Southern Football League

[The Yetti]

Has anyone any idea of the crowd at the Hickenbottom Oval on Saturday??

More than 5,000 at McLaren with a great atmosphere

[Rush a Point]

Has anyone any idea of the crowd at the Hickenbottom Oval on Saturday??

More than 5,000 at McLaren with a great atmosphere

It is time everyone stopped living in the past. The SFL are not going to change the location of the GF.

It has simply out grown Porties. Move on.

[Axle Rose]

A fantastic game and some good posts now.
Reynella definately are a better side than they have been. In previous years, if they got a couple of goals down it was game over, but now they just dont go away.
Emus were more focused for this one than any id seen before and they were always going to be tough to beat. Credit to bishop and his staff during the game. Saw earl, B Bayly and Bennetts all on the pine in the 3rd 1/4 resting for a last 1/4 assault. Their fresh legs in the last dominated the centre bounces and it always helps with old man shorty stickin it down your throat. Well done to polly for his 6 goals. Fantastic delivery, not sure the full back could have done much about perhaps 4 of those 6.
Nathan Bayly a deserved winner of the medal too.

Well done to all winners on the day and to all involved. Anyone who says there was no atmosphere wasnt there. Fantastic day.

[damian]

Has anyone any idea of the crowd at the Hickenbottom Oval on Saturday??

More than 5,000 at McLaren with a great atmosphere

It is time everyone stopped living in the past. The SFL are not going to change the location of the GF.

It has simply out grown Porties. Move on.

If they can fit more than 5,000 in at McLaren, they can easily fit that in at Porties! I don't think it has out grown Port Noarlunga at all.

[vics01]

DTH
For those who asked: B grade Medal was won by Todd Alexander (Bombers) and Under 18 Jim McIntosh (Bombers). I know its all about winning the A grade flag but the Bombers jagged 5 out of 8 for the 2nd year in a row.

DTH 5 out of 8 is great, but why don't you challenge your Sunday junior sides in the premier Comp. (Saturday) Your Sunday teams are really playing everbody elses 'B' or development Teams.

The SFL have finally done something right and they cop rubbish from people who want to bring their own booze get pissed to the eyballs and carry on. 1 fight on the hill on the weekend is a lot better than the multiple all in affairs that happened at Porties in the past. It is almost impossible for security to operate effectively at Porties with all the cars etc around the ground. South Adelaide is the premier sporting/football venue in the south USE IT. How fantastic is it to have a clubs supporters all congregated on the hill, rather than spread around the ground in cars, Atmosphere fantastic.

South don't appear to have much use for the ground in September, maybe the SFL should use it for Prelims as well.

[vics01]

DAMIEN
If they can fit more than 5,000 in at McLaren, they can easily fit that in at Porties! I don't think it has out grown Port Noarlunga at all.

Damien I agree lets go back, take the Vote away from women, introduce the 6 o'clock closing at the pubs.

Move on enjoy how successful the day has become, it will only get better

[damian]

DAMIEN
If they can fit more than 5,000 in at McLaren, they can easily fit that in at Porties! I don't think it has out grown Port Noarlunga at all.

Damien I agree lets go back, take the Vote away from women, introduce the 6 o'clock closing at the pubs.

Move on enjoy how successful the day has become, it will only get better

From what i saw the day wasn't as successful as it could be, i'm all for moving forward and changes, but i think it is time for a change from Hickinbotham.

[lion heart]

I would be guessing far more than 5000 visited the GF during the day does the Southern League release official crowd figures?

[damian]

I would be guessing far more than 5000 visited the GF during the day does the Southern League release official crowd figures?

Would be interesting to see, i would think about 6500 people throughout the day but wasn't many more than 4500 at any one time.

[Afterthesiren]

well done to MV - much better on the day! again RFC on the wrong side of defeat - i think some of the lads have lost 4 or 5 now! the fight on the hill was between a few people with nothing to do with the club, same goes with the lonsdale arrests. the coach has changed the club alot in one year - well done

Its easy to say they have nothing to do with the club but they obviously are associated one way or another. The unfortunate thing in life is people and organisations are judged by who they associate with. This incident certainly doesn't do Reynella's reputation any good. Its up to Reynella as a club to rid these people otherwise a lot of hard work can be easily undone in the blink of an eye.

