For 96-year-old Lois Stephens, footy hasn’t been on the radar much until the last few years.
Lois now attends most Geelong home games with her daughter Averil and granddaughter Laura and they are all going to the grand final this weekend.
“She sort of came into going for the Cats because of Laura, my daughter,” Averil says.
“We tend to go quite a bit now. We started taking her along a couple of years ago.
She sort of didn get right into football much at all in her younger years. My dad was a mad keen Essendon supporter.”
For Laura, it’s a different story.
“Laura Jane pretty much her whole life she’s been following the Cats – she was born here,” Averil says.
“In the early years I was a bit more into West Coast, I kind of knew who was playing back then, but I don’t know them at all now, I just know the Cats.”
Averil’s favourite player is Patrick Dangerfield, Laura’s is Joel Selwood and Jeremy Cameron while Lois just loves the whole team.
“She certainly knows Joel but she doesn’t really sort of get right into individual players – she loves all of them,” Averil says.
Lois’ eyesight and hearing isn’t what it used to be, but she still loves the atmosphere of going to games.
The family will have some breakfast and then travel into Melbourne by train on grand final day.
