Green Book 2022: Tomorrow We'll Be Sore
Come along for a rollercoaster ride of a season with a motley crew of men from many walks of life playing the world game for a suburban football club. Laugh, cry or perhaps marvel at the inner workings of the thing that keeps them out of the house for many hours and glimpse the messy, uncomplicated beauty that is blokes playing sport. Tongues firmly in cheek!
Come along for a rollercoaster ride of a season with a motley crew of men from many walks of life playing the world game for a suburban football club.
Laugh, cry or perhaps marvel at the inner workings of the thing that keeps them out of the house for many hours and glimpse the messy, uncomplicated beauty that is blokes playing sport. Tongues firmly in cheek!
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But there of course had to be some sort of twist in this story or we wouldn’t be talking
Greens. Andrew Seaber, last year’s Club Champion, fantastic player and a Green at heart,
was to be snapped up by the expanding and ambitious 35s. While we grumbingly admitted
inside that is probably his most natural fit we outwardly protested and even threatened to
send in Ely … but the deal seemed to have been sealed. Ah well, at least he didn’t go to the
Reds or he would not hear the end of ‘selling out’ for all the professed love for Greens and
regular piss-taking on WhatsApp. We wished Andrew all the best of course … but left the
idea of returning to Greens coming back to him like a cork on a tide.
With Eastern states well and truly Omicroned the border started leaking and masks were
well and truly back on our gobs towards the end of February. It was also the time for the
MUMFC Masters Ashes cricket match between the Poms and Aussies. Greens were strongly
represented in both teams. Our very own Brad ‘Max’ Power actually topped the runs for the
victorious Aussies (31), followed by Murray ‘Muzza’ Petrone (29) and Conrad ‘Octopus’
Sumich (24). The event raised over $600 for the Buster Vogt Heart Foundation in memory of
a 14 year old MUMFC junior player who suddenly passed away a couple of years ago. The
occasion was marred only by Brad Hames’ email the next day that a couple of kids attending
tested positive for COVID in the morning. Suddenly, everyone got to learn what RATs are for
and how to use them. Well, most people ...
A couple of days after the MUMFC Ashes, Brad Hames sent out the first official squad lists. It
was good to see many old names and not only Daniel and Frankie but also Felipe and Mo
going Green in 2022 too. The long and strong list featured our ages that we rarely see or
care about otherwise and it was interesting to put the complaints about ‘getting old’ in some
sort of context. The eagled-eyed (for his age…) ‘Nonno Petrone’ also spotted a curious measurement
next to Jorge’s name and we simply wondered if THAT was the source of his wonderfully
infectious pride and confidence.
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