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Shinbone soup

June 7, 2012 by · 1 Comment
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shinbone spirit

shinbone spirit - the North story

At clubs with bigger memberships, their supporters only touch their colours, but at North we have the Shinboner spirit.  North people can touch that spirit – they are the real Shinboners, they are the club.

– Ron Joseph – legendary North Melbourne administrator

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Underdog spirit

June 4, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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There were grumbles on Saturday night.  The broadcast game in Brisbane, Essendon and Melbourne, wasn’t expected to offer much.  The consensus was unanimous.  Port Adelaide against Carlton would be a better game to watch.   

 

It was Stevo who offered caution.  ‘You never know,’ he said.  ‘Essendon and Melbourne might turn out to be a one goal game.’

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    My name is Matt Watson, avid AFL, cricket and boxing fan. Since 2005 I’ve been employed as a journalist, but I’ve been writing about sport for more than a decade. In that time I’ve interviewed legends of sport and the unsung heroes who so often don’t command the headlines.

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