CheapCharlie
Norm Smith Medallist
- Jun 12, 2015
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- Sydney
35 years already?!??!
I was thinking back to when i first started supporting the swans and how quickly time has passed.
It would have been a couple of years after the Swans moved to Sydney i went to watch a games with some school mates. I can vaguely remember watching some games with Barry Round playing, and a few years later sitting in the Pat Hills stand (now the Bill O'Reilly stand) after work watching some games with mates from work
Sydney was a different landscape for Australian rules football back then. Almost nothing in the local papers or in the media. In my sphere, it was mostly ex-Melbournites who supported the game with Rugby League being the tribal king.
The game was commonly referenced to as 'GayFL' or 'Aerial ping pong'. Comparisons with League were continual, as to which was the better game. A large portion of the Sydney populace were completely ignorant of the rules or the game itself.
A lot has changed up in Sydney. Now there is wide media coverage, popular support and plenty of knowledge of the intricacies of the game.
35 years, some tough times, some heartstopping finals and plenty of good memories.
I was thinking back to when i first started supporting the swans and how quickly time has passed.
It would have been a couple of years after the Swans moved to Sydney i went to watch a games with some school mates. I can vaguely remember watching some games with Barry Round playing, and a few years later sitting in the Pat Hills stand (now the Bill O'Reilly stand) after work watching some games with mates from work
Sydney was a different landscape for Australian rules football back then. Almost nothing in the local papers or in the media. In my sphere, it was mostly ex-Melbournites who supported the game with Rugby League being the tribal king.
The game was commonly referenced to as 'GayFL' or 'Aerial ping pong'. Comparisons with League were continual, as to which was the better game. A large portion of the Sydney populace were completely ignorant of the rules or the game itself.
A lot has changed up in Sydney. Now there is wide media coverage, popular support and plenty of knowledge of the intricacies of the game.
35 years, some tough times, some heartstopping finals and plenty of good memories.