carlton v hawthorn

  Have you ever put money on a Myki card at the station using a credit card.  For first timers like us it was a trial and error process.  Two brains were better than one on this occasion and we eventually had enough money on the card to get on the train.  We arrived at the station just after the last train had left and we now had a 20 minute wait for the next one so thankfully time wasn't against us as we updated our Myki and there wasn't the added pressure to get it right the first time.  Four trains came and went from the far platform taking all the weary city workers home and then finally our train arrived.
When we eventually got into Etihad stadium the siren was sounding for the end of the first quarter.  The scores were impressive for Hawthorn 4.4 to Carlton's 1.4.   I had booked our tickets a week ago online and I had booked best available in level 3.  We were sitting up among the pidgeon poo row X but we were lucky enough to have the seats at the top of the stairs so there was no standing while others walked to and from their seats.  We watched a good second quarter by Hawthorn then the rot set in.  The second half was a scrappy game but Carlton was making a come back.  The girl sitting next to me with her friend was more interested in her iphone than she was in the game for the first half.  Her friend on the other side cheered and whooped at every Hawthorn gain.  In the second half as Carlton began their comeback the girl with the ipone suddenly came alive.  She cheered and clapped at every chance as Carlton gained on Hawthorn.  The guy sitting in front left of me was cheering Hawthorn and booing Carlton enought for 10 people so I let hin  do my cheering for me.   Hawthorn eventualy won.   GO HAWKS.