Harms set tongues wagging with his comment on Offsiders that Steve Hooker was his Olympics highlight, saying instead of withdrawing with “injury”, Hooker faced his demons in the glare of the world spotlight, showing a “magnificent nobility”. Some words from Harms: I knew this choice of moment was FWD (fraught with danger). And the two [Read more]
Battle of the doldrums: Bulldogs supporters vs Tigers supporters
July 30, 2012 by 3 Comments
By Neil Anderson Everyone has a ‘second team’ and everyone has a team they love to hate. Last Saturday night the stars finally aligned when the Tigers took on the Blue-chippers. The Bulldogs tried and failed to beat the Blues the previous week, so in a perverse, sick and desperate sort of way, I was [Read more]
Rotunda in the West: Conversations with Australian Writers
July 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
I am Carlton; I am tanking
July 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Damien Little I don’t profess to be knowledgeable on the intricacies of football strategy and structures – but omitted N. Duigan and M. Watson – what the F*@k! Are we trying to win games here? Can someone please help to explain this to me before I start punching holes in walls like Alastair Clarkson.
Open fall out – summing up
July 25, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Nick Innes Scott’s short game let him down in the last round. Think he might have had 1 up and down for the day. Sure the greens were a bit slower than day 3 but he left that many putts short it was ridiculous. Also all of the shorter putts he missed were pulled [Read more]
POW priest and the sacrament of sport – Eureka Street
July 24, 2012 by 3 Comments
One time when visiting Sydney from the US, author Brian Doyle got into a conversation with an elderly priest who had spent most of his working life on Bougainville Island. Talking about cricket on Bougainville sent him back to one particular cricket match which he had witnessed as a prisoner of the Japanese Imperial Army [Read more]
Travelling through the family
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Man on the gate
July 23, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Brendan Ryan Oilskin keeping out the cold the muscles in his legs wearing down through the under 12s, netball, under 14s, under 18s, reserves and finally seniors around two. A job we all expect somebody to do. A man who complements the scene of cars nosed up to the boundary fence, [Read more]
Floreat Pica: No Hawkers please
July 23, 2012 by 11 Comments
By Andrea McNamara My match preparation was a visit to Victoria Park, to see if Didak showed up for his latest attempt to return to the senior team. He did, and looked OK, but the real story was that I left when the score was 26 to 106 and there was still a quarter to [Read more]
Anne Fedorowytsch: The Facebook Interview
July 18, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis PD: Hi Anne and welcome to the Junior Footy Almanac. Could you tell us about how you came to be interested in footy? AF: Footy first captured my heart when I was six years old. I found it impossible not to get swept up in the fanfare engulfing Adelaide when the [Read more]
Running for Glory
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By Anna Ly Genazzano FCJ College I remember going to my very first Twilight Sports in grade three and running my first sprint against all my classmates. Ready, set, go! The loud bang of the gun shot in the air and I ran. My feet left the starting line and my hopes and dreams of [Read more]
Like a moth to a front porch light
July 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Jim Fidler What is it about those MCG lights from a distance? Despite having seen the lights of the MCG many times they are like a front porch light in summer and we are all the willing insects. Irresistible. The walk up to the ground has always created such a great sense of anticipation [Read more]
Gold Coast footy alive and well
July 12, 2012 by 4 Comments
By Cheryl Critchley “Gee-long, Gee-long, Gee-long!” Some things never change, even 1800km from Sleepy Hollow. We’re at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast and the Cats’ Cheer Squad sounds as hick as ever. “Gee-long, Gee-long!” The small but dedicated band of “Southerners” is surrounded by Suns supporters decked out in their still [Read more]
Just off the pace
July 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I was checking out the results of The Footy Almanac Tipping Competition (for which the prize is half a dozen bottles of red) and I noticed that Neil Kimpton was three clear on a score of 99. To be three clear in a comp of 80+ tippers seemed to me to be statistically significant. “99,” [Read more]
Some thoughts on making some pizza money from Round 16.
July 11, 2012 by 3 Comments
JTH arguing the case for the Swans – yet again. Here he tries to find a winner in Round 16. http://tatts.com/news/2012/7/9/afl-round-16
Budgerigars and partial rainbows
July 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By John Burke It’s a chilly July day and I’m heading down to Kardinia Park (or Petrol Park as a wag mate calls it, harking back a ground sponsor or two) to see my beloved Cats for the first time at home this year. I’ve been away in warmer climes for a couple of months, [Read more]
I put the sticker on the car
July 5, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Rick Kane Well, we’ve passed the mid-point of the 2012 AFL season. As a Hawks fan I’m feeling pretty good. I would like to have been at least one more win to the good that’s for sure. And I dearly would have loved to have peeled the Cats monkey from our back but you [Read more]
Round 15 preview
July 5, 2012 by 4 Comments
Harms, coming off a 9 from 9, tries to find a winner for Round 15. http://tatts.com/news/2012/7/3/afl-round-15
I can’t actually remember, but…
July 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Gemma Sibillin The first time I ever went to a game of footy? I wouldn’t have a clue. I don’t remember much about the actual game. Sorry to disappoint, but I can’t actually remember who won. But I’ll try my very best to remember as much as I can. I’m not sure whether it [Read more]
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