James Hird's Winning Goal vs West Coast 2004

[bengormann]

Remember watching this. This was a great game and an amazing game from Hird, especially given the week he had just had. After the centre bounce after Hird's winning goal the West Coast player who passed it to Cousins threw it to him and Essendon should have had a free kick. Thankfully this did not matter in the end.

[VictorYong36]

I am an Eagles supporter but this is a legendary moment!!!!

[MrTurfed]

What a legend!

[masontang]

Every single time I watch this I get a shiver and I have watched this a lot

[tommybcuzz]

@masontang have you tried a blanket?

[onarass]

THA MAN

THE MYTH

THE LEGEND

[EllzaXox]

Was that Micheal Hurley who he hugged?

Or do i really badly need glasses?

[scoco]

When Hirdy licked his hands, you knew something rad was going to happen. Such as this.

[MrSpankythedog]

@scoco haha, I was just about to write the same thing. Wish he'd played one more year, he won his 5th B&F in his last year, despite missing 5 games.

[TyBrodie]

James Hird= God!!

[Ozziecar96]

I was at that game!!!! Hirdy's a legend. Not wearing long sleeves is rare

[AlienBusDriver]

up up to win the premiership flag!

[bloorie87]

No you clearly don't follow foot ball at all, if you remember the events leading up to this game then you can't deny its greatness

[lauriehammy]

I remember watching this. Amazing.

[willmcc]

Spotted at least three incidents in the first 25 seconds which would have been paid as free kicks nowadays. Footy is going down the shitter

[xlovexlivexdream]

Back in the day when teams would actually score 22.5 on a regular basis.

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

That's the best game I have even been too. My Dad and I really let the arrogant West Coast supporters sitting in front of us know who won!

[daniel234512]

IM BEHIND THE GOALS IN THE BOMBERS TOP BEHIND THE RIGHT GOAL POST ! :)

[Joffa1994]

im a melbounre supporter but i would honestly love to be that supporter!

[CROwy12345679574]

Fletcher made a very important save at the end also!

[scubaboytellem]

JUSTIN MURPHY THE SOFEST PRICK TO EVER PLAY AFL

[Tatio9]

The only correct prediction Robert Walls has ever made.

[lolskee]

@Tatio9 haha thats just what i was thinking

[supertaco6]

that was the moment in time when the west coast eagles started to suck absolute balls

[alibaba4813]

licking his hands as he walked towards the contest he is just brilliant!! he does it like its easy

[Diesel3865]

HIED U FUKINGG GUNN!! WE LOVE U AS COACH AND AS A PLAYER!!

[Diesel3865]

HIED U FUKINGG GUNN!! WE LOVE U AS COACH AND AS A PLAYER!!

[jaketyler27]

"James Hird got that ball out of the centre bounce. He's moving down towards this contest. If anybody's gonna get it it, it'll be James..." - Robert Walls

"McDougall heads for the boundary line. Maybe Murphy should've kicked. Bullen. Hird! Hird!!! The fairytale is complete. After a horror week, James Hird you are a genius!" - Stephen Quartermain

I can never forget these words.

[tmacclurg1]

@jaketyler27 It's one of those moments when you remember where you were when this happened. I remember it quite clearly.. along with ANZAC Day 2009.

[MarkiBarky]

Anyone comparing Buckley to Hird should be shot. Hird is better than him hands down

[kingbob182]

absolute freak of the game. Too bad I wasnt old enough to appreciate his entire career. One of the toughest sportsmen and most courageous players Ive watched though.

[RoheeeeCricket]

that's fucking legendary. LOVE hirdy, he played like a freak in that game. remember spilling hot milk over myself after he kicked that goal.

[TheHodgey08]

as i hate you dirty snipers, i would put a jimmy hird framed jumper in my bar. along side the hawthorn greats.

[aintallthat]

i was meant to go to this game.. but didn't.. worst decision of my life =\

[Jay4P]

for some reason, if you play satisfaction by the rolling stones with this, it goes really well.

[simoman1234567]

Quarters: "The fairytale is complete. After a whole week James Hird you are a genius!"

[Mozsa]

@simoman1234567 i actually think he says 'after a HORROR week, James Hird you are a genius'

love this footage, spine tingling.

[2fntuf]

im a collingwood supporter i watched that game and i take my hat off to you james hird true champion

[juan1mann]

2:07 "OK now I'm DEFINATELY smashing some ice later."

