After sleeping-in until 10:30, I felt very refreshed as I woke up to start a brand new day. Collingwood v Richmond on a Saturday afternoon at the MCG, can you get any more traditional than that? Josh Barnstable21 year old North Melbourne supporter from country Victoria. Currently living in Melbourne studying a Bachelor of Sports [Read more]
Orange flags the way to a draw
July 24, 2010 by 6 Comments
This was my ninth day off school for the term, sure I was feeling better but I just wasn’t up to going to school. I was quite behind in my work though, as you would think, and I answered a call from my Maths teacher at midday and she worked me through a process on [Read more]
Roos 8-8, Barnstable 5-0
July 19, 2010 by 8 Comments
It was grey, it was cold, it was 8:30 in the morning, and I was standing around behind the Waaia goalposts waiting for the bus to arrive. We were going to the footy. Finally, it did arrive, and we all piled on. I was nervous, not because I didn’t fancy North’s chances, but the plans [Read more]
Crows Charge Continues
July 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
While watching the Thursday night Footy Show, I told myself that I would decide on whether to go to school or not in the morning, depending on how I felt when I woke up. So when I wake up at 7:00 in the morning in a toasty bed with frost covering your windows, your first [Read more]
Perhaps footy isn’t the answer to everything?
July 15, 2010 by 15 Comments
Music’s coming out of the speakers; the dog is stretching out behind me making funny noises, I’m sipping from my bottle of lemon ice tea and I am bored. And sick. I’ve been sick for a couple of weeks now, the day of the Thursday night Carlton v Brisbane Lions game was the first day [Read more]
Dees prosper in the winter sun
July 15, 2010 by 3 Comments
I woke up to the sad realisation that I’m sure many other teenagers would share with me. It’s the last day of school holidays. But it doesn’t feel like it. It feels like an early spring day, feels like the weekend seven days on from the Grand Final. But thankfully there is some footy action [Read more]
Great Scott! It’s the end for Choco!
July 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
Port Adelaide v Collingwood by Josh Barnstable “Allan Scott, you were wrong!” Those were the words that were scratched into Port Adelaide history by Mark Williams, now former coach of the Port Power after his 2004 victory over the Brisbane Lions in the Grand Final. Allan Scott, head of the main sponsor of Port Adelaide, [Read more]
Half-time wake up call for Saints – and viewers
July 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Brisbane v St Kilda by Josh Barnstable Ever since Nick Riewoldt’s hamstring went twang, we awaited the game where the champ would make his return. Tonight at the Gabba was the night, but I can’t say I was enthusiastic about seeing the blonde boofhead making his return. His seven-goal decimation of North Melbourne in Round [Read more]
Cat’s celebrate the return of the Saturday Arvo Blockbuster
July 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Still sick, I had to miss Waaia’s match with Katamatite. I had planned to go up and watch it, but Dad declared it too cold for me to go. As I waited around the house for the afternoon, I waited for ‘it’. Finally, it’s back. A Saturday afternoon blockbuster at the MCG, how we’ve missed [Read more]
Scott was wrong, but Choco’s still gone
July 11, 2010 by 1 Comment
“Allan Scott, you were wrong!” Those were the words that were scratched into Port Adelaide history by Mark Williams, now former coach of the Port Power after his 2004 victory over the Brisbane Lions in the Grand Final. Allan Scott, head of the main sponsor of Port Adelaide, believed ‘Choco’ would never win a flag. [Read more]
Victoria v The All-Stars: Newman for mid-season draft?
July 7, 2010 by 8 Comments
by Josh Barnstable Sitting in the black chairs in the Numurkah doctors, I looked down at the ground, not trying to attract the attention of anyone. Wearing my ugg boots and trackies and with unbrushed hair, I was quite a sight. It was only old people in the waiting room though. If they are going [Read more]
Tigers rise to the occasion
July 4, 2010 by 15 Comments
I couldn’t sleep at all. I sat in bed at 1:00AM, and slowly, it crept to 4:00AM, where I finally closed my eyes for a couple of hours of shuteye. I had so many things on my minds, for some reason I was thinking about all these mathematical situations, the game between North Melbourne and [Read more]
Hawks Home in a Classic
July 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
After a tiring day in Bendigo, I was ready to get home and relax on the couch. After catching the flu, I felt a little bit better but still had my worries. I didn’t know if I would be right to play footy the next morning against Waaia’s biggest rival, Katunga. That had been at [Read more]
Frogs, Fevers and Footy
July 3, 2010 by 2 Comments
Trying to force the frog from my throat for the 500th time, I stretched out on the couch, annoyed that I’d caught the flu again, the third time in exactly a year. Funnily enough, I got the flu a few days after the Sydney v Collingwood game last year, whereas it has happened again. An [Read more]
For Fremantle, it never rains, but it pours.
June 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Josh Barnstable There’s never a dull moment when these two sides play. 2005, we saw the ‘Whispers In The Sky’ incident, where an umpire was allegedly heard saying “Now I know what it feels like to have a win” on the way back to Melbourne from Perth after Fremantle’s five point win after Justin [Read more]
Bloody noses for Swans and me
June 27, 2010 by 3 Comments
On the 20th of June 2009, I was in the middle of the Shepparton East ground late in the day, running water in a high-scoring match between Waaia and Shepp East in the seniors. The heavens had opened, and the rain was pelting down. I loved it though. Waaia sadly lost by seven goals in [Read more]
North on the right bus again
June 21, 2010 by 5 Comments
Going to the footy is special to me. I’m not like some of those city kids that go every weekend (you know who you are) but this year I’ve been fairly fortunate to go to four matches, and it’s only Round 13! This game would be my fifth match, with more to come hopefully. An [Read more]
Rising Stars
June 20, 2010 by 25 Comments
After reading Danni Eid’s article on young football prodigy Matthew Watson, I thought about all the great youngsters of our great game. So far, 12 rounds have passed in the AFL, and 12 babies of the football world have been awarded a NAB Rising Star nomination. And it all started on the first night of [Read more]
Buddy Proves he’s the Friday Night Specialist
June 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Seven weeks ago, the Bombers and the Hawks met at the MCG on a Saturday night, the first clash after Round 22 last year. We all know what happened then. That night, just seven rounds ago, the Bombers won quite comfortably. Now, just 48 days later, they revisited on a Friday night at the home [Read more]
Mid-Year Assessment
June 18, 2010 by 12 Comments
It’s come to that time of the year where finals aspirations are being recalculated, and some teams are just playing out the year and going by the youth policy. Some players have proved their critics wrong in 2010, while some have failed to live up to the hype. Most Improved Players: Dale Thomas Thomas has [Read more]
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