A brother-in-law’s glimpse of a women’s rugby team in Paris leads David Wilson to an expanded understanding of the 2014 Womens’ Rugby World Cup. Bergman and Bogart kick off proceedings.
AFL Round 20 – West Coast v Collingwood: Hummingbirds at the Lomond (Paris influence)
August 11, 2014 by 15 Comments
Viva avant garde football.
Viva le slide guitar.
[Viva E. Regnans – Ed]
Remembering the role of top level sport
August 2, 2014 by 7 Comments
E.Regnans has come to the end of his European tour, and the experience makes him philosophical about the role of sport. Inspiration or just respite from greed and hatred?
AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v Adelaide: Bodies, spirits (London Town)
July 27, 2014 by 6 Comments
David Wilson (and family) views Australia and footy from their cultural journey across Europe. Somehow losing to the Crows seems less important from a distance.
Second Test, Day 5 – England v India: Burgestede burston
July 22, 2014 by 6 Comments
E Regnans catches the final day of the Lord’s Test from the south of England. He sees the Englishmen capitulate ingloriously.
Tickets on himself
July 2, 2014 by 17 Comments
David Wilson is mad as hell. He’s had enough. He’s Hird enough.
AFL Round 15 – Collingwood v Carlton: Sacred kingfisher positivity
June 30, 2014 by 11 Comments
David Wilson takes the Growling Grass Frog and the Sacred Kingfisher to the MCG for the game between his Magpies and the Blues. Grass Frogs and Kingfishers run more frequently than public transport on a Sunday night.
AFL Second Semi Final 1990 – Essendon v Collingwood: Leaps and Bounds
June 18, 2014 by 18 Comments
David Wilson is prompted by recent miseries (drugs scandals, unexpected losses) to remember the first careless rapture of a 15yo boy at his first final. “High on the hill, looking over the bridge, to the M.C.G……….my feet don’t even touch the ground”.
Charlie and the Footydream factory: a day in the life
June 16, 2014 by 1 Comment
David Wilson thinks that many aspects of the Essendon drugs saga are setting a bad example for our kids. And alleged use of illegal substances is only part of the story. What happens when individuals surrender their responsibility to ‘authority’ and group think?
VAFA Division One Round 8 – NOBs/St Pat’s v MHSOB: Parklife
June 2, 2014 by 9 Comments
“…all the burning leaves…” A perfect autumn day is spent watching North Olds/ St Pat’s against Melbourne High School Old Boys. Suburban footy doesn’t get much better.
AFL Round 11 – St Kilda v Collingwood: Gathering storm
May 31, 2014 by 8 Comments
Wild horses wouldn’t drag David Wilson to Docklands, unless they were accompanied by golden syrup dumplings and the rest of the circus troupe. Still he settled in with Bruce, Dennis and the two Buds to watch proceedings.
AFL Round 10 – Collingwood v West Coast: From disdain to perspicacity (or footy as the Antipodia atralba butterfly)
May 25, 2014 by 13 Comments
The Almanac’s resident lepidopterist, David Wilson, awakens the Black and White Skipper from its chrysalis in time to evade the marauding Eagle.
AFL Round 9 – Adelaide v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society): Tick. Tock. It’s an ambush!
May 16, 2014 by 9 Comments
The full moon, time passing, Tommy’s passing, neighbour Bob’s passing, Collingwood’s temporary (?) passing. If life is about acceptance, how can Collingwood’s loss matter?
Open sewage: the need for a people person’s plan
May 15, 2014 by 4 Comments
Can the 1854 fatal cholera outbreak in London Town inform the AFL in 2014? David Wilson searches for signs of enlightenment and epidemiology.
AFL Round 7 – Carlton v Collingwood: “…the days it’s made out of. Nothin else.”
May 3, 2014 by 15 Comments
A tale of stories, students, a barber of Turin. All sorts of yesterdays unfold and the Collingwood gypsies dance again.
AFL Round 6 – Collingwood v Essendon: Suspending judgement (muddling along)
April 28, 2014 by 12 Comments
E.regnans takes in a Collingwood group effort while getting a perspective workout. Life is hard. We’re all just muddling along.
AFL Round 5 – Collingwood v North Melbourne: Oily skins and intelligent hands
April 20, 2014 by 12 Comments
David Wilson celebrates the life and writing of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Dane Swan and other mysterious poets. Collingwood are magical, but for North its another lesson in realism.
AFL Round 4 – Richmond v Collingwood: Ghosts of Hoddle Street in the CityLink era
April 12, 2014 by 13 Comments
A chat with Syd Coventry proves rather revealing: the past matters, things change, and Collingwood and Richmond are like the once-grand navies of Spain and England. And what of football as a game these days? [E. Regnans: poignantly creative again – Ed]
AFL Round 12 – Melbourne v Collingwood: Hunting Woozles
There is something about the deification of Paul Roos by the commentariat that reminds David Wilson of Winnie the Pooh’s gloriously muddled thinking.