Mercy Seat
Norm Smith Medallist
No disrespect but Waverley was only our home for about 8 years. I’m only in my 30s but am young enough to have gone to Princes Park every week, followed by Waverley and now the G.Some of the older people in this chat may remember when the AFL moved away from Waverley and the ground went into ruin. My family loved going to Waverley and one person in my family was more heartbroken than most when we could no longer go to a local game. My brother broke into the ground and used the bench seats to write the words “Shame AFL” ... or was it AFL Shame... something like that in the middle of the oval. A TV station helicopter saw it and made it news.
My brother no longer goes to games. His thought was, why support Hawthorn if they will not be where I want them ... or at least that is what I understood from his actions.
I think my brother was a poor supporter of Hawthorn. He gave up on them when they left Waverley Park.
Why is it that we only support a team that is near our home? Many in bigfooty support soccer teams in England and NBA teams in the USA. Their location is irrelevant.
Hell yes I would support Hawthorn wherever they went. A home is not where you sh*t but where your heart lives.
But I want to go to games. If that Tennent is respected, I’ll follow the team to NZ.
Your melts can start here !