Delving deep inside Wests Ashfield

[FinestTigers]

This thread is gold

I'm glad I could bring a little cheer to your day.

 

[FinestTigers]

The Election of the Supreme Chief:

When selecting a new Board Chairman, the 20 debenture holders gather around the sacred 1965 Keno drum. They place twenty numbered ping-pong balls inside, spin the chamber three times, and whichever number drops into the brass chute must immediately assume total, unchallenged governance of the football club for the next thirty years.

 

[jadtiger]

The Election of the Supreme Chief:

When selecting a new Board Chairman, the 20 debenture holders gather around the sacred 1965 Keno drum. They place twenty numbered ping-pong balls inside, spin the chamber three times, and whichever number drops into the brass chute must immediately assume total, unchallenged governance of the football club for the next thirty years.

Let me guess,every single ping pong ball has the same name on it written in crayon.

 

[mtd#2]

Corporate Sponsorship Conflict:

A global tech giant offers $2 million to be the primary chest sponsor on the jersey. HBG politely declines, explaining that the front of the jersey is permanently reserved for the Wests Ashfield $15 Roast Dinner Special because software comes and goes, but roast lamb with mint sauce is forever.

This one had me lol... tried to explain it to the mrs, just didnt land the same 😂😂

 

[FinestTigers]

The Departure of Ivan Cleary (The Miracle Escape):
When Ivan Cleary famously invoked his 'bus' metaphor to depart early for Penrith, HBG didn't view it as a contractual breach. Deep in the Ashfield archives, the event is recorded as 'The Great Schism of 2018.' Legend holds that Ivan slipped past venue security disguised as a laundry attendant, jumped the back fence into a waiting getaway car, and fled west to Penrith, Attached to the claim from 2017 is that Ivan Cleary’s entire defensive structure was copied directly from an old napkin drawing made by a debenture holder which he used to instantly win four consecutive premierships.