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
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
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
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
Smokie previews Williamstown CYMS AFC’s VAFA clash against Fitzroy this week.
Smokie’s Willy CYs Preview, Rd8: Superstition
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
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
Smokie’s letter to Brad Scott of last week receives a reply.
Australia v India – First Test, Day 1: Heavyweight Bout Begins
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
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
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’
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.