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I know, I know, you want to know what a nice girl like me is doing at Punt Road! Fair enough! I'll explain!

Many years ago when the Internet was new, I started a web page for my beloved Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. There weren't many Seahawks sites at that time so if you did a search, you were likely to come across mine. I met a lot of people in those early years, one of whom was Australian. An Australian Seahawks fan! Who'd have thunk it?! (I have since discovered that there are several of you out there!)

We chatted up Seahawks for a while and became friends, and all the while he was filling my head with utterly absurd stuff about something he called footy. It so happened that the Grand Final was about to be broadcast live in the States, and he took the time and effort to find out when and where it would be broadcast and he shared that information with me. I agreed, out of politeness, to give it a go. The rest is history.

For 10 years I've been a footy fan. I listen to the live audio broadcasts when I can. I watch video replays when they arrive in my mailbox. I read footy books and watch footy movies. I've gone to US Footy games when they're within driving distance (3 hours to Kansas City, Missouri). I've been to an Aussie/Kiwi Pub in Seattle to watch the Grand Final live with ex-pat Australians and I've mingled with the Aussie-American Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco during the Grand Final. I do my best to brainwash other Yanks so I'll have someone(s) to share my love of footy! My American friend Karyn has become a Collingwood supporter (boo! hiss!) because she likes saying "Go the Pies!", but don't mistake that reasoning for anything less than undying devotion! Long ago I gave up part of my heart to the beautiful continent of Australia.

That's my story. If you want to know more, I invited you to visit my Seahawks site or my personal site (that desperately needs updated!) You're also welcome to drop me a line to introduce yourself and say hi! I love it when fans contribute to this site, so if you want to share your comments before or after a footy game, I'm listening! I feel obligated to say that I'm busy, or maybe just lazy (!) so if I don't respond to your message immediately, don't think I'm not interested! I respond to all my messages eventually! Really, I do! :-)

Have a great day and ... go the Tiges!