THE CLUB is integral to Australian culture. Times may have changed - for better or worse - but the remnants of Australia's all-for-one-one-for-all ethos lives on in our sporting clubs. Football is traditionally the working man's game, and football clubs have been the breeding grounds of the men and women who have made the nation great.

Self-sacrifice without question is the mark of the football fraternity - hence the war memorials that take place of pride at every ground. Lest we forget ... the spirit lives on.