Tiger mad Brett ‘Trout’ Beattie takes to the Tigermobile to make banner (H-Sun)

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Tiger mad Brett ‘Trout’ Beattie takes to the Tigermobile each week to make the team banner

Peter Rolfe
Herald-Sun
August 29, 2014


THIS is the Tigermobile driving one of Richmond’s biggest fans.

Every week Richmond cheer squad member Brett "Trout’’ Beattie drives his classic yellow and black 1978 HZ Holden 308 from Woodend to the Punt Rd Oval to help make the team banner.

He makes the same two hour odd round trip every time the Tigers play at the MCG.

But this weekend he and his family will be keeping the classic car at home and flying to Sydney in the hope of seeing their team punctuate a stunning winning streak with an upset win against the flag favourite and passage to the AFL finals.

And he is flying to NSW fully confident his team will beat the Sydney Swans and scoop the last spot in the AFL finals.

"We can absolutely make the finals,’’ he said.

"Why not? We just need to win.’’

Beattie, 50, doesn’t care about naysayers who think Sydney will warm up for an assault on September glory with an easy win to spoil the party for his beloved Tigers.

Nor does he care for the opinions of betting agencies such as TAB which yesterday installed the Swans the raging $1.33 favourite to defeat Richmond and a $2.50 fancy for the flag.

Richmond was yesterday a $101 rank outsider to pull off the miracle of the season by qualifying for the finals and marching all the way to their first premiership since 1980.

But Mr Beattie said it was just a matter of time.

"Eight wins in a row - five to go,’’ he said.



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[WilliamPowell]

Good 'ol Trout

Great Bloke 

[Eat_em_Alive]

Ive recieved 2 txts already with this pic and a hope you lose/ bad luck omen 

Its almost sickening the disdain people have for our club

[dwaino]

Ive recieved 2 txts already with this pic and a hope you lose/ bad luck omen 

Its almost sickening the disdain people have for our club

I keep hearing similiar. Yet the same people want to see Melbourne do well 

People love to see us flop. They don't know what's coming when we're consistently good. I'll be having no sympathy.

[Diocletian]

Ive recieved 2 txts already with this pic and a hope you lose/ bad luck omen 

Its almost sickening the disdain people have for our club

I keep hearing similiar. Yet the same people want to see Melbourne do well 

People love to see us flop. They don't know what's coming when we're consistently good. I'll be having no sympathy.

I would suggest that it's because they do know exactly what would be coming if we ever came good.

[Mr Magic]

I don't really like one supporter being the face of a supporter group. Lots of people put in hard work behind the scenes but Trout wears a yellow wig and gets on the radio a lot so he's become the face of us. Don't wish ill on him because he's obviously a great Tiger supporter but the exposure to one individual doesn't sit comfortably. The Tiger Army is as one, not individuals.

[The Big Richo]

Yep, needs to get off Media St, the Trout, perilously close to taking a turn onto Flog St and then checking into to Hotel Joffa.

[Diocletian]

"Official" cheer squads and banners are stupid. The stuff of primary school athletics carnivals, not professional sport.

[tony_montana]

bogans

[Loui Tufga]

Would have preferred an interview of Mario from Doncaster.
Would love to hear his foughts about our elimination final against Norf next week.

[tdy]

Good on ya Trout.  Keep on cheering for the yella n black

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Ive recieved 2 txts already with this pic and a hope you lose/ bad luck omen 

Its almost sickening the disdain people have for our club

Go with EEA, I've sent that pic out and let them know he will be all over the radio and TV next week so get used to it.
Can always turn the phone off tonight

[Hard Roar Tiger]

OR LEAVE THE STUFFIMG STUFFER ON!!!