G’day Almanac Writers We always receive stacks of yarns about the Grand Final, and this Hawthorn-Sydney stoush is sure to get the Olivettis clacking. I look forward to reading them all. We usually publish 5 or 6 stories in The Footy Almanac (book). This year I have commissioned 2 writers for the Grand Final. [Read more]
Brownlow blog: win an Almanac or a bottle of Murrindindi wine
September 24, 2012 by 34 Comments
Brownlow night, and even the Brownlow is becoming scientific, with analysts claiming the award goes to a mid-fielder from a top team. Knowing Derek Humphery-Smith and Murray Bird, legendary umpires (who will be at the Almanac lunch on Friday) my conclusion is that there’s probably not a lot of science in it at all. Muz [Read more]
AFL Preliminary Finals – Hawthorn v Adelaide: The words I most want to read
September 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Simon Wilcox Six to one in a two horse race… The article I most want to read would have to a be a nicely worded one about how all the pundits had got it wrong about Adelaide and their right to be in the prelim. It would only be a small [Read more]
Stadium Congestion
September 21, 2012 by 5 Comments
Georgia Blom, from Genezzano College, presents a thought-provoking argument on stadium safety.
A Tribute to Norm McDonald
September 20, 2012 by 24 Comments
Max Watson, aged 11, wrote this profile as a project at Merri Creek Primary School.
Velocity Sports Grand Final Breakfast (with J. Brown, A. Lynch and M. Williams)
September 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Freo’s Dockers Should Not Be Moved
September 19, 2012 by 11 Comments
Austin Robertson with some thoughts on the what’s happening at Freo, where there are those intent on removing Freo from Freo.
Northern Areas Football Association Grand Final
September 17, 2012 by 4 Comments
More than 6,700 fans watched the Northern Areas footy and netball finals at Jamestown in South Australia. James Lang was there.
Country footy: Weeks poised on the cusp of Bendigo FL greatness
September 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
GOLDEN Square’s outstanding full-forward Grant Weeks is poised to etch his name into Bendigo Football League history. Needing four goals in Saturday’s senior grand final against Gisborne to pass a goalkicking record which has stood since the Great Depression, Weeks has the footy world on the edge of their seats. In the 1933 season Eaglehawk’s [Read more]
AFL Round 1 – Fremantle v Geelong: In hostile territory
September 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
Evie Tozer looks back to the start of the season when for the first time ever she saw Geelong play outside of Victoria.
2002 – A Magpie Memory
September 15, 2012 by 5 Comments
By Eleni Donnelly It’s 2012 and Collingwood seem to be headed for another Grand Final appearance… again! In 2002 I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. A few weeks after she was born I was sitting at Crown watching Collingwood v Adelaide. I had a breast pump with me. I was so excited we [Read more]
Predictable news reports for an unpredictable game
September 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
Keith Almond believes TV coverage of football on the nightly news has not improved since the 1960s; in fact if you take colour out of the equation it has hardly changed at all.
Trains,Pains and Silver Linings
September 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Paul Spinks Seagulls fight over a discarded hamburger as I leave Bon Beach station with a Sunday hangover on the 10.45AM Frankston to Southern Cross. The train is already late and proceeds to travel at a pace mimicking tempo footy …slow and measured. I’m on my way home via the noon V-Line to South [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Finals 2012, Week 1: Melbourne v Souths – Rabbitohs in the lights
September 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By John Robotham The portents weren’t good. My seven-year-old daughter, Lucy, was conflicted – wearing a garish purple coat over her knee-length Rabbitohs jumper, circa 1999 – a look that amused many. As we joined the river of purple flowing down Batman Avenue she felt more self-conscious, pulling the coat tight around her. [Read more]
Almanac Footy History: Clegg’s Match
September 11, 2012 by 6 Comments
1949 Brownlow Medalist Ron Clegg played a match for South Melbourne in 1951 of such dominance that is still referred to as “Clegg’s Match”. Richard Davis reports.
Finals post-mortem: Condolences for John Harms
September 10, 2012 by 34 Comments
All condolence messages for John Harms and other supporters of Geelong and the North Melbourne Football Club can be left here. We trust you will be sensitive at this time, particularly you Collingwood supporters. Harms hopes to recover enough to put pen to paper soon.
A Grandfather’s Legacy
September 10, 2012 by 9 Comments
By Georgia Blom As you walk through the bronze gates of the stadium which I call my second home, with my second family and those who have one thing in common with you. The smell of hot pies, chips and a warm drink is something that every football fan understands, weather you live in Melbourne [Read more]
Howzat
September 10, 2012 by 5 Comments
Gideon Haigh will revisit World Series Cricket in a talk at the State Library tomorrow night. We revisit his article on the Supertest held at Waverley Park originally posted last month.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Finals 2012, Week 1: New Territory
September 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Russel Hansen Today South Sydney play two finals matches in Melbourne. What a bonus: before the NRL qualifying final, Souths play the enemy – the Roosters in an elimination match in the Toyota Cup. In some ways, it is still a little surreal. A lifetime of ribbing and sledging, particularly living in [Read more]
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