[damian]

well done to MV - much better on the day! again RFC on the wrong side of defeat - i think some of the lads have lost 4 or 5 now! the fight on the hill was between a few people with nothing to do with the club, same goes with the lonsdale arrests. the coach has changed the club alot in one year - well done

Its easy to say they have nothing to do with the club but they obviously are associated one way or another. The unfortunate thing in life is people and organisations are judged by who they associate with. This incident certainly doesn't do Reynella's reputation any good. Its up to Reynella as a club to rid these people otherwise a lot of hard work can be easily undone in the blink of an eye.

It was people that don't attend a game all year, but just turn up on Grand Final day. You can't choose who shows up to support and who doesn't, every club has some peanuts that support them, but it's just normally Grand Final day that they come out the woodwork to support a team they would otherwise have no interest in. No members of the RFC were involved in the altercation.

[AFLflyer]

well done to MV - much better on the day! again RFC on the wrong side of defeat - i think some of the lads have lost 4 or 5 now! the fight on the hill was between a few people with nothing to do with the club, same goes with the lonsdale arrests. the coach has changed the club alot in one year - well done

Its easy to say they have nothing to do with the club but they obviously are associated one way or another. The unfortunate thing in life is people and organisations are judged by who they associate with. This incident certainly doesn't do Reynella's reputation any good. Its up to Reynella as a club to rid these people otherwise a lot of hard work can be easily undone in the blink of an eye.

It was people that don't attend a game all year, but just turn up on Grand Final day. You can't choose who shows up to support and who doesn't, every club has some peanuts that support them, but it's just normally Grand Final day that they come out the woodwork to support a team they would otherwise have no interest in. No members of the RFC were involved in the altercation.

exactly right Damien - one of these poeple were not welcome into the club that night.. it wasnt a big deal anyway 99% of people were well behaved. so dont get carried away ATS.

[Afterthesiren]

well done to MV - much better on the day! again RFC on the wrong side of defeat - i think some of the lads have lost 4 or 5 now! the fight on the hill was between a few people with nothing to do with the club, same goes with the lonsdale arrests. the coach has changed the club alot in one year - well done

Its easy to say they have nothing to do with the club but they obviously are associated one way or another. The unfortunate thing in life is people and organisations are judged by who they associate with. This incident certainly doesn't do Reynella's reputation any good. Its up to Reynella as a club to rid these people otherwise a lot of hard work can be easily undone in the blink of an eye.

It was people that don't attend a game all year, but just turn up on Grand Final day. You can't choose who shows up to support and who doesn't, every club has some peanuts that support them, but it's just normally Grand Final day that they come out the woodwork to support a team they would otherwise have no interest in. No members of the RFC were involved in the altercation.

I agree with your comments but don't you think Officials of the Reynella Football Club have an obligation to identify these problem people and ask them to leave. If the situation then esculates then call the Police. It becomes an image thing... if I had a young lad and was looking for a local club for him to play at I would definately steer clear of Reynella. It also doesn't look good when two males rob the Lonsdale Hotel wearing Reynella clothing either. Its a shame because it sounds like a lot of people have put in the hard yards only to be tarnished by a couple of incidents in less than 24 hours.

[damian]

well done to MV - much better on the day! again RFC on the wrong side of defeat - i think some of the lads have lost 4 or 5 now! the fight on the hill was between a few people with nothing to do with the club, same goes with the lonsdale arrests. the coach has changed the club alot in one year - well done

Its easy to say they have nothing to do with the club but they obviously are associated one way or another. The unfortunate thing in life is people and organisations are judged by who they associate with. This incident certainly doesn't do Reynella's reputation any good. Its up to Reynella as a club to rid these people otherwise a lot of hard work can be easily undone in the blink of an eye.

It was people that don't attend a game all year, but just turn up on Grand Final day. You can't choose who shows up to support and who doesn't, every club has some peanuts that support them, but it's just normally Grand Final day that they come out the woodwork to support a team they would otherwise have no interest in. No members of the RFC were involved in the altercation.

