robbo1981
Norm Smith Medallist
- Nov 16, 2011
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Check out kg vs Alberton on YouTube my old man is the one in the leather jacket I was trying to get him to leave lol.
Was there that day with my old man who was going to kill kg I was bloody scared.And by way of context, it needs to be understood that the news of Port's agreement to join the AFL had broken on (I think) the last Tuesday afternoon in July 1990 and Cunningham had spent the rest of the week hurling vicious vitriol at the club on his talk back program. I was stuck in a car driving back from the Riverland with my boss who was a mad Glenelg fan and he insisted the radio stay on the Cunningham footy show. The commentary was over the top - 'treason', 'back stabbing' etc. It was an a rabid feeding frenzy that continued on radio, TV and in the print media for the rest of the week.
On Thursday 2 August the other 9 SANFL clubs and SANFL had a 'War Cabinet' meeting to develop a strategy to block the Port move and most were openly calling for Port to be kicked out of the SANFL. A dozen SANFL officials flew to Melbourne on the Friday to lobby the AFL against Port.
As you can well understand emotions were running at fever pitch - it was PAFC vs the rest of the state.
So for Cunningham to then decide to rock up to Alberton Oval on the Saturday for the game against West Adelaide and make his way through the Port faithful was a deliberate and provocative act of showboating from a man who had spent the week doing all he could to pour oil on the fire of anti-Port emotions.
He made it all about him, knowing full well the emotional firestorm he was walking into. He spent the game in the media area up in the stand and near the end of the game (Port were thumping West by a big margin) KG decided to walk down the stairs and directly through the magpie supporter base. Of course he made absolutely sure he had a Police contingent to protect him and a camera crew to film the response of supporters.
A pig headed and totally unprofessional act shamefully designed to maximise his media exposure off the back of the anti-Port hatred he had played a key role in whipping up over the week.
Check out kg vs Alberton on YouTube my old man is the one in the leather jacket I was trying to get him to leave lol.
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