This week’s team list is close to the creme de la creme of Eels players from the last 50 years. To qualify for a place in this team, the players needed to receive an end of season award measured against…
Team List Tuesday – Star Eels Who Played Less Than Ten Games
This week I’m naming a “best of” team with a difference. It comprises players who played less than ten top grade games for the Eels. Apart from not considering any player currently under contract, there are no provisos with this…
BankWest Stadium – The New Home For My Eels Memories
Without question, I dedicate too much of my life to the Eels. I’m fairly certain I can blame my father for starting it. Going with him to Cumberland in the 1960s as a very young kid was ground zero. I…
Remembering John McMartin
Back in February 2018, the passing of John McMartin did not receive acknowledgement on TCT. It may be almost 12 months later, but it’s important for an Eels supporter site to pay tribute to the contributions made to the Parramatta…
Vale Arch Brown
The Cumberland Throw were saddened to hear of the recent passing of Arch Brown, player number 231 for the Parramatta Eels. Arch was a goal kicking winger blessed with exceptional pace. He was a prized signature for the Eels after…
Eels Team List Nostalgia – The Unheralded
It’s the bye week, and with the Eels only featuring in lower grade matches I’ve decided to take a sabbatical from the here and now and take a buggy ride down memory lane. And what better way to do so…
Step Back In Time – Eels vs Knights Round 1, 1988
It was 30 years today, Sgt Sterling showed the Eels to play ….. Well, not quite 30 years ago today, just over 29 years, Saturday 5th March 1988 to be exact, but we did have a general leading us around the…
Parra Pete’s Eels History – Easter Footy Flashback
Late last year TCT were fortunate in securing historical contributions from Parra Pete, a regular correspondent in the media during the 1960s. Pete has quite a scrapbook on the Eels, and a wealth of memories about the heady days of…
Step Back in Time – Parramatta vs Canberra, 1987
As we prepare to take the long trip down to the nation’s capital this weekend to take on the Canberra Raiders, I thought I’d take us on a trip down memory lane to another time, to another clash against The…
Farewell Pirtek Stadium – 30 Memorable Players For 30 Years
Back in August, the Eels said their farewells to Parramatta/Pirtek Stadium. At the time, I was asked by the club if I would like to contribute to the official program for that final match against the Dragons. Having attended matches…