So why are you a Cats fan?

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I grew up in the Essendon zone too (Hopetoun and Horsham), and apart from my family, didn't know any other Cats fans. And they were the grim times of the 70s and early/mid 80s, when success was rare. Luckily I moved to Melb in time to see the Gary Ablett Snr era, many fond memories of him kicking bags of goals at the MCG!

I was born and lived in Hopetoun (my third name), mum was a local, have heaps of relos there, we moved to Ballarat in the 70's. I still visit periodically to see cousin and uncle.