Sentence:  I had by then explained to him my custom of occasionally listening to Australian Rules Football on our shortwave radio of a Saturday afternoon; how, despite my <WSD>barracking</WSD> for Essendon, I thought a player from Geelong, Gary Ablett, the best I had ever seen. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The act of cheering for or supporting a team.