GLENELG 1972-2007 an unbelievable record..Attention BAYMAN

[bayman]

I think it's quite amazing that there hasn't been a function/wedding you needed to go to (or involved in!) or been very ill at any time. That's the most amazing thing to me over 36 seasons.

spelly, i've missed a couple of weddings but most of my mates have got married out of footy season & no one is stupid enough to marry me, being sick yes i've gone to the footy & been crook but i always think that if i've gone to work crook i can go to the footy as well, infact i discharged myself on a saturday morning after having kidney stones on the thursday/friday i was supposed to wait for the doctor & i said i'm fine i wont wait for him went home got changed & went to the footy

[bayman]

Bayman - did you go to all the country games too?

Lameroo (vs West) in round 6, 1999
Penola (vs South) in round 16, 1998
Whyalla (vs Eagles) in round 12, 1995

Plus all the curtain-raisers to the Crows and Port games at Footy Park

i seem to recall going to a port v glenelg game at port augusta as well, although that may have been a pre season cup match

[spell_check]

That's why there is that fuss about it, to make every effort to go to all of the games like that. As you said, it's your choice, but not every avid follower of an SANFL team could have done that. And you would be paying s**t loads to do that in the AFL (from 1987) to see every match every season for a club you follow.

[Wedgie]

I think it's quite amazing that there hasn't been a function/wedding you needed to go to (or involved in!) or been very ill at any time. That's the most amazing thing to me over 36 seasons.

Must admit I've never missed a game from being ill, had a migraine at Elizabeth one day but stayed.
This century I've missed one game because of a wedding (draw against Norwood in 03), one because of interstate travel (once again against Norwood - the underwater game that cost us a double chance and Rd 1 this year by choice.
Used to mis the occasional Elizabeth game in the late 90s due to distance and getting the chance to play or watch As and Bs for Noarlunga who I was involved with.
Game I missed before that was when John Roberts kicked his 100th in 87 at Prospect because I had a gig in a band.
That's it since 83 but certainly doesn't compare to Bayman's extraordinary feat especially when you take into the amount of games not involving Glenelg he's gone too, he's a true SA Footy icon!

Having said that, he's soft as he's missing EPW this week, I won't be.

[Leaping Lindner]

That's why there is that fuss about it, to make every effort to go to all of the games like that. As you said, it's your choice, but not every avid follower of an SANFL team could have done that. And you would be paying s**t loads to do that in the AFL (from 1987) to see every match every season for a club you follow.

There was an article in the Herald Sun a couple of years back about a Bulldogs supporter who hadn't missed a game in thirty years including all interstate clashes. That was impressive.

I missed one game in ten years prior to moving to Melbourne. Bloody weddings and I was best man so I couldn't get out of it. So I bow to the Bayman's very impressive record

[spell_check]

Bayman - did you go to all the country games too?

Lameroo (vs West) in round 6, 1999
Penola (vs South) in round 16, 1998
Whyalla (vs Eagles) in round 12, 1995

Plus all the curtain-raisers to the Crows and Port games at Footy Park

i seem to recall going to a port v glenelg game at port augusta as well, although that may have been a pre season cup match

Would be this one:
Round 5 1986
Glenelg 5.2 7.2 12.6 12.7 (79)
Port 0.2 1.4 2.5 3.11 (29)
Port Augusta, 5590

[bayman]

Bayman - did you go to all the country games too?

Lameroo (vs West) in round 6, 1999
Penola (vs South) in round 16, 1998
Whyalla (vs Eagles) in round 12, 1995

Plus all the curtain-raisers to the Crows and Port games at Footy Park

i seem to recall going to a port v glenelg game at port augusta as well, although that may have been a pre season cup match

Would be this one:
Round 5 1986
Glenelg 5.2 7.2 12.6 12.7 (79)
Port 0.2 1.4 2.5 3.11 (29)
Port Augusta, 5590

i'd say so & i like looking at that score

[spell_check]

There was an article in the Herald Sun a couple of years back about a Bulldogs supporter who hadn't missed a game in thirty years including all interstate clashes. That was impressive.

I would think she would have had to do some cost saving on these trips, or know friends from all over Australia. Or maybe she's just got lots of dough.

I remember in an article that Luke Sparrow (The guy who travels all over the world to see every Australian Cricket Test) doesn't pay much at all to do so, I can't remember how, mind you.

I think in the late 90s' on TV there was an article about an elderly Sturt supporter who saw nearly every Sturt game from around the 1920s or something like that. (Anyone else remember that story?)

Ernie Wenske has hardly missed a match from 1964, too.

Any other people that others know of that have such longevity of almost (or never) missing matches?

[spell_check]

Bayman - did you go to all the country games too?

