Blast from the Past

Blast from the past !!!

Manly's Greatest Comeback vs. Penrith Panthers, Rd 12 2005
Thanks Bozo, really enjoyed watching that.
At the same time, made me a little sad watching Watmough carve up. He was so bloody good but I still shake my head as to how the end of his career with us played out. He was a Manly legend, adored by the faithful and would have been a 300+ game player for us. Hopefully time will heal old wounds...
 
Thanks Bozo, really enjoyed watching that.
At the same time, made me a little sad watching Watmough carve up. He was so bloody good but I still shake my head as to how the end of his career with us played out. He was a Manly legend, adored by the faithful and would have been a 300+ game player for us. Hopefully time will heal old wounds...
Choc busted his body for Manly . He was a spirited player and gave it all for us. It is a shame how spite splits people up and as you say lets hope time heals old wounds .
 
https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2019/02/01/another-big-week-in-archives-series/

More great pics from the past over the last week - check them out if you haven’t seen them!

I personally like the team pic of 1973 premiership team outside the SCG Members (pre game). You can feel the nerves and tension!
What a great team that was.
The 1973 Two try match winner was none other than the Incomparable Immortal .
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Interesting short review of Manly's switch from white jersey in 1984 to the maroon 1987 jersey. Apparently the maroon jersey first appeared in a few games in 1984, then in 1985 went to maroon jersey fulltime. The maroon jersey photo has Alan Thompson, so it must be a 1984 game not 1985.
https://thewraparoundsite.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/the-1985-nswrl-jersey-guide-part-1/

So did Manly not have an alternate maroon jersey in 1976 to 1983?

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This must be the 1984 alternate maroon as the badge has NSWRFL on it and there is a white V neck unlike 1987. All clubs were NSWRL badges by the end of 1984 finals.

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This is 1986 card of Crusher so the photo would be 1985.

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The answers you seek may lay within, my feathered friend🙂...........

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1472388059643734.1073741865.1416940388521835&type=3
 
You are right mate . Just looking at the link and it was played at Brookie with a great crowd of 19, 657 and that sounds like near capacity . Bozo did score a try but we won the match by goal kicks . I am not sure if that is Mark Willoughby in the photo with Bozo . Maybe another feathered friend can help us ?
Thanks for reliving the golden moments from the past . Great work !
Good crowd but nowhere close to capacity in those days. Ground record was 27,655 from a 1986 game against eventual premiers Parra (and they haven’t won one since LOL)
 

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