LOCAL Leila Gephart has scored Collingwood player Josh Daicos' boots following the club's dramatic one-point win over Brisbane at the MCG in round 23.
The exchange between the 16-year-old and her idol even made the Collingwood Football Club's Ticktok account.
The fanatic 'Pies supporter and Galen College student watched the game from top tier of the 'G' and following the nail-biting win, Collingwood has become famous for in recent years, she bolted down to the boundary line with her ingenious handmade sign.
During the players' accustomed greeting of the fans on the boundary line, Leila held up her sign that read "Josh Daicos #7 Boots?" (love heart emoji).
It must have inspired Daicos as he undid his laces and handed the boots over the fence to Leila who was about five people deep in the crowd.
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"I was cheering along to the song and I asked my Dad if he wanted to come with me to the lower level and he said yes, but he wasn't coming with me so I just took off," Leila recalled with excitement.
"I was racing down the stairs swerving through people and I got down to the bottom and I saw Josh, who is my favourite player, so I held my sign up.
"He bent down and I was thinking he was going to give them to someone else and I called his name as he stood up and saw him looking for me and he reached over and gave the boots to me, there was some pretty awesome eye contact too.
"I did mouth the words thank you and he did a thumbs up, it was pretty chill."
Leia turned around and by that stage her family was there.
"I said to them that I had his boots and no one believed me because I was covering them with my sign," she said.
"I revealed them and everyone just started jumping for joy, it was just crazy."
The elation for Leila was comparable to the 'Pies 20203 premiership which she said was the best month of her life.
Leila's Mum, Dad and siblings are Collingwood supporters and Leila has been inspired to get back into playing local footy again next year.
She shared her excitement and told everyone at Galen College about her once in a lifetime experience, and she has the boots in safe keep at home and she plans to buy a glass box to frame them in.
