Laxos recognised the club had set themselves up for success by the start of 1992 on and off the field.

At the time, each man had the key pillars in place.

You know, you need a good president or chairman.

We had that in Len Hinchin, good general manager.

We had that in Bob Utenbrook.

We had a good footy manager.

And their board line, very good or excellent.

They

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Uh, but thanks for those words.

Yeah, I, I was with quite a few clubs, obviously.

I'll get onto that in a sec.

Uh, but I, I better make sure I thank my wife, Mirela, and my family, uh, for all their support over the journey.

Uh, Mom and Dad, obviously, well, not obviously, but have passed away, but it was Mom who, when I was four years of age, took me down to Claremont Football Oval to watch Claremont play, and there began the association with football and on a wider scale, uh, West Australian football.

It was a few years later when I started playing at, uh, Claremont Junior Football Club.

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Or were you playing on Wright? No, no, I

was playing on Greg Williams.

So I reckon Sydney, when we played and were the best team in the comp, they did win the premiership.

But their starting centre square line-up, I think Coleman was a ruck who was just running.

And ground level was Williams, Healy and Mitchell.

And I was playing on Greg Williams.

I remember halfway through the second quarter going, I thought I've had a few kicks and handballs, but this guy does not stop running.

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