What was your reaction???????

[treespirit]

I was jumping up and down in the aisle, bad knee and all!! Confirmed to my wife that I am nuts.

Carn the Bloods!!

[Matt79]

Just got home after the last flight from Melb.

Sitting in N34, directly behind Leaping Leo's mark I heard the siren go and I just cannot put into words the emotion that followed...

1) Threw my flag onto the ground and embraced my wife with tears streaming down both our faces.
2) Hugged the supporters next to me, behind me and in front of me.
3) Collasped onto the chair in front and cried tears of joy, relief, jubilation ...(insert emotion here)
4) Sang loudly

I am just so happy I managed to film all the emotion after the match on the video camera including the lap of honour, premiership medellions and all the after match celebrations at Punt Road. I will have to copy it onto DVD to keep in my collection forever and ever and ever.

WE FINALLY DID IT!! Nothing more to prove. We are the PREMIERS!!

[robamiee]

My wife went to the Irish club at Subiaco in WA. Met some great WA Swans fans there. We were few in numbers compared to the Eagles supporters but we were the loudest all game.
JUst before that final mark i was gripping the table, white knuckled. Then that MArk and i thought blow the siren. We didn't even hear i just seen players jumping on top of each other and we all went carzy.
Steve who i had just met jumped over the table and hugged me and we all hugged each other.
I had tears and even more so when Jason Ball went up for his medal and then when Kell's presented the cup to Roosy and Bazza that was it.

We partied on for a while with some swannies supporters, then went home and watched the final quarter again.

What a great day.

P.S. Steve dont forget we are getting that tattoo next week mate.

[AnnetteF]

I looked at Mike, screamed and then burst into tears. I simply couldn't stop crying. Then I hugged everyone within hugging distance. I still get a bit teary every time I think of it.

Annette

[THERBS]

Bomb into a contest. Clock is sitting on 32 mins. Surely not ... surely not a Weagles mark!!!LEO!!!!!Come on!!! SIREN!!!!!!!!!!
leaping about in a club in front of the big screen, hugging all and sundry. Drinks spilling everywhere, cheer cheer a dozen times. Sheer excitement coupled with disbelief. The SCG yesterday was great Tadgh doing his jig, Roos, Roos, Roos!

Two days after and I'm still pinching myself.

[Plugger46]

Being at the ground it was impossible to hear the siren. Just saw Kennelly jumping on Leo and realised what had just happened. Turned and hugged the old man. Everything after that is a blur.

Best day of my life.

[swansrock4eva]

I burst into tears! I couldn't sing the song I was crying so hard, and after the guys passed us the first time, I went to find some of my mates behind me, and then We Are the Champions came on and I cried even more! Thank GOD for waterproof mascara! It was the BEST moment of my life, and a memory I will cherish for ever!

After the commotion had died down, I had 20+ msgs on my phone, and everyone was so stoked - even my mates who don't follow the footy but know how passionate I am were sending me messages and congratulations.

IT WAS BRILLIANT!!!

[Rob-bloods]

I cried my bloody eyes out, my phones ran out of power from all the goodwill messages and I think we are just the greatest side that ever walked the MCG turf.....

[anne]

Best feeling of my life(sure beats having babies!) I still can't believe it. I just want that feeling to last forever. Got a message from a friend in Portugal after the game saying the whole of Portugal is talking about the Swans. Have spent hours and hours reading papers and the internet. Just can't get enough.

[sfan]

At the G it was extremely emotional. The guy next to me had flown in from indonesia just sat down for 5-10 mins stunned and crying. He could not speak. Everybody else was crying. hugging and singing all the time. We did not leave the ground till about 6:30. I kept thinking all the time that this is not supposed to happen to us. I think I was in shock!!!!

[giant]

I was almost physically ill leading up to it. The guy I was with later told his wife that I was squeezing his arm like she did the first time she went into labour!!

Then just pure joy....haven't had the grin off my face since.

Frog, my little green friend, I am eternally in your debt!

[possumfeatures]

I can't quite say how I feel. I just had such a feeling of dread all through the second half I could barely lift my head to watch the game. The funny thing is that at the game it felt like we were gone, even though when you analyse it the weagles spent a very short period of time in front. Watching the tape I get a much stronger sense of the control we exerted over them.

I think it may well have been the best feeling I have ever had, and still have. I just don't want to lose it. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the guy sitting beside me in M32 L12. I had a vice like grip on his arm for the last 10 minutes. Also Nicole, in M32 L13, send me an e-mail. We cannot lose contact after sharing a day and night like that.

[Frog]

Originally posted by giant
I was almost physically ill leading up to it. The guy I was with later told his wife that I was squeezing his arm like she did the first time she went into labour!!

Then just pure joy....haven't had the grin off my face since.

Frog, my little green friend, I am eternally in your debt!

Just reading your post makes me more than happy. No debt recorded, glad I could help. But dam (sic), it feels good !!!

I am without voice, my arms hurt from hugging and punching the air - but it is just the best hurt you could feel !!!

We'll meet one day ... we'll have a beer and reminisce ... hehehe

[ihamilto]

Well my reaction as Leo flew through the air to take that match saving screamer was to think of a very special swans supporter who had battled bravely but just failed to live long enough to enjoy this historic moment I could"nt help but look above and think Mum can you see this, and you know I think she was there along with Wally Jackson, Jack Stone and all the other loyal swans supporters who have passed on.

A very emotional day many many tears and certainly a day I will carry with me forever.
cheers Ian

[Mel_C]

I was at the game and like everyone else I didn't hear the siren because of all the noise after Leo's mark. It was only when I saw the players jumping up and down that I realised we had WON!!!

My dad hugged me so tight he nearly choked me!

It was wierd because all week I was not nervous at all...whereas all last week before the Prelim I was a mess. It wasn't until I was at the ground and the final siren went for the Under 19s game when I saw the devastation of the losing side that it finally hit me and I said to myself that I didn't want to feel like that at the end of the game.

And I didn't !!

I still cannot believe that we have won. I am sitting here at my desk that is decorated in red and white streamers and balloons...(courtesy of a work colleague)...and posters up all around.