The 80's

[BOZO]

Raise a bourbon for early 1980s Blakey... My goodness he was something...

Blake was Brilliant at his best .

 

[BOZO]

The 80's were the Silvertail years were Arko wore the $alary cap and was the envy of all teams
My best team of the 80's ...
1. Eadie
2. Boutstead
3. Gartner
4. O'connor
5. Shearer
6. Cliffy
7. Toovey
8. Kevin Ward
9. Krillich
10. Ian Thompson
11. Les Boyd
12. Terry Randall
13. Ron Gibbs
Bench :
14. Lewis Brown
15. Phil Blake
16. Paul Vautin
17. Noel Cleal.

 

[HoldenV8]

For me,watching the replays from the eighties on Fox is all new to me,from 81 thru to 88 I was in both Victoria and WA whilst in the RAAF and both of those states showed no NRL on either the news or replays,I pretty much missed out on results,players and in fact all things Sea Eagles.
How good is it to see the good ,and and ugly of that decade.

I know exactly how you felt. I was a kid growing up in Adelaide during the 80s, during winter if it wasn't the local SANFL, the VFL or the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL.....it didn't count as sports newsworthy. It wasn't until the early 90s that we started getting regular broadcasts and even games played here.

 

[HoldenV8]

My own team of the 80s.....

Coach - Bozo (who else? lol)

FB - Graham Eadie
WG - Dale Shearer
CE - Darrell Williams
CE - Michael O'Connor
WG - Kerry Boustead
FE - Cliff Lyons
HB - Des Hasler
PR - Phil Daley
HK - Mal Cochrane
PR - Kevin Ward
SR - Terry Randall
SR - Les Boyd
LK - Paul Vautin (c)

Bench - Noel Cleal, Phil Blake (remember, they only had 2 on the bench during that time).

Honorable mentions to Max Krillich, Geoff Toovey, Stuart Davis, Ronny Gibbs and Mark Broadhurst.

 

[shawn.b]

The 80's were the Silvertail years were Arko wore the $alary cap and was the envy of all teams
My best team of the 80's ...
1. Eadie
2. Boutstead
3. Gartner
4. O'connor
5. Shearer
6. Cliffy
7. Toovey
8. Kevin Ward
9. Krillich
10. Ian Thompson
11. Les Boyd
12. Terry Randall
13. Ron Gibbs
Bench :
14. Lewis Brown
15. Phil Blake
16. Paul Vautin
17. Noel Cleal.

Some versatility on the bench.

I am sure there will be some debate about the make up though.

 

[Lyonstomenzies]

The 80's were the Silvertail years were Arko wore the $alary cap and was the envy of all teams
My best team of the 80's ...
1. Eadie
2. Boutstead
3. Gartner
4. O'connor
5. Shearer
6. Cliffy
7. Toovey
8. Kevin Ward
9. Krillich
10. Ian Thompson
11. Les Boyd
12. Terry Randall
13. Ron Gibbs
Bench :
14. Lewis Brown
15. Phil Blake
16. Paul Vautin
17. Noel Cleal.

Lewis Brown very funny @BOZO it made me laugh on a very quiet bus.

 

[wombatgc]

Thats low Wombat. ...lol
I'll call your boy george and raise you a...
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1987...still the best year IMO for rock music in my time.

There wasn't a weekend I didn't see different bands back then. We were spoiled for choice.

 

[eagle66]

There wasn't a weekend I didn't see different bands back then. We were spoiled for choice.

Late 70's & very early eighties, it was nothing to go week by week, seeing, Oils, Radiators, ACDC, Mi-Sex, Jimmy & the Boys and somehow always kept missing Chisel. Take me back! Just love all of their first 1 or 2 albums.

 

[HoldenV8]

Late 70's & very early eighties, it was nothing to go week by week, seeing, Oils, Radiators, ACDC, Mi-Sex, Jimmy & the Boys and somehow always kept missing Chisel. Take me back! Just love all of their first 1 or 2 albums.

Another great Aussie band formed in Adelaide 😉

True fact.....I went to high school with David Campbell who said numerous times that he didn't want everyone to know he was Barnsey's son. But of course by actually saying it often enough pretty soon it was known throughout the whole school (Northfield High School at the time had around 1,000 students. Sadly the school no longer exists). It was something he wanted to keep secret, but he told enough people for it not to be.

