VU Whitten Oval 2015 (and Western Oval1978)
Tolerating zero. Seconds from the bounce of the ball. Courtesy of The Holy Boot Football Emporium.
Today’s edition of the most popular website in the world* is brought to you by the Footy Maths Institute, The Holy Boot Football Emporium, and Seb from Sunshine. Through the world-wide resources of Instagram, Twitter, email and a chat at the school-crossing, we are able to feature the temporary scoreboard used at the VU Whitten Oval for the pre-season game between the Western Bulldogs and Richmond, on Saturday 28 February 2015. Plus a bonus pic from 1978.
Courtesy of The Holy Boot Football Emporium.
Courtesy of the Footy Maths Institute.
Word has it that there will be a new permanent scoreboard at Whitten Oval that will be able to screen movies: Moonlight Cinema in the summer. BYO deck chairs and park yourself at centre-half-forward.
But the scoreboard that stays in the memories of Doggies fan is, of course, this one from 1978 (sent in by Seb from Sunshine):
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What is interesting about the 1978 team photo is the range of variations in the jersey. The assistant coach has been given a jersey with no chest logos, while a couple of other players have a logo (VFL) on their right side, but nothing on the left. Doug McKenzie is wearing a very unusual jumper – what are the red stripes near his shoulders?