Toast Your recollections of the day of any or all of our Premierships

[Gasometer]

Tell us what you did on Premiership DAY for any or all of 75, 77, 96 or 99?

 

[SpiderBurton22]

96. Watched at my mates place. Got smashed. Went to the pub in my North jumper with 18 on the back. People were buying drinks, calling me Carey. Was great.

Woke up in the morning to a angry future Mrs.Spider telling me I pissed next to the bed during the night. Checked, and I had pissed all over my North jumper.

 

[Gasometer]

96. Watched at my mates place. Got smashed. Went to the pub in my North jumper with 18 on the back. People were buying drinks, calling me Carey. Was great.

Woke up in the morning to a angry future Mrs.Spider telling me I pissed next to the bed during the night. Checked, and I had pissed all over my North jumper.

Ok we have a winner
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[Nate7]

96. Watched at my mates place. Got smashed. Went to the pub in my North jumper with 18 on the back. People were buying drinks, calling me Carey. Was great.

Woke up in the morning to a angry future Mrs.Spider telling me I pissed next to the bed during the night. Checked, and I had pissed all over my North jumper.

IUB would be proud!

 

[Samsquanch]

IUB would be proud!

I've heard of IUB. He must have been a popular character here. A bit of a larrikin it seems. What funny tricks gid he get up to?

My wife and her family have been to all of the north wins. 96 was my first and it was great. Especially as Sydney appeared to be on top and suddenly, North went bang!

 

[Rooniversity]

Lucky enough to be at the Centenary GF with my mum in 96: Mike Brady, John Farnham (a North man), the gold cup , the Wayne Carey balloon lying prostrate on the ground (I superstitiously thought that was a sign we were going to lose). ... But all that was just the prematch There were so many fantastic moments, a blur at the time but watching it many times in the years after... "Allison, he loves a goal", "They're back", "Slapped by McKernan", "Stevens can just about seal it for North Melbourne" - as it all unfolded, I love it! Plus those stripy North hats! After the game I went out with friends to Arden Street and pretty sure it was McKernan brandishing the gold cup when the team got off the bus.

I was also at '99 which was fantastic too.

 

[Gasometer]

I've heard of IUB. He must have been a popular character here. A bit of a larrikin it seems. What funny tricks gid he get up to?

My wife and her family have been to all of the north wins. 96 was my first and it was great. Especially as Sydney appeared to be on top and suddenly, North went bang!

IUB took things too far to the point where the joke was very thin…probably the most ridiculous but funny posts were the Game Day Thread for the 2015 Elimination Final when on the first page he was trying to get a chant in his honour started before the game.

 

[Samsquanch]

IUB took things too far to the point where the joke was very thin…probably the most ridiculous but funny posts were the Game Day Thread for the 2015 Elimination Final when on the first page he was trying to get a chant in his honour started before the game.

Did anyone partake in the chant?

 

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96 we were so excited that we scored tickets for my cousin and I behind the goals only to find out they were in the Sydney cheer squad.
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From then in it was every emotion I’ve ever felt all rolled into one. On that final siren I was a bloody mess
I’ll never forget the joy on everyones face rocking up to Arden st post match (Can’t remember how much I drank to wake up under the old grand stand on Sunday morning though lol ) 99 was different but bloody good especially getting one over the Baggers!
Now I hope that we get back to that one day in September so I can share that feeling with my now Adult kids.
Bloody great times

 

[leighlee13]

Like a lot of you on here, I was lucky enough to be at the two winning grand finals. I cried at the end of the game in 1996. Rooniversity I also thought the Wayne Carey blow up balloon not standing up was a sign. I travelled from country Victoria to Arden St the next day and ended up on the front page of the Herald Sun in the background of the photograph where Corey is holding the premiership cup.

 

[kool kangas]

l went to every GF. 1975 was the best. l sat in the top deck of the ,now gone, old Olympic stand and minutes before the end saw to elderly guys in their 80's in front of me crying. One guy said to the other "we've won it" and the other said "l can now die happy"..or words to that effect..no doubt my best memory..

 

[Marstermind]

Too young for 1975 or 1977.

1996 and 1999 were polar opposites. In 1996 I queued for tickets for two nights outside Myer in Frankston. Went to all training sessions, the parade, watched every show - it consumed my week. Incredibly nervous - didn't sleep much, couldn't watch the pre-game stuff and only really relaxed when Mark Roberts kicked a goal in the last quarter. The final siren was an explosion of euphoria.

In 1999 a friend already had a ticket for me if we made it, so it kind of fell into my lap. Just started going out with Mrs Marstermind so did other things that week - no training, no parade, we spent a few days in Lorne and drove back on the Saturday morning. A bit apprehensive as you never know, but was supremely confident we'd win. Even when it took a little while to shake them off I never had any doubt.

But the aftermath for both was similar - official club function on the Saturday night, family day on the Sunday, loaded up on souvenirs and watched the game multiple times over summer.