I agree with your comments but don't you think Officials of the Reynella Football Club have an obligation to identify these problem people and ask them to leave. If the situation then esculates then call the Police. It becomes an image thing... if I had a young lad and was looking for a local club for him to play at I would definately steer clear of Reynella. It also doesn't look good when two males rob the Lonsdale Hotel wearing Reynella clothing either. Its a shame because it sounds like a lot of people have put in the hard yards only to be tarnished by a couple of incidents in less than 24 hours.

I think for startes the officials had a few other things on their mind other than crowd control. They are in no position to ask anyone form the public to leave a public place, if it was a member ofthe club then sure they could say pull your head in, but it would be safe to say that no officials would know any of the people involved and the people involved would have no idea who the RFC officials are.

All i can say about the robbery is that shirts are publicly sold, can be borrowed, probably found in op shops, chances are they were at the footy earlier in the day but again are not members of the RFC.

[MatteeG]

1 fight on the hill on the weekend is a lot better than the multiple all in affairs that happened at Porties in the past. It is almost impossible for security to operate effectively at Porties with all the cars etc around the ground.

How fantastic is it to have a clubs supporters all congregated on the hill, rather than spread around the ground in cars, Atmosphere fantastic.

There was at least 3 separate altercations on the hill vics- that was from half time of the Bs to the end of the As.

As for effective security?? LOL the cops and Fluro boys did NOTHING with the fight on the hill near the end of the A grade until it had all but peetered out. At one stage the fight was more like a rolling maul striving for the try line....Luckily there was no cars to slow the security further!

I wouldnt say the atmosphere was fantastic, but that has more to do with the acoustics at SAFC, and the wind blowing across the ground, drowning the outer wing supporters. There has to be a happy medium with allowing some cars in to fill the barren Northern Hill behind the goals, still looked like a ghost town there!

As for the game- Morphies showed what a classy team they are, stepping up when the heat was on. Flies had early chances in the last quarter but couldnt get it done on the scoreboard.

Apart from Prescott I thought the emus smashed the flies through the centre, and the flies half backs (#23 in particular- I had a boot but cant recall the name) kept them in the game.

Bad luck to the Flaggy U/18s, outgunned on the day but the events through the week leading up to the game definitely didnt help. Heads up lads, you did the club proud.

And a great turn out by the flaggy red army!

[AFLflyer]

1 fight on the hill on the weekend is a lot better than the multiple all in affairs that happened at Porties in the past. It is almost impossible for security to operate effectively at Porties with all the cars etc around the ground.

How fantastic is it to have a clubs supporters all congregated on the hill, rather than spread around the ground in cars, Atmosphere fantastic.

There was at least 3 separate altercations on the hill vics- that was from half time of the Bs to the end of the As.

As for effective security?? LOL the cops and Fluro boys did NOTHING with the fight on the hill near the end of the A grade until it had all but peetered out. At one stage the fight was more like a rolling maul striving for the try line....Luckily there was no cars to slow the security further!

I wouldnt say the atmosphere was fantastic, but that has more to do with the acoustics at SAFC, and the wind blowing across the ground, drowning the outer wing supporters. There has to be a happy medium with allowing some cars in to fill the barren Northern Hill behind the goals, still looked like a ghost town there!

As for the game- Morphies showed what a classy team they are, stepping up when the heat was on. Flies had early chances in the last quarter but couldnt get it done on the scoreboard.

Apart from Prescott I thought the emus smashed the flies through the centre, and the flies half backs (#23 in particular- I had a boot but cant recall the name) kept them in the game.

Bad luck to the Flaggy U/18s, outgunned on the day but the events through the week leading up to the game definitely didnt help. Heads up lads, you did the club proud.

And a great turn out by the flaggy red army!

the flaggy red army was fantastic - i reckon you outnumbered MV supporters. but i guess they get sick of winning!!

[damian]

1 fight on the hill on the weekend is a lot better than the multiple all in affairs that happened at Porties in the past. It is almost impossible for security to operate effectively at Porties with all the cars etc around the ground.

