At the press conference two days out from this game, Nic Naitanui was asked six questions about Majak Daw. Six questions. You would think the Bombers copped less of a grilling from ASADA.
AFL Round 8 – West Coast v North Melbourne: Majak and the AFL Hype Machine
May 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Footy Town: The Swine
May 21, 2013 by 1 Comment
Enjoy this excerpt of Murray Bird’s story, The Swine, from Footy Town.
AFL Round 8 – Sydney v Fremantle: Dockers, Swans show their mettle
May 21, 2013 by 3 Comments
Malcolm Allbrook expects both Fremantle and Sydney to figure prominently in September after this hard- fought, tight encounter.
AFL Round 8 – Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs: The Whitten Oval Generals
May 19, 2013 by 18 Comments
A reversed Darwinian evolutionary chart would best illustrate Footscray fan’s footballing journey. Ever increasing slumped shoulders, and in the end the only thing you are left with is a rather rudimentary club.
Coaching Women: Same…but different
May 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
If Sir Alex Ferguson is the human hairdryer, very amateur women’s football team coach Paul Connolly is more of an aromatherapy candle.
[This is an extract from Paul's entertaining new book - The Mighty Bras]
Martin Flanagan reviews Footy Town (published in the Age)
May 17, 2013 by 7 Comments
Read Martin Flanagan’s glowing review essay of Footy Town: Stories of Australia’s Game.
Launch of Footy Town on May 31
May 16, 2013 by 1 Comment
Join us at the All Nations as Tim Boyle launches this new book of local footy yarns.
AFL Round 7 – Fremantle v Collingwood: Pies hit by Dockside tsunami
May 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Dockers’ patched-up junior team cast a spell that not even a misty eyed veteran optimist of 17 years of Freo pain could believe what his eyes were witnessing. Jim Smith wept tears of joy as they ripped the heart from the surging Pies.
Footy Town: Stories of Australia’s Game
May 12, 2013 by 3 Comments
What happens beyond Woorndoo? Why did the fans pinch the goalposts in Wynyard? Who are the football tribes of Broken Hill? Find out in Footy Town: Stories of Australia’s Game.
When Fergie came to Australia
May 10, 2013 by 1 Comment
Roy Hay is surprised at the amount of media coverage of the retirement of a former Ayr United player given that he hasn’t turned out for the club since 1974. (He did manage Manchester United for a few years in the interim.)
AFL Round 6 – Gold Coast v Fremantle: Nonna Night
May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Join Nicholas and John Burmej for a traditional Saturday night dinner with La Familgia. Main course tonight: the Dockers.
AFL Round 5 – Fremantle v Richmond: A desperate history
May 3, 2013 by 2 Comments
Richmond and Fremantle share a particular and desperate history, writes Fremantle fan David Zampatti. One club was set up to be a joke; the other has become one over a horrible thirty years.
Friday: Kick to Kick with The Footy Almanac
April 29, 2013 by 18 Comments
The Footy Almanac has started its monthly kick to kick sessions – now in two brilliant locations. All welcome.
Does the punishment fit the crime?
April 27, 2013 by 1 Comment
Roy Hay with a bit of balance on Luis Suarez.
AFL Round 5 – St.Kilda v Sydney: How is this different to rugby?
April 27, 2013 by 5 Comments
Our New Zealand correspondent, Alex Braae, says St.Kilda should be quickly adopted by Wellington, which is used to barracking for lovable losers.
AFL Round 4 – Hawthorn v Fremantle: 50 Shades of Purple
April 26, 2013 by 1 Comment
It is amazing how our passion for this mighty game, the one-eyed devotion to one team and everlasting faith in reaching that holy grail, makes us blind to past results and fanatical towards the next game, writes Fremantle fanatic Dianne Waddingham.
AFL Round 4 – Hawthorn v Fremantle: Hawks do it again in Tassie
April 23, 2013 by 19 Comments
Making her Almanac debut, young Molly Lennon provides a very accurate description of Hawthorn’s big win.
AFL Round 4 – Gold Coast v Port Adelaide: Port harnesses the one-trick pony
April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There is abundant truth in the commentariat’s assertion that the Suns remain a one trick pony writes Tim Webber.
AFL Round 4 – Richmond v Collingwood: Surviving the hype
April 22, 2013 by 2 Comments
Patrick Grindlay was caught between mum’s garden and dad’s happy place in 1980, as he watched the Tigers fall prey to the Magpies.
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