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Western Suburbs Magpies Thread
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westTAHger
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Good to see that someone has them. Lidcombe oval, the bike track and the very tall goal posts, great memories.
Focused on the big issues…
diedpretty
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Les Chanticleers Tour 1968 Series - Game 5 - Western Suburbs Magpies 12 lost to France 13 - RLP
Match info page for the Western Suburbs Magpies vs. France game in Game 5 of the 1968 Les Chanticleers Tour. won 13 to 12 at Lidcombe Oval.
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Who else happened to be at this game - Lidcombe Oval 1968. Place was packed, although official crowd was only 8000 - someone was telling fibs - i remember sitting on the bike track for this one. Wests led 12-5 with a few minutes to go but a couple of dubious penalties and 2 late tries got France home 13 - 12. Mick Alchin and the French winger got sent off. The late great French dual international Jean Capdouze was a standout.
momo_amp_medo
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I was there …. memorable 👍Les Chanticleers Tour 1968 Series - Game 5 - Western Suburbs Magpies 12 lost to France 13 - RLP
Match info page for the Western Suburbs Magpies vs. France game in Game 5 of the 1968 Les Chanticleers Tour. won 13 to 12 at Lidcombe Oval.
Who else happened to be at this game - Lidcombe Oval 1968. Place was packed, although official crowd was only 8000 - someone was telling fibs - i remember sitting on the bike track for this one. Wests led 12-5 with a few minutes to go but a couple of dubious penalties and 2 late tries got France home 13 - 12. Mick Alchin and the French winger got sent off. The late great French dual international Jean Capdouze was a standout.
Ron Brodrick's Spirit
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Get down to the Bay run on Sunday and meet this champion.
Buttface
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Ron you sneaky devil.
At least your kids can’t argue about who missed a goal or not.
You should cut them up into 20c pieces and flog them on eBay as “Get yourself a piece of great Magpie Lidcombe Oval history; the (former) tallest goal posts in the southern hemisphere. $50 a pop and $100 for the Allan Fallah signed keyring version.
momo_amp_medo
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Might be wrong … but think that may have been Tony Ford.
Tony Ford (rugby league) - Wikipedia
Ron Brodrick's Spirit
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Tony Ford had a huge boot on him so it's possible.Might be wrong … but think that may have been Tony Ford.
Tony Ford (rugby league) - Wikipedia
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He was my hero and I was upset when a young upstart called John Dorahy took his place.
Sometimes I can be wrong.
Ron Brodrick's Spirit
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Ha Ha, no mate, not my secret place just a secret place.
Apparently one set was recycled into razor blades.
I got all this from the interweb Google machine.
I was at the first game of the 1974 season when Wests best Balmain 62 - 5. Dorahy had just arrived at Wests with a big fanfare but started the year in reserves. Ford played firsts and scored 23 points. Dorahy had a shocker. I said to my mate “Dorahy won’t be in first grade any time soon”.
How wrong I was.
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I n the fair dinkum department it's nice that the Magpies have this tiny fortress of solitude thread, because we certainly can't rely on the mods. to put any sort of handbrake on the villification.
I remember reading a post a couple of weeks back where a poster who likes to crow about his love for the West Tigers and his respect for the Magpies actually posted words to the effect of "Magpies directors and supporters are cowards and disgusting people". That may not be word for word but it was the general gist.
Now I remember thinking wow the mods will remove that in 5 minutes.
Imagine my surprise when one of the mods. was the first to "like" the comment.
How outrageous.
It was hard to believe my eyes, but that's the forum we exist in.
The irony was that there was a following thread titled "Forum Rules" bemoaning the recent behaviour in the thread.
Physician heal thyself.
I remember reading a post a couple of weeks back where a poster who likes to crow about his love for the West Tigers and his respect for the Magpies actually posted words to the effect of "Magpies directors and supporters are cowards and disgusting people". That may not be word for word but it was the general gist.
Now I remember thinking wow the mods will remove that in 5 minutes.
Imagine my surprise when one of the mods. was the first to "like" the comment.
How outrageous.
It was hard to believe my eyes, but that's the forum we exist in.
The irony was that there was a following thread titled "Forum Rules" bemoaning the recent behaviour in the thread.
Physician heal thyself.
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and your still sooking in paradise/pargetry . lol .Baton down the hatches the poor are storming our walls. Look on the bright side 'them lot' just shoot barbs to morn their lose as we do. The automobile replaced the horse n life go's on
Question for older Magpies fans. How do you view that late 70s/early 80s period when Wests were really strong during the regular season and didn’t progress far in the semis? Bad luck? Bad coaching? Wasted opportunities or good times.
i will walk into this 1 .Memory is toasted ,also had a life back then . Magpies perfected thuggery and the establishmant wanted a change. Good opportunities and wasted times .I would love to see them back in the major comp , but it will 90% never happen
Hard to say. I reckon we were usuually beaten by a better side on the day but there was one year I thought we were deadset certs. I think it was 1978. We were clear minor premiers and went out of the finals in straight sets. We were beaten narrowly by Manly in the final where Greg Hartley reffed and we copped some shocking decisions. Some of Hartley's decisions against Wests were inexplicable but that's the way it goes sometimes.
I reckon Bus 2 Terrigal will have a better view of your question than me.
innsaneink
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My old man reckons the word in Ashfield pub and Wests Leagues was they all pooled their money and backed themselves (shoosh) to make the top five at that start of the year and once theyd achieved that, wether they celebrated early or the intensity naturally dropped off - I dunno.
It was always disappointing....we won 1 out of 7 finals games from 78 - 82 (bar1981 finished 6th)
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