The first time I went to Collingwood training at Victoria Park was when I was in high school. We were in the finals and it was absolutely packed thousands of people there... I got lots of autographs and got to meet me dream player, Chris Tarrant! Omg!! You could not wipe the smile from my face. As far as I was concerned at the time that was the most amazing day of my life!

The 100th anniversary of the Anzacs. My brother and I both with defence force service, purchase tickets to our first AFL game together. We get seats on the fence, on the 50m line. The rain started and dispersed the less passionate but my brother and I arm in arm as the national anthem silences the stadium. The silence ends with the siren and the roar of the crowd shakes the stands, 95,000 people joined in applause and cheering for our countries anthem. The game starts, 3 minutes in, the ball comes to Jamie Elliot, he's chasing the ball, running along the boundary. My brother and I standing in our Anzac Day jerseys hanging on the fence, Elliot gets the ball, bombers defenders in hot pursuit, he steps out, lines up the sticks and kicks a miracle goal over the boundary line 50m out, 2m from where we are standing, screaming! What a way to kick off our first Anzac Day clash, first AFL game together and what was to us and many other veterans a day of mass celebration! I'll never forget the roar of the crowd on that moment!

Gerry just loves when we have people over to watch the Pies play. She always gets around our goal celebrations, too!