Best Footy Quote

[tantrum]

Originally posted by timbo
3rd quarter of the grand final

Barry Hall and Travis Gasper are tussling on the outer wing off the ball, including a couple of taps and jumper punches at each other. From behind me a voice bellows.

"Don't hurt your cup holding hand, Barry"

Brilliant! That's a good one.

I often tell people over here in Europe that an Australian football crowd is much more individualistic than a soccer crowd. The emphasis is not on group chants and singing songs, but that the highest form of barracking is to come out with a one-liner like the one above and make the crowd laugh.