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A game that I totally erased from my memory until that post, SA, was a 2002 'away' derby I attended as a little fella. Five things I recall:
- One of the only (if not, the only) night derbies... the lights going off at Subi for a pre-match ANZAC day service to focus on a cauldron of some sort. Secretly shat myself, it was instant darkness.
- Michael Gardiner getting one of those free kicks at the goalsquare after the goal has been registered, I was a kid and hated the Dockers so thought it was the best thing ever.
- Michael Braun copping it big-time from the Dockers fans around me for his new Just Spectacles gig (free frames!)
- We won convincingly... since then my personal away derby average is -70 points
- Finally, the Eagles wearing the home tripanel mk1 with the white shorts. By then, as I've outlined in a previous post, the WCE/AFL had come to realise the Ochre clashed with more jumpers than not, including itself. Purple-Red and Navy-Ochre looked trrrble anyway, Dale Kickett and Phil Read agree with me.
So yep, the only exception to the rule of away/clash jumpers where applicable.
Quite appreciate the Showdowns though, old school home with white shorts where the VFL Nazis would otherwise deem a clash.
- One of the only (if not, the only) night derbies... the lights going off at Subi for a pre-match ANZAC day service to focus on a cauldron of some sort. Secretly shat myself, it was instant darkness.
- Michael Gardiner getting one of those free kicks at the goalsquare after the goal has been registered, I was a kid and hated the Dockers so thought it was the best thing ever.
- Michael Braun copping it big-time from the Dockers fans around me for his new Just Spectacles gig (free frames!)
- We won convincingly... since then my personal away derby average is -70 points
- Finally, the Eagles wearing the home tripanel mk1 with the white shorts. By then, as I've outlined in a previous post, the WCE/AFL had come to realise the Ochre clashed with more jumpers than not, including itself. Purple-Red and Navy-Ochre looked trrrble anyway, Dale Kickett and Phil Read agree with me.
So yep, the only exception to the rule of away/clash jumpers where applicable.
Quite appreciate the Showdowns though, old school home with white shorts where the VFL Nazis would otherwise deem a clash.

