“The household are one-eyed Eagles supporters. Dad had a automobile with Eagles quantity plates, and I used to be fortunate sufficient to get it handed over to me once I received my licence.
“Me being a younger bloke, not considering an excessive amount of into it, the one automobile park that was reserved was Pav’s, and I ended up parking there with Eagles quantity plates. It wasn’t an important begin to the Freo journey.
“I ended up simply going into a gathering and I reckon Aaron Sandilands unscrewed the quantity plates.
“We have been sitting down within the assembly, and there have been my quantity plates. I needed to really park within the South Fremantle space for a couple of weeks till I received new quantity plates.
“It’s a fairly comic story I look again on and chuckle at now.”
Schloithe by no means performed a recreation for the Dockers, and was delisted on the finish of 2013.
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But he has since loved a glittering state-league profession, etching his title into the South Fremantle document books as one of many membership’s biggest. He is degree with the legendary Stephen Michael as being topped membership champion a document 5 instances.
Schloithe has given thought to the fairytale ending on provide, ought to the Bulldogs – as anticipated – defeat the Royals to say a fifteenth WAFL flag.
“I haven’t made any formal choices but,” he stated.
“But I’m undoubtedly nearer to the end than I’m the beginning. To win a premiership this yr can be, doubtlessly, a pleasant option to end.
“It’d be a fairly particular option to finish a fairly difficult yr. Fingers crossed all of it goes nicely on the day, however I’m solely certainly one of 22 blokes on the market making an attempt to win the flag.”
The 2025 Sullivan Logistics WAFL Grand Final kicks off at 9am at Optus Stadium with the reserves, adopted by the Colts after which the primary recreation at 3.20pm.
