My Afternoon at the Footy....

Submitted by ravenxau on

So, I decided that I would go to the local footy and catch up with a few mates that I play lawn bowls with during the summer. Down to the Eastern Oval I went to watch the clash between Redan and East-Point in the Ballarat Football League. What I saw was a very entertaining game played in trying wet and cold conditions with Redan coming away with the victory. I had such a good time, I'm going to sign up for a membership with the Lions for season 2014. Looking forward to going to more games in the future.

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digs Mon, 26 Aug 2013 - 15:47

cobrascorer wrote:

I aim to be at Eastern Oval to again see NBC wallop Redan! (As in round 11.)

Also on Saturday, Sunbury should be much stronger than it was last weekend and be favourite over the Swans, at Darley.

On Sunday, East Point, on its home ground, are likely winners over Darley.

It is a funny finals system in the Ballarat League, where 1st plays 2nd and 3rd plays 6th, with 4th v 5th. I would have thought the team which finished third would qualify for a second chance.

The team that finishes third (Sunbury) will get the double chance if it beats the sixth team (Ballarat) this weekend.
I can remember when they had a final 6 in the AFL & it created all sorts of problems when teams were tanking to finish 3rd if the top team was a standout.

digs Mon, 26 Aug 2013 - 15:53

darley92 wrote:

ravenxau, why support redan ? haha

watch out for the dark horses Darley & East Point.

Still think Sunbury will win GF if its a dry eastern oval.

Darley me boy, If you fancy a wager bring some up.
I've got a wheelbarrow full here waiting to get on.
In think the only way Darley can stop the City is if it's heavy as they were impressive against them earlier in the year.
My pecking order would be, North Ballarat City, Sunbury, Redan, East Ballarat, Darley, Ballarat. Sorry mate.

Borough1874 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 - 15:57

I played against Farley about 8 years ago there away change rooms were a tin shed.

Go Ballarat City.

ravenxau Topic starter Wed, 28 Aug 2013 - 07:58

digs wrote:

ravenxau wrote:

Well done to the Redan Lions on winning the final home and away game of the season and securing second spot on the ladder (sadly, I did not make it to the game). I'll be right there cheering them on next week against Nth. Ballarat City in the qualifying final at the eastern oval...

Raven, A lot of questions need to be asked about the final six. Sunbury have deliberatly left out many good players at the weekend in order to finish 3rd.

Check out the ins next Friday for Sunbury.

The North City boys are going to be very hard to beat.

North City will (and rightly so) start as favorites in Saturday's game - Although the Redan boys have a good record and play the Eastern Oval quite well. The one thing I most hope is that it is a good game of footy, win lose or draw... after all, isn't that why we go to the games??? ;)

Good luck to the North City boys on Saturday, they have had a great season....

ravenxau Topic starter Sat, 31 Aug 2013 - 18:09

Well done to the boys from Redan, great defense manage to hold the Nth. City forward line to only 4 goals for the first 3 quarters. Nth did score a few in the final quarter but the damage was already done. Redan run away winners by 41 points in possibly their best performance of the season.

ravenxau Topic starter Sat, 31 Aug 2013 - 18:27

cobrascorer wrote:

I aim to be at Eastern Oval to again see NBC wallop Redan! (As in round 11.)

Also on Saturday, Sunbury should be much stronger than it was last weekend and be favourite over the Swans, at Darley.

On Sunday, East Point, on its home ground, are likely winners over Darley.

It is a funny finals system in the Ballarat League, where 1st plays 2nd and 3rd plays 6th, with 4th v 5th. I would have thought the team which finished third would qualify for a second chance.

Cobrascorer, were you there to see the mighty Redan overcome the odds and score a 41 point win? ;-)

cobrascorer Sat, 31 Aug 2013 - 19:34

Gee, the North Blt City u18.5 came back to win well! I read the Record during the Darley v Redan reserves match -- ho hum, and I'm still in shock at the way North Blt City were well out played from later in the first quarter. Eastern Lions would now rank as favourites for the flag. But, don't get too confident.

ravenxau Topic starter Sat, 31 Aug 2013 - 21:14

cobrascorer wrote:

Gee, the North Blt City u18.5 came back to win well! I read the Record during the Darley v Redan reserves match -- ho hum, and I'm still in shock at the way North Blt City were well out played from later in the first quarter. Eastern Lions would now rank as favourites for the flag. But, don't get too confident.

nah, never get too confident - just nice to get an upset win over the flag favorites. IMHO, I would say Sunbury, Redan, and Nth City are all about equal chances at this point...