Dave O'Gara Box Updates

Thanks to Dave O'Gara lending me a box of Matchday programmes, other papers and some photos, significant updates have recently been made to the blog.

For a start, the following issues of Matchday have now been added to the Seasons pages:

1980 

August 16 v Keysborough

1982 

April 10 v Sandringham City     April 24 v South Oakleigh     June 5 v Essendon City     June 19 v Hamlyn Rangers

1983 

April 30 v Moooroolbark     July 23 v Ferntree Gully

1988

April 2 v Moreland Park Rangers     May 28 v Clarinda     September 3 v Hamlyn Rangers

1989

April 29 v Yallourn     July 22 v Bell Park     August 26 v Lalor United

1990

June 9 v Clayton

1991 

April 6 v Springvale United     August 24 v Clarinda

1992 

April 25 v Clarinda     July 18 v Seaford United     September 5 v Dandenong     September 12 v Fitzroy City

1993

April 24 v Pascoe Vale     August 28 v Melbourne City     September 11 v Keilor Eagles

1994

April 23 v Rosanna     May 7 v Fitzroy City    
 

Also added to the Library page is the Presentation Night Matchday for 1983.

All scorers and line-ups obtained from these additions have now been added to the resepective Seasons pages.

An index of all the player profiles has also been created and added to the Library page.


The 1987 Reserves team photo has been added to the Reserve Team Photo Gallery.

Click on images to enlarge

The following photos need further identification to be added to galleries:


1983 Thirds

Back: Dave O'Gara, Steve Thomas, John Forbes, Tony Wynton, Andy Loney, Steve Boyle, ????
Front: Chris Bauer, ????, Sam Busso, Steve Novak, Paul Darbyshire, John Pearce, Doug Gregory

Looking at the 1981 photos my guess the ???? in the bottom row could be Woodbridge. As for the back row, the Presnentation Night Matchday shows S Orr got the 3 votes for this game. Can anyone confirm these guesses?



1983 Reunion Weekend Game


Red and White Team

Back: ????, Mick Marmo, Harry Staeker, Keith Watling, Mark Watling, Steve Thomas, Chris King
Front: Frank Schutze, Terry Starling, Dave Browne, ????, Ian Rigg, Billy Millar.

My own guess at the keeper is Ken Graham.



Black and White Team

Back: Carl Marchesani, Serge Tonnizzo, Andy Loney, Les Watling, Ray Johnson, ????, ????, Les Stirrup
Front: Otto Schultz, ????. Steve Amos, Robert Gara, Peter Crawford, ????


The booklet from the Celebration of Life of Trevor Bishop has also been added to the Library. There was a good attendance of Moorabbin City folks at the event.

Two new pages have been created, and will have more items added to them in the near future.

The first is the Club Documents page, which houses AGM minutes, financial balance sheets, a copy of the club constitution and some Thirds League season results summaries.

The other is the Club Correspondence page. Letters to and from the club regarding all kinds of matters.



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