Who's your second favourite team?

[Hondo]

Adelaide are my second team behind Geelong in the AFL,

Now that is GOLD!!!!.......I distinctly remember you saying earlier in the year that you where a Crows fan, who goes to the games and used to support Geelong pre-crows and have a fleeting interesting in them still, things have changed in 12 weeks Soj???

Yes I remember that too Soj .... come on fess up

[Blue Boy]

Always kept an eye on Carlton cause they are the Blues !!!

[Sojourner]

Adelaide are my second team behind Geelong in the AFL,

Now that is GOLD!!!!.......I distinctly remember you saying earlier in the year that you where a Crows fan, who goes to the games and used to support Geelong pre-crows and have a fleeting interesting in them still, things have changed in 12 weeks Soj???

Yes I remember that too Soj .... come on fess up

Yes that is correct that I supported Geelong in the VFL prior to the comming of the AFL and the inclusion of the Crows in the competition. When the Crows began I changed teams to the Crows, not unlike most people in S.A.

In the Graham Cornes days of the Crows I went often, and was absolutley ecstatic when Mark Bickley led the Crows their first Grand Final in 97, 98 was great as well!

Yet it was after the second grand final win that I began to lose interest in Football altogether. I dont know why, I think it was external things that were going on in my life at the time, My Grandfather died and footy was a thing that he and I shared and without him around it just wasnt the same, by the end of the year I wasnt watching any AFL nor SANFL footy, this went on for several years, my commitment to footy was reading the scores in Mondays paper and feeling happy if South had won and sad if they had not!

At the start of last year I decided that I wanted to take back up my membership to the South Adelaide Football Club, I then began going back to watching Panther games again when I could get there. Watching the Panthers play brought back many good memories and it was from there that I started watching Crows games again. Yet most of the old Panthers had moved on from the Crows, sure Torney is there, yet there was a day when the list had names like - Koster, Smart, Bickley, etc who were from the Panthers, rather than being allocated to the Panthers by the Crows.

At the same time I started taking an interest in the Ablett Family and the Geelong FC, I began to take much pleasure in seeing them do well and I realised that I enjoyed watching Geelong more than the Crows. Over summer I was somewhat concerned at what was happening at Geelong because I thought that what Frank Costa was doing for the club was the right thing, so I took a membership to the Cats. Whereas I did not have a membership to the Crows.

I admit that it was a rocky transition over, watching the Crows play the Cats certainly tugged at the heartstrings somewhat! Yet I feel a lot more connection to Geelong than I do to the Crows. Had I have continued to support the Crows closely after 98 that probably would be different yet that is how it went down and led me to where I am today.

I would like to point out however that South Adelaide is my team over any other sporting team in the world. I realise that for many people are the reverse that their AFL club is their predominant team and their SANFL club a secondary concern. If I had a choice between seeing Geelong win a Grand Final as opposed to seeing South Adelaide win a Grand Final, Geelong would not rate a second thought, the ultimate passion for me is the Panthers above all others.

[Hondo]

Fair enough Soj

[Dutchy]

[ I began to take much pleasure in seeing them do well and I realised that I enjoyed watching Geelong more than the Crows.

Not hard when you look at their game styles.....runs for cover!!!

fair enough, each to their own

[RustyCage]

Richmond for me

[Footy Chick]

Richmond for me

Let me guess, you also buy lunch for homeless people and have a houseful of stray animals...

[Armytank]

Sydney are my team, but I can't not take an interest in the Crows when they are on the telly every week and there is so much media saturation. Would be the same for Port if they weren't Port Adelaide if you know what I mean.

[redden whites]

Sydney are my team, but I can't not take an interest in the Crows when they are on the telly every week and there is so much media saturation. Would be the same for Port if they weren't Port Adelaide if you know what I mean.

C'mon Armytank what saturation? It's not like you would be driving down the road as see "Crows Star Needs A Miracle" on one of those headline stands out the front of the local deli Geez I thought some poor soul got run over overnight

[westozfalcon]

I've always liked Richmond as a '2nd team'. They're a real famous club with a loyal supporter base who've put up with the team through thick and (mostly) thin in recent times. Pity that lack of on-field success has prevented us seeing just how much of a crowd-puller the club is.

[doggies4eva]

I voted Adelaide, Glenelg is my favourite team

Me too

Reading that again what I meant was that Centrals are my main team but I then follow the Crows and anyone who is playing Collingwood is third

[wal65]

Crows season ticket holder since day one but an avid Geelong supporter.
I go to most crows games with the rest of my family because it's too expensive to go to Melbourne every week.

Usually go to crows game wearing my Geelong gear which gets up a few supporters noses but that's their problem.