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'No offence to Tassie': The infamous Sirengate mess 20 years on

By Andrew McGarryABC News (AU)

Two decades ago, two teams met at York Park in Launceston. The siren sounded but the match continued and the dreaded word "gate" was added to another footy scandal.

How many football fans over the years have sat in the outer watching a game, praying for an extra few precious seconds before the siren goes, to give their team one last shot at a glorious comeback w…