Why North Melbourne didn't go north

By Michael Gleeson
Updated September 19 2014 - 1:18pm, first published September 18 2014 - 2:56pm
Kangaroos fans show their support as players head out during a North Melbourne training session at the Arden Street Ground on Thursday.
Kangaroos fans show their support as players head out during a North Melbourne training session at the Arden Street Ground on Thursday.

When North Melbourne chose to be Kangaroos known for shinbones not white shoes, who lived in Arden Street not Carrara, it made a decision in the knowledge it would be a smaller club. Not diminished, just not as big as it could be.