Characters of the VFA/VFL

THE ONE AND ONLY PAT! A mad or should I say crazy Port Melbourne supporter. Wears his port jumper to all games and is recignisable by his bleached blonde hair, tatoo on his chin and of course his very loud comments. This bloke has me in stiches every week and the police follow him around the ground like the pied piper.. Cant repeat too many of his comments but he loves getting stuck into the opposition and umpire Damien Sully. ha ha When Port played Sandy at home Sav kicked his 10th goal at about the 5 minute mark of the 3/4 quarter when Pat yells out " COME ON SAV, DO SOMETHING" All you Port people know who Im talking about!!

Yeah I saw Pat after the Willy game I didnt want to mention it on here in case he or the club got in trouble. Ah well. Wonder what he was saying to them? Maybe asking if Sully can do our finals games?? Ons have you noticed that Geelong supporter who goes to all there games with a cats jumper on as well as shorts? He is the most annoying I come across. After every single goal he walks to the fence behind the goals and yells out "Geelong" whilst banging on the fence. He then yells out the players name followed by OI OI OI like hes at the cricket. He is always there by himself and is very loud.

burraburger wrote:have you noticed that Geelong supporter who goes to all there games with a cats jumper on as well as shorts? He is the most annoying I come across. After every single goal he walks to the fence behind the goals and yells out "Geelong" whilst banging on the fence. He then yells out the players name followed by OI OI OI like hes at the cricket. He is always there by himself and is very loud.

Hahaha, I saw him yesterday. Bloody weird, he has the cheer squad floggers as well, yells out player chants, and even has a Geelong VFL guernsey. There is a similar bloke for Bendigo but this one is younger and wears glasses and claps and chants "BEN-DI-GO", wears the Bendigo polo as well. Noticed him on the TV the other week when the ABC did a Bendigo game. He's a pest. The Frankston bloke with the really loud, deep voice, looks about 30 yrs old that spends all day drinkin cans and makes a whole lot of racket. Stands just near the Dolphins coaches box, behind the opposition bench. Oh yeah Jude, hahaha, saw her there the other day with her streamers, goes over to the race and waves them as the players come off the ground. Has the nailpolish on in the Port colours and all. That other woman at Port who wears her blue Kangaroos top and sits on the chairs just near where you stand Ons. She's a character of the VFL. Pain in the rear end and doesn't understand the rules but a character nevertheless. I reckon George from the kiosk at Coburg, he's so slow he takes most of half time to serve everyone but he's a character of the game. And all the annoucements they make over the PA for George's kiosk...even funnier when George comes on himself during the last quarter and tells people he's got 4 pies and 6 dim sims left so hurry up if you want them. And there is a bloke who goes and watches the Northern Knights, and I think he goes to the VFL as well for the Bullants. At the Knights games I've seen him there everytime I've been to their matches, he wears an old Preston Knights jumper with the VSFL logo on it, he has glasses and goes onto the gorund and listens to the huddle...every time the siren goes he yells out "ssshhhhh". Weird! There are a lot of characters at the VFL....

Thats why we all like the v.f.l,i know i will get a laugh or 2 at any ground in the comp.

A couple of old Mustang supporters are great, there's a group of about 5-6, and this old lady with a blue rinse spends most of her time telling "David" off for using bad language, which he waits until the quietest moment to use, just to get to her. There's a few old blokes who sometimes still stand behind the goals at Box Hill, not the Whitehorse Rd. end, near the hole in the fence, and every five minutes you'll just hear "...Go Stangas...". There's a Willy supporter, i think, i've seen him at every ground, and i think he's just a football junky, who has his big camera bag at every match. He fair dinkum pops up everywhere. I saw him down at a Geelong Richmond match at Kardinia, and then one day, when i was living in Blackburn, i bumped into him at the station. Pat, the Port supporter, was, before North & Port aligned, easily the most diehard passionate and colourful supporter that the Murray Kangaroos had. He even had the VFL Murray Kangaroos jumper. Saw him out at Coburg. Remember Phil Cleary saying at a Box Hill v Port match that us Eastern suburbs wouldn't know what had hit us... He'd seen someone in a Port jumper crossing Whitehorse Rd at 12 noon with a stubby! That was Pat! Have to mention Box Hill / Hawthorn supporter Arthur. Stocky guy behind whichever goal Box Hill is kicking. Some of the funniest comments, really got the better of Mark Greig at Nth. Ball one day, you could hear his voice booming, calling him Larry (3 stooges reference), and you should have heard the cheer when he got dragged. Actually, we got done, and Greig was just having a well earned rest, but it was very funny. There's a couple of old Coburg fans, just spend the whole day rapping the VFL listed players up, and use the term "Burgers" frequently. Geelong supporters JUST DON'T GET IT! There's a couple of hicks at North Ballarat who sit in the back of their panel van drinking cans all day, Williamstown has the famous "Harold" from Neighbours, I've only seen one Tassy fan i can remembers, always wears the Tassy one day cricket top.

