Dips O’Donnell lays down a challenge to all Almanacas to get a table at the Footy Almanac Grand Final lunch full of Smokey or Smokie Dawson’s.
Old buggers’ footy: To the Punt Road end
August 18, 2015 by 25 Comments
It’s never too late. Dips O’Donnell plays a proper game of footy on the MCG (before the North v Melbourne match). Here’s how it came about and how it unfolded. [Classic – JTH]
Round 18 – Geelong v Brisbane: Forgotten Pleasures
August 5, 2015 by 11 Comments
School hockey, Marty Ward’s Mum’s oranges, icepacks. They all held more interest for Dips O’Donnell than a regulation win by the Cats last weekend.
The Ashes 2015 – Third Test, Day 2: Aussie shirts need more Starc
July 31, 2015 by 9 Comments
Dips O’Donnell reviews Day 2 of the Third Ashes Test at Edgebaston, another distasterous day for the Aussies.
Round 12 – Geelong v Melbourne: Purgatory. It’s a Little Detour.
June 26, 2015 by 12 Comments
Cats supporter Dips O’Donnell has come to the conclusion that the Geelong Football Club are in purgatory, after their loss to the Dees.
The Story of a Cat
June 7, 2015 by 17 Comments
Footy is about many things. For many it is about family. As Dips O’Donnell goes to watch his Cats this weekend he reminisces how he became a Cats supporter and the intriguing story behind it.
Round 6 – Collingwood v Geelong: Observations from Friday Night
May 12, 2015 by 19 Comments
Dips O’Donnell was flat out observing his Cats last Friday night. There was a lot to see.
Round 4 – Geelong v North Melbourne: Mr Potato Head
April 28, 2015 by 16 Comments
Dips O’Donnell releases some of the frustration of watching the Cats in recent times.
Hawthorn is Latin for “Lucky”.
April 10, 2015 by 28 Comments
Not the greatest start to the footy season for Dips O’Donnell; his beloved Cats are humbled by an arch-rival and he backs the Stawell Gift winner at a severely shortened quote. As the Cats now focus on Sunday’s game against Freo, things can only get better.
Almanac Music: Songs to Brush By
March 24, 2015 by 8 Comments
Nothing like classic rock-and-roll anthems to turn even the most mundane chore into a festive jam session. Dips O’Donnell shares some of his favorites.
They Don’t Make Them Like This Bloke Anymore.
March 3, 2015 by 18 Comments
Terms like legend and great man get thrown around too easily these days, but Dips O’Donnell had the chance to knock off a few Crownies with a genuine legend and a bona-fide great man: Lunching with the Almanac’s favourite Gadabout.
Kyrgios and The Cod
January 30, 2015 by 10 Comments
Dips O’Donnell meditates on the crumbling facades of old houses and ageing tennis champions.
Cricket: Killed by the ICC, with the dagger, in the cellar
November 18, 2014 by 10 Comments
Dips O’Donnell is picking up clues; sifting the evidence. Cricket is dead.
A Fly in the Pool
October 26, 2014 by 21 Comments
A moving piece from Dips O’Donnell about triumph and struggle and his daughter Kate.
First ever Almanac article: Eastlink v RingRoad
October 14, 2014 by 9 Comments
We think this is the first ever piece to be published on footyalmanac.com.au
And it was from Dips, who is still an advocate of entertaining direct football, and getting crankier and crankier about rubbish, trades, and sloppy surf.
The Hinkley Factor
September 21, 2014 by 4 Comments
Dips O’Donnell pays tribute to the attacking, joyful footy that Ken Hinkley has embraced at Port Adelaide.
AFL Semi Final – Geelong v North Melbourne: The Man On The Moon
September 15, 2014 by 18 Comments
Dips O’Donnell had an encounter with greatness on the weekend. Unfortunately it was provided by meeting an astronaut and not his Cats.
AFL Round 22 – Hawthorn v Geelong: Game of Groans.
August 25, 2014 by 13 Comments
The Hawks beat the Cats in a vicious second half knockout…. and with finals so close, will the Cats be able to pick themselves off the canvas?
AFL Round 20 – Geelong v Fremantle: Yeah Nahh Good Win
August 11, 2014 by 12 Comments
Dips scores the trifecta of: a narrowing Geelong big-game lead, attendance at a party and a failing phone battery. A scientific study of “what can happen to a man’s perspective?”
Uncertainty is the Spice of Life.
August 1, 2014 by 8 Comments
Dips O’Donnell is back from a Eurpoean jaunt. He has missed a lot of footy. And whilst he appreciates the taste of Melbourne water on his return, he admits to being partial to a bottle of Serafina Chianti Classico…
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