Apparently, today is the 20th anniversary of when I joined this site, though I was also on the old site prior to that so it’s probably more than 20 years, actually. Either way, I thought I’d start a thread for Als fans to reminisce about days gone by.
You want to go back and talk about that 99-yard TD bomb AC threw to Pat Woodcock in the 2002 Grey Cup? This is your place.
Let the nostalgia flow through you! 
I’ve been in Canada, since 2015 and definitely since 2016, at that time I hadn’t heard much about the CFL but a little bit about the Alouettes, being in Montreal, but it was in 2020 when I started to get more involved with our league and the Alouettes, unfortunately I don’t have many memories as you , but I hope in 10 or 15 years I can look back with nostalgia my history with the Alouettes, and our beautiful league in general.
As long as can remember, my first " souvenir" as a nine years old kid was the grey cup of 1970 who has been played to autostade with the protocole kick off made by Pierre Eliott Trudeau and won by alouette in green, red and white uniform. I saw this game on radio canada in french. Great memory.
Hey, we’ve all got to start somewhere. I only started following the Als in 2001, so I can’t go further back to the truly old days of yore. It’s lovely to connect all these different eras through talking here. 
Mon souvenir, c’était d’écouter dans ma jeunesse à la radio (CJMS) Rhéaume « Rocky » Brisebois qui décrivait les parties des Alouettes, « c’est une longue course pour un gain de deux verges »….un commentateur passionné et « coloré » mais un peu difficile à suivre au niveau du jeu réel.
Go Als
1970 was a great memory for me too
Billy Parker’s championship-sealing interception in the dying seconds of the 2010 Grey Cup will always be a highlight for me. Yes, Durant made a dumb decision putting that ball into the air, but Parker still had to high-point the ball and secure the catch. Not an easy pick by any means.
Les souvenirs des 7 Coupe Grey gagnés, sauf 1949, et les défilés avec parade dans les rues de Montréal.
En 2002, après une victoire de 25-16 contre les Eskimos à Edmonton, plus de 250,000 personnes sur la rue Ste. Catherine, pour fêter cette première Coupe Grey depuis 25 ans et après la dissolution du club en 1987 et sa renaissance en 1996.
Après la tristesse, la noirceur, le renouveau puis un nouveau championnat et la fête et la joie étaient revenues.
Quelqu’un pourrait-il m’éclairer ? Je pense que le jeux est arrivé lors d’un match de la coupe grey disputé dans la décennie 2010.
Calvillo est pressé de toutes part, il s’esquive tant bien que mal, nous sommes en fin de partie, les alouettes trainent de l’arrière par un touché et le match se joue au stade olympique. Tout d’un coup, après une course laborieuse de Calvillo pour échapper à un plaqué, il aperçoit fin seul un dénommé Watkins 45 verges plus loin et qui a tout le champs libre devant lui advenant que Calvillo lui lance le ballon, ce qu’il fait. Le comble du malheurs la passe est dirigé directement dans les mains de Watkins qui est immobile dans le champs gauche car les défenseurs adverses l’ont complètement oublié et voilà la bourde il cafouille avec le ballon et échappe la passe de Calvillo. Je pense que cela a coûté le match. Mais ce souvenir demande à être validé par vous chers collègues du forum.
Might you be thinking of Brian Bratton dropping a TD pass thrown right into his goddang hands in the final minute of the 2012 EDF against Toronto? If Bratton makes that catch, we win the game and get back to the Grey Cup.
Bob Young bought the TG october 2003. Site came online sometime in 2004
I think it’s that. Because the guy has the ball right to his hands and drop the ball. And for sure i remember it was during a post regular season game. Thank you disciplineand punish.
No problem. That memory STILL stings and it’s been over 12 years. AC deserved better than that in what was essentially his last season in the CFL. (I don’t really count that travesty of a 2013 under Dan F. Hawkins.)
Two that stick out for me: the ice bowl in 1977 at the Big O, and I think it was the 2002 one where Timothy Strickland just gets his hand on a Ricky Ray sure TD pass down on the Als goal line to cement the win.
I had forgotten that Strickland was on the team at that point. For some reason, I thought he only joined the following year. Great player at his physical peak in Matthews’s defence but he went downhill fast.
Le jeu de Tim Strickland est survenu sur une passe tentée vers Terry Vaughn sur une tentative d’un converti de 2 points….
Quelle victoire spectaculaire….de l’entraîneur-chef Don Matthews et de son équipe d’entraîneurs qui comprenait Noel Thorpe coordonnateur des unités spéciales dont c’était sa première victoire à la Coupe Grey.
Sa deuxième victoire en 2023 comme coordonnateur défensif et entraîneur des demis défensifs avec les Alouettes.
One of mine as well Jocko.
I was also at the first playoff game when they had to play at Percival because U2 were at the Olympic stadium.
Funnily enough, that play was against an offence being run by none other than Danny Maciocia, who was OC for Edmonton at that time under head coach Tom Higgins. Vaughn, Maciocia, and Higgins all became Als later. Well, Danny rejoined the Als.
Le monde est petit, le numéro 12 des Eskimos en 2002, Jason Maas….
Its alway make my day and delight me deeply when i was watching Johnny Rodgers making his clownesque celebration before almost all the time an easy touchdown…running with the back toward the endzone and waving bye bye to the opposite players. I am not sure but i think the league bans this kind of celebrations at some point at this time.