[somo84]

He paid 20 grand to play in this game. Money well spent

[chinospot]

james hird got the ball out of the center bounce, hes moving down to this contest, if anyones gonna get it ittl be james

couldn't have put it better myself

[brooksnk]

0:54 bit of underarm cosmetics?

[mylesusa]

bullen threw it

[DillZ91]

@mylesusa your just a jealous cunt, stfu

[mylesusa]

@DillZ91 i go for essendon, you fagget...i was just stating the obvious..

[DillZ91]

@mylesusa lol

[jamabar]

thats a high scoring game

[watermelonandpotato]

Don't think I've ever heard a more spine-tingling roar from any footy crowd.

[cfbgoespop]

From an Eagles point of view...typical intelligent clear headed thinking and decision making from McDougall...god he was a spud...can't even punch a ball to the boundary line!

[Jasee75]

what a legend

[Artie3402]

Where are the sleeves?

[xlovexlivexdream]

i was at that game, i nearly died in the last 30 seconds

[purepope]

i get goosebumps watching this! go the mighty dons!

[LiamSpencerRocks]

Yeah go Bombers w00t w00t everybody hates the shitgals. I remember this was the first full AFL I have ever watched and it was a beauty!

[howard11112222]

lol Mclaren still hates essendon.

he was crap in anzac day 2010

[Havencheese]

One man made it all happen.

[VioIentGoIdFish]

hirds only famous cause he played on gary ablett snr. ok joke, dont fucken take my head off!

[losecontrol08]

@VioIentGoIdFish haha

[Spocq]

Hird is a true legend

Go the Eagles

[guitar4evr24]

what a ledgend, all hail hirdy.

[RohCricket]

amazing stuff by hirdy!!! 15 disposals in the last quarter, 2 goals (a brilliant snap), 34 touches in all, watta brilliant game.......AND HE DIDNT GET A FKN BROWNLOW VOTE!!! WTF?

[electricmaster23]

can't stop watching this.

[Clownage69]

and in the brownlow 0 votes for this game. f u mclaren

[rodneysmh]

it was so impressive and i still remember it well.

[DrPepperAndSteak]

UMPIRES ARE FUCKING GAY. I mean they cope a lot of shit for no reason, but when you see a cause like this one, in which a player single handedly won a game, while racking up numerous records at the same time, DID NOT GET A SINGLE VOTE, then you know some seriously fucked up shit is goin' down. SOMEBODY SHOULD'VE GOT FIRED FOR THIS SHIT.

[soccerfreestyla]

i love james hird

[dragons4ever2007]

Brownlow votes:

3: Loyd 2: Judd 1: Cousins.

[LilRocker1990]

and how many brownlow votes did he get for this historic performance??? a big fat ZERO!!! seriously, how does a player in todays game control an entire quater like that, score the winning goal in the dying seocnds and not recieve a single brownlow vote... oh i know why, coz the umps r a bunch of little pussies who thought it would be funny to do wat they did... so wat? he was right in saying mclaren called a crap game the week b4, coz he did and he got find for it... HIRD IS A LEGEND!!!!

[BonnieBlueFlag1314]

I was there!!

[devilwarr1or]

@LilRocker1990 ....or the game is judged on a 4 quarter effort? if a player gets no touched then kicks the winning goal is he the best on ground because he won it? or does it go to his teammates who put him in a position to win the game off his final kick?

[gelgamex]

@devilwarr1or he actually dominated the game getting around 34 possessions, the final goal was the icing on the cake for the three votes, but the umpires are a bunch of dogs and were sooking from the week before

[devilwarr1or]

@gelgamex ah ok thanks i didnt realise the stats, sounds like did dominate in which case maybe your right the umpires were dogs in this game. but someone else posted the votes 3. lloyd 2. judd 1. cousins, how did they go in the game? did they dominate just as much? im assuming lloyd kicked a bag.

btw im neutral i love football not having a go or anything :)

[gelgamex]

@devilwarr1or really cant remember how lloyd went

[devilwarr1or]

@gelgamex well someone below posted he got 3 votes so im assuming he kicked a bag :) lloydy never moved into the midfield so i doubt he would of gathered many touches besides marks and goals.

