Just recently, I heard someone on radio recall that the defeat of Essendon by Carlton in the 1999 prelim happened on the same Saturday that the Kennett government was turfed from power. I recall both events quite clearly - especially Kennett's defeat (if I barracked for either of the two teams I suspect I'd have a clearer memory of the footy upset). There is another coincidence of this sort that I recall as well, Richmond's rare finals win against Carlton in 2001 which happened within days of the Twin Towers collapsing.
What it has reinforced is a peculiar phenomenon of memory that I've often noticed but never mentioned to anyone before, and I'm curious if others have experienced it. It's like my life following footy has run on a different time track to my experience of the outside world - of the greater history that's unfolded during my life. When I think of myself in the 1980s, of the political events, the music, the fashion etc, it seems more recent than when I think of the footy of that era, and the same goes for every period since. Looking more recently, the struggling Tigers of 2010 feel like they were decades ago, whereas when I think about myself and what I was doing in that year, it feels like it was only yesterday.
Is it the same for anyone else? Or do some people have the reverse phenomenon?
What it has reinforced is a peculiar phenomenon of memory that I've often noticed but never mentioned to anyone before, and I'm curious if others have experienced it. It's like my life following footy has run on a different time track to my experience of the outside world - of the greater history that's unfolded during my life. When I think of myself in the 1980s, of the political events, the music, the fashion etc, it seems more recent than when I think of the footy of that era, and the same goes for every period since. Looking more recently, the struggling Tigers of 2010 feel like they were decades ago, whereas when I think about myself and what I was doing in that year, it feels like it was only yesterday.
Is it the same for anyone else? Or do some people have the reverse phenomenon?