Tigers cheer squad legend is ready to roar once more * Aaron Langmaid
* From: Herald Sun
* March 23, 2011 ALICE Wills could be Victoria's most passionate footy fan.
At 91, the grand dame of the game has barely missed watching a Tigers match in eight decades.
And while she may have lost the spring in her step - she can no longer attend games in person - there'll be no stopping her from watching her boys run out against Carlton tomorrow.
"It's not the same watching on television," she said.
"You can't see what's going on in the crowd and that's what makes the game."
Miss Wills founded the club's cheer squad in the early 1960s and has been on the sidelines for every magic moment since.
"I suppose I did miss a game or two but I couldn't tell you when," Miss Wills said. "It was just magic, every weekend to be part of the crowd."
The club's only female life member recalls with ease the triumphant moments from legendary players like Jack Dyer, Freddy Swift and Kevin Bartlett.
But she admits the most memorable times often played out in the stands.
"There is no way you can describe the winning feeling at a grand final and I've been to all of them," she said. "Well, not the 1921 game, I was only two."
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