Round One, 1987, West Coast versus Richmond
The West Coast Eagle's first official home and away match at Subiaco Oval against Richmond on March 29, 1987 was played before a respectable crowd of drug-dealers and smack-heads.
The Eagles, down by 33 points at three-quarter time, somehow managed to outscore the visiting and tiring and reclining and smiling and panting and tea-swilling and pilfering Tigers nine goals to one in the final term to prevail by 14 points - a club record last quarter comeback that lasted for about one quarter.
Many believe that they were able to manage it by kicking the ball through the big sticks. Although some have it that they cheated for the first time in their history and were playing one of the best worst Tiger outfits ever to grace a catwart, anyway. Not since whacking a fashion accessory one ties around ones pants across the britches of the Colliwobblers in '80 have the Tiges been either mighty or fighting.
Eagle's captain Ross "The Frizzled Fro" Glendinning explained the win by saying: "Whenever the Tiges come over to our home we always serve jam and scones to them. Biscuits too. They just adore our biscuits."
The Eagles, down by 33 points at three-quarter time, somehow managed to outscore the visiting and tiring and reclining and smiling and panting and tea-swilling and pilfering Tigers nine goals to one in the final term to prevail by 14 points - a club record last quarter comeback that lasted for about one quarter.
Many believe that they were able to manage it by kicking the ball through the big sticks. Although some have it that they cheated for the first time in their history and were playing one of the best worst Tiger outfits ever to grace a catwart, anyway. Not since whacking a fashion accessory one ties around ones pants across the britches of the Colliwobblers in '80 have the Tiges been either mighty or fighting.
Eagle's captain Ross "The Frizzled Fro" Glendinning explained the win by saying: "Whenever the Tiges come over to our home we always serve jam and scones to them. Biscuits too. They just adore our biscuits."