 

[brad]

The 80's were the Silvertail years were Arko wore the $alary cap and was the envy of all teams
My best team of the 80's ...
1. Eadie
2. Boutstead
3. Gartner
4. O'connor
5. Shearer
6. Cliffy
7. Toovey
8. Kevin Ward
9. Krillich
10. Ian Thompson
11. Les Boyd
12. Terry Randall
13. Ron Gibbs
Bench :
14. Lewis Brown
15. Phil Blake
16. Paul Vautin
17. Noel Cleal.

I knew u had a soft spot for the great man at 14 .

 

[jbb/james]

I know exactly how you felt. I was a kid growing up in Adelaide during the 80s, during winter if it wasn't the local SANFL, the VFL or the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL.....it didn't count as sports newsworthy. It wasn't until the early 90s that we started getting regular broadcasts and even games played here.

I moved to adelaide in 1980 , i felt your pain. I used to go to the local newsagent and skim through sports results in the australian newspaper to get results. I finally found a newsagent that ordered the rlw for me but well before pooters the system required a memory order, so it often didnt turn up or quite often on the tuesday the next week.

Just moved back to adelaide after 30 years away, thank god for globalisation . But now ive had to dirty my soul and connect fox, ah well

 

[manly al]

The 80's were the Silvertail years were Arko wore the $alary cap and was the envy of all teams
My best team of the 80's ...
1. Eadie
2. Boutstead
3. Gartner
4. O'connor
5. Shearer
6. Cliffy
7. Toovey
8. Kevin Ward
9. Krillich
10. Ian Thompson
11. Les Boyd
12. Terry Randall
13. Ron Gibbs
Bench :
14. Lewis Brown
15. Phil Blake
16. Paul Vautin
17. Noel Cleal.

Gee , Lewis Brown ahead of well rated Manly forwards of the 80 's , Ray Brown and Dave Brown, Quite a wrap , BOZO . Hope that does not mean that you may now nominate him in the all time Manly Greats category / On a serious note Dave Brown although a good player , may have sometimes had an issue with his occasional below par work rate but Ray Brown and on the assessment of some good footy judges was one of those exceptional players of his time . Just so versatile and mobile and although essentially a hooker , could play and perform well anywhere in the forward pack . So many good and top players and teams for Manly in the Eighties and again just unfortunate and a bit unlucky to have only gained the one title during that time .

 

[HoldenV8]

I moved to adelaide in 1980 , i felt your pain. I used to go to the local newsagent and skim through sports results in the australian newspaper to get results. I finally found a newsagent that ordered the rlw for me but well before pooters the system required a memory order, so it often didnt turn up or quite often on the tuesday the next week.

Just moved back to adelaide after 30 years away, thank god for globalisation . But now ive had to dirty my soul and connect fox, ah well

At least you knew about RLW. As a kid growing up here I had no idea it even existed until the early 90s when I was in my mid-late teens.

Adelaide still sucks the big one when it comes to rugby league and if not for it being on GEM we wouldn't even get it on television unless you have Foxtel.

 

[jbb/james]

At least you knew about RLW. As a kid growing up here I had no idea it even existed until the early 90s when I was in my mid-late teens.

Adelaide still sucks the big one when it comes to rugby league and if not for it being on GEM we wouldn't even get it on television unless you have Foxtel.

Yeah reading it a week late was better than nothing. I didnt realise gem had footy other than orgin. What games do they show. Friday night, sunday i presume. Do any pubs in adelaide do it as a regular ?

 

[Captain Moondog]

Jimmy & the Boys

Used to see them at the Antler....they weren't like anybody else....Joylene Hairmouth lol

 

[Shnorky]

Raise a bourbon for early 1980s Blakey... My goodness he was something...

That video is off my utube channel, and music - devynals
He was/is special as was the music
Cant complain about the 80s

 

[globaleagle]

That video is off my utube channel, and music - devynals
He was/is special as was the music
Cant complain about the 80s

If so...you are far too famous to be hanging out on here!

I shall now go and see if those other videos can teach me to swim.

 

[HoldenV8]

Yeah reading it a week late was better than nothing. I didnt realise gem had footy other than orgin. What games do they show. Friday night, sunday i presume. Do any pubs in adelaide do it as a regular ?

No idea which pubs show league here as I'm not one who really does the pub thing. And yes, Friday night and Sunday arvo is what we get on GEM.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

I was pretty handy wasn't I.

Yep, just a shame you couldn’t tackle

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Re-watched the 87 grand final last night, what a fantastic side that was, could so easily have put many more points on the Raiders. And such an attractive style of play, why wouldn't anyone follow Manly?!