Dips O’Donnell lays down a challenge to all Almanacas to get a table at the Footy Almanac Grand Final lunch full of Smokey or Smokie Dawson’s.
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VAFA Premier C – Williamstown CYMS v Fitzroy: Smokie’s preview of the big match
August 17, 2018 by 3 Comments
Boorish spectators and the wind across the Fearon can at times get to Smokie but like his beloved Willy boys, he soldiers on. Here are his thoughts for this week.
VAFA Premier C – Willy CYs v Ivanhoe: A Multiplicity of Smokies
June 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Smokie works out how he can be in two places at once – down at the old Fearon and on duty at home.
VAFA – Smokie’s CYs preview: House Parties
June 1, 2018 by 1 Comment
Smokie Dawson is sniffing the social glue that has held Willy CYs together over the years.
VAFA: Winners’ beer! Smokie brings the latest from Williamstown CYMS AFC
May 18, 2018 by 3 Comments
Smokie previews Williamstown CYMS AFC’s VAFA clash against Fitzroy this week.
Smokie’s Willy CYs Preview, Rd8: Superstition
June 2, 2017 by 4 Comments
Celebrating the Willy CYs’ return to the Fearon for the first time in 2017, Darren “Smokie” Dawson takes a look at some of the more ludicrous superstitions of his old team-mates.
Smokie’s Williamstown CYMS column: Trump
May 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
In his regular column for Willy CYs, Smokie Dawson goes looking for the (satirical) best in Donald Trump in ponders an important question related to a possible visit to Australia.
Dear Smokie
April 29, 2014 by 3 Comments
Smokie’s letter to Brad Scott of last week receives a reply.
Almanac Book Reviews: ‘Neil Harvey – The Last Invincible’ by Ashley Mallett
September 1, 2021 by 3 Comments
Smokie Dawson gives his thoughts on Ashley Mallett’s bio of Neil Harvey, an extraordinary cricketer and the final survivor of the famous 1948 Invincibles.
Australia v India – First Test, Day 1: Heavyweight Bout Begins
December 18, 2020 by 4 Comments
Smokie Dawson presents his Day 1 report of the 1st Test clash Australia v India in Adelaide. The two heavyweights of Test cricket slug it out with the Aussies slightly ahead.
Almanac (Footy) Life: Folly In The Goalsquare
September 4, 2020 by 6 Comments
Five years after he’d retired from ammos footy, Smokie Dawson gets the call from TR, the coach of Willy CY’s reserves. Here’s what happened. [This is a piece from ‘Footy Town’, a collection of stories about country, suburban and amateur footy – Ed]
Almanac Life: The Crystal Pool
August 7, 2020 by 16 Comments
Smokie Dawson longs for the summer, and a visit to the Crystal Pool. Its charms have been passed down through the generations of his family.
Almanac Life: Special Subject – ‘Revolver’
July 24, 2020 by 17 Comments
Smokie Dawson is bit of a trivia buff. How and why he remembers all the ‘stuff’ is one of life’s great mysteries. With the ‘Revolver’ album as his special subject he’d cream any question Jennifer Byrne would ask him. [Perhaps a Footy Almanac Trivia night is on the cards? – ED.]
Almanac Life: ’30 for 30′ – Who’d make the Aussie cut?
Instead of watching the news on TV, Smokie Dawson is now watching American sports themed shows on ’30 for 30′. He wonders which Aussie sporting greats would make the cut on an Aussie version of the show.