Jan Courtin’s round 17 match report
Round 17 – West Coast v Sydney: Ten years of great rivalry mean little, as the Swans suffer another smashing
July 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
People and memoir: Jan Courtin and her long-standing love affair with the Swans
July 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s love for the Swans sometimes extended to the players
Round 16 – Sydney v Hawthorn: Well, it was a bit like that game last year!
July 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s round 16 match report
Almanac Poetry – Red and White
July 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin shares a poem for the Swans she wrote in 1957
Round 15 – Brisbane v Sydney: Brisbane: then and now. And: four points are four points – but we’ll go nowhere with footy like that, Bloods!
July 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s round 15 match report
Round 14 – Sydney v Port Adelaide: Art, football, and a gutsy win, followed by a day of sadness
July 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s round 14 match report
Round 13 – Sydney v Richmond: Swans: Where did you go for 60 minutes on Friday night?
June 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s round 13 match report
Almanac Poetry – That Great Last Saturday In September 2005
June 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Ten years on, Jan Courtin looks back at the Swan’s grandest of days.
The Swans, Jan and SWANZ take a breather. State of Origin and what to do when your team isn’t playing?
June 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s Round 12 bye
Round 11 – North Melbourne v Sydney: The 3,590 kilometre footy trip was worth it. We won both games and the Newell Highway reignited North Melbourne memories
June 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s round 11 match report
Round 10 – Gold Coast v Sydney: In a week when Eddie McGuire cops a whack, Plugger and Mickey O are elevated and the Swans strut their stuff in the State that Shines, SWANZ is taking a long trip. And, after the match, racism rears its ugly head.
June 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s round 10 match report
Round 9 – Sydney v Carlton: Hail Adam Goodes in this Indigenous Round
May 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s round 9 match report
Round 8 – Hawthorn v Sydney: After 239 Days We’ve Shown That We Can Beat Those Predatory Hawks At The MCG.
May 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin’s round 8 match report
Footy History: On finding a holy (South Melbourne) relic
May 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin shares a wonderful South Melbourne memento of 1965
Round 7 – Sydney v Geelong: With last week’s ‘male-appendage-wagon’ trip done and dusted, it is now time for a simple tale of Cats and Swans
May 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin;’s round 7 match report
Round 6 Melbourne v Sydney Swans: Heading South In My SWANZ Wagon
May 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin;’s round 6 match report
Jan Courtin: passionate Swan
May 8, 2015 by 1 Comment
Jan Courtin shares her 62 year old love affair with the Swans
Round 5 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: Beware Swannies, those feisty Bulldogs are yapping
May 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
After last week’s unbelievable performance by the Doggies against the Crows, our guys will have to be at their very best – their very best for 120 minutes. None of this last-half drama. The last time we lost to the Dogs was back in 2010. We’d driven down to Melbourne for that nerve-racking semi [Read more]
Round 4 – Fremantle v Sydney: On The Couch With My Treasured Remote
April 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
I’m not in Perth for this big clash – wish I was though. With the recent trip to Adelaide and two forthcoming trips to Melbourne, we decided to give Perth a miss this time. So, here I am, sitting in front of our very large tele, with my well loved and trusted remote. I [Read more]
Round 3 – Sydney v GWS: A rivalry in the making
April 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Great to be home at the SCG! I would love to have said “spiritual home” but, even after 30 odd years here in Sydney, “spiritual home”, for me, is still the Lake Oval in South Melbourne. The home of Bobby Skilton, Freddie Goldsmith, Ronny Clegg, Billy Gunn, Eddie Lane, Brian McGowan, Mickey Siburn, Hughie McLaughlin, [Read more]
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