[cowofthemonth]

@LilRocker1990 right on mate. Like when the shafted MacLeod the year he nearly won. Or last year when they somehow reported Judd on field for elbowing Pav in the face, yet still thought he deserved 2 best and FAIREST votes. they're shithouse

[thesimpsonsking1]

@LilRocker1990 he bagged mclaren and they said no votes

[Wrightyy13]

@LilRocker1990 I know you probably won't read this, but he only had 15 possesions. Just because he kicked a goal that put them in front doesnt mean anything. You don't know shit about AFL

[danta232]

@Wrightyy13 Dude you know nothing.

His stats were:

27 Kicks

7 Handballs

34 Disposals

7 Marks

2 Tackles

3 Goals

1 Behind 6 clearances in the last quarter

Clearly one of the great performance

[Wrightyy13]

@danta232 You know what, i was wrong. I don't follow shitty teams so i wouldnt know sorry :)

[LilRocker1990]

@Wrightyy13 so who exactly do you go for??? it's not lik essendon is one of the most storied and most successful clubs in afl/vfl history... but you know whatever

[danta232]

@Wrightyy13 also, the 15 they say in the vid is 15 in the last quarter

[bennyrolts]

what a great game of football!

[BIGDAZR]

every time i watch this i get chills hirdy is a legend

[natran]

the best game ive EVER been to..... LOVE HIRDY

[nino255]

JAMES HIRD YOU ARE A GENUIS!!!! loved those comments by quatermain :)

[AFLalex23]

no matter how many times i watch this, i still get goosebumps.

[MrJuiceson]

that'll be something that dons supporter will never forget

[monsternrgy]

Greatest of all time WHAT A goal

[MrJuiceson]

even though i dislike essendon, he was a great induvidual player. champ

[Sopez1]

We all know why he didn't get a vote!

[crazyboy976]

hird was a legend greaat individual great team player and a legendary captain

[93Essendon]

131. I miss the high scoring days.

These days it's all fumbling and fucking around the ball.

[jamisjj]

remember - he didnt get a vote.

what a fucking joke

[darthmonkeyman878]

mclaren is a shit umpire anyway

[ripitup32]

normally i hate robert walls but fuck did he get that call right!

[drewey07]

robert walls is sexy.

[Azza11SteveyB]

Hird is just an absolute champ. the all time greatest. props to ya toohey and you pir8king, comin from a carlton boy =P

[xxxsomeweirdoxx]

Sometimes you forget just how good Hird really was.

[pirocan1]

couldnt agree more.

[amelia4242]

What a legend.

[toohey119]

What a legend of the game. and im not a essendon supporter.

[arandomaussie]

wow at the crowd wen hird get it out of the ruck

[pir8king1982]

It's games like these and finishes like that that we love footy so much btw I am a Carlton fan!

[thewarriors101]

i watched this hole game i remember when the guy who james hugged was on the news lol very good game

[raapoopyweewee]

i think my computer speakers just exploded lol

[warendogger]

omg at 0:10 and 0.46 listen to the crowd what a game!

[ILoveTina09]

wow Essendon have only 5 behinds for the whole match.

[stinsgrunter]

I heard ben cousins was so devestated by that loss he started taking drugs... lol

[pirocan1]

haha, classic man!

[whatskillihave]

@stinsgrunter hell funny you dickhead

[x360shootx]

your a fag

[KKurt8892]

@stinsgrunter one of the best comments in history

[coolguyalex69]

@stinsgrunter faggot



[valentino46mgp]

i dont believe he received any Brownlow votes for this game which was a total and biased load of umpire shit... Miss ya Hirdy...

[TABTX92]

unbelievable, with what 20 seconds to go, i'm no expert at this (being an american and not being able to watch this here in America), but thats unbelievable that this can get this tense and exciting, then that happens, remarkable goal along the boundary line

[dobsy86]

that moment gives me shivers

[bomberfan94]

131? bring back the high-scoring footy of the old days, stuff the pushing rules etc, it makes it slow, why don't we just not allow passing forward? and called the sport rugby for christs sake?

[Dman2406]

Gotta love Hirdy!

[speeddude66]

wat happen to hirdy that week?

[Chris414141]

He bagged out an umpire on the footy show I think not sure. Anyway the AFL really hated it.

