Archive for September, 2014
Your first final?
What was the first final you ever went to? Technically, mine was the 1978 grand final. Unfortunately, I wasn’t there to watch the game.
Instead, I was with thousands of kids clad in North Melbourne or Hawthorn t-shirts and socks. We were part of the pre-match entertainment, getting marched into the MCG clutching helium filled balloons and lining the boundary line, waiting until a man in a blue coat told us to let them fly.
Measured by finals
Two men. An Essendon supporter and a North Melbourne supporter. Sitting next to each other in the garage. Beers, chocolate and a bag of chips. A television. A sudden death final.
AJ wearing an Essendon top, me in a North t-shirt. We’ve been known to chip away at each other when North play Essendon. Sarcasm face to face. Text messages and emails.
