Rod Oaten has come clean and revealed the identities of all the teams in his Old Woollen Footy Jumpers collage (sort of like the Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band cover? – Ed.)
Woollen Jumpers: Simpler Times
July 22, 2014 by 3 Comments
Rod Oaten found a 60 year old picture of his younger self and brother pretending to be John Coleman in their Dromana backyard. Everything was hand stitched (including the footy). And if you tell the kids of today………………..
An lifelong Essendon supporter’s response to the club’s latest actions
June 21, 2014 by 11 Comments
Rod Oaten explains why he will not be an Essendon member next year.
AFL Round 11 – Essendon v Richmond: Dreamtime at the G
June 2, 2014 by 2 Comments
The Bombers cruise to one of their easier Dreamtime victories as the Tigers stare down the barrel of being … gulp … worse than Melbourne circa 2013? Rod Oaten reports.
Yallourn Footy Jumper: one small history
May 26, 2014 by 6 Comments
Rod Oaten tells the story of his Yallourn Football Club jumper. A teacher at Yallourn North Primary School he played at the club from 1961-64. If you have a woollen jumper we’d love to hear the story of it, and see a photo of it.
Red Letter Day
May 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
“That’s not going to happen again, is it?” Well, Rod Oaten’s football miracle did … twenty years later.
AFL Round 6 – Collingwood v Essendon: Son goes home happy (this time)
April 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten happily remembered not to gloat at quarter time before watching scenes from a wildlife special unfold at the G. And while there’s always a winner and a loser at father/son bonding days, they will be back for more.
Sunday night football: no way!
April 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten loves the Bombers, but he ain’t going nowhere on Sunday nights.
A (temporarily) disgruntled Don returns to the Sash
February 10, 2014 by 11 Comments
Rod Oaten hears the ancestral call and returns to his beloved Dons. (One for the modern marketers to read – and the true believers as well. Ed.)
Australian Open: Taking no prisoners
January 14, 2014 by 5 Comments
Rod Oaten braved the heat so that you didn’t have to. Here’s his report from day 1 of the Australian Open. Some old-fashioned women’s tennis, and an injury for Hass – or was it?
Coleman
November 9, 2013 by 6 Comments
I haven’t been to the “G” yet to catch up with the new John Coleman statue, but when I do it will bring back many memories of this great footballer and memories of a time late in the 1951 season when he was rubbed out, costing Essendon a certain flag. I am one of those [Read more]
Season Review – Essendon: Taking our medicine
September 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
Rod Oaten says, as a Dons man, he has to take his medicine. (That’s funny from you Rod – Ed. And PS: Kerry says hello)
AFL Round 22 – Carlton v Essendon: A tough month
August 26, 2013 by 3 Comments
What ever happens over the next few weeks, who cares, we beat the old enemy, writes Rod Oaten.
AFL Round 17 – GWS Giants v Essendon: Dons do enough in enemy territory
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten enjoys the traditional time slot despite the unfamiliar territory in western Sydney.
AFL Round 16 – Western Bulldogs v Essendon: Bulldogs hang in (again) but Dons do enough
July 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Much like their history as a club, the Bulldogs hung in there but it wasn’t quite enough for success, writes Rod Oaten.
AFL Round 14 – West Coast v Essendon: Let the Eagles fly at Yarraville
July 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten long ago proposed that the Eagles should have been from Yarraville, not West Coast. And he’s no happier with West Coast now, following this week’s performance by supporters and coach.
AFL Round 10 – Sydney v Essendon: Sydney strong, Goodes good.
June 2, 2013 by 1 Comment
The upsetting week in footy prompts Rod Oaten to remember one of the VFL’s earliest Aboriginal players as he watches the Swans do battle with his Dons in rainy Tinsel Town.
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