Unique occurences at St Kilda games

avid · Post: # 597098Post **avid** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 3:27am

1: Penalty spot goal kick for interchange infringement, June 2008
2: Behind scored before end of game disallowed due to siren/timekeeper malfunction, 2007
3: Umpire marks ball in play, 200?
4: Lights go out, part of game replayed during week, 1995?
5: Pig on ground, 199?

Is there something special about the Saints that all these weird things happen to us?
I can't think of any team that would have had more than one comparable 'unique occurence' happen to them.
Any explanations? Any other examples?

(Hold on, Fremantle already has obviously had two of them: see above. There goes the theory!)

Milne · Post: # 597101Post **Milne** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 8:02am

Lights go out was 1996 if I remember correctly.

Life Long Saint · Tue 01 Jul 2008 8:24am

First "penalty spot" shot was between WCE v Adelaide.

The umps got that one wrong!

ausfatcat · Post: # 597104Post **ausfatcat** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 8:25am

every week craig devonport played

Little Dozer · Tue 01 Jul 2008 8:47am

ausfatcat wrote:every week craig devonport played

Been plenty of worse players than him.....

Saints43 · Post: # 597107Post **Saints43** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 9:00am

Didn't West Coast call for a count of players on the ground at Waverley against us once?

sainta · Post: # 597117Post **sainta** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 9:46am

It was a night game and was at Subi - and we won. Can't remember year though, possibly late 90s.

saint66au · Post: # 597120Post **saint66au** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 9:58am

Lets not forget the only team to have Premiership points taken off them for playing an incorrectly registered player (Doug Cox)

Also we played two ex-Swans players mid-season the day after they went to court for restraint of trade.

Mr Magic · Post: # 597121Post **Mr Magic** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 10:11am

saint66au wrote:Lets not forget the only team to have Premiership points taken off them for playing an incorrectly registered player (Doug Cox)

Also we played two ex-Swans players mid-season the day after they went to court for restraint of trade.

Actually it was only Fsochini's case that went to Court and after he won, the football world were expecting him to play.
What they were not expecting (and simply dumbfounded at) was that Morwood would take the Foschini case as a 'precedent' and also play!

That day was also the senior debut of a kid from Ballarat called Anthony Lockett.

yipper · Post: # 597158Post **yipper** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 11:54am

How about Rd 14 1978 - Arden St against the Roos coached by Barassi. Robert Elliott shoots for goal after the siren and with thousands of spectators on the ground whilst he coming in for his shot - the ball is touched by just about everyone on the ground before it crosses the line - however, the goal umpire (good on him!!) signals = GOAL!! We win by 5 points!! Barassi is fuming - a young yipper runs onto the ground and whilst passing the still fuming Barassi - delivers a massive sledge about where he should stick his opinion!!

Bernard Shakey · Tue 01 Jul 2008 12:45pm

Goal umpire later said he couldn't tell if it was a spectator or player that touched the ball, so paid a goal.

Eastern · Post: # 597188Post **Eastern** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 1:07pm

yipper wrote:How about Rd 14 1978 - Arden St against the Roos coached by Barassi. Robert Elliott shoots for goal after the siren and with thousands of spectators on the ground whilst he coming in for his shot - the ball is touched by just about everyone on the ground before it crosses the line - however, the goal umpire (good on him!!) signals = GOAL!! We win by 5 points!! Barassi is fuming - a young yipper runs onto the ground and whilst passing the still fuming Barassi - delivers a massive sledge about where he should stick his opinion!!

Was yipper ever young?

!!

Eastern · Post: # 597189Post **Eastern** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 1:10pm

Saints43 wrote:Didn't West Coast call for a count of players on the ground at Waverley against us once?

