Second in the series we ask the players what their earliest football memory is.
What is your earliest football memory?
Scott Thompson
Arriving at my first ever game and then being told I wasn’t playing
James Craig
My team winning by so much in primary school that we had piggy-back races at full back
Ivan Maric
Essendon winning the 1993 Premiership
Tony Armstrong
Winning a Grand Final for the Liverpool Eagles
Brad Moran
1st ruck session with Roger Merrett learning the art form
Nathan Bock
Playing for Port Districts under 9s
Brodie Martin
Building sand castles in under 10’s at Meningie
Myke Cook
The first game I played, the first kick I had was a goal
Brad Symes
Playing ‘marks up’ on the dog track at Gawler Oval
Richard Douglas
Five year old watching Sunday replay with Drew Morphett
Brent Reilly
Playing my first game at age 11, copping one and the person who hit me got sent off with a red card
Simon Goodwin
Playing as a five year-old for Black Forest Primary School and not getting a kick for the first year and a half
Nathan van Berlo
Auskick for Whitfords Junior Football Club, loving the half time oranges
Jonathon Griffin
My first ever football. I was five years old and it was my first ever live game that I watched. My Dad bought it from the club store. It was an East Fremantle junior footy
Jarrhan Jacky
Trying on jumper sizes with my Mum
David Mackay
Kicking the footy around the lounge room when I was four or five
Bernie Vince
Playing mini’s for Stansbury and hardly getting a touch all year
Andrew McLeod
Watching the sensational seventies on VHS
Jason Porplyzia
Playing my first game in the mud and rain
Rory Sloane
Watching St Kilda at Waverly Park and it got blacked out
Scott Stevens
Watching Dad play for Kellerberrin
Brett Burton
Being undefeated for Roopeena FC in the under 10s
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