Revisiting the Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch 2024: Interpreting the signs

 

 

 

 

When Adelaide Auslan interpreter, muso and lyricist, Glenn Butcher came to Rick Darling’s book celebration at the Adelaide Lutheran Football Club in early 2024, he mentioned he was hoping to get across to Melbourne for an Almanac Lunch, and if things worked out for his footy club, maybe the Grand Final Lunch. Well, his footy side did make that Grand Final and he made the trip. He wrote a catchy poem.

 

from Glenn Butcher…

 

I went to the lunch with a mate from primary school, a long-suffering Saints supporter. He’s an interesting story himself. He’s a connoisseur of the high mark and has devoted countless hours to tracking down photos of the best marks in history and has them in a gallery at his home.

 

My Dad was from a Collingwood family but started following footy in 1934 and picked the premiers from the previous year, South Melbourne, so I followed him.

 

Outside of work, I’m a songwriter and play at open mics around Adelaide.

 

I heard of the Almanac from Mickey Randall, a gentleman and a scholar, probably last year, and I registered and had my first article published in March this year, ‘My Football Team’.

 

Poetry was a theme at the Lunch with Damian Balassone on fire, and that evening Glenn couldn’t resist putting pen to paper:

 

Papley’s Dad was on the stage
Said, yes, my son has white-line rage
But off the field he’s nice as pie:
Even Dad said, “That’s a lie.”

 

Tomorrows come around too soon
Nerves will start before it’s noon.
If Tom kicks ten, or even none,
It matters not, if we have won.

 

 

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