What does that mean to you, to have that status and knowing that probably anyone you ring in football, they'll answer your call or open doors to you? I

don't know about the last two, but the...

It's a tremendous honour.

As I said earlier on, it's a bit embarrassing honour because I've known and played against some great footballers in my time in Western Australia and in state teams over the many years I played the game.

But I don't think I've ever been embarrassed.

I just enjoyed the game.

I loved the competition, whether I won it or lost it.

And I think, to paraphrase you, you thought the West Coast team that came in was probably done over by... by people in melbourne and probably here as well take us back to that period and why you thought a wa entry into the into a national competition should have been different to actually what happened