Your First Eels game

[crocodile]

Did you get on the KB Lagers and punch on with Dogs fans?

No, I'm far too refined for that sort of nonsense.

 

[strider]

Plus i dont think dogs fans punched on in the 70s .... the westies were more likely back in those days

 

[bad boy bubby]

As a very young fella I was a Sharks/Eels fan 76-77, in 78 I became Sharks alone, with a soft passion for the Eels.
My old man was a Saints fan, he took me to Jubilee in 79, there were nearly 22k people there.
We were stuck up near the fence, there was a kid there about 8 years old dressed all in his Parra gear. He kept asking his dad to go to the toilet but the dad wouldn't listen and kept watching the game. Next thing, the poor kid backed up to the fence and it all came out, No.2's down his leg. I felt really bad for him, it was terrible to see the look on his face.

Next Parra game live was Sept 27th 1981 at the SCG, I was in the Sheridan Stand. Don Lane was sitting near us, Souths had played in the U23's GF. My mate offered him a mintie, and he took it.
That day made Brett Kenny my second all-time favourite player behind Sludge.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Plus i dont think dogs fans punched on in the 70s .... the westies were more likely back in those days

In the mid 2000's the Dogs-Eels games were scary to go too.

I think also it was one of the reasons we didn't play the Dogs at Parra Stadium for a few years there because of crowd behavior.

Between 2003-2007 we only played them twice at Parra stadium before transferring our home games against them to Homebush.

They have cleaned it up not sure how they did it tbh as it was out of control there for a few years.

 

[DaveMc]

Next thing, the poor kid backed up to the fence and it all came out, No.2's down his leg. I felt really bad for him, it was terrible to see the look on his face.

Are you sure that wasn’t Bad Boy Bubby?

 

[bad boy bubby]

Are you sure that wasn’t Bad Boy Bubby?

I saw BBB in 94 or 95 on the Sunshine Coast in a theatre. I was hanging with the Coolum Cone Packers, and we were ripped as.
We were laughing a lot and kept saying "this is f**ked up" over and over

 

[hindy111]

I’m just making up stories. I don’t remember what happened last week FFS!

I remember sneaking a toffee apple into class and when the teacher wasn't looking giving it a lick. Then I went the whole hog and took a bite and was caught. The toffee apple.was confiscated and the s**t put a bar of soap in my mouth.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Analed by a toffee apple.

 

[crocodile]

In the mid 2000's the Dogs-Eels games were scary to go too.

I think also it was one of the reasons we didn't play the Dogs at Parra Stadium for a few years there because of crowd behavior.

Between 2003-2007 we only played them twice at Parra stadium before transferring our home games against them to Homebush.

They have cleaned it up not sure how they did it tbh as it was out of control there for a few years.

Yeah I remember the Homebush games. Don't recall the year but we were down 20 zip at half time and the dogs' fans were ecstatic. Came back in the second half and towelled them 28-20. I remember being a bit nervous walking back to the car amongst a throng of doggies. f*ck it was good though.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I remember being at this game. Probably one of my favourite Parra moments followed by one of the worst a couple of weeks later.

1998 NRL Premiership - Major Semi - Brisbane Broncos 10 lost to Parramatta Eels 15 - RLP

Match info page for the Brisbane Broncos vs. Parramatta Eels game in the Major Semi of the 1998 NRL season. Eels won 15 to 10 at Queen Elizabeth II Stadium.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org

 

[Incorrect]

Yeah I remember the Homebush games. Don't recall the year but we were down 20 zip at half time and the dogs' fans were ecstatic. Came back in the second half and towelled them 28-20. I remember being a bit nervous walking back to the car amongst a throng of doggies. f*ck it was good though.

That was round 1 2008. I was at an end of cricket season piss up at Rosehill that day... We legged it from the track to the Albion to watch the game and we were all wishing we'd stayed at the races or gone home come halftime...

 

[Incorrect]

I remember being at this game. Probably one of my favourite Parra moments followed by one of the worst a couple of weeks later.

1998 NRL Premiership - Major Semi - Brisbane Broncos 10 lost to Parramatta Eels 15 - RLP

Match info page for the Brisbane Broncos vs. Parramatta Eels game in the Major Semi of the 1998 NRL season. Eels won 15 to 10 at Queen Elizabeth II Stadium.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org

Jesus, how about the comparison between their 1-7 and ours!!!

