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Earl saw it coming weeks ago; the Lions are gone. So what happens now in the final weeks of the NFL season?
Lunch! You are invited to the first Almanac Lunch of the year – with Citrus Bob Utber and Des Tobin – to be held at the All Nations Hotel in Richmond on Feb 7. All welcome.
On a recent visit to Sydney, a sign in a railway station transported Mickey Randall back to his childhood.
Carolyn Spooner is back with another creative look at field positions on the ground. This time Carolyn examines the wing position and some of the wingers who have graced that position, making comparisons with characteristics of winged feather varities that may reflect them.
Thirty years ago ER was involved in a traumatic road accident that left him with serious and ongoing injuries. He reflects on the accident and his life since then.
Phil Mendes goes back in time to highlight Fitzroy players who kicked big bags of goals between 1970 and 1996.
Matchweek 22 in the English Premier League saw goals galore as Ollie Wade reports his highlights from the key matches.
‘Outer Suburban Boy’ by Damian Balassone reflects the cultural understandings of the suburbs.
Time for Greg A to get back to the basics, to listen to bands he knows and loves with selections to ‘silence the outside noise of the world’.
From India to Pakistan (with diversions to the UAE and UK along the way), Rodney Boyd has collated two sides of men’s Test cricketers who debuted while Australia was on tour.
Kevin Densley describes this week’s poem as ‘an acidly humorous take on rivalry in the literary world’.
After a health glitch over the festive season, Cameron Hooke is back to get the Collingwood bandwagon rolling for Season 2025!
Ian Wilson has had mixed fortunes when taking in several films recently, ranging all the way from a masterpiece via a faithful reproduction and a joyful animation to an absolute stinker!
Mickey McTigger takes a look at GWS.
After the demise of the Fitzroy FC Philip Mendes decided to follow North Melbourne. Philip presents an in-depth review of North Melbourne’s 1998 AFL season when they finished runners-up to premiers Adelaide.
Ollie Wade recaps all the highlights from the English Premier League of match week 21.
Col Ritchie remembers the time he and his mate Tony Forbes were shark bait during a swim at Lorne.
It’s not all smooth sailing for Earl O’Neill as he tries to put together ‘a team that local folks will be proud of, a team that will keep on battling, no matter the scoreboard or standings’. But, he concedes, it could be worse!
Simone Kerwin is a guest writer on KB Hill’s blog ‘On Reflection’. She offers a poignant tale of a player from the old days who is inspired by a pair of old cricket gloves.
Richard Griffiths is confounded by a number of ‘footy mysteries’ he has been unable to resolve and seeks the help of Almanackers to find the answers to his questions.
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