Ammos (Adelaide): Scum take the flag.

The Scum (Adelaide Uni umpteenths) took the Div 8 Reserves flag in Adelaide on election day.

The Handcuff gesture: Politically correct AFL image-management gone mad.

Players, by the handcuff gesture, are not endorsing the crime, just recognising the person. They are not making a comment about their guilt or innocence, but are showing them that they aren’t forgotten. What’s wrong with that?

Life of Bucks (or the curious business of how an AFL “reporter” can fill air time, column inches in the absence of news)

“My suffering left me sad and gloomy.” Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Chapter 1   Collingwood was out. The AFL finals had 3 weekends to play. Collingwood was out. Finished the home and away rounds in fifth spot. Eliminated in one match. Sunk.   “The elements allowed me to go on living. The lifeboat did [Read more]

AFL Finals Week 1 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide: Chelsea’s glorious double falcon

Chelsea Roffey’s double falcon seemed to inspire the Port boys to victory in front of thousands of their loyal fans.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: The port stays sealed

Matt Watson inherited a bottle of Richmond’s 1980 premiership port, to be opened when the Tigers win another grand final. He’s not hopeful.

Crio’s Racing: The Golden Rose and Atlantic Jewel

Rosehill hosts the Golden Rose this weekend, while Crio recommends heading to Moonee Valley to watch a champion inn Atlantic Jewel (before the noise and hoopla of the Spring Carnival.)

September Dreams

A fairy tale Inspired by C. Judd – 3 Votes, “Where The Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak and in hope of dreams to come for my son.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: A Family Tree Of Tigers

Liam Quin’s grandfather was a proud Tiger. He passed away the week before their first final. A trip to Yarrawonga to bid him farewell brought many memories, all steeped in yellow and black.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: Journey’s End.

There is always a defining moment in the match that all football faithful dread. The dark night-time of the soul for the true believers. That moment is the unwelcome arrival of reality.

AFL Round 21 – Sydney v St Kilda: slight return

It aint easy being an international man of mystery.  You might think it’s all martinis and private jets and glamorous women (well, a lot of it is) but it makes terrible demands on my time   I was walking out of the SCG with Dad and the fone rang.  THAT fone, the black one!  There [Read more]

Crio’s Question: Famous numbers, forgettable players

The merry-go-round is already turning. Players are retiring – voluntarily or otherwise – or on the move… and jumper numbers will be up for grabs. Which famous numbers have been worn by forgettable players in the past?

The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch

Details of this year’s extravaganza.

Now that’s Australian

Nothing is as Australian as the International Cup, where no Aussie nationals take the field. Rick loves when other cultures blend with our national game.

Royals storm home in WAFL finals

THE trend that started in the AFL finals on Saturday continued in the WAFL on Sunday with the away teams getting the job done.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Fremantle: Upsets everywhere …almost

Paul Spinks was worried the talk and controversy about a home final would prove to be a distraction for the Cats, but it was Fremantle’s hunger that saw them victorious.

11 random observations from the first week of the finals: No dwarves were harmed in the making of this article

It is great to have the footy back. Not a peptide to be seen, no interviews at Stephen Dank’s house (why does he lock a little gate we can all step over?), and people talking about, (I don’t know, crazy idea here), THE GAME! (And Sean has given us plenty to talk about here – Ed.)

Whatever happened to ‘Statler and Waldorf’?

Whatever happened to the two old blokes who used to sit behind the goals at the SCG and shake their heads in disbelief every time Tilt Carter was pinged for a push in the back? And what other memories of genuine characters in the crowd do Knackers have?

Footy Fever – September 12

John Harms and Paul Daffey will talk all things Footy Town and footy at Melbourne Uni on Thursday, September 12, from 6.15pm. Check out the invitation from organisers Bob Speechley and University House,

AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: So this is what we’ve been missing

Tigers fan John Green now wonders if it’s better not to make the finals than to endure what happened on Sunday. He longs for the familiar comfort of following a team that no-one expects to win.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide: So much teal

A surreal night for Luke Reynolds at the ‘G – teal as far as the eye could see, West Coast fans disguised as Port supporters, and a post-game performance that left him shaken to the core.