A bus full of joy tooling down the O-Bahn – that was the scene on the way to Paradise (and beyond) for Dave Brown and son after the SANFL Grand Final.
Dear Sando: a letter from the Crows’ board
September 19, 2014 by 21 Comments
Dave Brown unearths a letter, written three years ago, from the Board of the Adelaide Football Club to newly-appointed coach Brenton Sanderson.
We need to talk about Heritier
September 11, 2014 by 14 Comments
Dave Brown deconstructs the Heritier Lumumba story, and asks if he is worth the trade or worth the effort for your club. Opinions welcomed.
SANFL semi finals: Grand Final? Who cares?
September 9, 2014 by 7 Comments
Dave Brown is full of pride for his Norwood Redlegs who have won through to a SANFL Grand Final defeating a star-studded Port Adelaide Magpies. A champion team triumphed over a team with more champions.
AFL Round 22, SANFL Round 18: The Crows – starting the autopsy while the heart still beats
August 26, 2014 by 2 Comments
Dave Brown saw the Crows twice on the weekend. He was disappointed but not surprised at the AFL team’s loss to the Kangaroos. He was overjoyed when the SANFL Crows showed similar heart and skill to grant his Norwood Redlegs 2nd place for the finals.
SANFL Round 16 – Nostalgia be damned
August 14, 2014 by 11 Comments
Dave Brown takes us through Round 16 of the SANFL, via a non-nostalgic look at SA footy in 1990.
MRP – bureaucracy at its finest?
August 6, 2014 by 4 Comments
Career bureaucrat (that’s a compliment in case you were unsure) Dave Brown suggests that with a little bit of tweaking, the MRP system has still got some legs. What do you think?
AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v Adelaide: A game in 33 questions
July 29, 2014 by 9 Comments
Dave Brown finds more questions than answers in his Crows win over the Magpies. Does the weight of their sleeve tatts cause the Collingwood players to run around in circles?
SANFL Round 14 – Norwood v South Adelaide: Taming the Monkey Brain
July 22, 2014 by 5 Comments
With a the aid of wellbeing seminar, Dave Brown survives his Redlegs holding onto a 44-point quarter-time lead.
Tour de France Stage 9 – Germany wins while Tony’s Gallopin into yellow
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Dave Brown reviews Stage 9 of the Tour de France in the Vosges Mountains, and muses on the French Maginot Line and BT. He finds that neither has any defence.
Tour de France Stage 5 – Froome falls while Lars booms
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It was a rare Tour De France stage incorporating cobble-stoned sections. Dave Brown reports on an action-packed jaunt across the “paves”.
AFL paper games – Premiers v Team of Champions
July 3, 2014 by 18 Comments
Six games and then a premiership.Three hundred and eighty three games and no premiership. Dave Brown conjures two post-1990 teams, one of young premiership players, one of champions who never tasted the sweetest September victory.
SANFL Round 12 – Norwood v Central District: Colder than the Arctic Circle
June 29, 2014 by 5 Comments
Dave Brown braves a freezing winter evening at Norwood Oval, but his Redlegs and the ever-reliable Barossa shiraz warm his heart and his bones.
SANFL Round 11 – Norwood v Glenelg and around the grounds
June 23, 2014 by 3 Comments
Dave Brown takes a whole lot out of SANFL Round 11, as his six-year-old son experiences “a series of footballing epiphanies.”
AFL Round 12 – Fremantle v Adelaide: Beautiful as Grace Kelly
June 10, 2014 by 8 Comments
Dave Brown got a BT free telecast, but oh boy, wowee, the Adelaide Crows footy factory was shutdown by the Fremantle shop steward Ross Lyon once more.
VFL v SANFL: the Topknot Pigeons and the Richie Cunninghams
June 3, 2014 by 5 Comments
State footy was alive and well at North Port Oval last Saturday when the hirsute VFL took on the clean-cut SANFL.
AFL Round 10 – Port Adelaide v Hawthorn: Chaddy Wingard and the Deathly Handballs
May 28, 2014 by 6 Comments
With his 6 year old son watching Harry Potter on the big TV, Dave Brown retreats to the bedroom to watch the Power continue their great form at a packed Adelaide Oval. While Harry could well be a Power fan, Chad Wingard is a wizard in his own right.
SANFL Round 8 – Norwood v Woodville West Torrens: the drone war and around the grounds
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In the absence of his young man at Friday night SANFL footy, Dave Brown finds others with whom to share some well-earned advice.
SANFL – Norwood vs Crows – the Aaron Keating Cup
May 18, 2014 by 6 Comments
Dave Brown has divided loyalties (for 5 minutes) when his Norwood Redlegs line up against the Crows seconds in the SANFL. In a happy ending – good triumphs over greed.
AFL Round 7 – Adelaide v Melbourne: the view from the back
May 6, 2014 by 4 Comments
Dave Brown celebrated unfashionable defenders, and how one of his Norwood favourites came back in Demons colours to torment his Crows.
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