The Terrace

Hopefully by now you’ve enjoyed the joys of Monday night football. Here at The Terrace the concept of football on Monday has excited us about as much as sharing a nude spa and glass of bubbly with Wayne Swan. Then again, i guess Collingwood getting flogged every Monday wouldn’t be a bad way to start the week…at least better than a nude spa with Wayne.

Anyway, on a thoroughly more positive note, last Saturday (a good day for football ladies and gentlemen) The Terrace was back where it belongs, home sweet home in The Gary Ablett Terrace (aka ‘The Vegie Patch’). No place on earth really compares to The Cattery when the sun is shining, a cool southerly breeze is blowing (which generally equates to more Vegie-Patch goals) and the GFC is on a roll. Saturday met all three of these criteria: it really was veritable football bliss.

Premiership years run deep on The Terrace.

As if to reaffirm the above in my mind one local punter was heard quizzing his sleeveless GFC-hoodied mate: “what are you doin’ here, don’t you ‘ave a seat down the other end?” At which point the sleeveless-hodied mate’s other mate replied on his behalf (for the record no sleeveless hoody on him, just a catters’ jumper with the number ’07′ emblazoned on the back), “yeah, but he’d rather stand down here”. Respect!

Speaking of quotable quotes, unsuprisingly there was no lack of banter on The Terrace late Saturday afternoon. Here’s the standout (sung to the tune of something, although were not exactly sure what):

Oooohhhhh, Barry Hall, Oooooohhhhh, Barry Hall, with a packet of sweets and a cheeky smile, you’re a paedophile…

I suspect they roll this one out for every visiting full-forward – it would sound good with Matthew Lloyd too, don’t you think?  – but it had a particularly nice ring to it on Saturday. Deservedly most of the stick handed out from The Terrace was delivered in the direction of BBBH (Big Bad Barry Hall – we stole that from this article about his demise). He really has lost the plot.

Anyway, as tradition now has it, each quarter in four words or less:

1. 5 points one goal
2. Mumford’s showing some class
3. ’07 Stokesy has returned!
4. Votes: Corey, Selwood, S. Johnson

As the cats kick another...The Vegie Patch erupts and bangs the crap out of the Target ad.

Until next time…

Your loyal companions,

The Terrace