ThatOlCeePee Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Trequartisi said: Absolutely beauty of a kit there, like Inters from the same time. This is Hamilton yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I would say 86'ers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOlCeePee Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, MtlMario said: I would say 86'ers. Wild, had a closer look at the badge think you're right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I assumed 86ers because Lenarduzzi is there in a track suit and the Swangard Stadium signage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOlCeePee Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 20 minutes ago, Kent said: I assumed 86ers because Lenarduzzi is there in a track suit and the Swangard Stadium signage. Hahahaha suppose that helps too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 An old website that I had on Yahoo with various scanned CSL related material has long since disappeared, but somebody cut and paste the main text that provided a London, Ontario slant to things into a blog: http://londonsoccerweb.blogspot.ca/2002/02/london-soccer-history.html ThatOlCeePee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 12 hours ago, Kent said: I assumed 86ers because Lenarduzzi is there in a track suit and the Swangard Stadium signage. Been a while and memories are not what they used to be but I think Carl Valentine, Ivor Evans, Paul Dolan and John Catliff are all readily identifiable and probably a few more if I put my mind to it. Is that Geoff Aunger at the end in the middle? That might help narrow down the date a bit as he mainly played elsewhere in CSL terms. Might even shift it into the APSL era. ThatOlCeePee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/7/2018 at 10:59 PM, ThatOlCeePee said: Absolutely beauty of a kit there, like Inters from the same time. This is Hamilton yeah? No, 86ers. Swangaurd and the Duzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I dug up this old Steelers program, it's 30 years old now! Greatest Cockney Rip Off and ThatOlCeePee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Greatest Cockney Rip Off and ThatOlCeePee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I remember going to a game in my home town in Saint John, NB. It was Winnepeg vs Atlantic Allstars before Halifax had a team. Anyone have any info on that? I think it was a 1-1 score. coppercanuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOlCeePee Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 13 hours ago, Raven1555362272 said: I remember going to a game in my home town in Saint John, NB. It was Winnepeg vs Atlantic Allstars before Halifax had a team. Anyone have any info on that? I think it was a 1-1 score. Yeah I'd love to hear about that. Nice one Gator, great posts gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toje Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) I assume this was an exhibition match, as the Vistas played in the CSL during the 1989 season. Edited March 10, 2018 by Toje BringBackTheBlizzard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOlCeePee Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Was fortunate enough to have this forwarded to me by Adam Morandini who played keeper for these guys (North York) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOlCeePee Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Also. Found this poking about. Christ I'd love any and all of these. Sponsors are so thoroughly Canadian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuryDom Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I used to go to the Ottawa Intrepid games. I've been a ballboy for them and played with my minor team at halftime during their games. I would love to have one of their kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOlCeePee Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 8/10/2018 at 3:46 PM, FuryDom said: I used to go to the Ottawa Intrepid games. I've been a ballboy for them and played with my minor team at halftime during their games. I would love to have one of their kits. Oh man they're great from what I've seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Something to keep an eye on: ThatOlCeePee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOlCeePee Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Yes have been loving that. Added another CSL kit to my collection through dumb luck, which seems to be the only way you can add one these days. I'll post up a link here when I post it on instagram next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Peter Schaad just tweeted about this youtube clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 hour ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Peter Schaad just tweeted about this youtube clip. That first season was hugely disappointing. But, when we brought Dolan and Catliff home for year 2, we became unstoppable! nolando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 If you look beyond the very impressive looking but still generously announced crowds when the league started at Swangard, you can see the seeds for the league's eventual gut-wrenching demise in that clip. Firstly, when the camera pans across the crowd of the western final in Calgary and there are only a few hundred people there and it was similar for the final from what I remember (very vaguely now 31 years on) and you could see even then that the finances were not going to work. Once the startup capital was burned through that meant the funds were no longer there in Calgary to fly players in for games from lower mainland BC and that led to a drastic competitive imbalance in the western conference that soon got very old for everybody involved. Secondly, you get glimpses towards the end of how bush league the weakest links in North York ( with the running track and mural at Esther Shiner) and Ottawa (tiny "stadium" with small sets of wooden bleachers in Aylmer, Quebec) in the eastern conference looked at a time when the Blizzard and Steelers were still trying to make it work at 20,000+ facilities at Varsity and Ivor Wynne. Having said that I love seeing these as a nostalgia trip and very much hope Anthony Totera gets his old VHS tapes uploaded, so more of the visual history of Canadian soccer is accessible online. I watched the game of the week religiously on TSN and was at almost every game ever played in London, Ont in 1990 and 1992, and very much regret not collecting more memorabilia from that era. Would have been great if the league could have worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 3 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: If you look beyond the very impressive looking but still generously announced crowds when the league started at Swangard, you can see the seeds for the league's eventual gut-wrenching demise in that clip. Firstly, when the camera pans across the crowd of the western final in Calgary and there are only a few hundred people there and it was similar for the final from what I remember (very vaguely now 31 years on) and you could see even then that the finances were not going to work. Once the startup capital was burned through that meant the funds were no longer there in Calgary to fly players in for games from lower mainland BC and that led to a drastic competitive imbalance in the western conference that soon got very old for everybody involved. Secondly, you get glimpses towards the end of how bush league the weakest links in North York ( with the running track and mural at Esther Shiner) and Ottawa (tiny "stadium" with small sets of wooden bleachers in Aylmer, Quebec) in the eastern conference looked at a time when the Blizzard and Steelers were still trying to make it work at 20,000+ facilities at Varsity and Ivor Wynne. Having said that I love seeing these as a nostalgia trip and very much hope Anthony Totera gets his old VHS tapes uploaded, so more of the visual history of Canadian soccer is accessible online. I watched the game of the week religiously on TSN and was at almost every game ever played in London, Ont in 1990 and 1992, and very much regret not collecting more memorabilia from that era. Would have been great if the league could have worked. I only remember the Steelers playing on the grass of the perfect sized Brian Timmis Stadium! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 It's usually another poster that calls me out on this. Other posters have corroborated the Ivor Wynne thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 9 hours ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: I watched the game of the week religiously on TSN and was at almost every game ever played in London, Ont in 1990 and 1992, and very much regret not collecting more memorabilia from that era. Would have been great if the league could have worked. Graham and Vic were a cherished part of my adolescence. There was a time when I had a stack of 86ers match programs a foot high (many signed by the entirety of the greatest Canadian club side in history) under my bed. Unfortunately, at some point, I think my mum must have put them in the recycling bin!!! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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