Round #4 Carlton vs St. Kilda in NZ: Pre Game prognostications

[bignic]

You'll be right BC! Just think, you will end up having seen a lot more premierships than me! I've seen two and one of them I was only 11.

I might have written this before, but in 1968, John Nicholls, who we were very close to, got me and my brother tickets to the Grand Final. It was our first experience of going.

We sat next to an indigenous young bloke, and another young bloke.

I was talking through the game to the indigenous fellow, and not having any brains then, I've got even less now, I didn't introduce myself, or ask who he was. 

After we won the game, I said to him, we are going to be even better next year when Jackson and Thornley come over and play with us.

It was only then that he introduced himself as Syd Jackson, and said about the bloke that had sat next to him, and that's Bert Thornley.
Both played in the 70 grand Final, with Thornley, I think it was, going off at half time to make way for Hopkins who kicked 4 goals.

I got to know Syd, a really lovely bloke, quite well,  over the ensuing years, and whenever I see Syd, and it's been a while, we always laugh about that day.