We love milestone games in football.

Jason Johannisen will play his fiftieth game in the red, white and blue this weekend and skipper Bob Murphy will at some point this season clock the magical 300-game mark.

But there’s a different kind of milestone being reached at Etihad Stadium this weekend, and it’ll be celebrated in the stands by a small band of Bulldogs supporters and one special man.

Garry Hincks attended his first Bulldogs game back in 1974 when he was 30-years-old. 

Since then Garry has not missed a single Bulldogs game. 

That makes 950 straight games in total – including interstate games.

Gary’s 72-years-old now and lives in Portland which makes his record even more remarkable.

Jason Johannisen wouldn’t be born for another 18 years when Gary first took his seat at a Bulldogs game, and even the birth of our current skipper was still 8 years away. 

But Gary will be there this weekend, cheering them both on in his familiar chef’s hat against the Hawks, and he’ll be back to do it all over again next week.

Wherever you take in this weekend’s Bulldogs game, spare a thought for Gary, people like him are what football is all about.