The mighty moorabbin days !

[saint patrick]

If you are over 40 this doesn't bring a tear to your eye then you weren't there...ah the memories

[Mr Magic]

Thanks saint patrick.
It brought back so many great memories for me.

How young was BEva in it?

[jonesy]

We can thank Mcadam05 on here for these clips.He's been uploading them the last week or so
http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... 32&start=0


Great memories. So much passion compared to today. Lockett and Moorabbin,the game will never reach those heights again

[saint patrick]

We can thank Mcadam05 on here for these clips.He's been uploading them the last week or so
http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... 32&start=0


Great memories. So much passion compared to today. Lockett and Moorabbin,the game will never reach those heights again

Thank you so much Mcadam05..I came across this on facebook ...precious memories..and you are right Jonesy..they were incredible days ...you just had to be there to understand !!

[saintbrat]

so who is going to admit they are featured in that clip?
Is that Matthew Hardy near the end?

[saint patrick]

so who is going to admit they are featured in that clip?

What I was thinking when I watched it Brat...was there that day...just out of shot fortunately ...the banging on the boards after a goal brought it all back

[clarky449]

Good clips to watch. Would of been good to stand in the Animal Cage for a game.

[I Love Peter Kiel]

That is fantastic Saint patrick.

I couldn't be there for the last game...was working in a country town at the time.

My first game at Moorabbin was one of the early rounds in 1978. We lost to North (the previous year's Premiers) by about 19 pts but I was hooked from that day on! Big Carl, "Barks", Cowboy....there was just something about the whokle experience...you could feel your blood pumping red white and black!


Saw a black and white picture of the banner once...unfortunately it was hard to read the words which were in red.


Does anyone know the entire text which ended something like this.....


"For the good times, the bad times, the bitter, the sweet...

Thanks for the memories, Limnton St" ?

[I Love Peter Kiel]

Correction ..WHOLE experience


and of course LINTON St

[saintbrat]

Saw a black and white picture of the banner once...unfortunately it was hard to read the words which were in red.


Does anyone know the entire text which ended something like this.....


" ?

http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... b10a0c3042

[The Fireman]

I was there and it's funny how you recognize so many people, I just about know everyone who was interviewed.
And yes they looked so young.

[Enrico_Misso]

I was there.
I still miss that place.

Waverley Park and Jihad Stadium aren't our home.
Nor is Seaford.
No atmosphere.
No "feeling" of home.

Moorabbin IS our home.

Shame is that younger supporters will never experience the unbelievable atmosphere we had at Linton St.

Double shame is that the Club/ Kingston Clowncil have forced us to leave and virtually nothing remains of our heritage except memories and youtube.

[Dr Spaceman]

I was there.
I still miss that place.

Waverley Park and Jihad Stadium aren't our home.
Nor is Seaford.
No atmosphere.
No "feeling" of home.

Moorabbin IS our home.

Shame is that younger supporters will never experience the unbelievable atmosphere we had at Linton St.

Double shame is that the Club/ Kingston Clowncil have forced us to leave and virtually nothing remains of our heritage except memories and youtube.

I wasn't there EM, but perhaps you were.

Tell me, how was the atmosphere and general sense of "homeness" at Moorabbin a month after the Saints moved in?

I'm betting a fair few supporters were saying negative comments and "spewing" that the club had moved from the Junction Oval.

Yes Moorabbin was a great home but we can remember that greatness fondly without having to bag our new home.

[happy feet]

I now live on the south coast of NSW but my kids are all Saints die hards. They have only ever been to the sterile Etihad Stadium and when I try to tell them of my youth growing up in East Bentleigh and going to watch the Saints at Moorabbin, you can see they just don't understand what it was like. I hope I can get them to have a look at this. Made a shiver run down my spine, and also in those days it was inexpensive to go to the footy. I wonder if we have lost the plot - is the focus on money too much. I look at that and I see community spirit, not just $$.

[ozrulestrace]

I now live on the south coast of NSW but my kids are all Saints die hards. They have only ever been to the sterile Etihad Stadium and when I try to tell them of my youth growing up in East Bentleigh and going to watch the Saints at Moorabbin, you can see they just don't understand what it was like. I hope I can get them to have a look at this. Made a shiver run down my spine, and also in those days it was inexpensive to go to the footy. I wonder if we have lost the plot - is the focus on money too much. I look at that and I see community spirit, not just $$.

Growing up in East Bentleigh? I can't remember the exact title but on Facebook there is a page on "You know when you lived in East Bentleigh when.........." and it's all true

[The Fireman]

I wasn't there EM, but perhaps you were.

