Rugby league history

[Ron Brodrick's Spirit]

"There is nothing sweeter than the smell of silvertail blood through a broken nose" - Dallas 1978

 

[tiger_one]

So many memories there.
Thanks champion @Sovereign Citizen.
Funny, even in the teams of today, I still look for the mate ship and player bonds that Dallas and the Magpies had back in the day.

 

[Ron Brodrick's Spirit]

So many memories there.
Thanks champion @Sovereign Citizen.
Funny, even in the teams of today, I still look for the mate ship and player bonds that Dallas and the Magpies had back in the day.

Yes mate, one of the great things about players of that era was that sure they'd leave for more money, but you never heard them bad mouthing the club.
Blokes like Boyd, O'Grady, Dorahy, Tommy all retained a love for the joint and when their careers ended they were still Magpies at heart.
Now we have blokes like Brooks, Woods etc. that can't heap enough shit on the place when they leave. I guess it's also reflected in the disloyalty of the fans as well. I don't remember Magpies fans ever slagging off the club the way blokes on here dog today's team.

 

[tiger_one]

Yes mate, one of the great things about players of that era was that sure they'd leave for more money, but you never heard them bad mouthing the club.
Blokes like Boyd, O'Grady, Dorahy, Tommy all retained a love for the joint and when their careers ended they were still Magpies at heart.
Now we have blokes like Brooks, Woods etc. that can't heap enough shit on the place when they leave. I guess it's also reflected in the disloyalty of the fans as well. I don't remember Magpies fans ever slagging off the club the way blokes on here dog today's team.

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This IS the HEART of a footy fan - and one of so many on this forum.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

The White Whale, Merv Hicks

 

[tiger_one]

Paul Merlo from the Wests Magpies

 

[innsaneink]

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Im glad dick pickett wasnt next to bill beaver

sorry...i'll leave now

 

[tiger_one]

SOO 1991
This moment - never forgotten!

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Big Geno



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Probably one of the best in his position.

 

[innsaneink]

Way back when... In 2021

 

[Halbrowne61]

SOO 1991
This moment - never forgotten!

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Wally telling MG he has no future in radio !

 

[240z]

Lidcombe Oval 70 years ago

 

[jadtiger]

Lidcombe Oval 70 years ago

Very strange that Balmain's home game is at Lidcombe in 1954

 

[Tucker]

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Look how big Kelly was compared to the rest of them.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[innsaneink]

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[Flippedy]

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Wow that’s a team and a great bunch of players that I remember really well! I well remember when Tommy burst on the scene, but Roy Ferguson was always my idol.