Joe Sexton ruminates on the season-ending knee injury to Carlton’s much hyped draft pick Jagga Smith.
Almanac Cricket: Boxing Day Test – Belated Day 3 report: The untrained eye
January 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Joe Sexton offers a different perspective on attending a day of the Fourth Test. Is watching it on TV easier to tell what’s going on?
Almanac Footy: The Pioneers – A finals triptych
October 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Joe Sexton presents his thoughts of Carlton’s finals performances in his triptych about the efforts of the pioneering Blues as he explains.
Round 24 – Carlton v Giants: Race and religion
August 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Although the Blues were defeated by the Giants, there was an eerie feeling of satisfaction as the Blues are finals bound as Joe Sexton explains.
Round 22 – Carlton v Melbourne: Closing in
August 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Joe Sexton and his father got caught up in a great night of Australian sport. Their Blues just about wrapped up a finals spot while the Matildas marched on.
Round 21 – Saints v Blues: The Turncoat
August 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Joe Sexton spent a challenging time at Marvel Stadium as his Blues took on the Saints. The duplicity of the ground announcer didn’t help matters either!
Round 19 – Collingwood v Carlton: No. 1 in July
August 1, 2023 by 1 Comment
Joe Sexton reports on Carlton’s fantastic win over Collingwood in their Round 20 match. The Blues are ‘No 1 in July’ Joe suggests.
Round 16 – Hawthorn v Carlton: Misanthropy (Taylor’s Version)
July 5, 2023 by 5 Comments
The spectre of Taylor Swift hangs heavily over Joe Sexton as he commutes to the MCG (a cracking read – ed)
Almanac Country Footy: Torquay Tigers v Anglesea Roos – Harder than it looks
June 27, 2023 by 2 Comments
Joe Sexton and brother Ben venture out to a game of country footy between the Torquay Tigers and the Anglesea Roos. Joe records their impressions about many of the aspects influencing the match outcome which was easily won by the Tigers.
Round 12 – Melbourne v Carlton: A good feeling pre match but ….
June 3, 2023 by 1 Comment
Joe Sexton had a pre-match premonition the Blues would beat the Demons in their Round 12 match. As often is the case, the premonition was not fulfilled.
Round 8 – Carlton v Brisbane: Should I Stay or Should I Go (Early)?
May 9, 2023 by 2 Comments
To go or not to go? That is the tough question many footy supporters have to consider when your footy team does not look like winning the match. Joe weighs up the pros and cons of whether to stay or not.
Round 5 – Fremantle v Gold Coast: Staring at the Suns
April 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Joe Sexton was amongst the Gather Round throng at Norwood to witness the Suns capitulate to the Dockers.
Round 4 – North Melbourne v Carlton: Good Friday football according to Ben
April 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
POV: You are the fabric of a hard and uncompromising footy club. You faced adversity at a magnitude of which few dare imagine. You are Ben Cunnington. This is your ‘Good’ Friday game story, as conveyed by Joe Sexton.
Round 3 – St Kilda v Essendon: Flirting with sainthood
April 3, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Joe Sexton’s ‘second side’ – a popularly contested concept in itself – celebrated a huge milestone in style by defeating the Bombers in front of almost 70,000 fans.
Round 2 – Carlton v Geelong: Re: flux
March 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In a piece that puts paid to the traditional ‘journey’ of clubs that wish to climb the mountain, Joe Sexton saw his Blues best the Cats (premiers in 2022, in case you forgot) and in the aftermath shares with us a view from the bow of the Ship of Theseus.
Round 1 – Richmond v Carlton: A roundabout Round 1 review
March 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Joe recounts his night at the Richmond v Carlton opening clash with some interesting observations.
Almanac Soccer: Argentina v France – Maji Square, Taipei
December 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Joe shares his accounts of watching the World Cup final while on holiday in Taipei, in a room crammed like sardines amongst the thousands to watch perhaps the greatest world cup final that unfolded.
Almanac Footy: Umpire state of mind – A sit-down with Brendan Hosking
November 23, 2022 by 5 Comments
Brendan Hosking, the AFL field-umpire, is interviewed by Joe Sexton providing an enlightening insight into the life of an umpire.
Almanac (Australian and rugby league) Footy – “You call this ‘finals fever’?”: An NRL + AFL Travelogue
September 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Joe Sexton displayed his footy catholicism by taking in both NRL and AFL finals in Melbourne. As a Carlton supporter he was emotionally uninvested in either match, standing back to make a whimsical evaluation of what transpired around him.
’22 Season Review: A fan’s lament
September 1, 2022 by 4 Comments
Joe Sexton provides a season review of the Blues in the aftermath of that final round loss to the old enemy.
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