Measured by finals

September 9, 2014 by · 1 Comment
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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.

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A wee deoch an doris – join in the chorus

September 3, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
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In recent years, I’ve started to worry about North Melbourne’s theme song.  It contains a line that reads out we come to play, just for recreation sake to pass the time away.

Just for recreation???

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    Welcome to the Ramble,

    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.

    The Ramble, as you will find among the pages of this website, is an exhaustive, unbiased, non-commercial analysis of sport and life. I believe there is always more to the story. If you love sport like I do, you will love the Ramble…
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