Derby No. 1. Paul Keating was there somewhere. Photo: Getty
Camera IconDerby No. 1. Paul Keating was there somewhere. Photo: Getty Credit: Supplied/Getty Images

Why the Dockers win Western Derby 50

Greig JohnstonSouthern Gazette

SURELY not … could I really have sat through 49 Western Derbies?

With the average AFL match lasting about two-and-a-half hours, and accounting for the odd one missed here or there – that means I’ve spent a little over five days of my life watching the Eagles and Dockers knock hell out each other.

(It probably stretches past six, if you add up the minutes spent watching Dale Kickett/Phil Read and Michael Gardiner/Matthew Pavlich tussle on Fox Footy and news clips…)

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