The posting brought a smile to my face; I recognise most of the characters; they are VFL treasures. I am a bit worried they may have now came to the attention of the VFL Sanitisers who may ban them from the grounds.

By VFA (George) I use to follow Northcote from 1970 to 1987 in 2nd Division. I have followed Williamstown since 1969. I also played a couple of reseerves games for Sunshine in 1982. I have being attending VFA/VFL matched on a regular basis since and have seen a lot of characters over 35 years. If we could dicover old video footage of these characters from the 70s and 80s it would be like a hidden trasure. I have a bit of home video footage from the last 6/7 years. Some footage is priceless. STAN- CAMBERWELL Famous for his GO COBRAS GO AND AWAY WE GO. In his will he put next of kind Camberwell FC. Sold Heralds at Camberwell Station in the 1970s through to the late 1980s. Died in the early 90s after was hit by a car. Ashes were scattered at Camberwell Sports Ground. SOL- NORTHCOTE Always behind the Northcote goals. Famous for abusing all umpires and is catch cry was OVER HERE, OVER HERE when a Northcote player was ready to shoot for goal. Even travelled with the VFA team to Tassie for an interste clash. Was owner of the Alexnder Mens store with brother Ben. BUGLE MAN- Always bought a bugle at every Oakleigh game. The bugle was part of the Oakleigh scene. Died in a mine blast about a decade ago. Camberwell vegies- a group of Camberwell supporters who stood behind the Camberwell goals with an esky. Most of them followed Camberwell. Frankston Ferals- A loud group who stand on the wing near the scoreboard. Give opposition plays an almighty spray. They hate Springvale and Sandringham the most. In some games they bring a bongo drum which adds to some great atmosphere at Frankston. They also use to bring firecrakers until they were banned. JUDIE- always wears the Port Melbourne jumper, scarf, socks and beanie. Can also be seen with full Williamstown gear as they are alligned to her AFL team Collingwood. Is more Port Melbourne. Been following the borough since Fred Cook was in nappies. SIDEBURNS MAN- Hard core Port Melbourne fan who hails from Nunawading and has also been followign the borough since the days of Fred Cook, Buster Harland and George Allen DICKY KNEE- Was an avid Prahran fan who has switched to Williamstown. Also runs Melbourne Sports Books. Use to umpire in the old VFA but does some umpiring in the VAFA TROLLY MAN- carries a trolly full of grog. Another old Prahran supporter who goes to see mainly Port Melbourne and Williamstown. Hangs around Dicky Knee. Also watches other VFL games. Sometimes seen at Toorak Park to watch Prahran in the VAFA. FOGHORN from Frankston- Smythy can be heard from as far as Mordialloc when he attends games at Frankston. Probably the leader of the Frankston hill on the wing. His favourite player was Jason Caples who he'd give the spray of the Century every time the Dolphins took on the Vales. Very loud and entertaining. FRANKSTON DAVE- another from the Frankston Hill. His catchcry is you white faggot maggot. This year it is you orange fluro maggot. WAVERLEY SUCK- Not that well known as Waverley have not been in the VFA since the end of the 1987 season. Was at almost every Waverley VFA game from the mid 70s to the mid 80s. OAKLEIGH JUMPER MAN- Use to wear an Oakleigh jumper, socks and footy boots to all Oakleigh games and revelled in the kick to kick at the breaks. Was probably in his 50s in the late 1970s. Thought he was Rino Pretto BRUNSWICK JUMPER MAN- similar to the Oakleigh jumper man but in a Brunswick outfit. Also in his 505 in the late 1970s. No relation to the Oakleigh guy. POCKET BILLIARDS MAN- Box Hill Mustangs supporter. Hangs around the goals at the opposite end from Whitehorse road end. Always has his hands in his pockets as if he is playing pocket billiards. He yells Go Stangas all day. FRANKSTON FLURO MAN- Follows the end to where Frankston are kicking. Usually wears an orange fluro top and does a lot of pointing. FLURO TOP WITH MO- Also referred to as the Port hater but is seen at every ground and bobs up anytime. Likes talking to himself. I think he was a Werribee fan as well as a Port hater. Is off the planet. PAT- Also known as Mascara Man. Did follow the Dandenong Redlegs and has been barred from every Dandenong watering hole including the Albion and the Old Dandy Inn. Did follow Murray Kangaroos but switched to Port Melbourne as follows North melbourne. Very colourful character who is a barrel of laughs. Funniest moment in a game at Cramer Steet (Preston v Port) in 2003. At the Cramer Street end after a goal was kicked Pat grabbed the ball and tooks about 7 bounces right upto the wing before he kicked the ball back to the boundary umpire. In the same match he stood on a big been until some girl booted the bin where Pat went flying with cans all over the place. THONG MAN- passionate Williamstown supporter who wears thongs all year round. Travels to Tassie, North Ballarat, Bendigo and everywhere to watch the seagulls. His catchcry is come on Towners. Always equipped with a can of VB as well as his beloved thongs. LES- Another Williamstown supporter who is usually over the limit before he gets to the footy. His famous line is Go Willy GO, GO GO GO. TONGUE- Has eyeballs bigger than Marty Feldman and Micky McGuane put together, Great value at VFA matches. Usually gets to about a dozen games a year. His famous line is calling some one a clown. ZEBRA MAN- an avid Sandringham supporter as well as a St Kilda supporter who use to drink beer by the truck load. His famous line was Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebrrrrrrrrrrrrra we will BE there !!! Probably died of alcohol poisoning as has not been seen in the the last 10 years. JULIUS CAESER- Looked like Julius Casear and was always seen behind the Williamstown goals. Has not been seen for at leat 6 years though. OP SHOP MAN- Usually seen at the Beach Road Oval at the opposite end from the can hill area on the half forward flank near the scoreboard. Has been known to woof down 6 meat pies in a quarter. Usually rides a push bike to the ground from his op shop. GERRY GEE- Looks like Graham Bux (ex Preston player) and wears a safari jacket even if it is warm weather. Eats about 5 pies, plenty of dim sims, a hot dog or two at each game. Can bob up at any VFA ground but has a slight preference to Williamstown POTATOES- An old Northcote supporter who was nicknamed POTATOES by former Northcote player Leo Pinjari. He was such a dag that he got called potatoes (SPUD).. He was famous for his saying The Russians are coming. Since Northcote's demise he follows Williamstown. Raely attends matches these days but can be found at Flemington races.

