It was only appropriate that after one of the best AFL seasons in living memory that we were rewarded with one of the best finishes in recent Brownlow Medal memory.
As Gillon McLachlan implored the rowdy crowd to sit down and let him carry on with the count, a handful of players sat nervously waiting to see if their names would be etched into history.
In the end, Carlton's Patrick Cripps scraped home by one vote to claim the AFL's highest individual honour.
