Its maddening to see Peel yet again given extra financial support, but Royals30, I don't think we can whitewash our financial blackhole of a few years back. We had been reporting for years that 'well heeled supporters would cover the mounting debt', but when the WAFC had had enough of this 'spin', Ross Lewis broke the story and it was the ordinary member and supporter who helped raise the necessary money to save the Club.

That is the clear difference, of course, where Peel get a WAFC loan, East Perth had to raise the money from members and supporters. But I don't think we can say The WAFC had it in for us. Well, I did say that exact thing once on the official board (when we lost our newly won Junior clubs to Subi) and was put in my place by the Club's official spokesman - No, he said, the WAFC hasn't punished EP in any way. So . . . make your own mind up on that.