"While Collingwood and Yarra Council fight over the demolition-rebuilding costs of the revered but crumbling Ryder and Rush stands at Victoria Park, a group of footballers is ready to move in. They are the 400 young players from the burgeoning Fitzroy junior competition and the amateur teams from the Fitzroy Reds, all of whom belong within the Yarra boundaries. Let's hope more affluent outsiders aren't considered before rate-paying locals are housed in the famous old Sherrin Stand, which has been earmarked for preservation in the council's plan. "