Lameroo (vs West) in round 6, 1999
Penola (vs South) in round 16, 1998
Whyalla (vs Eagles) in round 12, 1995

Plus all the curtain-raisers to the Crows and Port games at Footy Park

i seem to recall going to a port v glenelg game at port augusta as well, although that may have been a pre season cup match

Would be this one:
Round 5 1986
Glenelg 5.2 7.2 12.6 12.7 (79)
Port 0.2 1.4 2.5 3.11 (29)
Port Augusta, 5590

i'd say so & i like looking at that score

Other Escort/Foundation Cup country matches Glenelg were in from 1984-93 were:
Rd 5 1985: Norwood 11.9 Glenelg 7.8 Mount Gambier
Rd 1 1986: Glenelg 12.13 North 11.9 Bordertown
Rd 4 1987: Sturt 7.12 Glenelg 4.7 Naracoorte
Rd 2 1988: Sturt 20.13 Glenelg 13.9 Strathalbyn
Rd 5 1989: Glenelg 16.11 Port 13.8 Robe 4,500
Rd 5 1991: South 18.17 Glenelg 14.14 Mount Compass 7,500
Rd 3 1992: Glenelg 10.14 Central 10.7 Mount Gambier 2,000
Rd 1 1993: Glenelg 13.10 South 8.8 Kingscote
Rd 2 1993: Glenelg 15.11 West 12.7 Karoonda

[mal]

Now lets get into the nitty gritty
What about the non Glenelg games BAYMAN has attended as well
BAYMAN would surely hold some sort of record for seeing other SANFL games as well
Many times we have both ventured to the nuetral games
We even went to see PUNK ROOSTER in the legends game at the SA V NA game at Carlunga !!!

And I know you want more
BAYMAN goes to most AC/PP games at Footy Park as well [if they dont clash with GL games]

I would say that BAYMAN has seen about 1200 games of AFL/SANFL footy all up

[Wedgie]

Now lets get into the nitty gritty
What about the non Glenelg games BAYMAN has attended as well
BAYMAN would surely hold some sort of record for seeing other SANFL games as well
Many times we have both ventured to the nuetral games
We even went to see PUNK ROOSTER in the legends game at the SA V NA game at Carlunga !!!

And I know you want more
BAYMAN goes to most AC/PP games at Footy Park as well [if they dont clash with GL games]

I would say that BAYMAN has seen about 1200 games of AFL/SANFL footy all up

Good call, I know of at least 1 weekend this year when he went to all 4 games.

BUT did he beat my record of seeing 3 games all played in the same afternoon like I did in Rd 23 after being at the 4th game the night before?
AND I have photos to prove it!

[GWW]

Bayman - did you go to all the country games too?

Lameroo (vs West) in round 6, 1999
Penola (vs South) in round 16, 1998
Whyalla (vs Eagles) in round 12, 1995

Plus all the curtain-raisers to the Crows and Port games at Footy Park

i seem to recall going to a port v glenelg game at port augusta as well, although that may have been a pre season cup match

Would be this one:
Round 5 1986
Glenelg 5.2 7.2 12.6 12.7 (79)
Port 0.2 1.4 2.5 3.11 (29)
Port Augusta, 5590

i'd say so & i like looking at that score

I dont

I seem to recall they actually televised that game (if its the pre season game i'm thinking of).

[mal]

And I know you want more
What about all the trial games BAYMAN has gone to see as well

[GWW]

And I know you want more
What about all the trial games BAYMAN has gone to see as well

Does he attend training 3 nights a week as well mal?

[Pseudo]

I think in the late 90s' on TV there was an article about an elderly Sturt supporter who saw nearly every Sturt game from around the 1920s or something like that. (Anyone else remember that story?)

I remember reading about an elderly woman who went to every Sturt match and had seen every one of Sturt's premierships. I believe one of the junior awards at Sturt is named after her. I may still have the article buried somewhere in my collection of footy memorabilia,

[mal]

BAYMANS story was on Channel 9 news on Friday 20/06/08.
824 consecutive games in succession to watch his beloved Bays.

BAYMAN you are a legend

[spell_check]

Damn, and I was going to see this too, but forgot all about it! I know someone on here would have recorded it.

[grant j]

Damn, and I was going to see this too, but forgot all about it! I know someone on here would have recorded it.

Bayman will be selling signed copies of his tv debut at Elizabeth tomorrow, all single rich women welcome (must like footy)

[stampy]

Damn, and I was going to see this too, but forgot all about it! I know someone on here would have recorded it.

"BAYMAN" on youtube will find it for ya spelly! its there

[spell_check]

Damn, and I was going to see this too, but forgot all about it! I know someone on here would have recorded it.

"BAYMAN" on youtube will find it for ya spelly! its there

Thanks, stampy, at the moment it's loading very slowly, because of the slowed speed of the internet at the moment.