Spuddigger
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I played footy in the SWFL (Bunbury WA ). This comp is the most powerful country footy League in WA. When i joined my club Harvey Brunswick, our official nickname was the Maroons. We had a lot of Italians playing for us. At the time they were good farmers and grew a lot of potatoes that were put on trucks to go to Melbourne as black market spuds.We were called Spudiggers as a defamatory name and players took exception to this.When i came along, i started to call the boys Spudiggers. Some guys weren,t happy with me saying this . I said that,s why the opposition stirred us . I said use this insult as a badge of pride and honour ,keep a cool head on your shoulders. After two years of me stirring ,the opposition lost an advantage to upset my mates. I will always be a Spudigger!