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Yeah I remember the Homebush games. Don't recall the year but we were down 20 zip at half time and the dogs' fans were ecstatic. Came back in the second half and towelled them 28-20. I remember being a bit nervous walking back to the car amongst a throng of doggies. f*ck it was good though.

I watched that game at the Leagues Club. Up in the old Sterlos. Place was going off in the second half.

 

[hybrideel]

Jesus, how about the comparison between their 1-7 and ours!!!

Look at the entire team. Only 2 of the broncos 17 didn't play at least Origin or for NZ
We weren't too bad ourselves though with 6 Origin and 2 NZ reps

 

[Suitman]

Yeah I remember the Homebush games. Don't recall the year but we were down 20 zip at half time and the dogs' fans were ecstatic. Came back in the second half and towelled them 28-20. I remember being a bit nervous walking back to the car amongst a throng of doggies. f*ck it was good though.

I was also at that game. That was at the Showground wasn't it?
Anyway, if it wasn't, I remember a game at the showgound. Sold out. Absolutely jam packed and no segregation whatsoever.
I genuinely feared for my life leaving that night as I and a few mates were caught in the middle of hundreds of angry Dogs fans.

And yes, there were several years at Parra Stadium where brawls broke out both inside and outside the stadium and hence games weren't played there for a while.
It wasn't long after these years that the NRL started the "home fans" and "away fans" sections.
They were very slow to catch on.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Jesus, how about the comparison between their 1-7 and ours!!!

Chook Herron had a blinder!

 

[crocodile]

I was also at that game. That was at the Showground wasn't it?
Anyway, if it wasn't, I remember a game at the showgound. Sold out. Absolutely jam packed and no segregation whatsoever.
I genuinely feared for my life leaving that night as I and a few mates were caught in the middle of hundreds of angry Dogs fans.

And yes, there were several years at Parra Stadium where brawls broke out both inside and outside the stadium and hence games weren't played there for a while.
It wasn't long after these years that the NRL started the "home fans" and "away fans" sections.
They were very slow to catch on.

Showgrounds as in Homebush. Yes it was. I got an invite by a good mate ( a rabid doggies supporter ) who's ol' man had seasons tickets to all Homebush events. Lucky he was with me on the long walk back to the car. I always park in the Hill St Factories or Newington Estate to avoid the car park escape. I remember that walk with masses of doggies right behind and in front of me.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah I remember the Homebush games. Don't recall the year but we were down 20 zip at half time and the dogs' fans were ecstatic. Came back in the second half and towelled them 28-20. I remember being a bit nervous walking back to the car amongst a throng of doggies. f*ck it was good though.

Round one 2008. I watched it at the pub in Townsville. Awesome game.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

In the mid 2000's the Dogs-Eels games were scary to go too.

I think also it was one of the reasons we didn't play the Dogs at Parra Stadium for a few years there because of crowd behavior.

Between 2003-2007 we only played them twice at Parra stadium before transferring our home games against them to Homebush.

They have cleaned it up not sure how they did it tbh as it was out of control there for a few years.

I was there when we put 50 on them at Parra Stadium in 2005. Another awesome game. Toward the end of the game I went around the stadium to the other stand to see a friend and got accosted by Doggies fans on the way over there. They wanted a smoke but f**ked if I was giving a cigarette to those loosers. I gave them my shoes and jacket instead.

 

[crocodile]

I was there when we put 50 on them at Parra Stadium in 2005. Another awesome game. Toward the end of the game I went around the stadium to the other stand to see a friend and got accosted by Doggies fans on the way over there. They wanted a smoke but f**ked if I was giving a cigarette to those loosers. I gave them my shoes and jacket instead.

I wasn't at that game but I remember it. Two more bottlers come to mind. The 2009 final against the dragqueens with that superb EGJ intercept. Made more delightful because Jamie Soward threw it. Then the 2009 prelim beating those doggies. Last weeks drubbing doesn't feel so bad anymore. Fire up all you shirtlifters and recidivist reprobates. It's game day.