+1 - best footy memory for me as well. Still the moment i had that best stuck in my mind was another young guy like me (I was 25 and I think he was much the same), who like me was by himself but sitting a few seats down from me in the same bay. The couple between us rushed down to the fence after the final siren, but we just looked at each other, with smiles as broad as anything, and then, in amongst jumping for joy and bellowing out the song, embraced in an almighty man hug, and at almost the same time, the tears of joy started flowing from both of us. 2 strangers united in absolute esctacy!im guessing it was his first grand final as well, but the memory of that moment will stick with me forever.
The amount of shakes of a scarf held high, random hugs and yells of 'up the swannies' amd the like from absolute strangers in melbourne were numerous, and I agree you really do feel like part of a family, and that is one of the reasons I love my swannies!
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