Last Saturday night we were at the Sydney Swans vs GWS game at the SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground for the unaware). It was also the weekend of ANZAC day. ANZAC day is 25th April every year and if fell on a Thursday this year, 2019. We watched the MCG game on TV and I can only imagine the atmosphere as we saw all the lights off and the eternal flame being carried by a soldier on horseback around the the MCG. (Melbourne Cricket Ground). Many people held up torches or the like, it was beautiful.
I came across this clip I recorded at the SCG, ah the memories again of many ANZAC day matches. We've been Swans members with the same seats since 2003/4. This is the first time I've had a powerful enough mobile phone camera to capture this. I didn't want to take video during the last post & the minute's silence but this was amazing at the start! You have to be there to feel the atmosphere, it's so different to being in front of the tv watching. You could have heard a pin drop during the last post, revallry(?) and the minute's silence, then it was on with the roar of the crowds!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu0U-z0qBGw
You can see just how close our seats are to the boundary line and where we sit in comparison to both goal posts. People were still pouring in during this. It was a great atmosphere. So Swans lost again but yeah, you can't always make the top 8 every year.
And check this out, no baseball styled cap for me. We must have collected over a 100 Swans supporter's caps over the years. Many we've given away. I really want a bucket styled hat, I live in hope that they bring those back in the Swans Shop! :-)
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