Swifts will look to cap coach Jamie Britten's 300th game celebrations with a victory over Laharum tomorrow.
Britten has amassed 299 senior games with Quantong (118), Prestige-Trinity (45) and now Swifts (136) with tomorrow's milestone something he will surely look back on when it comes time to hang up the boots.
The 35 year-old has won premierships with Quantong in 1993 and 1994 and with the Baggies in 2003. He has once been best and fairest at Prestige Trinity and twice with Swifts in what has been an illustrious career to date.
Britten said 2008 had probably been his most enjoyable season with the club despite taking on the difficult coaching role.
``I am a little bit embarrassed about the whole thing, it was never something I set out to achieve,'' Britten said.
``Swifts are a good club and I certainly enjoy my football there.
``We are close-knit and we are all on the track week in and week out. I enjoy coaching them.''
Britten said his premierships and simply playing with teammates on a regular basis were his career highlights and was yet to find something he regretted in his playing days. Despite dislocating a vertebrae, damaging a kidney and cracking his pelvis in an incident in his debut season with the Baggies, Britten wouldn't have it any other way.
``It is not ever going to be something I regret but you take it when it comes,'' he said.
The Baggies will travel to Laharum tomorrow without key players Richard Dodds and Scott Carey, who are both unavailable, and Sam Cooper who is suspended for four weeks.
Britten said he is likely to elevate some of the younger players from the reserves tomorrow as the club looks to build on its gallant showing against Harrow-Balmoral.
Great Western coach Sonny Walton will make a decision on his future as early as next week.
Walton, who has missed a number of matches with a thumb injury, is weighing up his options as the season draws to a close and is tipped to be at the Lions helm in 2009.
``The only reason I probably won't do it is if I go interstate but it doesn't look that way,'' Walton said.
``I have been thinking about it after we missed finals and even when we were in the hunt for finals.''
Walton said he expected to be approached by other clubs for his services, but said he had always wanted the second year option at Great Western.
He rated himself a 50/50 chance of returning to the team for tomorrow's home clash with Pimpinio, after returning to work from an injured thumb this week.
He said Nathan Shalders was also a chance of returning from a hamstring injury, but doubted the availability of Sam Young.
The Lions will be confident of knocking over the Tigers at home after turning in a gutsy final quarter display to run away with victory over Noradjuha-Quantong last weekend.
``Hopefully we can kick over 15 goals but that will depend on how Pimpinio is on the day.''
Walton said there was no pressure now finals were out of the equation, which had allowed him to shift players in to different roles to look at for the future.
The form of players such as Aaron Williams was impressive, with Walton using Luke Schuyler at full forward and Nathan McConnell up forward and on the ball.
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