THE EVER EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF SYDNEY FOOTY

[Old Dragon]

Newtown was not formed until 1903. South Sydney in 1911 and Sydney University formed a side in 1887 but only to participate in a match in Melbourne against the University of Melbourne. The side that travelled to Melb. contained many members who had nothing to do with the university, they were players from other Sydney clubs who somehow managed the time off to get away to play. Just check it out on Trove.

It was Paddington and East Sydney that combined at the end of 1925 to form the Eastern Suburbs Club. If you read the positions of both clubs in the early twenties you will see that Paddington was the most successful of the two and in fact they simply overtook East Sydney. East Sydney was just as the name says, 'just east of the Sydney CBD'.

[Tom Wills]

Pekay.... how long is your Christmas Holiday......
It's too quiet on here without your idiotic (but sometimes incredibly historical) posts to help the day pass. Can't you check the internet while on holidays..or won't the missus let
you?

[Pekay]

I've been back since the 4th my friend, just too damn busy. Even became single as a result! I shall add some 'idiotic' topics of discussion in the next week or so. Been busy training for a comeback too, forgot how important that running caper is. I did see that Damien Hall is back in Sydney footy, I know he has his knockers out there, never met the bloke personally, might start a thread on that.

[Junior]

I know he has his knockers out there.

I'd like to see that!

Then again, maybe not...

[Pekay]

I'd like to see that!

Then again, maybe not...

That's a bit lavender.

[YoungKanga]

One major error coming out here is the fact that the Peter Betros "brain explosion" did not occur in 1979 or when he was playing for Wests.
I am sure Wests coach Ian Harry would take umbridge at being declared to have ordered the disgraceful events of 1987 when Mr Betros was in fact playing for Campbelltown. Campbelltown belted St George into submission in a game which should have been abandoned. There were at least 27 reports with Peter Betros reported at least 12 times.
Having witnessed this game I still get a shudder at the disgraceful events which took place. The umpires nor the League would tolerate this today. I am sure similar behaviour would see a club expelled from the competition.

hahaha i was at that game as well.. i may have only been 6 months old.. but i sure did enjoy it!!
GO THE BLUES!!!

[Big Al]

One major error coming out here is the fact that the Peter Betros "brain explosion" did not occur in 1979 or when he was playing for Wests.
I am sure Wests coach Ian Harry would take umbridge at being declared to have ordered the disgraceful events of 1987 when Mr Betros was in fact playing for Campbelltown. Campbelltown belted St George into submission in a game which should have been abandoned. There were at least 27 reports with Peter Betros reported at least 12 times.
Having witnessed this game I still get a shudder at the disgraceful events which took place. The umpires nor the League would tolerate this today. I am sure similar behaviour would see a club expelled from the competition.

Peter was retiring after the Grand Final and had some scores to settle and boy did he settle them. The Game was so violent that it actually made the news.

That was Campbelltowns first premiership in the top grade if I remember correctly. It was a year after the devastation of going through the season undefeated only to be beaten by North Shore in the GF.

[Mug Punter]

hahaha i was at that game as well.. i may have only been 6 months old.. but i sure did enjoy it!!
GO THE BLUES!!!

That game was an absolute disgrace to our great game and to your club. It says a lot that the mongrel who instigated that went on to become the Campbelltown mayor.

If you are proud of that event and your club's conduct that day, as I suspect you and many of your club are, then it explains a lot why you struggle to attract and retain quality people there.

[Old Dragon]

You can thank Betros for the introduction of the send-off rule into Sydney football. If I remember rightly there was a 'select committee' (I think they called it) investigation into the 1987 GF fiasco. It was open to the public and I believe visited by an ABC radio journalist on a couple of occasions.

What he did changed Sydney football. What resulted should be called the 'Betros Rule'.