Little River Band - Playing To Win (VFL Football version)

[rminister1971]

nice use of the elbow Dipper at 0.58

[hakkenadventure]

@2:45 get out of me waaaay! back when AFL was a tough sport :'(

[59771006]

This song was was recorded when John Farnham was the lead singer of the Little River Band

[59771006]

I love my footy

[bardsidhe]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

[watchthis1920]

the better days of football

[sappa71]

2.06 a blue legend Wayne the Dominator Johnston and how good was this game back then?

Saw most of these guys as a member and that was THE game big hits big goals loads of passion and mega courage, miss that in AFL now?

[nphanlon1973]

tim watson gets clocked at 2.53

[Prime4571]

Can anyone name the Carlton player at 2.06

[Prime4571]

I love footy, not from vic, nsw actually, but this was when footy was footy.

2:47 Michael Conlon the human bulldozer. 0:56 Billy Duckworth throws the mouthguard away, 1:40 Robbie "Mad Dog" Muir. Brillant. Aussie who was the umpire that he was remenstrating with.

[ipsilon160]

@Prime4571 i agree. you don't see alot of bursting through the packs these days, decent hip and shoulders and a decent biff or 2. i watch this little vid and say damn footy is changing and not for the better. they changed it because they want to make it more of a business.

[johnd2709]

Cyril > Little River Band

[moistie]

The highlight at 2:49 made it something special for me. I love seeing Tim Watson get cleaned up.

[Bravehunter23]

Sigh. I miss fitzroy.

[croweater75]

this IS THE GAME I GREW UP WITH

[2010pies]

the good old days ...sniff

[Yutubetopteensingers]

couldnt agree with you more, that video sent a chill through me for about 2 minutes solid... what a highlight package of champions....

[garygroundwork]

this was when footy was worth watching. so sad what has happened tot he game...

[qqq2211]

sad whats happen to the V.F.L A.F.L but who's the blame for the changes ??

the A.F.L or us ??

us we should of turned out back on the game not rock up to the games without us there is no a.f.l

[kdmoccd]

the days when footy was exactly that, not a business like these days

[esaint66]

What a brilliant video

Great song

and footy the way it should be played

Crackers and jacko are nuts haha

miss barks though :(

[kingbrude]

Great vid, gotta love footy in the 80's, couldve done without the Leon Baker celebration tho. (It didnt hapen, It didnt hapen, It didnt hapen)

[krazynite]

The way football should be played now....basketball now!!

[braidy64]

I left OZ 6 years ago, I miss the aussie rules.

[bensmizz]

80'S!!!!!!!!!!! MATE. gold.

[DHK5345]

go straight to 2:50 and watch timmy watson '32' for the bombers get absolutely fuckin ironed out- this was a time when aussie rules was a mans game! A straight mans game!!! Viva la Rugby (Both)

[tikadolla]

Mate, I'm a rugby league man north of the Murray, but this is just pure gold. Love the 80's. Thanks for the post!

[TheBane89]

I've seen some junior games where they play harder then the AFL. Its a bloody joke! Its getting as bad as soccer. Well, maybe not THAT bad...

[fawnha]

2008. The Hawks are back baby!

[kchris06]

where the heck did you get this clip Aussie80??

Remember it well

[aussie80s]

It was taped off TV in 1985.

[zenmasterfu]

tight shorts, mullets and synthesizers ... awesome!

[fawnha]

Bring back Jacko

[footyobsessed]

wow

[FootballInvective]

One word:

Goosebumps.

[38Sport2002]

Great stuff, love it.

[HelloMarco]

Team spirit.

[georgef76]

These were the day's when football was really footy! Teams had a home ground advantage back then with the likes of Vicoria Park & Windy Hill etc, it was more interesting . Football in 2008 is a joke , the defender touch's the guy in the back it's free kick. Hall doesn't even connect with Waklein and the shrink decides his shouldn't play, what rubbish, most of the things psycologists say are crap .

[meepala]

This is the clip that got Australia interested in the game.  Being from Queensland, I had honestly never seen it and those blokes in tight shorts jumping so high.. had me from the get go.

[hoolaman7]

I've never seen a montage of so many elbows to the face!

They were some rough bastards back in those days. I'm not an AFL fan, but this makes me want to watch a few scrappy bush league games.

[mikepumpkin]

Anyone know the blonde guy taking a screamer at 2.19? van der haar?

agree the 70's and early 80's was a golden age

[aussie80s]

Trevor Barker of St.Kilda. Paul Van Der Haar appears at 1:56

[mikepumpkin]

oh yeah, think he passed away some time ago

[yakidk89]

Blonde hair Mark Harvey @ 1:11

[wilks6]

Brilliant. The greatest footy/music clip there ever was.

Every player/fan under 30 should be sat down and made to watch this. The golden era of footy, action, flair, characters, Jacko...., tough , uncompromised footy the way it should always have been played. Anyone got Demetriou's email address? He REALLY needs to see this.

Thank you for posting this.

[Barsopen1970]

arr don't tempt me to fill that dictators emails with spam & virus filled links.

How's his pathetic excuse for having that $400,000 pay rise bwahahaha ...so it's a deterant to be poached from another code within Australia - P..leeeaaase

this tool is just so out of touch with the peoples game, such a arrogant dictator - Can't he be sacked by the people ? is he protected - how can this keep going like this ? ..wished he was Fixed up to be honest.

[clintonquealy]

Have to agree with you mate, gee I miss those days.

[kdmoccd]

one of my earliest memmories of football is this clip in 85, brilliant. the person who put this here is a legend. carn the hawks

[Barsopen1970]

another Classic Farnham vocal display - unlike the majority , i liked him in L.R.B as well as shorrock

[d9mxh1]

aussieaussieaussie, oioioi....pretty impressive. I, along with my brother, have been looking for this type of stuff for years. Channel 7 tell us they haven't got it anymore.

I too have a large collection of both tv footage and memorabilia. I have only just started converting to DVD, and have no intention of loading on to this.

But, would like to discuss....

[BradiatorG]

Awesome Footy Flashback...!!!

Any chance of getting a copy on DVD?

Let me know! I Lllllllove it!

Brad.

[aussie80s]

Hello Brad, I have around 1,000 hours of VFL footage from the 1980's. This includes a number of Channel 7 promos from Up There Cazaly (1979) onwards. I intend to dig them all out at some stage and upload them.

I can make a copy on DVD but as I am always looking to get more VFL footage I would prefer to trade rather than sell.

If you have any VFL footage for trade please contact me via messages and I will get in touch.

[BradiatorG]

Remember the video, FOOTY BRAWLS? I have that here somewhere on VHS, That and Seven's Magic Moments.

[EasytargetSchuey]

LOL - saw at least 4 different 50m penalties that should have been given then...yet they still kept on playing! Thats how the game should be played!!

[oztopgun]

Thanks Aussie, another good one, Pity the don't play footy like they used to anymore. For all the slick marketing, big money and spin doctoring, a game in name only!

[krazynite]

Well said!!

Yeah it lost me a while ago. No more bumps or characters anymore.