To try and lift the spirits around here, I thought I'd tell you all how my Grand Final day happened. From excitement to disappointment without even entering the ground.
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After having a sleepless night due to being nervous and excited for the big day, I didn't get any sleep at all. I got out of bed at 6:30am, did the usual stuff, shower/breakfast etc and caught the train to the MCG. If you're wondering why I went to the ground this early, it's because I'm a Restricted MCC Member. You have to be a Full MCC Member to get into the game, but if the MCC section of the ground isn't full by a certain time, they sometimes let some of the Restricted Members go in, although you still have to purchase a ticket. I arrived at the ground just before 8:30am. Me being me, I didn't even realize there was a line for people in my situation, so I didn't line up, instead I called a few of my friends and purchased a new freo scarf. I saw my dad at the ground and he told me that if I manage to get in, he's already reserved a seat for me. My dad pointed out that I had to line up, so I did and I was probably about the 90th person in line. I stood in exactly the same spot around 90 minutes, as you get told at 10am if Restricted Members are allowed in or not. 10am finally came, but it was bad news. They said 'we can't let anyone in at this stage, as there's only a few hundred seats left and we have to give the Full Members more time to access them, so a decision will be made at 12pm'. Everyone in line was questioning whether to stay or go, but for me it was an easy decision. I desperately wanted to see us. So I stood in exactly the same spot for another two hours, desperately needing to go to the toilet but not wanting to lose my spot. I waited all that time, only to get the terrible news that there isn't going to be enough room for Restricted Members, as they're expecting every seat to be taken. As you could imagine I was devastated. I called my friends and my dad to tell them the bad news that I wont be going in with them and started walking to the train station to head home.
At the train station and off course to top off my crap start to the day, my train was cancelled and the second train was late.
(12:46pm) On the train, just one more train stop away from my destination and my friend calls me saying he's friend has a spare ticket and wants to sell it to me at gate price ($185). I couldn't believe it, he just kept yelling 'come back, come back, get off the f***ing train and get back here!' Finally, some luck was going my way.
(1:30pm) I'm back at the ground and outside Gate 5 with my friend, still is disbelief. I met his friend, who happened to be a pretty hot chick
, so it was a double win! I handed her the money and she bought us some beers to have just before the game.
(2:30pm) Bounce down and I'm pumped. But off course, I've got the smartasses of all smartasses sitting right behind me. They complained at every single little thing and kept giving it to all our players, there insults weren't even the slightest bit funny, but they found it hilarious. After 5 minutes I wanted to knock them out, but obviously I didn't. I was very tempted to tell them to shut up and let other people enjoy the game, but I knew that wouldn't do anything as their too immature to actually listen.
(Half time) I couldn't get out of that area quicker, had to get away from the piss and poo smartasses that were behind me. At the start of the third quarter I just stood somewhere else to watch it, but then security told me I wasn't allowed there and had to go back to my seat. I went back and those smartasses were no longer there, instead there were freo supporters
and there were freo supporters right next to me now too .
That's how my day was, mixed emotions and even heartbreak before the first bounce. There's more to the story, but I don't wanna bore you too much about that stuff.
Shout out to all the fans there, was great to see the purple haze! Being a Melbourne boy, I've never seen so many freo fans in my life, it was terrific. Seeing the G covered in purple was beautiful.
Mods feel free to delete.
After having a sleepless night due to being nervous and excited for the big day, I didn't get any sleep at all. I got out of bed at 6:30am, did the usual stuff, shower/breakfast etc and caught the train to the MCG. If you're wondering why I went to the ground this early, it's because I'm a Restricted MCC Member. You have to be a Full MCC Member to get into the game, but if the MCC section of the ground isn't full by a certain time, they sometimes let some of the Restricted Members go in, although you still have to purchase a ticket. I arrived at the ground just before 8:30am. Me being me, I didn't even realize there was a line for people in my situation, so I didn't line up, instead I called a few of my friends and purchased a new freo scarf. I saw my dad at the ground and he told me that if I manage to get in, he's already reserved a seat for me. My dad pointed out that I had to line up, so I did and I was probably about the 90th person in line. I stood in exactly the same spot around 90 minutes, as you get told at 10am if Restricted Members are allowed in or not. 10am finally came, but it was bad news. They said 'we can't let anyone in at this stage, as there's only a few hundred seats left and we have to give the Full Members more time to access them, so a decision will be made at 12pm'. Everyone in line was questioning whether to stay or go, but for me it was an easy decision. I desperately wanted to see us. So I stood in exactly the same spot for another two hours, desperately needing to go to the toilet but not wanting to lose my spot. I waited all that time, only to get the terrible news that there isn't going to be enough room for Restricted Members, as they're expecting every seat to be taken. As you could imagine I was devastated. I called my friends and my dad to tell them the bad news that I wont be going in with them and started walking to the train station to head home.
At the train station and off course to top off my crap start to the day, my train was cancelled and the second train was late.
(12:46pm) On the train, just one more train stop away from my destination and my friend calls me saying he's friend has a spare ticket and wants to sell it to me at gate price ($185). I couldn't believe it, he just kept yelling 'come back, come back, get off the f***ing train and get back here!' Finally, some luck was going my way.
(1:30pm) I'm back at the ground and outside Gate 5 with my friend, still is disbelief. I met his friend, who happened to be a pretty hot chick
, so it was a double win! I handed her the money and she bought us some beers to have just before the game.(2:30pm) Bounce down and I'm pumped. But off course, I've got the smartasses of all smartasses sitting right behind me. They complained at every single little thing and kept giving it to all our players, there insults weren't even the slightest bit funny, but they found it hilarious. After 5 minutes I wanted to knock them out, but obviously I didn't. I was very tempted to tell them to shut up and let other people enjoy the game, but I knew that wouldn't do anything as their too immature to actually listen.
(Half time) I couldn't get out of that area quicker, had to get away from the piss and poo smartasses that were behind me. At the start of the third quarter I just stood somewhere else to watch it, but then security told me I wasn't allowed there and had to go back to my seat. I went back and those smartasses were no longer there, instead there were freo supporters
and there were freo supporters right next to me now too . That's how my day was, mixed emotions and even heartbreak before the first bounce. There's more to the story, but I don't wanna bore you too much about that stuff.
Shout out to all the fans there, was great to see the purple haze! Being a Melbourne boy, I've never seen so many freo fans in my life, it was terrific. Seeing the G covered in purple was beautiful.
