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Postby Mr66 » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:20 am

How's this for passion/fanatacism/lunacy.
My friend flew to Adelaide Friday evening arriving at 5.30.
Saw Norwood/Port then flew back to Melbourne at 6.30 am Satdee morning.
Had a couple of hours sleep, opened his book shop, then went to a VFL game in the arvo.
Sane?! Passionate?!
I'm envious, wish I could come over every weekend to see live SANFL.
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Postby Wedgie » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:34 am

North fanatics on a similar line that come to mind are "Big T" from The Roost who works with Virgin and flew up to Darwin via Brisbane and back.
For those unaware Virgin only leave and come into Darwin at about half an hour past midnight, he had virtually no sleep with about 6 hours of flying each way with stopovers just to see a trial game!
Fish from the Roost used to come over for at least 10-14 games a year from his place at Streaky Bay to watch North. (Driving every time)
He's in for an easy year this year as he's moved to Strath.
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Re: Fanatic?!

Postby Adelaide Hawk » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:52 pm

Mr66 wrote:How's this for passion/fanatacism/lunacy.
My friend flew to Adelaide Friday evening arriving at 5.30.
Saw Norwood/Port then flew back to Melbourne at 6.30 am Satdee morning.
Had a couple of hours sleep, opened his book shop, then went to a VFL game in the arvo.
Sane?! Passionate?!
I'm envious, wish I could come over every weekend to see live SANFL.


That's not Santo from Melbourne Sports Books is it? I know he's a passionate Norwood supporter.
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Postby Mr66 » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:54 pm

Spot on AH!
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Postby Mr66 » Thu May 18, 2006 9:10 pm

He's flying in Friday night @ 6.30 pm, going to the Parade,then catching a 6.00 am
flight back to Melbourne then umpiring a game in the VAFA on Satdee arvo.
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Postby Punk Rooster » Thu May 18, 2006 9:19 pm

Last year I drve to Melbourne (with firends), saw Collingwood v Western Bulldogs, went down to some hotel in Prahran & saw the Spazzys, went out (I'd been drinking all night, starting at Telstra Dome), got home stone motherless broke & still wildly drunk, phoned my partner (at the time) got her to book me a flight home asap, threw up all the way from Queen St, Melbourne, to the Airport, on the plane back, from the airport to Richmond, kept throwing up at home & then caught a taxi to Adelaide Oval with minutes to spare & caught North v Centrals! Now that's a fanatic!!!
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Postby Jimmy » Thu May 18, 2006 9:52 pm

each and every friday night, im up till 4am listening to footy and then get a few hours sleep then im off to play my own game ;)
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Postby Dogsbody » Thu May 18, 2006 10:53 pm

The most fanatical I've ever been?

The only time I've done a multiple event weekend is when I went to Melbourne for the Adelaide vs. Melbourne A-League match then came back the following morning and went to the Sturt vs. Centrals match... trip undertaken on a bus.

Other than that, eight bus trips with Adelaide United supporters to... Parramatta, Melbourne (x2), Perth, Brisbane & Sydney (x3). State matches in 2003 to Fremantle and last years Port Melbourne jaunt. During that time, I was only as fanatical as I could afford, 2003 was different because I was in a full time job. The trips on the bus for the soccer were cheap as, only ever paid to get into the games!
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Postby spell_check » Thu May 18, 2006 10:55 pm

Being at Noarlunga for the Round 13 2000 game and Round 8 2002. :P
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Postby Pseudo » Fri May 19, 2006 11:21 am

I stayed 'til the end when Glenelg kicked 1.4 against Norwood. Do I win a bun?
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Postby TroyGFC » Fri May 19, 2006 11:25 am

Being the only Brisbane supporter in the bus coming back from grand final in 2004 with the bus full of feral Port scum. :(
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Postby matt » Fri May 19, 2006 11:54 am

Pseudo wrote:I stayed 'til the end when Glenelg kicked 1.4 against Norwood. Do I win a bun?


Yes, but I'll want a share as I suspect would Borat.
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Postby drebin » Fri May 19, 2006 12:26 pm

Does sitting through a GF in pouring rain when your team has kicked one goal (and not actually seeing it) and then at the end having to walk the boundary line past the Port Cheer Squad to collect the banner, getting abused, laughed at, spat on (by other Port Ferals not the Cheer Squad I should add) count as being fantical or stupid or both? :oops:
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Re: Fanatic?!

Postby Blue Boy » Fri May 19, 2006 12:49 pm

Mr66 wrote:How's this for passion/fanatacism/lunacy.
My friend flew to Adelaide Friday evening arriving at 5.30.
Saw Norwood/Port then flew back to Melbourne at 6.30 am Satdee morning.
Had a couple of hours sleep, opened his book shop, then went to a VFL game in the arvo.
Sane?! Passionate?!
I'm envious, wish I could come over every weekend to see live SANFL.


Insanely passionate :wink:
It is what it is !!!
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Postby mrjbeam1981 » Fri May 19, 2006 1:37 pm

two weeks ago i was at a wedding. started at 2pm. looked at the watch every five minutes...

ceremony ended at about 2.35. stayed around for photos for about 5 minutes (no i wasn't in the wedding) got a lift down to nourlunga (thanks mum) got there 10 minutes into the 2nd quarter. saw us win, walked into the rooms, sung the song with the boys then got a lift to town (thanks dad) on his way to the showdown, for the reception at Ayers House, sitting at a table full of Poo Power supporters, me being the only crows supporter :)
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Postby Rik E Boy » Fri May 19, 2006 1:42 pm

Pseudo wrote:I stayed 'til the end when Glenelg kicked 1.4 against Norwood. Do I win a bun?


Anything's an improvement on the example in that Avatar!

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Postby Rik E Boy » Fri May 19, 2006 1:44 pm

mrjbeam1981 wrote:two weeks ago i was at a wedding. started at 2pm. looked at the watch every five minutes...

ceremony ended at about 2.35. stayed around for photos for about 5 minutes (no i wasn't in the wedding) got a lift down to nourlunga (thanks mum) got there 10 minutes into the 2nd quarter. saw us win, walked into the rooms, sung the song with the boys then got a lift to town (thanks dad) on his way to the showdown, for the reception at Ayers House, sitting at a table full of Poo Power supporters, me being the only crows supporter :)


You lose. You went to a friggin wedding. Go to the reception instead next time :drinkers: Glug glug glug!!

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Postby Dogwatcher » Fri May 19, 2006 4:21 pm

The Sunday of the first grand final Central District played in was also my first footy trip with the EFC.

Had, had only two hours sleep for the weekend.

My mate was also mad keen Doggies man. so he organised his fiancee to drive over to Mildura, stay at a hotel room about 10 ks out of town and then pick us up at 6.30 that morning so we could go to the GF.

We lost, I cried, went to the after 'party' at the oval. Got home at 3am.

I didn't go to work or uni for the next week as I had a flu resulting from the lack of sleep and high intake of rubbish food and beer.
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Postby Mr66 » Fri May 19, 2006 8:57 pm

mrjbeam1981 wrote:two weeks ago i was at a wedding. started at 2pm. looked at the watch every five minutes...

ceremony ended at about 2.35. stayed around for photos for about 5 minutes (no i wasn't in the wedding) got a lift down to nourlunga (thanks mum) got there 10 minutes into the 2nd quarter. saw us win, walked into the rooms, sung the song with the boys then got a lift to town (thanks dad) on his way to the showdown, for the reception at Ayers House, sitting at a table full of Poo Power supporters, me being the only crows supporter :)



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