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| Football supporters back their teams at last Saturday' AFL Grand Final Party in Saigon organized by the Vietnam Swans. A rematch party will be held this Saturday in District 2 - Photo: Courtesy of Vietnam Swans |
The Grand Final match was a shock 68-68 draw between the two inner city Melbourne teams, Collingwood and St Kilda, and everybody left feeling as deflated as a flat football. But the kids in Hoi An cleaned up.
The party at La Cantine in HCMC’s District 1 had 242 footy fans and raised VND30 million for the Tri Bob Swimming Program for kids in Hoi An, while the party for the final in Hanoi with 150 attendees raised VND10 million. The swimming program was started because more kids drown in Central Vietnam than die in road accidents.
Phil Johns the Swans National President said the first thing that came to his mind when the teams drew was, “Oh my God, it was so exhausting organizing this party… How are we going to organize another party for next week’s rematch.”
He said despite it being a great match the draw result was a massive anticlimax for supporters of both teams, who both had good reasons to think their team was going to clinch it in the end. Johns said Collingwood had control of the most of the match but their poor goal kicking was very costly.
Johns and the crew have organized another party this Saturday at 10 a.m. at a different venue in Saigon while the Saigon Swan team members in Hanoi will hold it again at Jaspas, fourth floor Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung..
Everyone is invited to join the Grand Final Redux Party in Saigon at LesudGaudir, 4 Thao Dien Street, District 2.
Johns said the Redux Party will be chilled out with free entry and pay as you go prices. Dress casually in your team colors and bring your bathers if you want to jump into the pool.
