A member of the Swans faithful, Jan Courtin, reflects on an important time in the Club's history when - after 72 long years - the Swans claimed the 2005 premiership.

Without any football to keep her entertained last weekend and ahead of Friday night's 10 year anniversary celebrations, Jan treats us with a 2005 themed 'quatrain' in the latest edition of From the Outer.

Almost 10 years have passed since that glorious day,

When we went to the 'G to have our say;

We'd waited so long, 72 years in fact,

That so few believed we could give it a crack.

We ran through the banner, Two Cities One Team!

With Bloods new and old - Together - Living The Dream;

We wished and prayed that our dreams would come true,

To witness a miracle seen rarely, by so few.

We'd waited too long since '33 - our last win,

When most of us Bloods were yet to be seen;

Our South years since then had not seen success,

Our life-blood was drained and we were a mess.

So they sent us to Sydney - to save us they said,

And to hope that our great game of footy would spread;

It did for a while for those north of the border,

But nothing much happened except much disorder.

We fought and fought and 14 years later we made it,

To the top of the ladder, showing plenty of grit;

We played in the Grannie and proved we'd arrived,

Though '96 would leave us oh so sadly deprived.

Roosy took over to the cheers of Bloods old and new,

And we knew we could make it if we stuck like glue;

We lost in the Prelim to the Lions in '04,

But we dreamed of success, wanting more and more!

'05 arrived and we finished third on the ladder,

We played the Eagles in Perth but ended up sadder;

Until Nick kicked those four goals - a miracle indeed,

Getting us to the Prelim against those Saints with speed.

Oh how we smashed them, no-one thought we could do it,

We showed 'em, we proved it, we had that Bloods spirit;

Seven goals in the last to their zip - what a quarter,

We made it to the Grannie - oh my god what a snorter!

We arrived in our thousands, red and white to the core,

To see our champions strut their stuff and put foot to floor;

We fought and we fought and our dreams were high,

And we all stuck together after each nerve-tingling sigh.

Amon put us in front with not too long to go,

Followed by cries of oh god, oh s***, oh hell NO!

Please Bloods, please do it for all of our sakes,

Oh Leo you star, Oh how our hearts ache!

That day will be remembered as our greatest victory,

We laughed and we cried and remembered our history;

We did it, we did it, Sydney and Melbourne together,

Go the Mighty Bloods, we're joined as one -  forever!

HERE IT IS!