The day after

And with that, the AFL season has drawn to a close once more…for Paul Crowe that means the best parts of footy – just you, a ball and the possibility of making things happen – are again doomed to off-season dormancy and other sporting pursuits can’t come close to doing justice to the absence.

Almanac Footy (Life Sentences): Preliminaries be Damned!

Most of the time we manage to get on with life after a significant letdown. But sometimes it’s a life sentence!

Almanac Footy: Number 31

Paul Crowe remembers back to footy after school, dreaming he was a Demon star from the 60s, but there was only one star – number 31, the great Ron Barassi.