Yep, those were the glory days...
Saturday & Sunday afternoon final series games kicking off at 3pm at the SFS. You would wake up in the morning, read the papers, and start to get pumped-up for a sudden death match. Put on the Red V jersey, jump in the car, pick up your mates and head off to the ground driving past fellow supporters along the way and listening to "Hollywood & Zorba" on the radio. You would arrive just after midday and start quenching your thirst as you watch the lower grade sides go around. And then come 3pm you were all hyped up and ready for a great afternoon's game of footy.
But what happens these days ?
Your team plays on Friday Night, you have to leave work early to make sure that you can get to the game in time, spend over an 1 hour battling the peak hour traffic to travel 10kms to the game. You get the game after doing a Clark Kent (Superman) style change of clothes in the car, train or bus and barely manage to get to your seat as the main game is about to kick-off. Then, in next to no time, it is half time, the food and beverage bars are closing down, your starving, haven't had a drink, have hardly spoken to your mates and if your team is losing, you are most probably starting to think about how long it is going to take to get out of the god damn place.
Anyway, we can still enjoy this Sunday's clash in the traditional way.
Go you Mighty Dragons !!!!!!!!!!
