Part rock concert, part charity appeal, this weekend’s knockabout Melbourne footy match is steeped in nostalgia for games of yore
With their red-and-yellow pom-poms, cheerleader skirts, garish makeup and hair in bunches akimbo, anyone ought to find the Rockdogs cheer squad a glorious sight. But for Millie Negro, just five in 1995, they were out of this world. As the footy players tore up the pitch at that early Community Cup match, she trailed around the strange ladies in awe.
Negro has been attending the annual amateur charity match, beloved by Melburnians into music and Australian rules footy alike, since its inception in 1993. That’s thanks to her dad, the musician and cartoonist Fred Negro, serving as the captain of the Espy Rockdogs for years. (It was a fitting appointment, given that he’s been part of the fabric of legendary St Kilda rock venue the Esplanade Hotel for even longer.)
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