Western Bulldogs a Lament For Us Tigers

[The Adelaide Connection]

“Barracking for the Bulldogs has always demanded a certain unique perspective,” says Roger Franklin in Sons of the ’Scray, an essay about place and identity, and a football club in Melbourne’s west. “A good clubman will look into a room packed with manure and know, just know, that there must be a lovely pony in there somewhere.”

Early Saturday morning I caught a train to the west. A Sudanese woman sat opposite – barefoot, hair braided – as we passed railway yards, grain silos at North Melbourne; the broad shoulders of cranes at the docks. We crossed the Maribyrnong, we left the city behind.

I was off to see a game at Whitten Oval – the first-round match between new stand-alone VFL teams Richmond and Footscray – and under bright skies it felt like a return to something cherished that’s long since gone. Football was back at the old Western Oval. The Tiges were playing. I had to be there.

More:
http://www.tigertigerburningbright.c...for-us-tigers/

A great blog post from a Tigers fan that wandered down to Whitten oval on Saturday.

[LostDoggy]

I stumbled a across this as well on the Age's website and really enjoyed it. Good work on posting it.

Didn't go to the game at the WO but one of the the (many) interesting observations in the blog was the fact that the dogs didn't cordon off the huddle at the quarter time breaks and the tigers did. Hope it stays that way.

[ratsmac]

Great article, and well written. I enjoyed reading it, thanks TAC

[Bulldog Joe]

Agree that it is a very good article and well worth a read.

[Twodogs]

Click on http://footymaths.blogspot.com.au/se...&max-results=3


Scroll to the bottom and click View Older Posts. He's written some good well researched stuff about the footy ground.

[Twodogs]

Click on http://footymaths.blogspot.com.au/se...&max-results=3


Good read. Some good well researched stuff about the footy ground

[Go_Dogs]

Thanks for that, very enjoyable article.