AFL Fans Throughout the Decades - Danny McGinlay

A look at how the football experience has changed over the years...

[@thespamdance311]

Soil and cigarette smoke. I remember going to a soccer match in Italy, and even though it was a totally alien sport to my experience, the smell of wet earth and ciggies filled me with this great nostalgic ardour of the MCG on match days.

[@MsDidi38]

I love your Collingwood interpretation, and I have most of my teeth!

[@AWF1000]

"i think Tasmania deserves a team next.. that's right boys, we can smash hong kong..." Sad but fucking true.

[@DannyMcGinlay]

When I wrote this Port was playing in China every year. Don't think HKFC will happen anytime soon now. [I know that's not your point but I genuinely love HK and would love to be able to go every year]

[@drfrazzl5073]

@@DannyMcGinlay tassie have a team!!!!!

[@LomuHabana]

This quote didn’t age well, China project seems dead and buried (thank goodness) and Tasmania is getting their team before the 2030s.

[@seb48752]

Great job! Y'all are so underated!!

[@malcolm4672]

Collingwood fans will never change, untill they all have a full set of teeth EACH.

[@Magpie_Mark92]

Whatever jealous prick we got more teeth than you and more supporters than you

[@hamishman2196]

@@Magpie_Mark92 and more money than the afl than any other team

[@frankgill329]

When r u doing another episode

[@DannyMcGinlay]

Probably during next footy season. You want another sketch like this one?

[@frankgill329]

Yeh there so bloody funny

[@Magpie_Mark92]

I love the 70s 80s brining a rubbish tin full of beer, cigarettes, climbing up on the scaffolding tower at vic park having a smoke, wearing sleeve less jumper with a million patches on it, swearing as much as we want, Timber bench seats and chanting Dunstalls a Wanker!!!!!!! Now you cant say anything offensive without a grumpy fan or security guard telling you off. I want footy crowds back to 70s 80s style, I cant stand the army of security guards, bag checks, wonding you as you come in and ground staff telling you off if you stand on your seat or sit on a barrier. People call us unruly ferals but all teams have feral fans but being wild is all part of having a good time at the footy. Sorry i had to get it off my chest

[@donjohns4878]

A bit Vic centric for my liking. Where are my magnificent Port Adelaide?

[@millertas]

Playing as the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL.

[@beebeenyneeee7692]

In 2822 the dockers win their first flag

[@jgraaay18]

That soon? Optimistic!

[@millertas]

"I respectfully disagree" ROFL. Don't go to the footy no more and long for the days when you could call out what you liked because like you all others everyone was too drunk to care.

[@ndevete006]

up the Essendon Bombers❤🖤❤🖤

[@LomuHabana]

Love AFL/Aussie rules, the big cricket grounds and huge crowds, but coming from European soccer, the atmosphere’s seem really trash. No singing, just a few “insert team’s name” chants, no fan choreography’s, no jumping, no original fan action. Seems like so little passion in the stadium even though “footy” is almost like a religion in certain regions of Australia. How come? Is the AFL making the fan experience too “family friendly”? Should really change imo.

[@DannyMcGinlay]

Hi Lomu - This is something I have long pondered. I too love European Soccer, and the atmosphere those fans create. My theory is this: Aussie Rules moves too fast for fans to do anything except watch. If we had choreographed singing and jumping we would likely miss most of the action. Because of the large playing field, most fans are watching the strategic moves and marveling at the physical battles. Whereas in soccer there are large periods of slow build up where a song can be sung. Also the game runs almost double the length of time and it gets too hot. We’d be exhausted!

[@LomuHabana]

@@DannyMcGinlay I mean, that’s certainly a factor. But I don’t expect the same atmosphere as in soccer. There are a lot of stoppages in Aussie rules, sometimes you have like 4-5 ball ups in quick succession. And even though the build up is different, you sometimes also have slower and controlled build ups with a lot of uncontrolled “save/simple” marks. And it takes also a lot of time before a player talks a shot on goal, fans could sing to him before he is talking the kick. Or fans could start a song/singing to a player after the buzzer during quarter time. I don’t expect 80 minutes singing, you don’t have non stop singing/jumping/atmosphere in soccer either. But there is just so little atmosphere, I believe there is a lot of room for improvement.