The last time the Winnipeg Blue Bombers held the Grey Cup in their hands was Nov. 25, 1990 when they beat the Edmonton Eskimos.
Nearly three decades later, the team has another shot when they take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 2019 Grey Cup final Sunday.
A lot has changed since the last time the Blue and Gold won the cup.
For starters, the World Wide Web was just being proposed and the Hubble Telescope was launched into space.
In Winnipeg, the average home cost $85,018 — now those prices have soared to $324,312 today.
The Christmas classic Home Alone was just released and topping the box office.
On the radio, Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby and MC Hammer’s U Can’t Touch This were topping the charts.
The hairstyles and the clothes may have changed since the team last secured the cup, but the fans and their spirit are the same and they’re hoping that will drive the team to bring home the Grey Cup.
Barbara Main and her daughter Sylvia went to that game back in 1990.
“I believe we were the underdogs. Aren’t we always the underdogs? It seems that way. We didn’t have the best seats in the house, we were down by the goal line. We were surrounded by Edmonton fans and of course we were wearing the blue. We kept cheering, cheering and cheering,” she said.
“Of course the atmosphere was wonderful, lots of Winnipeg fans and fans from all over the country.”
Sylvia remembers the excitement of the win.
“We thought it was the greatest thing possible.”
“It was insane in the stadium for all of the Bomber fans that were there. Everyone ran down right to the edge of the field, a bunch of folks jumped onto the field. Some of the players helped people down and some of the players helped mom down. It was so exciting.”
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