Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[kelownabomberfan]

 

[SpeedFlex27]

13 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Next game is a sellout. 8 in a row.

Last time we had a streak like this was in 1972. The CFL had 16 regular season games back then. The Bombers sold out 7 of their 8 regular season home games. Capacity at Winnipeg Stadium as it was called back then was 25,210. The only game that wasn't sold out was the Montreal Alouettes on a cold & very rainy (mixed with snow) late September eveningt when 22,000 fans showed up for the game. Including Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who was in Winnipeg to meet with Premier Ed Schreyer.

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[Mark H.]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Last time we had a streak like this was in 1972. The CFL had 16 regular season games back then. The Bombers sold out 7 of their 8 regular season home games. Capacity at Winnipeg Stadium as it was called back then was 25,210. The only game that wasn't sold out was the Montreal Alouettes on a cold & very rainy (mixed with snow) late September eveningt when 22,000 fans showed up for the game. Including Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who was in Winnipeg to meet with Premier Ed Schreyer.

You need to write a book 

[kelownabomberfan]

4 hours ago, Mark H. said:

You need to write a book 

A History of the Blue Bombers: Leah, Vince: Books - Amazon.ca https://share.google/L8pKJcozve1O2NpRm

 

High time this book was updated. To include 1981 - 2024. 

[Noeller]

3 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

A History of the Blue Bombers: Leah, Vince: Books - Amazon.ca https://share.google/L8pKJcozve1O2NpRm

 

High time this book was updated. To include 1981 - 2024. 

The one Irving curated in 2005 for the 75th is good too.  But yes we need an update. 

[JohnnyAbonny]

1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said:

A History of the Blue Bombers: Leah, Vince: Books - Amazon.ca https://share.google/L8pKJcozve1O2NpRm

 

High time this book was updated. To include 1981 - 2024. 

I have a signed copy of that book.
 

There’s also this one from 1990 but yes we need one covering then til now. 

https://shop.bisonbooks.ca/pages/books/095564/jack-matheson/blue-bombers-60-years-and-running-1930-1990

Both Leah and Matheson were before my time but from these books I can see they were damn good sportswriters. 

[kelownabomberfan]

6 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

I have a signed copy of that book.
 

There’s also this one from 1990 but yes we need one covering then til now. 

https://shop.bisonbooks.ca/pages/books/095564/jack-matheson/blue-bombers-60-years-and-running-1930-1990

Both Leah and Matheson were before my time but from these books I can see they were damn good sportswriters. 

If there never was a Vince Leah, we'd never have the "Blue Bombers".

[SpeedFlex27]

8 hours ago, Mark H. said:

You need to write a book 

I appreciate your support of my CFL History group page on Facebook. Not to be mistaken for the copycat Canadian Football History page started by someone else. 

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

If there never was a Vince Leah, we'd never have the "Blue Bombers".

They'd be the Winnipeg Winnipegs. 

[SpeedFlex27]

I know we're a bit off topic here but the Bombers had a true hero play for them in the 1930's. His name was Jeff Nicklin. He was from Fort William, Ontario but moved to Winnipeg. He grew up in Lord Roberts &  lived on Rathgar Avenue. He got married  at St. Albans Anglican Church in Lord Roberts. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 & trained to be a paratrooper.

I grew up on the other side of Osborne Street in Riverview so I'm proud knowing that Nicklin who heroically sacrificed everything for this country lived in the same area where I grew up. 

The Jeff Nicklin Trophy is given to the Western Division's MOP. Last year, Brady Oliveira won it. If you don't know who Jeff Nicklin was then please read this. 

https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-greatest-blue-bomber-youve-never.html

 

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