Best ever Atmosphere
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Best ever Atmosphere
I've been to a lot of games over the years & seen the Saints win some big games in front of big crowds.
But the game that takes the cake for me, as far as the best atmosphere goes, Would have to be the 1996 Ansett Cup Grandfinal at Waverley.
Wow.. Here we were, playing the previous years Day Premiers, packed to the rafters with mainly Saints fans, starved & hungry for a piece of (any) silverware
The atmosphere was electric & of course we Won! The crowd could not contain themselves and swarmed the ground to join our heroes & bathe in our long awaited moment in the sun.
I sung our song with complete strangers in the carpark as we were all united in this wonderful glorious moment...& it was Pre season!
So glad I cut short my Adelaide trip to be there as I'll never forget it.
But the game that takes the cake for me, as far as the best atmosphere goes, Would have to be the 1996 Ansett Cup Grandfinal at Waverley.
Wow.. Here we were, playing the previous years Day Premiers, packed to the rafters with mainly Saints fans, starved & hungry for a piece of (any) silverware
The atmosphere was electric & of course we Won! The crowd could not contain themselves and swarmed the ground to join our heroes & bathe in our long awaited moment in the sun.
I sung our song with complete strangers in the carpark as we were all united in this wonderful glorious moment...& it was Pre season!
So glad I cut short my Adelaide trip to be there as I'll never forget it.
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Moorabbin had atmosphere like no other venue.
There was many a game when the roar from the grandstand got us home or nearly home.
But I would nominate that famous StK v Carl game (the Daniels-Winmar-Lockett match) as probably the best atmosphere at any game I have ever been to.
The crowd just went beserk !
Scenes of naked jubilation.
The game when Loewe kicked the winning goal from the Soc Club pocket against (Fitzroy?) was also pretty special.
There was many a game when the roar from the grandstand got us home or nearly home.
But I would nominate that famous StK v Carl game (the Daniels-Winmar-Lockett match) as probably the best atmosphere at any game I have ever been to.
The crowd just went beserk !
Scenes of naked jubilation.
The game when Loewe kicked the winning goal from the Soc Club pocket against (Fitzroy?) was also pretty special.
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Agree with that.Life Long Saint wrote:I assume that we're talking H&A, then it has to be 2004 St Kilda v Brisbane at the Telstra Dome.
That was electric. Even the roar for Brisbane was loud...but the roar when Schwarze kicked that goal was as loud as I've heard at a game.
The LOW point would have to be the Wizard Cup GF the same year when the same saints "fans" jeered the same Troy Schwarze when receiving his premiership medal !!
97 beating North in the prelim, the MCG absolutely rocked, it was destiny we were going to win the next week.
92 beating collingwood, it was awesome.
95 (?) beating Carlton in the pre-season, the crowd was ecstatic.
01?02? beating Brisbane in the bloodbath at the dome, some dozen players didn't front up the next week for either side, and was the beginning of the end for hamill as well. I think we will never see a game as determined and brutal as that ever again. Knobel stretchered, the chant went on around the ground and we as the fans I think were ready to lynch the brions. players were being dropped left right and centre, knees to the chest, elbows to the head. IMO the last brutal game of football in the modern era.
92 beating collingwood, it was awesome.
95 (?) beating Carlton in the pre-season, the crowd was ecstatic.
01?02? beating Brisbane in the bloodbath at the dome, some dozen players didn't front up the next week for either side, and was the beginning of the end for hamill as well. I think we will never see a game as determined and brutal as that ever again. Knobel stretchered, the chant went on around the ground and we as the fans I think were ready to lynch the brions. players were being dropped left right and centre, knees to the chest, elbows to the head. IMO the last brutal game of football in the modern era.
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2003 I think Dan.Dan Warna wrote:01?02? beating Brisbane in the bloodbath at the dome, some dozen players didn't front up the next week for either side, and was the beginning of the end for hamill as well. I think we will never see a game as determined and brutal as that ever again. Knobel stretchered, the chant went on around the ground and we as the fans I think were ready to lynch the brions. players were being dropped left right and centre, knees to the chest, elbows to the head. IMO the last brutal game of football in the modern era.
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The 95 pre season game v Carlton that you mentioned Dan, was in fact in 1996. It's the game that I'm talking about.
It was a very one-sided game, so it wasn't a thriller like many of the other games mentioned, but it was such a buzz to see us blow Carlton away & to see St.kilda holding up a cup at the end was surreal. Came down with a bit of a thud the following week, however, as we were beaten by North.[/quote]
It was a very one-sided game, so it wasn't a thriller like many of the other games mentioned, but it was such a buzz to see us blow Carlton away & to see St.kilda holding up a cup at the end was surreal. Came down with a bit of a thud the following week, however, as we were beaten by North.[/quote]
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Missed that one (was away) but have heard tell of it quite frequently.St DAC wrote:2003 I think Dan.Dan Warna wrote:01?02? beating Brisbane in the bloodbath at the dome, some dozen players didn't front up the next week for either side, and was the beginning of the end for hamill as well. I think we will never see a game as determined and brutal as that ever again. Knobel stretchered, the chant went on around the ground and we as the fans I think were ready to lynch the brions. players were being dropped left right and centre, knees to the chest, elbows to the head. IMO the last brutal game of football in the modern era.
