Almanac Cricket – ACS Literary Scholar Report: An Opening Conundrum

October 27, 2025 by 5 Comments

All eyes on the first players out to face the Poms and for the summer in general, Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes surveys the field and makes his case.

Almanac Cricket – Kim Hughes and his Merry Men: a morality play

October 24, 2025 by 4 Comments

Warwick Hadfield recalls the rebel tours to South Africa in the 1980s and their impact on the game both there and in Australia.

‘Ninety-year-old AB still a passionate sporting fan…’ by KB Hill

October 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment

KB Hill recalls the life and times of Ab Comensoli, a Wangaratta Magpies legend, who celebrated his 90th birthday in August.

Almanac Basketball: Action-thriller Bullitt speeds off with Not Bad Thanks world records

October 22, 2025 by 1 Comment

Graeme Willingham follows up his report on Not Bad Thanks Basketball Club playing its 2,000th game with a story about the club claiming new world records.

Almanac Lunch: Cox Plate Eve with special guest Andrew Rule (Oct 24)

October 21, 2025 by 2 Comments

The Footy Almanac Cox Plate Eve Lunch is on Oct 24. It features Andrew Rule and his new book ‘The Chosen Few’. All welcome.

Almanac Dinner (in the Barossa): Andy Thurlow and The Hugamug Club members with John Harms (Nov 27)

October 21, 2025 by 4 Comments

Almanac Dinner in the Barossa featuring Andy Thurlow and some special guests, in conversation with John Harms. The evening will finish with the launch of Andy’s latest book ‘The Hugamug Club’. All welcome.

Almanac Music: Good things come in very small packages

October 21, 2025 by 3 Comments

Luke Davies recalls the time he combined old and new music packaging to sell songs.

Tony Wilson’s account of The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch: The Danihers, the Andrews, Jack and me.

October 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Tony Wilson has captured the essence of The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch in this piece which, kindly, he has offered for publication on our site. (It was first published on his Substack page Good One, Wilson.) It was a fun afternoon.

‘Vaudeville in the dressing rooms…’ by KB Hill

October 16, 2025 by 1 Comment

KB Hill charts the career of Stan Trebilcock with the Wangaratta Rovers and the local cricket association.

Almanac Baseball: Woomera and Australian Baseball

October 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Courtesy of his friend Allan Barden, David ‘Dick’ Turpin returns to The Footy Almanac to share his memories of baseball in Woomera.

Almanac Life: A Malarkey moment in Morocco

October 14, 2025 by 2 Comments

Graeme Willingham as he was stopped in his tracks by a ‘Tigers’ sign on a wall in a Fez laneway in Morocco. This stimulated much footy discussion within the travelling group at the time.

Book Launch: Kelvin Templeton’s ‘Collision’ (Oct 22)

October 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Join Kelvin Templeton for the launch of his novel ‘Collision’ on October 22. [Congratulations Kelvin – JTH]

Grand Final – Geelong v Brisbane: Nostradamus George finally gets a run

October 13, 2025 by 1 Comment

Finally, we publish George Grossek’s Grand Final prediction, and his in-time review. The impact of ruckmen divides opinion. George values them. [Sorry for the delay George – JTH]

2025 NRL Grand Final – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love Grand Final footy!

October 9, 2025 by 9 Comments

Prop by the Sea takes us on his NRL B2B Grand Final Tour with his offsiders The Prospector, The Crabman and The MahJong Hand. With a cast like that, how could it be anything but entertaining?

Almanac Literary: A Rare treat in Dunkeld – ‘Book’ your trip now

October 8, 2025 by 3 Comments

Warwick Hadfield appeared at the 2025 Dunkeld Writers’ Festival and, while visiting the town in the Western District of Victoria, could not stay away from Roz Greenwood’s shop, Old & Rare Books. This piece serves numerous purposes, as you will see.

2025 NRL Grand Final – Purple Haze: Phased out!

October 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Purple Haze revisits the NRL Grand Final and works out where it was lost by the Storm and won by the Broncos.

Almanac (New) Books – An invitation to provide a review

October 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment

The release this week of a new book on World Cup cricket by regular Almanac contributor Liam Hauser offers an opportunity to readers of the Almanac to provide a review for our site. Read here for details.

2025 NRL Grand Final – Why the Melbourne Storm will win

October 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Guest writer Purple Haze tells us why the Melbourne Storm will prevail over the Brisbane Broncos in Sunday’s NRL Grand Final.

2025 NRL Grand Final Preview – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

October 2, 2025 by 6 Comments

Prop by the Sea has completed his crusade to the Middle East and Europe, spreading the gospel of rugby league to all and sundry willing to listen. He returns to The Footy Almanac just in time to preview Sunday’s Grand Final before he heads off with ‘the usual reprobates’ on their annual Grand Final Tour via Bimbi and Bondi.