I have fond memories of hanging out the door on the crowded trams heading along Sydney Rd towards Coburg. The conductor would be calling out in broken English to stay inside the tram, but it was a bit hard when the tram was bursting at the seams. The upside of this was that the conductor couldn't get near you to sell you a ticket.
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Used to drive to the game with my brother and park in the zoo car park. Loved it after the game, especially after a win, we'd pile out the southern exit behind the scoreboard with the crowd and make our way through the park which was usually covered in autumn leaves. We'd analyse the game and who we thought were the best players as we walked to the car. Then in the car we'd surf the radio stations and listen to all the post match reports of the game as we made our way home...
"Goddess" 
), and it was there that I got my first radio. During and after the games, I would be listening to the radio broadcast of the game and the post match wrap up. And then on Sunday mornings before church... I would see who was playing on the winners. Life was good back then
When my sister and I used to live with our grandparents... we (my grandparents and myself... my sister wasnt that interested in footy) would listen to the matches on the radio. If Collingwood or Essendon* were playing Carlton and lost... the radio would be shut off as soon as the final siren went. If their respective teams won against the Blues, the post match discussions would be allowed to run their course.
A few years after I started supporting the blues we shifted up to West Preston, across the road the road from the Serafini's and around the corner from where Serge had his grocery store (any true blue supporter would know where it was
Lauri is a strange cat... he grew up a Carlton supporter but when he had the chance he stayed with Fitzroy. He was the one who used to give me personal training sessions in the street. Taught me how to kick, balk, handball (off either hand) and taught me how to mark. Renato used to come out occasionally as well... and Gary Wilson would show up on occasion.Corner of Gilbert Rd and Bell Street
I use to bump into Laurie Serafini at La Trobe Uni. Nice bloke although he did spend a fair bit of time with Collingwood player Peter McCormack.
Once I got my driver's licence I stopped playing under 13sGeez, hope you won the b&f in your last few years of u13s. You would have been so much bigger than the other players by that stage
When my sister and I used to live with our grandparents... we (my grandparents and myself... my sister wasnt that interested in footy) would listen to the matches on the radio. If Collingwood or Essendon* were playing Carlton and lost... the radio would be shut off as soon as the final siren went. If their respective teams won against the Blues, the post match discussions would be allowed to run their course.
A few years after I started supporting the blues we shifted up to West Preston, across the road the road from the Serafini's and around the corner from where Serge had his grocery store (any true blue supporter would know where it was
I think that it's the racoon from Guardians of the Galaxy...
