What was your reaction???????

[smasher]

I have never felt such a feeling before.Numb with euphoria.I didn't hear the siren go but quickly worked out it had.My girlfriends mum who is in her sixties and has been a Swannie all her life was nearly passing out.Sensational..The're still rockin on in the backyard singing around the barbie.

[satchmopugdog]

The euphoria of the group around where I was sitting was amazing. Everyone had a story such as the bloke behind me had a cancerous growth from his eye removed during the week but wasn't going to miss it for the world even watching it with one eye. He was exhausted at the end of the game. I will remember the people sitting with me for the rest of my life.
I'll say it again. The best day of my life.!!!!!!!!

[Destructive]

It got to 32 and a half minutes gone, and I'm thinking "Surely it's gotta go" When Leo took that mark, the whole ground went nuts, and we realised the siren had gone - It was a big relief! I got hugged by people I did'nt know.

[Mike_B]

From where we were sitting we could lean bag and see a monitor with the Ch 10 feed. Through the last quarter it seemed like the clock was permanently stopped. Once the 5 min warning came though I knew we would be looking at about a 32-33 min quarter.

Couldn't hear the PA from our seats at the quietest of times, so had no hope of hearing the siren, but saw the players with their arms up running to each other, jumped up and down, screamed, hugged everyone around me and just went nuts!!

[Norris Lurker]

People around us were hugging people they didn't know. Plenty of tears flowing from some of the long-term fans. And then the first of several rousing renditions of Cheer Cheer.
More of the same after leaving the ground and heading to Punt Rd for the after-party. Then joined the after-after-party in Clarendon St - what a night.

I'd experienced premierships at Essendon before, so unlike the majority of this board I had some idea what to expect, but this was different. At Essendon, the premierships were expected, like a formality; and because they were decided well before the finish a lot of the celebrating had already been done before the game was over. This time, with the game going down to the wire and the result being the first premiership for the club for 72 years, it was a very different feeling.

[Damien]

Originally posted by Mike_B

Couldn't hear the PA from our seats at the quietest of times, so had no hope of hearing the siren, but saw the players with their arms up running to each other, jumped up and down, screamed, hugged everyone around me and just went nuts!!

Ditto!! My experience to a tea!

(The MCG really needs a better PA system, couldn't hear a thing, not ONE siren)

[Dooloo]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Norris Lurker
[B]People around us were hugging people they didn't know. Plenty of tears flowing from some of the long-term fans. And then the first of several rousing renditions of Cheer Cheer.
More of the same after leaving the ground and heading to Punt Rd for the after-party. Then joined the after-after-party in Clarendon St - what a night.

]

Same here, but after the final siren, went ballistic jumping up and down spilling my beer all over me, hey who cares, and a big thanks to all the Sydney crowd especially Webby for making it rthat extra special.... After 40 years I've seen one, and I was thre to wittness it YYYYYYYYEEEEESSSSSS

[dread and might]

Jumped around like an idiot in a pub in NZ's west coast singing the song while the three other people in the place looked confused.

[Slick Swans]

I was screaming at how good leo's mark was, then i faintly heared my brother say "thats it" or something and couldn't believe it. Then I sat on the couch and let my heart rate slow down for the next day and a half.

[Dave]

Jumping, hugging, back slapping, screaming "YYYYEEEESSS"
Then out to the Esky...

[BonBon]

I was waiting for a bit where after a speech, everyone would clap, because then the atmosphere would be huge and I'd get tears. Unfortunately, it never happened.

[cruiser]

Just reading this thread has made me cry again.

I was sitting in M34 behind the goals at the city end. The tension in the last quarter was unbelievable. The army of Swans supporters, thousands of them around me, were either screaming their heads off or too stressed to utter a sound.

I cannot adequately describe what it was like there when the siren sounded but it will stay with me for the rest of my life. I didnt hear the siren but knew that it had sounded when the players started jumping up and down with joy. Thousands of Swans supporters jumped and screamed for joy as one. I grabbed my two best mates and hugged them tightly and we jumped up and down together and yelled out like lunatics. I then hugged Jeffers, Erin and Tuesday who were sitting next to us. I then fell into my seat and sobbed for about 30 seconds. It was the emotional release I needed. After that I was back on my feet and sang the club song over and over and over again.

It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

[Big Al]

Sitting in N34 I Hugged the stuffing out the women next to me while screaming we did it, we did it - General chaos really

[juliec]

Originally posted by Vivien
I could feel the tears coming on about thirty seconds out from the siren. Then when the game ended I just broke down and cried and started hugging everyone around me!

Vivien,, that is what happened to me

Go Sydney Swans/South Melbourne, just love u guys so much, always have and always will

[The Undertaker]

After the siren had sounded,

I hugged all my mates around me that i watched the game with and shed several tears!