‘Cruel’ is the only way to describe Fremantle’s 2 point loss to Geelong. Fremantle spent the night trying their best to play football against a Geelong side who seemed like they’d been given a note from the umpiring department that free kicks would be payed on request. It was an abomination to the sport but the Dockers won over the football world with their courage and determination to continue playing the football against the tide of Geelong ducking, fainting and mini bouts of epilepsy. They held with Geelong, falling behind a couple of goals at half time and letting that drift out to four in the third quarter but, in a stroke of luck, the umpires put their whistles away in the last quarter and Fremantle were given a fighting chance. And fight they did. Ballantyne and Barlow kicked on early to bring Freo back into the game then youngsters Crozier and Duffy brought Fremantle within the brink of a remarkable victory. As Fremantle pushed home hard in the dying seconds, a sprightly David Mundy flung himself at the football to take a screamer with just 4 seconds to spare and 3 points to make up. As he kicked it, a train drove past the ground, blocking the breeze he’d been counting on and the ball skimmed past the outside of the point to leave Fremantle 2 points shy of folk song inspiring win.