Tell me, how was the atmosphere and general sense of "homeness" at Moorabbin a month after the Saints moved in?

I'm betting a fair few supporters were saying negative comments and "spewing" that the club had moved from the Junction Oval.

Yes Moorabbin was a great home but we can remember that greatness fondly without having to bag our new home.

Some good points there but the diff between where we are atm and the Moorabbin grd is massive, totally different atmosphere , I didn't like arctic Park and bagged it until the day we left it but I do like the Dome..but again it's not the same.
I live in Tullamarine and would go to just about every game in those days so you would understand it wasn't about travel or distance I just loved being there..now my travel is a breeze yet thats not why I like the Dome.
To all those who didn't experience the Moorabbin grd it doesn't reallymatter, what you don't know shouldn't bother you , but you can always ask someone who has about what it was like.

[Dr Spaceman]

I wasn't there EM, but perhaps you were.

Tell me, how was the atmosphere and general sense of "homeness" at Moorabbin a month after the Saints moved in?

I'm betting a fair few supporters were saying negative comments and "spewing" that the club had moved from the Junction Oval.

Yes Moorabbin was a great home but we can remember that greatness fondly without having to bag our new home.

Some good points there but the diff between where we are atm and the Moorabbin grd is massive, totally different atmosphere , I didn't like arctic Park and bagged it until the day we left it but I do like the Dome..but again it's not the same.
I live in Tullamarine and would go to just about every game in those days
so you would understand it wasn't about travel or distance I just loved being
there..now my travel is a breeze yet thats not why I like the Dome.
To all those who didn't experience the Moorabbin grd it doesn't reallymatter, what you don't know shouldn't bother you , but you can always ask someone who has about what it was like.

Fair enough Fireman (PS I think I may know you though haven't bumped into you for a few years )

I went to virtually every game at Moorabbin from 1973 onwards and absolutely loved the place. But I'm realistic enough to know that times have moved on and the game has moved on and so I have moved on.

The real point of comparison is Moorabbin v Etihad, not Seaford. The latter may be our new home but it is after all only a training facility. For what it's worth I actually like the dome for reasons of comfort and transport, but perhaps that's simply due to my youth slipping away.

I'm certainly glad I got to enjoy Moorabbin, and in particular its Social Club, when I was still able to party into the wee small hours

[The Fireman]

Fair enough Fireman (PS I think I may know you though haven't bumped into you for a few years )

I went to virtually every game at Moorabbin from 1973 onwards and absolutely loved the place. But I'm realistic enough to know that times have moved on and the game has moved on and so I have moved on.

The real point of comparison is Moorabbin v Etihad, not Seaford. The latter may be our new home but it is after all only a training facility. For what it's worth I actually like the dome for reasons of comfort and transport, but perhaps that's simply due to my youth slipping away.

I'm certainly glad I got to enjoy Moorabbin, and in particular its Social Club, when I was still able to party into the wee small hours

The highlighted certainly changes our outlook on things

PS My whole outlook has changed also due to being beaten by the Skunks in the GF..I just get the feeling I've had enough.

[I Love Peter Kiel]

Thanks saintbrat!


From Cowboy to Plugger. Carl to the Doc
To all the saints fans
Who made the stands rock
The good times the bad times
The bitter the sweet
Thanks for the memories Linton St.

That's one of the best ones I've ever read!

Must have been electric to read it before the boys ran out for the last game.

It says it all!

[Enrico_Misso]

I believe it was wriiten by Mark Fine

[iwantmeseats]

Wow, great vid. I barely missed a match there from the late 70's till the end, but wish I could have appreciated it more at the time. Anyone know what happened to the then cheersquad pres Tim Holt?

[philtee]

Thanks saintpatrick and mcadam05.
Nice to see Dee Dee! She was a Saints stunna then, and she's a stunna now. Just about a fixture at Docklands games.

[asaint]

Miss Moorabbin. Shame on the council for pushing the club out.

[saintbrat]

Thanks saintbrat!


From Cowboy to Plugger. Carl to the Doc
To all the saints fans
Who made the stands rock
The good times the bad times
The bitter the sweet
Thanks for the memories Linton St.

That's one of the best ones I've ever read!

did the pictures come up- didn't on mine which would indicate the source is no logner an active site.

[mcadam05]

If you are over 40 this doesn't bring a tear to your eye then you weren't there...ah the memories

thanks for your kind words theres heaps too come so keep your eyes open