Onfield
Was on holiday in Europe with the family, and logged in to the AFL website to get a score on the game vs Port Adelaide. We were about 3 goals behind in the 3rd qtr, and it wasn't looking good. Figured we had lost, so I put the phone away and went on with the holiday. When I logged in later and saw we had come from no where to win that game, I felt for the first time a feeling of genuine belief that we could really do something this year. And despite the hiccup against the Saints he following week after, that feeling never really left me.
Final siren at the prelim was pretty special too. Felt so damn proud of the team to have made the Grandfinal. Seeing what it meant to the players tugged hard at the heart strings.
Offield
Watching Benny Gale cry in the grandstand near the end of the grandfinal. People talk about this being a flag for the fans, for the players, for the ex-players, the influence of Balme and Caracella etc. etc. But gee, Benny deserved this. He has done so much work for our club, and to see his raw emotion when we won a flag when no one gave us a hope at the start of the season, that was special. I always liked his bold 3-0-75 plan, and while we didn't make it to that lofty aim, I'll take what we have achieved. Well done Benny
Personal
I don't want this to sound like a gloat, because I know so many deserving members and fans missed out, but the feeling I got when I saw that my credit card had been debited by Ticketek the Sunday after Prelim was like nothing I had ever felt before. I was literally numb with the realisation that I would be going (with my 14 year old son) to the grandfinal.
