Before there was a packed Crabtown tailgate. Before the chants echoed across the parking lot. Before the grills fired up row after row on match day… there were Oliver and Amanda.

At the very first Annapolis Blues game, supporters already knew they wanted to tailgate. What nobody understood yet was just how early Crabtown was eventually going to take it.

While most people were planning for the normal three-hour pregame arrival, Oliver and Amanda unknowingly raised the standard by showing up nearly six hours before kickoff.

Armed with a grill, chairs, and enough enthusiasm to make a tailgate happen whether anyone else showed up or not, they rolled into a completely empty lot and unknowingly became the founding pioneers of Annapolis Blues tailgating. For a while, it was just the two of them, the kids, and a giant open parking lot waiting for the rest of us to catch up.

And eventually… we did.

What started as an innocent misunderstanding of tailgate timing has become part of Crabtown lore. Some say they were absurdly early. Others say they were simply committed to the mission before the rest of us understood it.

Either way, Oliver and Amanda planted the flag first. The rest of Crabtown just followed their lead.