Coburg Lions 2014 - The year ahead

I guess financial Coburg members will find out at the clubs AGM.

I hope they can be viable to keep going.

Gab wrote:

vfa wrote:

In otherwords Gab you would have seen the burgers in the famous relegation match against Preston where there were goals galore in a very high scoring game. Coburg got relgated in 1973 after that match but rebounded well in 1974 to beat Brunswick in the 2nd division GF. They made it to the Prelim in 1st Division in 1977 only to lose to Sandy. Two years later they won their first flag in 51 years. Would have been great memories for you Gab.

Yup, i have vivid memories of those days, in fact i have a couple of old black and white photos somewhere of the Coburg boys breaking the banner before that second division Grand Final against Brunswick.

1979 was a great year, got to see my two teams, Carlton and Coburg win premierships.

If you can dig up those black and white photos see if you can post them on the VFA Facebook page.
If you haven't as yet check the VFA Facebook and see all the old photos.

Ok, will do.

From big footy

"Maple could not be officially announced as Footscray VFL coach until German's contract settlement could be negotiated with Coburg so that the Burgers could afford to put him on a 2 year contract with Bulldog $$$$$$$ assistance.
Obscene"

Looks like they have not decided yet where exactly they will play.

As a dogs member I may head to the AGM to have a listen & hear what they have planned. I'm sure someone will ask about it.

Borough1874 wrote:

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......As a dogs member I may head to the AGM to have a listen & hear what they have planned. I'm sure someone will ask about it.

Borough
Keep us posted on the Footsburg's plans for "home' venues

lauschie wrote:

Things are looking ok at Coburg,looks like Moreland City Council will be funding some sort of refurb in 2014.Would make a great VFL finals venue should refurb happen,as it is close to CBD and train and tram lines too.

I've always like the location and feel of Coburg's ground.

Although I'd like to see VFL finals, I don't think that will happen, but for a positive reason.

Women's footy is using it as a home ground for some Premier/State League matches and finals.

What we might see in the future is AFL Victoria funding for an upgrade of the ground, on the back of it being the base for women's footy in the state.

Paul Amy reported that Coburg had over 100 on track first night back with 20 others excused.

Very good numbers. Should be some handy players amongst that lot. No reason why Coburg cannot at least be competitive and win a few games.