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February 23, 2006
How Sweet Revenge Is........
Swans bash makes point to footy HQ
Tonight the Swans will hold their regular monthly board meeting in Melbourne, a first for the club since it moved North to Sydney 25 seasons ago. After the board meeting the Swans will host a bash to raise some funds to help launch the "Sydney Australian Football Foundation" which will go towards helping the Swans secure their long term future and the help the local game in Sydney in general, with already $1 million in the kitty before the official start of the Foundation.
While this might not seem like a big deal other than the launch of the foundation itself (and to be truthful I wouldn't use an entire post of it alone), the location of the event provides too much of an opportunity to prove that Revenge is always sweet and best served cold. You could say file it away under "How times hve changed".
THE 2006 AFL Premiership Cup has already enjoyed something of an unusual pilgrimage but the irony of tonight's push into the heart of Toorak has not been lost on anyone at the Sydney Swans. Nor has the fact that the club's wealthiest and most influential Melbourne-based supporters — along with coach Paul Roos and his three captains, Barry Hall, Leo Barry and Brett Kirk — will convene at the former home of famous Swans hater and disgraced Carlton president John Elliott in a bid to take on the powerful Victorian clubs at their own game.
Yep thats right, not only are the Swans hosting their monthly board meeting at Big John's house with the Premiership Cup as the centrepiece (something that warms the heart of this Carlton hating Swans fan), we are doing so to ensure the long-term future of the club at the former home of a man who tried to kill us off, but ended up losing everything including his home to a Swans fan, who has handed use of it over to the Swans when they see fit.
So while we are proving our massive finanical worth off the field, in membership, sponsorship and now this foundation, we are putting the messures in place to make sure our club has a long term future. Funny then this comes at the same time as the current Carlton board is stuggling to overcome the debts left behind by Big John and is forcing to them to consider going cap in hand to the AFL for funding.
Funny how life turns out doesn't it, hey John?
Posted by robbieando at February 23, 2006 06:41 AM