Friday night and another visit to the Telstradome.

Previous footy games have been good affairs. It's a family game and the number of women and children at the footy is much greater than you'd expect to see in England. As a result there are requests for a lack of swearing and verbal abuse from fans. Previously that's been the case at games I've been to.

Not last night though. St Kilda were playing Collingwood, a team that people either love or hate. Their owner, Eddie McGuire, is one of the most hated men in Australia. He's rich, hosts the Aussie 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and commentates on TV for Channel 9 - more often than not being very biased. Collingwood supporters are also all bogans. Swearing and abuse levels rose dramatically.

Collingwood are having a monumentally bad season and this was an easy game for St Kilda. They won 21.17 (143) 10.10 (70).

As a lot of people tend to leave during the final quarter we now have a new catchphrase for them. "See you, thanks for coming and enjoy your weekend".

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