by Grand Central » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:52 am
by MST » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:28 am
therisingblues wrote:MST wrote:Sturt, as always, will have great representation at the game. I know our group is looking forward to the occasion immensely. I think the game will pull 6-8,000 spectators which will ensure a great atmosphere.
Plus, we play our best footy under lights!
Strewth MST! 6-8,000? I hope you are right! But I think the days that Sturt v Central could draw crowds like that outside of finals are a thing of the past. If they draw more than 5,000 I'll jump on a plane to Australia and buy you a beer.
Glad to hear that you are making the trip however, I only missed the Elizabeth game maybe three times in all my years in Australia. Wish I was there to lend some vocal support. Should be a corker.
GO YOU MIGHTY BLUES!
by sturtpeter » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:21 am
by MST » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:32 pm
sturtpeter wrote:I recall that game too, MST.
Not sure of the figure but I was at Elizabeth in 1971 or 72 when Sturt Vs Doggies drew a then record of over 13,000.
Those days are history but given a good evening without rain etc I would hope at least 7,000 turned up on April 1st to celebrate the beginning of Night SANFL Footy at HHO:)
by westside » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:11 pm
MST wrote:therisingblues wrote:MST wrote:Sturt, as always, will have great representation at the game. I know our group is looking forward to the occasion immensely. I think the game will pull 6-8,000 spectators which will ensure a great atmosphere.
Plus, we play our best footy under lights!
Strewth MST! 6-8,000? I hope you are right! But I think the days that Sturt v Central could draw crowds like that outside of finals are a thing of the past. If they draw more than 5,000 I'll jump on a plane to Australia and buy you a beer.
Glad to hear that you are making the trip however, I only missed the Elizabeth game maybe three times in all my years in Australia. Wish I was there to lend some vocal support. Should be a corker.
GO YOU MIGHTY BLUES!
Spelly may be able to help me out here. I am reasonably sure that when we played Central at Elizabeth in 2002 the crowd figure was pushing 8-9,000. It was about round six or seven and obviously both sides were going very well. Central won by three or four goals from memory but I do remember distinctly Sturt making a charge in the last quarter, Michael Curtis taking a mark on the grandstand wing with all the momentum in our favour, Marco Bello held onto him to slow things up and Curto tried to break his grip by swinging his arms at which point Bello threw himself to the ground like he had been shot and the umpire took the ball off him. Central went straight down the other end, goaled and it was all she wrote.
I would suggest Kris Grant and Co. would be hoping for 6,000 and nothing less.
by Jimmy » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:25 am
wide receiver wrote:MST wrote:therisingblues wrote:MST wrote:Sturt, as always, will have great representation at the game. I know our group is looking forward to the occasion immensely. I think the game will pull 6-8,000 spectators which will ensure a great atmosphere.
Plus, we play our best footy under lights!
Strewth MST! 6-8,000? I hope you are right! But I think the days that Sturt v Central could draw crowds like that outside of finals are a thing of the past. If they draw more than 5,000 I'll jump on a plane to Australia and buy you a beer.
Glad to hear that you are making the trip however, I only missed the Elizabeth game maybe three times in all my years in Australia. Wish I was there to lend some vocal support. Should be a corker.
GO YOU MIGHTY BLUES!
Spelly may be able to help me out here. I am reasonably sure that when we played Central at Elizabeth in 2002 the crowd figure was pushing 8-9,000. It was about round six or seven and obviously both sides were going very well. Central won by three or four goals from memory but I do remember distinctly Sturt making a charge in the last quarter, Michael Curtis taking a mark on the grandstand wing with all the momentum in our favour, Marco Bello held onto him to slow things up and Curto tried to break his grip by swinging his arms at which point Bello threw himself to the ground like he had been shot and the umpire took the ball off him. Central went straight down the other end, goaled and it was all she wrote.
I would suggest Kris Grant and Co. would be hoping for 6,000 and nothing less.
2002 round 6 crowd at Elizabeth - 7,905.
by therisingblues » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:46 am
wide receiver wrote:2002 round 6 crowd at Elizabeth - 7,905.
by westside » Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:35 am
therisingblues wrote:wide receiver wrote:2002 round 6 crowd at Elizabeth - 7,905.
I have been out of the country too long, a bit of good news to hear.
I guess I am basing my pesimism on the turn out for Sturt vs the Magpies at Adelaide Oval under lights last year. I think that the crowd was just a little over 5,000. That got me thinking that perhaps the days of the minor round blockbuster were over.
by therisingblues » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:23 pm
by giffo » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:17 pm
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