“I’d be backin’ da Derm’t Weld horse, m’self”

JTH’s association with the great Vintage Crop began in a pub in Dingle in 1993.

Lunch: Sydney Almanac pub grub get-together this Sunday (all welcome)

Sydney Almanac lunch on Sunday.

AFL Round 17 – Review: The demise of Collingwood and other Antarctic joys

JTH on greasy poles, the state of the football nation, and how Eddie McGuire can fix all things with a cup of coffee.

Nallei Jerring – My Footy Story: John Harms

John Harms has always loved footy – from when he was a little kid. This is his footy story.

AFL Round 16 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: When footy really is the winner

JTH loved the Suns-Pies clash from Carrara. The Gold Coast’s interchange-free last quarter was highly illustrative. It returned the game to its traditional form.

AFL Round 15 Reports.

All the Round 15 reports

AFL Round 15 – Review

JTH on Round 15.

Celebrating Nick Krygios and wondering what type of leadership Brad Scott offers.

Feb 25: a significant day in the history of the VFLPA/AFLPA

John Harms has produced the story of the formation of the VFLPA forty years ago.

AFL Round 14 – Review: World Cup, Wimbledon, and Weariness

JTH looks at the changing orthodoxy in World Cup matches, unknown Wimbledon seeds and free-spirited footy.

Old woollen footy jumpers: Name the venue, the club, the year, the mascot, and all of the players.

Look at those jumpers. Can anyone shed some light on this? Would love to name all the players, and the mascot (who may have alerted us to the photo). Someone must know the story.

AFL Round 14 – Gold Coast v Geelong: Who (possibly plural) plays on G. Ablett this Saturday evening?

JTH wishes he were going to Broadbeach this weekend, although he will be having fun at the St Monica’s Tennis Club Trivia Night in Moonee Ponds instead.

Who wins this important fixture?

Wandering and P. Flynn fulfilling contractual obligations as international cricket correspondents for The Footy Almanac

First rule of publishing: put your best writers in the most important places. P Flynn and Wandering Norton at Lord’s.

AFL Round 13 – Review: We’ve got the close ones

Four tight finishes in a round of exciting footy. JTH enjoys the idea of the pillars of society dropping their guard in the evening cold in the MCC Members, and reckons Port have nothing to fear.

Congrats and thanks to Dennis Gedling for his remarkable 100-day World Cup series.

Join me in congratulating Dennis Gedling for a magnificent 100 days of World Cup story-telling. Simply fantastic. [And check out the stories – Ed]

AFL Round 12 – Review: The game takes many forms

JTH thanks Her Majesty for the celebrations.

Coleraine Football Club: Bill Bailey

Wool-grower Bill Bailey played for the Maroons in the late ’60s, and his woollen footy jumper still serves him well.

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: Brilliant

“For minutes Loz Daley and crew had been pacing the coaches’ box drawn into the contest with a deeply satisfying un-professionalism. This was raw emotion. And tension will change us all.” writes JTH on another classic Origin.

Almost forgotten (but not anymore): why the Suns will make the eight

John Harms sees a guaranteed place in the finals for the Gold Coast Suns. History and the draw matter, but not as much as the quality of the emerging team and its cast of talent.

AFL Round 9: Scores and Ladder

The scores from Round 9 of the AFL, and the ladder as it stands.

AFL Round 8: Confessions of a football addict

JTH tries to anticipate the way the AFL understand the world by contemplating their decision to develop Monday Night Football. (Our capital F)