[draughtie]

yep, the umpire he singled out was scott mclaren

[Mrrayboy197]

that guy will never forget the huig

[craigkontol]

true about the brownlow. I'm an ardent essendon supporter but I do remember in 93' when wanganeen won it by one vote over Greg Williams he was lucky to get the medal coz for some reason even though he collected 46 possessions in round 22 Williams failed to get even one vote from the umpires.

[nikka10]

wow listen to the crowd, sounds like theres 90,000 essendon supporters and only about 3,000eagles :O

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

i was there :) wow! i'll never forget it ever!

[barbs19788]

as much as i hate essendon i've always liked hirdy.

[blaizethefootylegend]

i remeber this game but look how old it looks

[leporepaul]

wat a lucky supporter... imagine the captain of your team running up to you and huggin you after kicking the winning goal!!!

[donsforever93]

One of the best finishes ever. Luv ya Hirdy!

[Djtouch123]

in todays game that would of been a definate free to lloyd

[Quat21]

i support the eagles(:

but HIRD i gotta take my hat of to ya great player(:

[xXessendonXx]

this game proves the brownlow is bullshit. hird was obviously BOG but where were his votes?

[seedy80]

damn straight. mclaren was a dud then and is now.

[whitelandrover110]

James HIRD what a ledgend! the afl is not going to see another player like this again for a very long time!

[wizzie76]

For Robert Walls to give an Essendon player a compliment shows how remarkable he was

[billymclean5]

legend. one of the best players from the 90s to today, reason why i wear number 5 haha

[essendonFC4eva]

LEGEND enough said

[cheeseburgerfriends]

JAMES HIRD IS AWESOMELY LEGENDARY.

man i miss seeing him on the field...

[JacobBarton0003]

HIRDY = LEGEND

[bp12350]

fuck im an eagles supporter and hird is easily one or if not the best players of his time

[pearsoac]

Clearly shows why Hird is reguarded as one of the games all times greats!

[dudemate78]

hes one of the games greatest up there with em all

[JAYTASTICROCKS]

was that goal of the year?

[jamisjj]

funny thing is stupid umpires didnt give him the brownlow votes even though he controlled the whole game

[callumda6]

hird

what can ya say man, leaves me speechless...

[lloydyz1]

james hird you are a genius

[KatieInTheCloset]

What a legend, he can change the whole game with his own boot

[LPFNRULE]

can carlton borrow his boots pls i wana win some games this year?

[anthq1988]

Sensational!

[mrpuniverse2]

im glad am i lived to see it. Rama needs some credit too his defensive punch in the dying seconds saved the game. It was a great game Hird had been in the wars with media and all that stuff and he showed why he is the best Essendon player of the modern era..CHAMP

[backyarddowg]

That Put Pins And Needles down my leg! HIRD YOU LEGEND!

[jimmyhird]

One of the best moments from one of (if not) the greatest players of the modern era! Never forgotten jimmy

[killercrossover01]

no matter what team you support, you gotta love james hird

[gothedons18]

Also, he should have gotten 3 votes, but the umpires are frickin' girls.

[gothedons18]

James Hird is/was a legend. The way he went about his footy was excellent, and he will be missed, greatly.

[sketchpad26]

absolutely amazing

[ghoarch]

I'm a Crows fan, but that is one game I would have liked to have been at.

[BluesRBack]

what a champ

[XCPTOR]

one of the best moments in afl

[tdudge]

One of the greatest players of all time. From a Hawks supporter. His skills are unsurpassed.

[jressendon]

unstoppable

[blaizethefootylegend]

yes so do i

[blaizethefootylegend]

i was watching this game and its my favorite game of all time

[AxelFoley5]

The great man.....it doesnt get better than this

[harshvgaus]

remember, hird is from nsw, just like carey.

[nikleoiskool]

"The Fairytale is Complete!"

brings a tear to my eye

not even a essendon supporter!

[JAYTASTICROCKS]

GENIUS

[pre31194]

that is the best game i have ever seen!!

[lotionelite]

champion

[dmarks270]

i wish i went to this game

[UncleMeds]

How many disposals did he have in the last quarter??

[dockerboy6]

15 disposals and 2 goals mate.

[Peeto87]

I get shivers...

[barbs19788]

i absolutely hate essendon with all my being but hirdy's a champion

[bennettitaly]

GO BOMBERS!!!

[BNTfilmsonline]

what an absolute frekin RIPPER goal that is good As!!!