West coast dragon
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My name says it all a saints fan on the west coast and the avatar is pennywise the clown from Stephen kings it liked the movie and love his red hair and white head for obvious reasons
Haha awesome! Do his boys play Rugby League?I served him coffee at our school fete last Sunday( I was working the coffee cart). His boys are in the same class as my son.
They do.Haha awesome! Do his boys play Rugby League?
From memory he played a few games for Parramatta after he left the dragons.
I just remember him being the great white hope as he was coming through the grades at saints. Bit like Damien Chapman
Used to love the show ground speedway especially the solo bikes.
Jim Airey, Nigel & Eric Boocock, Greg Kentwell, Ken McInlay, Johnny Boulger to name a few and of course the test matches v the poms were fantastic nights.
The wood chop at the easter show was another terrific event also with test matches v the Kiwis and the Poms and of course the greatest thing of all was the Dragons playing at 3pm on Sat at the SCG.
Whilst getting old is a shit thing at times, those moments are totally irreplaceable so am rather glad some days that I am an old timer.
You do realise that many people have a pathological fear of clowns, especially that one.My name says it all a saints fan on the west coast and the avatar is pennywise the clown from Stephen kings it liked the movie and love his red hair and white head for obvious reasons
Yep I do great isn't it?You do realise that many people have a pathological fear of clowns, especially that one.
I remember witnessing one of the greatest match ups ever.1970 i think when Cocky Raider put a end to Lucky Creeds 24 straight winning sequence.All great pacers,I once had the the pleasure(if you call it)of mucking out the stable of Cocky Raider & feeding it.The race Mt Eden won you are talking about was the Miracle Mile in i think 1971 couldn't believe he won that race.
Shock horror, my last name is Johns, so obviously Johnsy.
My avatar is a drawing by a friend, he's a work colleague that draws as a hobby
Nice drawing, but you're looking a bit pale.
Good move man,l remember those days well.In 1966 i was 16 & playing for Penshurst RSL..I too have not rejoined the club for all the same reasons.My user name comes from the fact that in 1966 as a 15 year kid I was sent away to a boarding school in Bowral. As a quiet shy type I would go to the school hall every Saturday afternoon and watch the Match of the Day broadcast live at 3 o'clock on the ABC. It was on an old B&W TV sitting high on a shelf in a corner of the hall. By the end of my first year at school I was hooked. Smith, Gasnier, Clay, Langlands, Walsh, Raper etc Those were days!
I live in the country and very rarely get to see many games live (My wife is President of thee Anti-Football League, or at least she should be) but I have attended every Dragons GF since then except 1977 when I was in the Europe travelling but I found my way to the Aussie Embassy in Rome just so I could find out the score. Almost divorced before I got married!
My biggest disappointment is that the standards of the club have fallen so low n comparison to the standards of the better clubs in the current competition. And I blame McGregor and am very pessimistic going forward even with Hunt and Graham in the team. I hope I'm wrong, but I wasn't wrong this year which is why I can't renew my membership until there is a move away from the old boys club.
Thanks for sharing with us Mary.He my name is Gregstar & I'm a loserholic.
It has been 7 years since my last premiership.
My interests include masturbation, cutting heads off infants and standing behind doors with my dick out.
Great thread LG and interesting... it's funny how diverse the background and ages but we are united in one great tribe.
Too old too slow.
The origins of this simple phrase for me goes back to my introduction and love for the Big Red V.. and one of my greatest disappointments in my life.
In my hometown, playing footy in the front yard of a mates place some 45 odd years ago.. we were joined by one of his 'old' family friends.
We split into teams and this 'old' guy was on my team. Our team of 7 year old kids and this old guy went pretty well... we had a ball and he made us all look good.
Funny that .. he spent a lifetime making those outside him look good.
I said to him after our game (as kids do) your not too bad for an old bloke... his reply .. "too old and too slow" .
At the time I thought it was hilarious... now I know how he felt.
I never followed a team at that stage ... but after this brief interlude with the 'Baron of Bruise'... I was a dragon for life.
And the great disappointment, I never saw the great man play live.. well apart from that one time.
The avatar .. the man who showed me the way.. the Red V way.
One day mate hopefully sooner rather than laterHa, no worries BSE. It's pretty much how I feel as well.
Shame we all can't be meeting up for a drink or 10 prior to a finals game!!
Great thread LG and interesting... it's funny how diverse the background and ages but we are united in one great tribe.
Too old too slow.
The origins of this simple phrase for me goes back to my introduction and love for the Big Red V.. and one of my greatest disappointments in my life.
In my hometown, playing footy in the front yard of a mates place some 45 odd years ago.. we were joined by one of his 'old' family friends.
We split into teams and this 'old' guy was on my team. Our team of 7 year old kids and this old guy went pretty well... we had a ball and he made us all look good.
Funny that .. he spent a lifetime making those outside him look good.
I said to him after our game (as kids do) your not too bad for an old bloke... his reply .. "too old and too slow" .
At the time I thought it was hilarious... now I know how he felt.
I never followed a team at that stage ... but after this brief interlude with the 'Baron of Bruise'... I was a dragon for life.
And the great disappointment, I never saw the great man play live.. well apart from that one time.
The avatar .. the man who showed me the way.. the Red V way.