North Melbourne is celebrating the amazing loyalty of its members and fans, via its new podcast, The Chorus. 

Presented by Love The Game, an initiative of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, the podcast was the brainchild of hosts Ed Vickers-Willis and Tom Campbell.

Whether it was attending North Melbourne’s training after school or reminiscing on the feeling of the grandstand shaking from the crowd's roar in the 1977 Grand Final draw, Sara Gipton’s passion for the royal blue and white runs deep.

Not only a passion that bonds her family through generations, it builds the unity among fellow members and supporters.  

“I’m very much on the front foot about my love for North and vocal about it, unashamedly a North supporter,” Sara told The Chorus.

“The spirit of the footy club continues decade after decade. I’ve been associated with it now for a number of decades and I love that that spirit is an integral part of the football club.

“We used to just listen to the footy all the time and something about North Melbourne just gels with us; it's perceived as a perpetual underdog, and maybe it is, just the culture of the place – never give up.

“We have this fierce sense of togetherness which I just loved and we would go to the footy and we would listen to it and read every article.

“We love that the nature of the footy club is tight, it’s not pretentious. I don’t think North is ever like that and it just gelled with us and as a family unit and it just clicked.”

Are you one a North Melbourne fan and would like to share your passion on The Chorus, or would like to nominate someone who bleeds blue and white? We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at web@nmfc.com.au and tell us your stories. 

The passion was evident in Sara's voice as she reminisced on her favourite moments.

“You can talk about the big things, the big finals or watching Wayne Carey kick goals,” she said. 

“When there was a draw (1994 Qualifying Final) out at Waverley (Park) and then watching him (Carey) taking control of a game and us winning that final, you know special moments like that.

“Or watching when he was playing, watching against Essendon on a Friday night … it was probably about 1994 and the Essendon backmen, who wee very accomplished, (Mark) 'Bomber' Thompson, (Mark) Harvey, Tim Watson, trying to smash his arms and he just kept marking the ball, it’s just awesome … they’re lovely memories I carry with me if ever I’m feeling a bit rotten.”

It's over an hour from North Melbourne to Kinglake, but the club has always felt close to home for Gipton. 

“I distinctly remember driving up to our little farm at Kinglake, and going up that windy road around the bends and just hearing the North song over and over again when they won the first premiership (1975) and how fantastic that was.

“I was at the ‘77 Grand Final in the draw, at the top of the stands because we’d somehow bought a ladies' ticket off someone we knew. We were sitting up in the stands at the top and it felt like the whole stand was tipping, it was against Collingwood … and we hate them.”

Gipton’s love for the football club runs so deep she decided to name her cows after Kangaroos’ players.

“When I bought them (the cows) they had ear tag numbers so I named them after the respective players at the time, so there was 'Colby' (Leigh Colbert), and 'Wellsy' (Daniel Wells), and Brady (Rawlings) and even though Anthony Stevens probably retired by then … and 'Arch' (Glenn Archer). 

“If 'Arch' has a calf, because I know him a little bit, I’ll send him a picture and say 'Arch you’re a mummy'." 

Listen to the full interview below, thanks to Love The Game.