 13 free kick difference, eclipsing the 12 ratio we saw on the weekend.

First to the ball? Heads over? Or did the saints simply shit the bed and their marriage broke down quicker than Clinton's resolve when confronted with a drawf and a cigarette lighter?

Full stats of the most corrupted game in AFL/VFL history can be found here

And they still only won by a point

 

[Ronnie Baby]

 

[vjknight]

Shouldn't it read stkilda and corrupt police, or is that another chapter ?

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE PLUGGER

 

[Chaisa]

Excellent analysis.

So St Kilda morally have no flags?

 

[Mister_A]

#freekickstkilda

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

I am just going to close my eyes like Indiana Jones in raiders of the lost ark and nothing bad will happen

 

[NorthernLights]

Immediate asterisk, congrats Ox it's officially 2 > 0

 

[Morganashlee]

**** YOU CHEATING PRICKS

16 FLAGS BABY

 

[GWBogan]

 

[HairyO]

I do remember Collingwood being severely shafted that day.

Am perfectly okay with that.

 

[Plugger35]

Having to go back to 1966

Is there anyone here that is old enough to have seen the 1966 GF and can verify whether we got the same rub of the green the Dogs got this year?

Probably only Bombers 2003 would be old enough and he has gone AWOL on Not Convicted Island.

Immediate asterisk, congrats Ox it's officially 2 > 0

No it would be 1>0 as if our 1966 premiership is invalid due to umpiring than so is their 2016 premiership.

It might even be 0=0 but I can't find the 1954 GF stats to see what sort of a run the Bulldogs got from the umpiring back then.

 

[Morganashlee]

vjknight you old flog come and tell Plugger how we were robbed!

 

[Plugger35]

I know one thing for sure, we didn't get gifted any 50m penalties back in the 1966 GF like the Dogs got gifted last Saturday.

 

[David Schwarz]

I know one thing for sure, we didn't get gifted any 50m penalties back in the 1966 GF like the Dogs got gifted last Saturday.

I'd like to think this is actually a really smart and funny comment, but I just don't know anymore

 

[vjknight]

vjknight you old flog come and tell Plugger how we were robbed!

You've thrown me into the hell hole that is hawthorn. I don't recall anything that occurred prior to the gifting of 8 flags thru zoning.

 

[hawkman]

In 1971 St Kilda got 52 free kicks in the Grand Final against Hawthorn. Hawthorn managed to overcome #freekickstkilda to win the flag

 

[hawkman]

In 1997 St Kilda received 21-15 free kicks. Adelaide managed to overcome #freekickstkilda to win the flag

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

I know one thing for sure, we didn't get gifted any 50m penalties back in the 1966 GF like the Dogs got gifted last Saturday.

Seeing as they were introduced in 1988, it's safe to say you weren't.
How many 15 metre penalties were you gifted?

 

[hawkman]

In the 2009 GF St Kilda received 23-19 free kicks. Geelong managed to overcome #freekickstkilda to win the flag

 

[Bont2Bruce]

Subscribed.

#Freekickstkilda won the count in both of the games they played during 2016 against the Dogs.

 

[GWBogan]

The premiership that they didn't even win. Take a look at the jumpers for evidence.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

I couldn't find any free kick stats for the 54 flag, but I did find this

NTTAWWT

 

[JoseMourinho]

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

I also noticed 2 bags of 7 goals kicked that day - Jack Collins and Melbourne.

I assume our players were too scared to pick the ball up off the ground.

If only Wattsy was playing in 54.....