Umpire Ron Brophy (carrying ball) needed a police escort after a fiery VFL clash between Carlton and Geelong in 1962.

Swan Districts Little Leaguers celebrate their 1985 premiership at Subiaco Oval on preliminary final day.

Adelaide players Greg Anderson and Ben Hart being outpaced by two young admirers.

"There is a game here today, isn't there?"

"I'm afraid I was very, very drunk......".

Optimistic St Kilda fans at the Junction Oval in 1963.

"And this is a football." (A West Coast Eagles 1987 master class nears its conclusion, dunces situated at the rear.)

"Carnadogs!"

Female Footscray fans get feisty in the early '60s.

West Adelaide's 1970 Mini-League premiership team, embarking on the traditional lap of honour, prepare to kick plastic footballs into the crowd.. 

Deliriously ecstatic Hawthorn fans celebrate their team's first ever senior flag in 1961.

Little League, ACT early '80s style.

Box Hill fans out in force to watch a 2003 VFL grand final that ended in disappointment as their side lost to Williamstown.

Magpie supporters at play.

The Bay Oval, August 1969: Glenelg full forward 'Fred' Phillis has just 'topped the ton' for the year in a match against South Adelaide.

The face says it all: "Mum is gunna kill me!"

"You think two bucks is expensive?  Just wait'll you see this stuff on EBay in thirty years time, mate!"

A section of the rain-soaked crowd watching the interstate match between South Australia and the VFL  at the Adelaide Oval on 1 July 1967.

North Melbourne fans with plenty to cheer during the 1970s, an illustrious decade for the club.

One of the rarest sights in football - happy Collingwood fans.

April 1991 at Aldershot, UK, and the world's youngest scoreboard attendant scrutinises the on field action involving home team Sussex, and East Midland. 

Carn the Cygnets!

The Victoria Park outer in 1990.  (Or should that be 1909?  Pretty hard to tell, really.)

Primal scream therapy, Subiaco style.

Cop a kick!

Essendon fans, oblivious of what is to come, soak in the pre-game atmosphere at the 1990 AFL grand final.

Clarence and New Norfolk fans take in the action at the 2004 AFL Southern Tasmania premier league grand final.

Even if the on field action gets boring, there's usually something else to catch the eye.

Captain Beefheart is alive and well, and barracking for Carlton.

Life with the Lions.

Top End footy fans lap up the on-field action during the late 1950s.