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Lighthearted nostalgia thread since our current team sucks and there is a lot of the stupid going around on here.
First game attended: Rd 13, 1992. At home vs Collingwood. We lost by a point in driving rain. I was 7, turning 8. Umbrellas were still allowed. Matera, Mainy, Kemp, Suma, Jako... how good is footy if this is your intro?
I remember studying the Record in great detail as a kid. Our stars were all born in the 60s and our young guns the 70s. There were still some guys born i the 50s running around. They seemed so old to me.
By the time Sampi and Seaby were drafted it was the first time kids my age were running out for West Coast. My draft dream was over.
After Selwood retired early Cox and Glass are the only players left older than me. Dom Sheed is 11 years my junior. Within a few years there will conceivably be players drafted to West Coast that I am old enough to have fathered.
The early to mid 90s glory years were primary school to me. Went to most games, taped the home games on VHS (usually either side of the news) and watched the away games on Channel 7. Night games I often listened to ABC before watching 7's coverage 2 hours later. The mid 2000s GFs were my time at uni. Went to the losing GF but not the winning. Boo. The disaster of the late 2000s and dead cat bounce of 2011/12 I had an established career and could occasionally enjoy footy from the corporate boxes drinking beer from a bottle. I've seen us play at Subi, the WACA, the MCG and Kardinia Park.
So yeah, where does West Coast fit in your timeline?
First game attended: Rd 13, 1992. At home vs Collingwood. We lost by a point in driving rain. I was 7, turning 8. Umbrellas were still allowed. Matera, Mainy, Kemp, Suma, Jako... how good is footy if this is your intro?
I remember studying the Record in great detail as a kid. Our stars were all born in the 60s and our young guns the 70s. There were still some guys born i the 50s running around. They seemed so old to me.
By the time Sampi and Seaby were drafted it was the first time kids my age were running out for West Coast. My draft dream was over.
After Selwood retired early Cox and Glass are the only players left older than me. Dom Sheed is 11 years my junior. Within a few years there will conceivably be players drafted to West Coast that I am old enough to have fathered.
The early to mid 90s glory years were primary school to me. Went to most games, taped the home games on VHS (usually either side of the news) and watched the away games on Channel 7. Night games I often listened to ABC before watching 7's coverage 2 hours later. The mid 2000s GFs were my time at uni. Went to the losing GF but not the winning. Boo. The disaster of the late 2000s and dead cat bounce of 2011/12 I had an established career and could occasionally enjoy footy from the corporate boxes drinking beer from a bottle. I've seen us play at Subi, the WACA, the MCG and Kardinia Park.
So yeah, where does West Coast fit in your timeline?

