Cats supporter Susie went to watch her favourite player Mathew Stokes and two Geelong greats Stevie J and James Kelly play for Geelong for the last time down at Kardinia Park.
AFL Round 20 – Geelong v Fremantle: Of camels and fate
August 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Susie Giese journeys across Western Victoria all afternoon in her job as a sports photographer, then its off to Kardinia Park to see her Cats take on their despised rivals the Fremantle Dockers.
“I was saying ‘Boourns’…”
August 20, 2014 by 9 Comments
Susie Giese pays tribute to her favourite footballer, two time Cat premiership player Shannon Byrnes. If only he played in the 2008 Grand Final…
AFL Round 15 – Geelong v Hawthorn: Kennett Curse irrelevant to young Cats
July 11, 2013 by 6 Comments
Geelong’s winning streak is no longer about simply redeeming an unexpected loss. It’s about the new generation of Cats proving themselves. They want to win for their own sake, to show they’re genuine contenders and can create their own history.
AFL Round 1 – Hawthorn v Geelong: They’re in Our Heads
April 3, 2013 by 18 Comments
The streak, Kennett’s curse, is exciting. It’s raw, ferocious and it brings out a savage pleasure in every Cats fan.
Just a man with a ball
August 9, 2012 by 23 Comments
AFL Round 19 Hawthorn v Geelong By Susie Giese They were packing up. Mum getting ready to leave bang on the siren, Darren wanting to go now, now, NOW! “I’m not leaving early,” I said, gritting my teeth. “We’re staying ’til the end.” One fifth of my reasoning was never giving those worst-examples-of-their-kind Hawks [Read more]
Geelong versus Hawthorn Day!
April 10, 2012 by 8 Comments
AFL Round 2 Geelong vs Hawthorn By Susie Giese I swear I am a child. Excitement is the overriding feeling. I can’t sleep. I try to read a book, watch a DVD, but I can’t distract myself. I’m too excited for tomorrow. It’s my favourite day of the year. I dream about it [Read more]
J-Pod crosses the line, V-Line crosses Susie
August 24, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Susie Giese Okay, so the plan was for me to catch the V-Line from South Geelong, buy a record, find our seats, and set up and get comfortable. It was a good plan. The actuality was that my V-Line was running late so mum and Katherine beat me to Southern Cross. The best laid [Read more]
Sydney Smackdown at the hands of Geelong
August 3, 2010 by 12 Comments
By Susie Giese I am a great little sister. Along with mum, I went all the way to Sydney, just to visit brother Darren. Oh, what’s this? Geelong is playing in NSW this weekend? What a pleasant coincidence! At first, I thought the dreaded Kardinia Park weather had followed us up north. Rain, the weatherman [Read more]
Cats bring cheer to a hoarse throat
May 26, 2010 by 11 Comments
By Susie Giese This game will probably never be used in a promotional package for the AFL. There were no standout performers, no exceptional displays of skill. What this game was, though, was something quintessential to the game we all love. It was a contest. Tackle after tackle, pressure to match a game being played [Read more]
Footy: Sympathy for the Saints
March 18, 2010 by 512 Comments
By Susie Giese There are two basic rules to being Susie Giese: love Geelong and hate the Saints. It’s been that way for as long as I can remember. But as this new season looms before us, I’ll admit something I never thought I would: I feel sorry for the Saints’ fans. Genuinely sorry.
Footy/Soccer: Geelong stadium suggestion fuels my anger over World Cup
March 2, 2010 by 44 Comments
By Susie Giese The recent bid to upgrade Skilled Stadium to a 44,000-seater square pitch by no means solves the issue of a stymied AFL season. After State Government announced plans late last year to upgrade the MCG for its appeal to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018, newspapers Australia-wide received an influx of [Read more]
Footy: Weighing up just which club is Geelong’s true rival
January 27, 2010 by 163 Comments
By Susie Giese It truly baffles me what can be considered a rivalry these days. It seems every week the television stations are promoting a “clash of arch rivals”. Granted, the VFL/AFL has been around for 113 years, so that gives clubs ample times to make plenty of enemies, but do all the rivalries [Read more]
Footy: It couldn’t get any better for a Cats fan, could it?
January 22, 2010 by 207 Comments
By Susie Giese I will admit it. I am a footy tragic. A completely untalented footy tragic, much to my chagrin. You’ll run into your run-of-the-mill fanatic who can remember every stat from the last hundred games their team played (and sometimes the games of other teams, too). There are people who can recall a [Read more]
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