Did not deserve to lose
There wasn’t much love in the garage for Geelong. The Pole, despite being a Hawthorn fan, wore his North Melbourne jumper, an old woollen version with a VFL logo.
Kangaroos on the hop
Stevo, a Blues fan, said he was sick of Geelong and as I was supplying the beer and the steak, North had his full support.
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.
