Australia’s most optimistic footy fan shows off his Carlton 2023 AFL premiers tattoo a month before the grand final
Australia’s most optimistic football fan shows off his Carlton 2023 AFL premiers tattoo a month before the grand final
- Tradie, known as “Tommy,” revealed ink at a football game
- Had the tattoo done to give Blues stars ‘incentive’
- Carlton will play against Sydney in the final next Friday evening
A highly optimistic Carlton fan has shown off his ‘Prime Ministers in 2023’ tattoo, a month before the AFL’s Grand Final kicks off.
The bearded blues fanatic can be seen revealing the ink on his lower right leg during a recent soccer game in a TikTok video that was posted with the caption, “This guy will be looking for tattoo removal joints after Friday night, what a delusional they are.”
Carlton will play the Swans at the MCG next Friday night in the first elimination final, with the loser eliminated for the year and the winner advancing to the semi-finals.
The fan – a tradie called ‘Tommy’ – got the tattoo last December.
“Last year it was Round 23, Carlton v Collingwood, and something came to my mind and I said to myself, ‘I don’t care if we lose today, as long as we win the grand final next year’,” Tommy told the Herald Sun.
“When I walk the streets of North Carlton in September, everyone will see it,” he said.
Tommy the tradie was warned to visit a tattoo removal parlor next Friday night in a TikTok video showing off his very courageous inking
Former players like Kenny Hunter, Marc Murphy, Stephen Kernahan and Brendan Fevola have seen the tattoo, as have many current players. I want the players to see it, hopefully it will give them an incentive.’
Carlton is currently favorite to beat Sydney in their final game, paying $1.50 for the win, compared to the Swans at $2.60, according to Bet well
However, the bookmaker also pays $12 for the Blues to win the flag, illustrating how hopeful Tommy has been.
It looked like Carlton would miss the final altogether as they lost eight of nine matches from rounds five through thirteen before stringing together nine straight wins to finish fifth on the ladder.
The Blues didn’t have the ideal run-up to the Swans clash and went down to the GWS Giants last Sunday by 16.9 (105) to 11.7 (73) at Marvel Stadium.
Tommy isn’t the only football fan to draw attention to himself with a radical tattoo.
Last May, Carlton fan Damon Mule revealed he had a QR code affixed to his leg that, when scanned, links to a YouTube video showing one of the best performances of blues great Brendan Fevola’s career.
The controversial striker scored eight goals for the Blues in a thrilling three-point win over Essendon at the MCG in 2007.
Last year, Carlton fan Damon Mule revealed he had a QR code tattooed on his leg that, when scanned, links to a YouTube video of blues great Brendan Fevola
Geelong diehard Lochie Keats arrived at pre-season training this year with a striking tattoo after the Cats became the oldest flag-winning team in the AFL in the 2022 Grand Final
“I watch this game every few weeks, it’s a real highlight,” said Mule.
“I’m a bit of a Fev superfan. I’ve always stayed with him.
“I hope one day Fevola can sign under it and I’ll get his signature tattooed on me so it’s permanent.”
And in February this year, Geelong fan Lochie Keats, 79, arrived at a Cats pre-season practice with the words ‘too good, too slow, too old, go Cats, 2022 premiers’ tattooed on his head.
Keats had pulled it off after a $50 bet with a mate, and the words allude to Geelong becoming the AFL’s oldest-ever premiership team when they beat the Swans in last year’s grand final.
“About a fortnight after the (grand) final… If it was written with texta and my buddy bet me $50, I wouldn’t put it on permanent, so I did,” Keats said.
“It cost me $200. My wife called me an idiot.’