One game a year supporters

[Curly5]

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That was terrible. That year was year 6 for me when everyone is free to change their team and I was in this tiny minority who didn't support Essendon at my school. Was rather fun the monday after round 21 though.

Who invented this rule and how did it pass me by??

I managed one game this year, having to travel to Melbourne for a family occasion, and it was Round 18 v North, when Baz kicked 7.

[soupman]

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Who invented this rule and how did it pass me by??

I believe that rule only applied for those whose allegiances were for sale to the highest bidder. As a result I have found that in recent years Essendon supporters are the easiest to convert to Dog's, just make sure they actually actively support the doggies and tell them how great value a membership is. Sp far 3 converted, with one being a regular attendee and the other on/off attendees with memberships.

[Murphy'sLore]

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Have told a couple of friends who are half-hearted Pies fans that if they're going to be half-hearted about it, they should transfer their allegiance to a club who needs them, not waste their support on that rabble.

(And once they start following a decent club, hopefully they would stop being half-hearted and become passionate Doggies supporters... Ah, it's all a cunning plan!)

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

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I have had people ring me less than one minute after we've lost the preliminary final to see if I have grand final tickets available now that my team is out. They have no shame and don't even ask if I'm upset. This year it seemed the phone calls started coming before the siren had finished ringing.

[The Coon Dog]

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I have had people ring me less than one minute after we've lost the preliminary final to see if I have grand final tickets available now that my team is out. They have no shame and don't even ask if I'm upset. This year it seemed the phone calls started coming before the siren had finished ringing.

I hope you told them to go forth & multiply!

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

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Yes this year I only had two words for them and one of them was "off"

[LostDoggy]

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I have had people ring me less than one minute after we've lost the preliminary final to see if I have grand final tickets available now that my team is out. They have no shame and don't even ask if I'm upset. This year it seemed the phone calls started coming before the siren had finished ringing.

That's awful!

[LostDoggy]

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That was terrible. That year was year 6 for me when everyone is free to change their team and I was in this tiny minority who didn't support Essendon at my school. Was rather fun the monday after round 21 though.

1993 was just as bad, with the “Baby Bombers”. It really sucked growing up in Essendon in the late 80s, early 90s, let me tell you… I think that's the year we missed the finals after coming 2nd the year before too. I was 11 and very unpopular at school, but as I said to my mum at the time, I'd rather be beaten up for being a Bulldog supporter than follow Essendon.

That reminds me of 1990, when my uncle tried to convert me to Collingwood and failed. And that sort of brings me to my next thought: If it pisses you off that one-day-a-year supporters are now revelling in the streets, just think — they barrack for the Pies. Take it from me, who made the conscious choice in 1990 to reject them, missed out on a flag, and have never looked back: Better to be a Bulldog and a loser than a Magpie and celebrating a win. I want a flag enough it hurts — but not THAT much…

[LostDoggy]

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School is full of 'One game a year supporters'.
If the team they 'support' win then theyre all in your face! If their team loses, then they dont even give a crap! Stupid bandwagoners!

[Ozza]

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The way I look at it is - that their is a distinct difference between a supporter and a barracker in my mind.

You are a supporter if you are a member of the club.
You are a barracker if you barrack for the side by don't buy a membership.

Whether you're in Melbourne, Western Australia, Chicago, South Australia or Echuca - if you buy a membership - then you are a supporter in my mind - no matter how many games you can make it to.

[Greystache]

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The way I look at it is - that their is a distinct difference between a supporter and a barracker in my mind.

You are a supporter if you are a member of the club.
You are a barracker if you barrack for the side by don't buy a membership.

Whether you're in Melbourne, Western Australia, Chicago, South Australia or Echuca - if you buy a membership - then you are a supporter in my mind - no matter how many games you can make it to.

Perfect analysis Ozza, I agree entirely.

I have 2 Collingwood supporters here at work who are classic example of the difference between supporters and barrackers. One has been a member (with social club) for 21 years, he lived in Sydney for 8 years and in the last 3 years he's been back in Melbourne he has barely been to a game because he has 2 young kids. When I asked why he still buys a membership every year he said it's because he wants to support the club even though he only watches them on TV.

The other is a girl who has never mentioned football before the Grand Final, has never bought a memebership, and only watches on TV. Yet when neither got a ticket to the grand final she was the one who made a scene about it, that is your definition of barracker.

[Bornadog]

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Perfect analysis Ozza, I agree entirely.

I have 2 Collingwood supporters here at work who are classic example of the difference between supporters and barrackers. One has been a member (with social club) for 21 years, he lived in Sydney for 8 years and in the last 3 years he's been back in Melbourne he has barely been to a game because he has 2 young kids. When I asked why he still buys a membership every year he said it's because he wants to support the club even though he only watches them on TV.

The other is a girl who has never mentioned football before the Grand Final, has never bought a memebership, and only watches on TV. Yet when neither got a ticket to the grand final she was the one who made a scene about it, that is your definition of barracker.

Just listen to their club song, all about barrackers

[LostDoggy]

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I know a guy who claims to be a Carlton supporter yet could never tell us who the Captain of the club was or the President. Same bloke got invited to the GF one year through his business and basically drank all the free grog he could and hardly watched any of the game. Geez it shits me!!

[Doc26]

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We haven't had the luxury of having 'one game a year supporters'. If we did I would be too over the moon to give a rats clacker who they were.

I feel for our 'one game a year supporters' if they leave it up to a prelim. Having been to the last seven losing ones I'm torn, bitter and twisted but still live in hope.