John's Football Supporting History.
In the mid 1970's John's parents Lawrence and Pamela took John and his sister Katrina to some VFA games at The Beach
Oval in Sandringham. However until we could see over the fence we spent some time playing with old biros in the dirt. John
used to think that "Sandy" was a good player because everybody used to yell out "Go Sandy." John remembers one game when
"Sandy" beat Oakleigh to avoid relegation. In subsequent years he used to run out with the team before the game, attend the
1/4 and 3/4 time address and even go in the rooms at 1/2 time with his dad.
John went to his first VFL game in 1977. It was South Melbourne vs Fitzroy at the Lakeside Oval. We also went to some
St. Kilda games that year. John's father used take him to training at Moorabbin where he had goal kicking practice with George
Young the skilled St.Kilda forward. John also played and beat Trevor Barker at Table Tennis during training one night.
In 1978 Lawrence joined John as a member of St. Kilda and he has had a membership every year since. This is John's
26th consecutive season of Membership.During this period St. Kilda has played in 4 finals series (1991,1992,1997 & 1998) and
1 Grand Final.(1997).
