
Electrifying '80s
1989-09-25 · 87 min · Not rated
It's not until you actually sit down and relive those great ELECTRIFYING '80s year by year that the myriad of memories come flooding back. Trying to work out which was the greatest highlight of the decade is the hardest part, but they're all here. The great Grand Finals, the marks of the decade, the bone jarring stoushes and the Brownlow Medals - one by one, year by year, they're all here, making up the ELECTRIFYING '80s.
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- Malcolm Orr
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- Australian Football Video, Seven Network
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- Australia
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