Round 17: Port v Centrals, Saturday 21 July @ Alberton Oval

If I recall, Dean Howard didn't appreciate what he thought was a lack of effort in a contest by Patrick Wiggins and made his displeasure obvious on the field at the time.

Subsequently it became clear that several team mates of Howard shared his view.

Later, Howard left the club and Wiggins stayed (until a dummy spit at Prospect by Patrick finished his time with West).

I always got on well with Pat Wiggins, but he was a bit 'different'.

Dean Howard was always a favourite of mine and it was sad to see him in the red and white.

redandblack wrote:If I recall, Dean Howard didn't appreciate what he thought was a lack of effort in a contest by Patrick Wiggins.

Subsequently it became clear that several team mates of Howard's shared his view.

Later, Howard left the club and Wiggins stayed (until a dummy spit at Prospect by Patrick finished his time with West).

I always got on well with Pat Wiggins, but he was a bit 'different'.

Dean Howard was always a favourite of mine and it was sad to see him in the red and white.

Yes, I remember seeing that (but I needed someone to jog the memory). When it happened, I thought it pretty much summed up the year we were having then. Although somewhat funny down the track, at the time it was utter embarrassment.

The game for me can be summarised thus, one team had a fair dinkum crack and reaped the rewards,the other team didn't and paid the price. We were bloody awful.