POCKET BILLIARDS MAN! Sounds like action heros of the VFA! There used to be a whole group of them standing up there, one of them used to walk with his wife past my house every day. Just remembered that Willy supporter who is still usually behind the goals, with his jumper on, and still with a noticable flag, pretty short guy, dark hair, simple looking soul. Loves Willy. In finals, he pulls out a blue and gold wig. I remember a Frankston Springy final at Port a few years ago, there was a full on fight between the Frankston Hill crew and Jason Caples, who was on the interchange with a hurt shoulder. It really did get pretty ugly, it was just a swarm of bodies between Springy's bench and the crowd, ABC didn't pick it up though, so you'd only know about it if you were there. I thought it was gonna give the VFL a bad name again in the press. A few of them got frog-marched. The drum was in action that day.

I remember the Zebra man.....after the 1985 Grand Final win we offered him a lift home....we left the Junction Oval and had a beer at Siera's pub in Brighton and then asked him where he lived....we got near Southland and two of us could not understand a word he was saying...we dropped him off near the St Kilda ground and watched him stagger into the sunset...he once walked to Box Hill from Moorabbin to see Sandy play....with a slab of cans on the way I'm going back a lot of years here but as a kid I remember a guy who used to sell peanuts at VFA Matches...he was a little guy with horn rim glasses and his catch cry was..."peanuts...shilling a bag" And going back even further I remember before a Sandy game at the Beach Oval in the early 60's where they had a band in front of the grandstand there..."THe Flies" with Ronnie Burns playd there...they turned up in an old FJ Holden with all their gear in it as well...