Beer, Footy and Food Festival Round at Henson Park.

[Suitman]

Couldn't find a thread for this so just thought I would post this here.
I went to Henson on Saturday. Was a cracking day.
Beers, fans and dogs were all happy.
A massive flashback to the 70's.
And there was way more than 8972 in attendance.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Loved going when I lived in Sydney, Newtown always put on some great entertainment and this year's BFF Festival sounded awesome!

 

[Perth Red]

Theres definitely a place for a well run second division. $10 entry and Easy going atmosphere.

 

[zombiebloodlust]

Yeah its a great day out.

Shame about the AFL posts though. I've contemplated bringing a hacksaw with me

 

[Suitman]

Hi all.

This is on again this season and will be the biggest and best ever.
I have no connection to this event other than having attended for the first time ever last season.
It was a cracking afternoon of beer, food and footy, and the crowd was over 10 000.
For those of us who attended games in the 60's, 70's and 80's, it really was a blast from the past at a genuine old style Rugby League game and ground. It is one of the last bastions of history that continues to this day.

I highly recommend this event as a fun RL day out. Local pubs are buzzing before and after the game, and fans wear all the old retro jerseys of all clubs.
I'll be attending again with a few mates and tasting as many craft beers as possible!
Hopefully the weather is fine, as it was last year.

The Beer Footy & Food Festival

beerfootyfood.com

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Yeah its a great day out.

Shame about the AFL posts though. I've contemplated bringing a hacksaw with me

There to stay unfortunately, Henson is used for the WAFL these days as well as being the Jets home. I think they got some decent funding for ground upgrades out of it.

 

[Wb1234]

A friend lives nearby and he’s made me go twice

 

[SpaceMonkey]

A friend lives nearby and he’s made me go twice

Oh how awful, I’m sure you suffered terribly

 

[Desert Qlder]

A festival of there-to-be-seen hipsters? No thanks.

Great footy at grounds all round the country every weekend. You can even volunteer coaching or reffing.

And not smartly drawn poster trading off nostalgia or craft beer needed to lure you in.

 

[hrundi99]

A festival of there-to-be-seen hipsters? No thanks.

Great footy at grounds all round the country every weekend. You can even volunteer coaching or reffing.

And not smartly drawn poster trading off nostalgia or craft beer needed to lure you in.

Oh go away. As opposed to a festival of bogans and Great Northern?

 

[mozza91]

Was thinking about going this year but it falls on the same day as a Knights home game. Hopefully next year then.

 

[Wb1234]

A festival of there-to-be-seen hipsters? No thanks.

Great footy at grounds all round the country every weekend. You can even volunteer coaching or reffing.

And not smartly drawn poster trading off nostalgia or craft beer needed to lure you in.

Not many hipsters drinking cans of kb watching nsw cup

 

[Munky]

Had a blast last year.

Far better experience than watching Panthers reserve grade take on the Tigers at Bankwest after Origin three.

 

[grozzy]

Henson Park sure has a load of history. A relative drowned a young kid when itwa s a quarry. It was also a venue for the 1938 Empire Games

 

[Perth Red]

A friend lives nearby and he’s made me go twice

Did you think you were going to watch your swans?

 

[Wb1234]

Did you think you were going to watch your swans?

I thought I was going to watch a lower standard of football. Which as a hull kr fan you would know a lot about

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I thought I was going to watch a lower standard of football. Which as a hull kr fan you would know a lot about

NSW Cup not worth $10 to you?

 

[Wb1234]

NSW Cup not worth $10 to you?

Honestly nope

I didn’t mind seeing the ground but I never had any connection to Newtown. They got kicked out when I started following the game I did watch their grand final loss vs the eels that was around when I was watching

good luck to them they’ve kept alive their heritage and it’s good to see what older grounds were like

back in the day I visited north Sydney oval and Redfern oval they were great but that was obviously nswrl or arl. Walked past lidcombe oval, Wentworth park and pratten park too for a look

 

[Suitman]

So, this is on again tomorrow at Henson Park. It's an absolutely cracking day.
Being billed as the 1981 GF replay.
The Jets are playing the Eels.
Should be at least 15000 there I reckon.
Attendance will be announced as 8972 as per usual, for those that know why.

 

[Suitman]

Cracking day on Saturday.
Great beers and food on offer.