As a kid, in the 50s, I used to visit an Aunt in Essendon and actually went to school there for a term. I didn't know much about footy except for my eldest brother playing for Myrtleford. They wore St. Kilda colours.
He and Dad barracked for Essendon and tried to get me interested but I just didn't like the jumper. Didn't particularly like the red, white and black either but when I saw my first black & white vertical stripes, I was hooked. Magnificent !!
I recently saw my big bro after many years and we got reminiscing about VFL/AFL and I thought I'd try the well worn, "Who kicked 5 goals in the 1990 GF?" on him. He didn't twig but, being quite good on footy history, was thinking deeply. He looked puzzled and said, "Mmm, I didn't think anyone kicked 5 that day. Was it Tony Shaw?"
All those years of being bored to death with Bomber talk faded well into the background when I told him the answer.
Beating them twice in one season ? Yes !! I'd like to see THAT. Can only think of one thing better. Beating them 3 times including the Granny.
C'morrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Maggies !!
