General News
28 June, 2024
The crowd pullers: why tops the table?
ABOUT the only surprises around Loddon Valley football might be the size of crowds. Long have I been an observer of the crews venturing out onto the grounds to hear pearls of wisdom from coach and words of grunt and inspiration to lift. Pyramid Hill...
ABOUT the only surprises around Loddon Valley football might be the size of crowds.
Long have I been an observer of the crews venturing out onto the grounds to hear pearls of wisdom from coach and words of grunt and inspiration to lift.
Pyramid Hill is clearly the top club for supporters - and hardy die-hards they are, whether at Mitchell Park or on a road trip; win, lose or draw.
Marong’s pretty good, too, as you would be after winning triple premierships the last two seasons.
Bears Lagoon Serpentine and Inglewood are consistent with having their supporters share in the day’s thrills, spills, drama and excitement. The boys from Mitiamo have been there at times too.
That rounds out my top five for crowd-pulling clubs and there’s a big gap to the others.
One thing’s sure about this coming Saturday with a big turnout expected at Janiember Park when the Bears host Inglewood.
The Bears are hitting some dangerous form heading into the second half of the season - just ask Pyramid Hill - and as much as Inglewood is playing a desperate and committed brand of football as it goes for second year in the finals, Serp will be simply too good.
There’ll be interest in who does the slide in the big freeze raising money and awareness for MND after the game,
The old Oracle won’t be taking a dip. Not sure whether the league head honcho should take to the slide.
At the other end of the day, there’ll be a fair bit of interest in the Magoos. Inglewood is travelling pretty well as is Serpentine and they’ll put on a better game than the seniors or certainly closer.
Bridgewater is the other club hitting straps and there’ll be no chance of Maiden Gully putting a hole in the sail.
And then there’s the Sharp Show - backing him to kick the century on Saturday.
Newbridge will need more energy than the cow bell at Marong to have any chance of knocking off Marong.
Down at Calivil, the Demons will feel the bite of redemption from the Bulldogs. Pyramid Hill doesn’t like lowering colours at home and bite back hard.
- GLENN CATTO