Football hearts beating true at a successful season launch

By Martin Flanagan
Updated April 10 2015 - 7:13pm, first published 6:40pm

I went to the footy with trepidation last Saturday. A couple of years ago, a Melbourne supporter said to me before the opening round, "I hope our season isn't over by half-time in the first match like it was last year." And it was. There's not a Hawthorn supporter under the age of 65 who knows that sudden deadening of the heart – your year is shot. Probably, on the basis of what is unfolding before your eyes, next year is shot, too.

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