I think the very first broadcast of the 1974 Grand Final was in black and white but it was eventually released in colour too.
The I ❤️ Collingwood thread.
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Ok, just did some research.
The 1974 GF was the first telecast in colour. This opposed to being broadcast, the difference being a telecast is not live whereas a broadcast is.
1977 was the first GF broadcast in its entirety. So technically, 1977 was the first broadcast in colour in its entirety.
The 1974 GF was the first telecast in colour. This opposed to being broadcast, the difference being a telecast is not live whereas a broadcast is.
1977 was the first GF broadcast in its entirety. So technically, 1977 was the first broadcast in colour in its entirety.
As stated previously 77 was the first live telecast and there was conjecture over whether the replay would go out live as the VFL was worried about selling it out.
From memory the rumour was Ron Casey made sure it was sold old by having 7 buy up the surplus.
I went to the first and queued up for my collingwood sister for the replay.... only time I've ever done something nice for a pies supporter!
I had to double check as I’m sure I’d read it was and found this courtesy of Wiki:
- At the end of the 1960 season, the VFL estimated that the live telecast of the last quarter of three VFL matches each Saturday afternoon had cost at least 245,000 spectators, and the VFL decided to discontinue this practice (which had been introduced in 1957).
“I thought I would take a trip down memory lane.
The broadcasting of the then VFL goes back to the earliest days of TV in Australia and began as nothing more than a bit of an experiment, which became an instant hit with fans.
Sounds like good news, but in fact this scared the living daylights out of the VFL management, who could only envisage the loss of gate receipts, recalling that at that point, they were allowing the broadcasters into the grounds for next to nothing.
Crowds remained good in 1957 but started to drop over the next two seasons, and reached a nadir in 1960. At that point the VFL rejected 14,000 pounds from all three stations to broadcast the last quarter live, and they also rejected replays.
Crowds jumped up by 360,000 in 1961”
In the 73 Prelim, after half time Ian Stewart went to hff and was just as important as Royce, not that many possessions but everyone just pure class. Ahead of his time, beautiful kick either feet and a great mark above his head for his size. Shame we lost bustling Billy Barrott but we came out way ahead in the swap.
The 1972 Grand Final was definitely live on TV in southern NSW as that was the very start of my Richmond obsession. It was in black and white but that could be because we only had a black and white TV.
Made my little brother pick which team he would follow and he picked the one with the squiggles on the front. He won that day. Have hated Carlton ever since and lorded it over him in 74 and 75
Made my little brother pick which team he would follow and he picked the one with the squiggles on the front. He won that day. Have hated Carlton ever since and lorded it over him in 74 and 75
No, it was because Australia did not have color TV until 1974.
Im not sure how to link here but here is my attempt .
A lovely table showing the Tiges being the best team in Grand finals, Collingwood the worst....the table gets better the more you look at it.
Look through the page on the forum for the table.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/our-grand-final-strike-rate.1229762/
A lovely table showing the Tiges being the best team in Grand finals, Collingwood the worst....the table gets better the more you look at it.
Look through the page on the forum for the table.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/our-grand-final-strike-rate.1229762/
The Herald Sun headline confuses me a little re Collingwoods midfield rating by Brendan Goddard. It seems to suggest it's rated No. 1 but reading the article i looks like it's rated no. 3
Or maybe they are referring to it as the No. 1 over rated Midfield in VFL / AFL history which would make total sense.
Our midfield came in at number 4 but when you look at the list of mids, they've left out Edwards and Lambert, i gues sin the interests of evenness, as it wouldn't be fair as we already have the best defense and the best attack.
Maybe they should have just written an article on the best interchange benches, but with our depth i guess we'd have that sewn up too.
So many paper fill articles this time of year!
Or maybe they are referring to it as the No. 1 over rated Midfield in VFL / AFL history which would make total sense.
Our midfield came in at number 4 but when you look at the list of mids, they've left out Edwards and Lambert, i gues sin the interests of evenness, as it wouldn't be fair as we already have the best defense and the best attack.
Maybe they should have just written an article on the best interchange benches, but with our depth i guess we'd have that sewn up too.
So many paper fill articles this time of year!
Yes that’s right and there were plenty who lifted after halftime including Neil Balme who kicked 5 for the game I think. The thing about Royce coming on was the lift it gave the team and the crowd.
Article is fundamentally flawed as discussed here in the Shedda thread.
Headline is (deliberately) misleading coz it refers to “No 1” but in the fine print says “in Victoria”
Goddard is ..... have already said it
Read Goddard's pile of dribble this morn n instantly came to the obvious solution that Goddard seriously needs to spend more time playing flog, erm I mean golf.
******* left out Lamblett n Shedda who both spend a fair bit of time in our midfield. Not sure how anyone can pretend to do an appraisal of clubs mid strength when some clubs supposedly only have six mids while others such as #lolnorf have ten WTF?
Currently watching Fox Footy channel replaying the grand ol' Collingwood choke in the 1970 GF. What a pleasure.
This could have been the trivia question in the other thread - and with so many correct answers everyone could have been a winner