I had heard that the club had called upon the Jetty Rd traders to deck the place out in Black and Gold. Today I took the kids for a stroll down the northern side of Jetty Rd from the Bay Junction to Dymocks while their mum did the shopping. Only a handful of traders appear to have embraced the concept:
- Phil Hoffman travel, lots of black and gold and Tigers logos everywhere.
- Bank SA, a "GO TIGERS" display in the window.
- that healthy-wrap take-away place on the corner of Nile St had a signed Tigers guernsey up on the wall; don't know if it was specifically there for the finals or is always there.
- The Ivy Room boutique had a whole bunch of black and gold themed fashion and accessories in their window with a few logos
- the florist on the corner of Partridge St had a home-made football fashioned out of some brown organic matter with a black and white photocopy of the Tigers logo stuck to it. Truly surreal.
There may be other traders getting into the spirit, but it ain't obvious. More concerning is the fact that the trees are dressed up in red and white spotty fabric.
I remember the good old days when every other shop in Marion would be decked out in black and gold leading up to the Grand Final. It seems those days are long gone.
