Cathy and I went to see the (Collingwood) Pies thrash (Freemantle) Freo at the weekend in the AFL. It was exciting stuff. Helped massively by the fact that we were only about 8 rows back from the touchline, and the fact that Freemantle are from Western Australia, so most of the 41,000 spectators were gunning for the Pies. The cheers at the end were so loud that I didn't hear the end buzzer. And that thing is LOUD.
It's the first game I have seen the Pies win a game (just to clarify, it's not the first time they've won!), and they did it with style... ending up with a score of 169 - 85. That's massive! Afterwards we headed to the Lexus Centre where the team train for a post game drink, and watch the traditional interview with the players. Well... I can certainly say that I now know why the Collingwood fans have a rather stereotyped reputation for being boguns (Aussie version of Chavs). Still, the enthusiasm is contagious...
So, this Friday sees a big twilight game between the Pies and the (Essendon) Bombers, who also had a big win this weekend. A bunch of us have tickets, but we're split down the middle with who we support. I have a feeling there's going to be some bad winners...
I'm really getting into this!
