If you grew up outside of Victoria, all football was considered local. You didnt hear much about the VFL. Now we have the AFL on tv 24/24, local footy has diminished in community stature. Even the once strong SANFL & WAFL count for little in the AFL & media eyes.
We use to follow local footy rain, hale or shine. We went every week, even over the river to the Bellerive oval! The old North Hobart ground was perfect for local footy. A natural 1/2 cauldron amplified the crowd noise. Even 3-4k at a TFL game made a great noise. 20k+ for the TFL GF was fantastic. John Devine, John Bingley, Rod Olsen. Later on Peter Hudson came back & played, wow that was just brilliant for footy.
We are all older & work, family stuff limits what we can do now. The crowds, thus atmosphere has fallen away a lot. The games I do get to I recon the standard is not bad but the game is mainly run & handball stuff so is a bit boring at times. I miss the older style of footy. 1980's was the best footy to watch.
I guess if you dont know the players like we use to, then you miss out on the opportunity to catch up after the game & buy a few beers & chat to them. They are all kids now & arent interested in talking to older supporters. They dont seem to care about the club history & past players. I see some of the older supporters & club volunteers & they feel a bit the same. It aint the same.
I dont really blame the kids in the club, but they are often rude to older people, thats the way of the world nowdays. Maybe they will grow up & realise that it ok to talk to older people & understand the club & community history & how important it was to the growth of local communities. It still can be but will be hard to do whilst the AFL suck up all the attention, but return SFA to local footy.
Im not sure what the future holds for local footy. The AFL dont seem to give a fig.
We use to follow local footy rain, hale or shine. We went every week, even over the river to the Bellerive oval! The old North Hobart ground was perfect for local footy. A natural 1/2 cauldron amplified the crowd noise. Even 3-4k at a TFL game made a great noise. 20k+ for the TFL GF was fantastic. John Devine, John Bingley, Rod Olsen. Later on Peter Hudson came back & played, wow that was just brilliant for footy.
We are all older & work, family stuff limits what we can do now. The crowds, thus atmosphere has fallen away a lot. The games I do get to I recon the standard is not bad but the game is mainly run & handball stuff so is a bit boring at times. I miss the older style of footy. 1980's was the best footy to watch.
I guess if you dont know the players like we use to, then you miss out on the opportunity to catch up after the game & buy a few beers & chat to them. They are all kids now & arent interested in talking to older supporters. They dont seem to care about the club history & past players. I see some of the older supporters & club volunteers & they feel a bit the same. It aint the same.
I dont really blame the kids in the club, but they are often rude to older people, thats the way of the world nowdays. Maybe they will grow up & realise that it ok to talk to older people & understand the club & community history & how important it was to the growth of local communities. It still can be but will be hard to do whilst the AFL suck up all the attention, but return SFA to local footy.
Im not sure what the future holds for local footy. The AFL dont seem to give a fig.