In late 2010, I packed my bags and flew over to South America to take part in what I hoped would be the most rewarding and life changing experience of my life – Volunteering in South America. The project that was assigned to me was in a small, remote village, 45 minutes North of Cusco [Read more]
Krakouer: Footy Almanac Theatre Night
May 13, 2011 by 5 Comments
Match Committee Ep. 9
May 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The lads have a special guest star in this episode. http://www.thematchcommittee.com
Round 8 Blog
May 13, 2011 by 31 Comments
There’s a game on tonight ? Who’s playing? Dips, Phantom, do you happen to know? This promises to be a great round of footy, so tell us what’s on your mind Knackers.
Rotunda in the West: John Harms & Daniel Giansiracusa
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Almanac Rugby League – The Goodna Footy Floods of 2011
May 12, 2011 by 2 Comments
THE GOODNA FOOTY FLOODS of 2011 by Tony Caswell (or TC, The Goodna Gunna) The river came up, and the rain came down A playing field of green, became a slush of brown The footballs are gone, along with tackling bags All the teams jerseys, are now muddied rags Gary, the President, he carried the [Read more]
27 May: Manangatang Lunch
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Stanhope
May 10, 2011 by 4 Comments
The Match Report for the Round 7 (aka the bye)
May 10, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Paul Harkin The weekend started off slowly. No Collingwood game on Friday night, only a boring Port versus Hawthorn. What am I going to do this weekend without the Pies to keep me from being totally nuts Saturday arrived and my wife informed me she was away all day and so was my one [Read more]
A young bloke having a go
May 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The news of the passing of Lionel Rose was very sad indeed and brought back a few memories. I was appointed to Yallourn North Primary School in the early 1960’s and every now and then I would head back to Melbourne for the odd weekend. One Sunday afternoon on my way back to Yallourn I [Read more]
The Queen to visit Croke Park
May 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yes, you read it right. Check out this piece first published in The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/08/queen-britain-croke-park-ireland
Almanac Classic nominations
May 9, 2011 by 3 Comments
Nominate your all-time favourite Almanac pieces so they can be listed in Almanac Classics.
Three in a row for the Tigers
May 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Going into this game, I was unusually quietly confident of a third successive victory for my beloved Tigers. Unusual, in the fact that I’m always hoping for a win, but never believing that we could actually pull it off. This attitude is a reflection of the Richmond players at the moment, as Damien Hardwick noted [Read more]
Round 7 Blog: Finding the young’un in all of us.
May 7, 2011 by 14 Comments
Saturday morning and I’m recalling only a couple of things from last night’s match. 1. Daniel Motlop’s shot from the pocket. and 2. Richo’s reaction to threading the eye of the needle. I loved it. Great illustration of the love of play, and the fascination of the football itself, and what can be done with [Read more]
Anzac Day SANFL: Photo by Peter Argent
May 6, 2011 by 11 Comments
The Norwood player kicking the ball is Nick Ramsey and his Centrals opponent is veteran James Gowans. As commented below, this shot recalls a classic Ronald Dale Barrassi pose from an MCG game in 1962. Photo: Bruce Howard (courtesy of the NLA archives)
Ponderings from Cape York
May 6, 2011 by 2 Comments
Is this the tail end of the Cape York Wet season or Autumn in Melbourne? Looking out the window at the porch light illuminating the rain falling in front of the grapefruit tree you could be excused for confusion. But no, an arm with sleeve rolled up thrust out the window tells me it’s still [Read more]
Reflections on a royal wedding and other miscalculations
May 5, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Jim Young (author of Any Old Eleven) Thirty years ago, before plastic was invented, the first thing you had to do in a foreign country was make sure your banking arrangements were in order. In London that meant a trip to The Strand, where the local representatives of all Australia’s banks huddled under the [Read more]
Admiral Byng-inspired Malthouse leads Pies to victory
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by John Ramsdale Game Report v’s Footscray Sunday May 1st 2011 I’ll get it out the way early. A ridiculous time to have a game, but clearly 55,754 others didn’t agree with me. At least it wasn’t at Docklands. I went to the game with some misgivings, no Jolly (he was very good last week), [Read more]
Book Launch: Ted Hopkins
May 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Ted Hopkins shot to fame when he replaced Bert Thornley at half-time in the 1970 Grand Final, kicking four goals to lead Carlton to victory. Although Hopkins played just one more game, he was to come back to footy in years to come – in a significant way. The collection and analysis of statistics started as a [Read more]
Notes on Tom Wills Paintings
May 1, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Richard Webber *The Predestination of Tom Wills (Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 60 inch) *Tom Wills Death Scene (Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 60 inch) Thomas Wentworth (Tom) Wills has been popularized as the iconic (heroic?) personality behind the inception of Australian Rules Football. The AFL ‘Tom Wills’ Round, an MCG statue, Geoffrey Blainey’s [Read more]
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