How fantastic is it to have a clubs supporters all congregated on the hill, rather than spread around the ground in cars, Atmosphere fantastic.

There was at least 3 separate altercations on the hill vics- that was from half time of the Bs to the end of the As.

As for effective security?? LOL the cops and Fluro boys did NOTHING with the fight on the hill near the end of the A grade until it had all but peetered out. At one stage the fight was more like a rolling maul striving for the try line....Luckily there was no cars to slow the security further!

I wouldnt say the atmosphere was fantastic, but that has more to do with the acoustics at SAFC, and the wind blowing across the ground, drowning the outer wing supporters. There has to be a happy medium with allowing some cars in to fill the barren Northern Hill behind the goals, still looked like a ghost town there!

As for the game- Morphies showed what a classy team they are, stepping up when the heat was on. Flies had early chances in the last quarter but couldnt get it done on the scoreboard.

Apart from Prescott I thought the emus smashed the flies through the centre, and the flies half backs (#23 in particular- I had a boot but cant recall the name) kept them in the game.

Bad luck to the Flaggy U/18s, outgunned on the day but the events through the week leading up to the game definitely didnt help. Heads up lads, you did the club proud.


And a great turn out by the flaggy red army!

I think 23 is Shane Bradshaw.

Flaggies support was fantastic, well done!!!!

[Slammer]

1 fight on the hill on the weekend is a lot better than the multiple all in affairs that happened at Porties in the past. It is almost impossible for security to operate effectively at Porties with all the cars etc around the ground.

How fantastic is it to have a clubs supporters all congregated on the hill, rather than spread around the ground in cars, Atmosphere fantastic.

There was at least 3 separate altercations on the hill vics- that was from half time of the Bs to the end of the As.

As for effective security?? LOL the cops and Fluro boys did NOTHING with the fight on the hill near the end of the A grade until it had all but peetered out. At one stage the fight was more like a rolling maul striving for the try line....Luckily there was no cars to slow the security further!

I wouldnt say the atmosphere was fantastic, but that has more to do with the acoustics at SAFC, and the wind blowing across the ground, drowning the outer wing supporters. There has to be a happy medium with allowing some cars in to fill the barren Northern Hill behind the goals, still looked like a ghost town there!

As for the game- Morphies showed what a classy team they are, stepping up when the heat was on. Flies had early chances in the last quarter but couldnt get it done on the scoreboard.

Apart from Prescott I thought the emus smashed the flies through the centre, and the flies half backs (#23 in particular- I had a boot but cant recall the name) kept them in the game.

Bad luck to the Flaggy U/18s, outgunned on the day but the events through the week leading up to the game definitely didnt help. Heads up lads, you did the club proud.

And a great turn out by the flaggy red army!

the flaggy red army was fantastic - i reckon you outnumbered MV supporters. but i guess they get sick of winning!!

Morphett Vale had a very big supporter base there but spread themselves out more than just standing in one place.

Secutity needs to be bigger and get involmed more IMO. Waiting till the fight to be over before getting there is average, also on the outer, one security guard stood there and watched as 2 or 3 Reynella supporters jumped the fence onto the oval in front of the Morphett vale supporters near the end of the game and were trying to taunt the Morphett Vale supporters. Was only really a couple of senior Morphett vale people which stopped anything happening there.
Security are paid to do security not just for there intimidating looks.

[KungFu Panda]

I decided to go down to the GSFL grandfinal and there was thousands there.Although you werent suppose to bring in your own piss plenty of people did,the thing was there was no trouble what so ever,i guess my question is why do they have so much trouble at SFL grandfinals with pissed idiots where 15kms down the road there was a great family day out at the footy with plenty of people on the cans and enjoying what was a great day.
Ive been playing in the SFL for years and witness the brawls at Porties,i guess the league have a duty of care so therefore the grandfinal now is played at South.Once again the minority bugger it up for the rest of us.It dissapoints to hear that there was more trouble at South on the weekend.
Also can anyone tell me what sercurity are suposed to do?

[GO THE PUNT]

Some supporters just have big ego's and can't control the emotions. Grow up clowns its a sport for your enjoyment.