Poll: How did you get into supporting North?

[ferball]

I was never good at Maffs

MAFS on the other hand - you'd watch it every week.

 

[Lomas]

MAFS on the other hand - you'd watch it every week.

Na, just the humorous write ups the next day. Honest.

 

[Waynesworld]

Mums cousin played for North in the 70s (played in the premierships). So i was automatically a North supporter having been born early 70s.

 

[Lomas]

Mums cousin played for North in the 70s (played in the premierships). So i was automatically a North supporter having been born early 70s.

Multiple cousins of my parents played for the Saints and South Melbourne/Sydney. Thank god they were seen as disappointments for their lack of success.

 

[CBSlogger]

Old man is mad Saints, arrived in Aus in '67 from UK, lived in Elwood / Elsternwick area so chose to follow Saints with most of his scaffolder mates. Poor sucker thought he was on a good thing at the time.

Mum used to take me to Maccas once a month as a treat, when I was 4 they were handing out footy club stickers one visit... I got a north one.

That was it for me and the old man didn't fight hard enough to keep me Saints. I watched close to every game at moorrabbin for the next decade in or so in North gear. Saw more of plugger from day 1 than most Saints fans.

Went with Dad in '91 when the Saints made it back to finals first time in a long time (funny story, we lost each other at the buses after the game, I ended up walking from waverley park to nunawading station (cause it always seemed such a short list bus ride!). Parents had called the cops who were there when I got home about 9pm.

I was 17 when I went to our '93 elim final, had a great run from there as a young bloke.

BTW I have 3 daughters and made sure I didn't make the same mistake my old man did - all good North girls.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

My Great Grandma barracked for Hotham, and then in 1925 when we joined the VFL (before it became the AFL), my Grandma dated a NM player forever and a day. One thing lead to another and then I came along and began barracking for the Gold Coast Suns because, being an avid astronomer, the Sun is my favourite star. Sure, it's not the biggest star out there, but it's definitely the closest one to Earth. You can take that to the bank.

If the Suns fold or relocate at any stage, then I'll barrack for Nth Melbourne again like I did in the olden days.

And to those of you who think Jack Darling

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Jack Darling

Age

32

Ht

191cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.4

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.4

5star

is not a good move, you've just gotta hand it to Bradley Rawlings. He's a freak recruiter. Sheezel & Wardlaw for JHF - my goodness. That'll go down as The Trade made in Heaven.