FFA shooting itself in the foot AGAIN

[Thryleon]

[member=105]Thryleon[/member]  I get your stance, however I see it as a great shame because the sport (at the top flight) in this country actually needs people like you whether it be supporter level or admin.

I know what you're saying but you have to remember where I was at back then.  I was 22 years old.  Carlton had been struggling for 2 years already and we had just won our first ever spoon.  I completed a journey to Adelaide to watch souths last ever NSL match.  I was playing senior/reserve soccer and saw what happened to the lower comps and how exorbitant fees became.  Luckily I was getting paid a pittance to play and I was in a position to turn down the cash and play for free at my local soccer club.  Before the death of the NSL I was lucky enough to secure follow my team tickets to the European cup in Portugal to watch Greece in evey game they played.  At that time I vowed to stick to my struggling clubs because the sport showed me that miracles do occur and impossible is nothing. 

Thing is at every stage of my life the term wogball followed us around, and the FFA simply felt like they wanted to take the game away from us.  Johnnie Warren's book " Sheila's, wogs and p00fters " is how I remember this sport in this country.  I followed it anyway, but the Profesional era began and I found myself falling out of love with the game anyway.

South melbourne, blue and white forever.  The clubs are what makes your sport.  I wouldn't watch afl if Carlton weren't in it.