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vfa wrote:On the subject of do or die last round clashes what are your greratest memories of memorable last round epics ??? There is of course the 1976 relegation battle matches from the 1970s. Two matches spring to mind. Sandy v oakleigh 1976 and Voburg v Preston 1973. In 1985 Williamstown were around 13% plus 4 points behind Port in fifth spot. Come the last round the seagulls had to travel to Geelong West while Coburg played Port at home. Results Willy beat geelong West by around 6 goals while Coburg beat Port on a rainy wet ground by 17 goals. Williamstown snuck into the four aat the expense of Port nd went within 6 points of winning the flag. They lost to Sandringham in the Grand Final 14.16.100 to 13.16.94. Fourteen year old Ronnie James played his first senior game for the seagulls in a Grand Final. Kershaw juggled a mark which was disallowed with minutes to go and Ronnie James got called for running too far which was debateable early in the game. The game was in the balance with the zebras hanging on in a cliffhanger. One of the many great grand finals from the 70/80s
Very quickley.... How good was Ronnie James? Sorry about changing the direction of this thread but please explain to me how a 14yr could play senior football. He must have been a talent???
He went to Footscray I think and was unfortunately killed in a boating accident....he was good...real good....he scored a great goal in the 1985 GF that was disallowed...mainly because he ran about 30-40 metres without bouncing the ball....it was a gutsy call by Williamstown playing him...was it his 1st game???...I remember something like that....
And that argument about Kershaw....he didn't hold it long enough....
Rickman had the chance to score a goal from way out but didn't score...he was one of the best kicks of a football I've ever seen...his drop punt from around 60 metres out in the prelimnary final sunk Coburg
Sorry to continue off-track everyone, u r dead right zebraman, Ron James went to Footscray in 1987 and didn't spend too long in the Under 19s. He was earmarked as a star of the future, and I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, he was killed in a water-skiing accident in January of 1990. He could have been a huge star at AFL level. I also remember a story of a game at Western Oval in the late 1980s when Ron stuck his head over the football and Dipper was about to run through him and absolutely send him into next week, but out of pure respect Dipper pulled up, and yelled to Ronnie to just be more aware of his surrounds, or else next time he won't be so lucky.