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Top 10 that Ive witnessed in person, in no particular order,
03 Brions game at TD...thanks Martin Pike for costing your side the game
04 Brions game at TD....Schwartaaaaaaaaaaaa
05 Brions game at TD....Milney and our record winning margin
89 Carlton at Moorabbin....Plugger v SOS
08 Round 22 v Essendon. In that last quarter it didnt matter how lucky we were, how the cards for others had fallen..we were 4th and the joint went OFF
92(?) Footscray at Waverley. Tony Francis kicks the sealer from an acute angle with seconds to go.
1997 Preliminary Final. Nuff said
1979 Round 1 v Hawthorn at Moorabbin. After just finishing outta the finals in 78 we start the year beating the reigning premiers
1991 v Adelaide at Moorabbin. Harvey to Lockett in the first 10 secs for the first of nine for the half..after 6 weeks off! Adelaide were described that day as "corks floating on an ocean of noise"
2008. v Hawthorn at TD (3rd quarter) The noise when we exploded outta the blocks after 1/2 time was amazing. Watch the shot of Blakey punching his fists in the air after kicking that goal on the run, with the whole of Level 1 outta their seats behind him
03 Brions game at TD...thanks Martin Pike for costing your side the game
04 Brions game at TD....Schwartaaaaaaaaaaaa
05 Brions game at TD....Milney and our record winning margin
89 Carlton at Moorabbin....Plugger v SOS
08 Round 22 v Essendon. In that last quarter it didnt matter how lucky we were, how the cards for others had fallen..we were 4th and the joint went OFF
92(?) Footscray at Waverley. Tony Francis kicks the sealer from an acute angle with seconds to go.
1997 Preliminary Final. Nuff said
1979 Round 1 v Hawthorn at Moorabbin. After just finishing outta the finals in 78 we start the year beating the reigning premiers
1991 v Adelaide at Moorabbin. Harvey to Lockett in the first 10 secs for the first of nine for the half..after 6 weeks off! Adelaide were described that day as "corks floating on an ocean of noise"
2008. v Hawthorn at TD (3rd quarter) The noise when we exploded outta the blocks after 1/2 time was amazing. Watch the shot of Blakey punching his fists in the air after kicking that goal on the run, with the whole of Level 1 outta their seats behind him
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The crowd when Troy kicked THAT goal was unbelievable.. i remember screaming at the top of my voice and i couldn't even hear myself...hugging and hi 5ing randoms is always a highlight as well
Chanting Milney's name was incredible and an awesome moment for him too i am sure.
And this year, being in an aisle next to the pies ferals and giving them heaps as we ended their season was great, even if ours ended the week after.
And even though i wasn't at the 2005 semi final against the crows..the atmosphere at the social club was something special, the next best thing to being there and i won't forget it.
Chanting Milney's name was incredible and an awesome moment for him too i am sure.
And this year, being in an aisle next to the pies ferals and giving them heaps as we ended their season was great, even if ours ended the week after.
And even though i wasn't at the 2005 semi final against the crows..the atmosphere at the social club was something special, the next best thing to being there and i won't forget it.
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99 was that bulldogs game you speak of.saint66au wrote:Top 10 that Ive witnessed in person, in no particular order,
03 Brions game at TD...thanks Martin Pike for costing your side the game
04 Brions game at TD....Schwartaaaaaaaaaaaa
05 Brions game at TD....Milney and our record winning margin
89 Carlton at Moorabbin....Plugger v SOS
08 Round 22 v Essendon. In that last quarter it didnt matter how lucky we were, how the cards for others had fallen..we were 4th and the joint went OFF
92(?) Footscray at Waverley. Tony Francis kicks the sealer from an acute angle with seconds to go.
1997 Preliminary Final. Nuff said
1979 Round 1 v Hawthorn at Moorabbin. After just finishing outta the finals in 78 we start the year beating the reigning premiers
1991 v Adelaide at Moorabbin. Harvey to Lockett in the first 10 secs for the first of nine for the half..after 6 weeks off! Adelaide were described that day as "corks floating on an ocean of noise"
2008. v Hawthorn at TD (3rd quarter) The noise when we exploded outta the blocks after 1/2 time was amazing. Watch the shot of Blakey punching his fists in the air after kicking that goal on the run, with the whole of Level 1 outta their seats behind him
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One memory I have was in 1973 we played North at Moorabbin in one of the last rounds and had to win to stay in the five - North were three goals up at three qtr time and kicked the first two in the last qtr - then we started kicking goals and got up to win - when we hit the front the Moorabbin Stand literally shook in its foundations.
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