Like other grounds in the Riverina region, the old scoreboard is hanging in there, even though there is an electronic scoreboard. And like the old Cobram scoreboard, Tocumwal has a wire basket/net to catch numbers destined to catch the wind. Maybe it was Jim Cullen’s idea?

Note the footballs near the goalposts. There was a young chap in a Bloods training top taking shots on a Tuesday arvo.

“Bit early for pre-season?” .

“Keeping fit,” he said. “Haven’t played for about a month. Played for Yarrawonga this year. They missed the finals.”

Yarrawonga (The Pigeons) play in the Oven & Murray league, the Bloods in the Picola league.