I don't recall the location but Guy McKenna who was capt of West Coast at the time was talking about it on radio about a month ago !!

yipper · Post: # 597209Post **yipper** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 2:04pm

Eastern wrote:
yipper wrote:How about Rd 14 1978 - Arden St against the Roos coached by Barassi. Robert Elliott shoots for goal after the siren and with thousands of spectators on the ground whilst he coming in for his shot - the ball is touched by just about everyone on the ground before it crosses the line - however, the goal umpire (good on him!!) signals = GOAL!! We win by 5 points!! Barassi is fuming - a young yipper runs onto the ground and whilst passing the still fuming Barassi - delivers a massive sledge about where he should stick his opinion!!
Was yipper ever young? !!

Yep, remember it like it was only yesterday!!

Mr Magic · Post: # 597222Post **Mr Magic** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 2:31pm

Eastern wrote:
Saints43 wrote:Didn't West Coast call for a count of players on the ground at Waverley against us once?
I don't recall the location but Guy McKenna who was capt of West Coast at the time was talking about it on radio about a month ago !!

I thought that game was in WA?

HarveysDeciple · Tue 01 Jul 2008 2:35pm

Eastern wrote:
Saints43 wrote:Didn't West Coast call for a count of players on the ground at Waverley against us once?
I don't recall the location but Guy McKenna who was capt of West Coast at the time was talking about it on radio about a month ago !!

the WACA in round 22 of 1999.

We won comfortably after a 9 goal second term.

the pig incident was 1993 I believe.

Also we have won a game on protest in 1900 against the dees, and also had the points taken off us in about 1915ish against the Cats (not sure of the exact reasoning, but im sure it could be found somewhere).

Mr Magic · Post: # 597224Post **Mr Magic** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 2:36pm

The 'Hailstone game' vs Brisbane at Waverley?

bigcarl · Post: # 597240Post **bigcarl** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 3:23pm

Mr Magic wrote:The 'Hailstone game' vs Brisbane at Waverley?

refresh my memory on that one

Eastern · Post: # 597258Post **Eastern** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 4:03pm

bigcarl wrote:
Mr Magic wrote:The 'Hailstone game' vs Brisbane at Waverley?
refresh my memory on that one

I was there. It was just after 1/2 Time when there was this almighty hail storm. Hail Stones as big a golf balls, and surprise, surprise IT WAS FREEZING COLD AS WELL !!

st.byron · Post: # 597274Post **st.byron** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 4:53pm

Somebody might know when this was. I was at the 'G when the scoreboard caught fire. Not just a bit, there were flames and black smoke spouting out of it. Can't remember if it was a Saints game or the cricket. Anyone recall that?

yipper · Post: # 597277Post **yipper** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 4:55pm

It was footy - not the Saints!! Rich vs North from memory - cameras picked up then AFL Chief Wayne Jackson sprinting across the ground over to the scoreboard to heklp sort things out.

Saint Bev · Post: # 597286Post **Saint Bev** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 5:04pm

Player (Paul Callery) choking on a sausage roll on the ground and had to have ozygen. Saints v Hawthorn at Princess Park, at least we won.

dcstkfc · Post: # 597291Post **dcstkfc** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 5:13pm

sirengate was 2006
and peter carey's mark was 1999
There was also 'whispers in the sky' 2005- when a businessman overheard the umpires saying that they got Freo the win in the game that Justin Longmuir won after the siren.
How about our first win in 1900- we appealled and got the points mid-week after a Melbourne point was disallowed because it was kicked after the 3qtr time siren.
Kosi being knocked out by an umpire for Casey reserves and fainting on national TV 2006.

dcstkfc · Post: # 597294Post **dcstkfc** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 5:15pm

scoreboard on fire was richmond v carlton- r22 1999- same weekend as McKenna's headcount. It was Jeff Gieschen's last game as Richmond coach.

St Chris · Post: # 597329Post **St Chris** » Tue 01 Jul 2008 6:20pm

Mr Magic wrote:The 'Hailstone game' vs Brisbane at Waverley?

1993 I think?? I played in the vickick at half time at that game. My only footy claim to fame!!! It was about -5 degrees, and all I remember was a massive black cloud coming over the sir kenneth luke stand.