There are plenty of things that footy fans take for granted that the vaguely interested find a little bit odd. Is it weird that we all gather around and sing natty little ditties together whenever our team wins? Probably. Is it odd that we fans feel a deep loyalty to suburbs and towns that many of us have never spent that much time in, let alone lived in, particularly when those clubs are no longer physically attached to the places anymore? Maybe. But that is the beauty of sport — it's a tribal coming together of people who share the...