Well this could have been a horror story and nothing to do with onfield antics either...... just my stupidity.
In 05 myself and a mate we decided to come down for the GF. We spent a sh*tload on flights alone ( I think it was about $1300 each for a normal $4-500 flight) plus everything else that goes with it (boooze, booze, and more booze and a couple of sandwiches
). I had been a hardcore fan since our inception and went to every game in NSW when I was living down there for my work, got the cowboys logo done tribal style on my arm, I'm cowboys to the core and for 10 years we were $hit and I wasn't going to miss this night for anything.
Anyways, massive Sunday arvo before the game, big piss up near the stadium and I've had a skin full. Decked out in gear with my howdy hat on, myself and about 200 other cows fans head over for the game, halfway there, I get a tap on my shoulder, old mate with his missus is decked out in Tigers gear and I think to myself 'Here we f#$king go, what does this lad want"...........
He asks me 'Come a long way for this mate eh????" with a smirk on his face
I reply 'yeah mate, I'm from townsville"
my mate that I travelled down with thinks there's going to be a stink comes up and says to him 'whats your problem???' in an aggressive tone.
he replies backing down 'oooh no problem mate, just looking at your friend here (pointing at me) he looks like he is a fairly big Cowboys fan and it looks like he's come a real long way for this today, I just thought that with all that in mind, he might be needing this"........... and he hands me back my ticket, I dropped it in a drunken stupor pulling my mobie phone out of my pocket and his missus noticed it happening and got him to give it back to me. I will give you the tip, you would have seen a grown man cry if you were next to me as I went through the turnstiles and turned around becuase of the lack of a GF ticket.............. I never got to buy that lad a beer, if you are reading this Mr tigers fan even though your boys won, I still owe you!!!!
