Your most memorable moments Vs Essendon

[Ruthless Tigers ?]

1. Scott Turner taking on Essendon and showing who was boss! Legendary stuff.

2. The Windy Hill Brawl. Again a few Tigers showed who was boss!

3. Watching Paul Van Der Haar and Paul Salmon at their peak! Awesome stuff

4. Last year's farewell game in Melbourne.....Cop that!

 

[pahoffm]

1. 1974 - Standing in the Windy Hill outer with Dad watching the half time Windy Hill Massacre.

2. 1977, at Waverley - Timmy Watson's first game.

3. Circa '77 or '78 - The Ess v Hawk game, Knights v VanderHaar, spectacular.

4. 1982, MCG - the boys ran over a young Essendon team in the last quarter.

5. 1984 GF final quarter by Leon Baker.

6. 1995 semi-final - Knightsy's 3 x 1st half goals, Turner running through O'Donnell, Matty Rogers' over the shoulder chest mark.

7. Dean Polo's debut game.

 

[TigerForce]

1. 1974 - Standing in the Windy Hill outer with Dad watching the half time Windy Hill Massacre.

2. 1977, at Waverley - Timmy Watson's first game.

3. Circa '77 or '78 - The Ess v Hawk game, Knights v VanderHaar, spectacular.

4. 1982, MCG - the boys ran over a young Essendon team in the last quarter.

5. 1984 GF final quarter by Leon Baker.

6. 1995 semi-final - Knightsy's 3 x 1st half goals, Turner running through O'Donnell, Matty Rogers' over the shoulder chest mark.

7. Dean Polo's debut game.

How young were Essendon in 1982?

Did you go to the 1995 draw?

 

[knighter33]

Gota be everything Knighter did in the '95 semi.
i got my NITE33 number plates for my car soon after that for my birthday.
Scotty giving us a wave from the goal square after he had kicked a goal!!!GOLD!!

The drawn game that year too. made the trip to melbourne from Adelaide on the overnight train with my mate who barracks for the Bummers.
he had been in my ear all week about how they were going to beat us. Then, Boofa breaks from the centre and kicks the goal to draw the game- loved it.
Shut up my mate too- it was as good as a win!! ;D

 

[pahoffm]

How young were Essendon in 1982?

Did you go to the 1995 draw?

Yeh, I did actually.

Forgot about that one.

Ryan O'Connor, or some other big slow Bomber giant, can't quite recall, slotted a goal in the dying moments.
Stuie Maxfield played one hell of a game, as I remember.

Another one where we almost snatched defeat from the hands of victory.

Essendon were very young in 1982.

Neagle, Marsh, Heard, Carey, Bradbury in their teens. Maybe even a very young Merrett.
Madden, Watson, Daniher, VanderHaar would've all been about 21yo.

The one I loved was "Rugged" Ronny Andrews. Thought Essendon stood two feet taller when he played. Although he may have been out with a knee reconstruction that season.
I thought Sheeds "blued" terribly by leaving out of his 1983 GF team. Mind you, after his knee "reco", it was very hard to find a position that was slow enough for him to play in. The tall FP would have been OK.

Bombers were always my 2nd favourite side, especially so when Sheeds moved there.

 

[Punxsutawney Phil]

Matty Knights' goal in 95, but boofa's goal in the drawn match that year on tv was awsome, I was at the game but lsitening to Brucey at his peak made it better.

Chris Bond's involvement in the Maxfield goal was inspirational....he ran about 20 metres to spoil someone (can't remember who), followed up and chipped it to Maxi for the goal. Bondy at that time was great for us.

 

[clown]

Chris Bond's involvement in the Maxfield goal was inspirational....he ran about 20 metres to spoil someone (can't remember who), followed up and chipped it to Maxi for the goal. Bondy at that time was great for us.

Here is a link to highlights of that game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSlNM_-4p2Y

 

[JR8]

Bombers were always my 2nd favourite side, especially so when Sheeds moved there.

They were my second favourite side (very very very distant I might add!), when Sheeds went there in 81.

They are now my third most hated side!! (Behind Carlton & Collingwood of course)

 

[doherz]

Knighta's goal on the run in that '95 final

The 95 Final comeback or the 2001 Round 22 pasting.

 

[Streak]

Bombers were always my 2nd favourite side, especially so when Sheeds moved there.

I can never fathom how people can have a second side. I never support anyone but Richmond because it is bad karma. If I take sides in a neutral game, the team I cheer on spanks the Tigers the next time they play, as does invariably the team I cheer against. Mind you, for 25 years, it has been a fair bet this would happen anyway, but I am convinced there is something to it.

Having said that, I would never, under any circumstances, cheer on Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon or Hawthorn. I love it when they play and smack nine bells out of each other though.

 

[Tiger Opinion]

For all the highlights in the 95 semi-final, my favourite was the third goal of the 3rd quarter, Chris Naish's first for the day. Tell it again, Bruce:

"Over to Naish running into the 50; he surely will kick the goal ... he has! They're back!!!"

That was the moment when I knew we were back in the game.

 

[Col.E.Kurtz]

That game in 95, 3 quarter time. Got so excited I couldn't breath. One game made up for 13 years of crapness.

Feels so weird to have the Tigers playing against Knighta

 

[hopper]

For all the highlights in the 95 semi-final, my favourite was the third goal of the 3rd quarter, Chris Naish's first for the day. Tell it again, Bruce:

"Over to Naish running into the 50; he surely will kick the goal ... he has! They're back!!!"

That was the moment when I knew we were back in the game.

Daffy's goal straight after the Turner bump on O'Donnell was magic too. Scrubbed kick (by Maxfield or Campbell I think) picked up by Turner at CHF, quick hanball to Daffy and bang from 60m. Dill Ian Robbo with something like this "If he kicks it have a listen to this, HAVE A LISTEN TO THIS!".

 

[Punxsutawney Phil]

When Rogers kicked 2 in the space of 2 minutes on Bomber Thompson in the last quarter I knew we were home....Bomber has had his revenge since then though!!

 

[hopper]

This thread inspired me so much I went and watched the dvd of that game today. The scrubbed kick to Turner was off the ground by Naish. Forgot how well Jamie Tape played in that game and what a great little player Chris Bond was. Same can't be said of poor old Benny Gale who was seriously pantsed by Hird. If our boys played the last 5 mins againt WB when 3 goals up the way our blokes did in 95 they almost certainly would have won the game.