It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m told that I am too sick by my Mum, so I have to watch the game from home. I decide to watch it on TV at 3pm, and before that I was watching the VFL, while making the score sheet. In the third quarter of Port Melbourne V Sandringham I [Read more]
AFL Round 21: Another thriller, and the Bulldogs win
August 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
It was my brother’s birthday. Dinner was followed by cake and then the presents came out. The time wasn’t on my side. Luckily, I made it on to the couch just in time to see the game between the Bulldogs and Geelong.
AFL Round 20: As a Dees fan, I can’t wait for next season
August 18, 2009 by 9 Comments
I am off to my fourth consecutive 1.10pm Sunday game in a row. The conditions are wet and windy as I make my way to the ground. This is a bad sign for the Dees. According to many one-minded Demon supporters, this is the only game we are allowed to win before season’s end. I [Read more]
Round 20: I especially love Saturday nights when I can watch the footy. Cats did well to get up, too
August 17, 2009 by 4 Comments
Saturday nights are usually chaos at my house. Arguing about what should be on TV, so on and so forth. Derogatory comments about footy. It’s what happens when you have 10 people in one house. But tonight was one of the luckier nights. I got to watch the footy without much fuss.
AFL Round 20: McLeod BOG as Crows see off Hawks
August 16, 2009 by 28 Comments
Fridays are great, especially if you have the day off school. I spent the most of my day off with my friends at Chadstone shopping centre. I came home, awaiting the game of footy. I turned on the TV at 8.30pm, after deciding not to listen to the game on the radio. There were no [Read more]
AFL Round 19: At least McNamara was good on debut and Valenti played his best game
August 11, 2009 by 6 Comments
By Steve Healy I think 1.10pm games are all right. They’re not ideal, but they give me more time to come home and do my homework. But I remember the good old days when they were all interstate/Geelong. I was off to the footy to see the Jurrah-less, Grime-less, Green-less, Jamar-less and still Wonaeamirri-less Dees [Read more]
Round 19: Pies move into third spot with a bullet
August 10, 2009 by 43 Comments
It was an important game. Adelaide were playing for a top-four chance, Collingwood for a top-three chance after the Bulldogs’ loss against West Coast earlier that day. I sat on the couch to see another live game of footy.
AFL Round 18: I win kick-to-kick in Melbourne and Saints win in Tassie
August 9, 2009 by 39 Comments
I woke up on in the morning at 11, and was ready for yet another footy-filled day. It looked like a great day for footy here in Melbourne, but what about Tasmania? Would the Hawks beat the undermanned St Kilda to earn a chance in the finals? I went to the park with my younger [Read more]
AFL Round 18: Half the supporters around me want to lose. I don’t.
August 3, 2009 by 15 Comments
By Steve Healy I really wanted the Dees to win. Put tanking aside, put Tom Scully aside and watch a great team performance. It sounded so simple. I walked to the train station alone. I don’t usually go to the footy alone, but on this occasion I had to. The train to the ‘G was [Read more]
AFL Round 18: Pies win despite leaving kicking boots at home
August 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Healy Another Saturday had come and I was off to the MCG for Collingwood v Brisbane. Going to the MCG at night is always an incredible experience. I was at the footy with my friend Tim, his Dad and brother and his brother’s friend. With the general admission ticket, I manage to snaffle [Read more]
AFL Round 18: Blues do enough to win but still have work to do
August 1, 2009 by 6 Comments
North Melbourne V Carlton By Steve Healy It was Friday. I had been home from school sick today, and was eagerly waiting for the arrival of this game come 7:40, or in this case 8:40. There was something special about the game. Adam Simpson’s farewell, playing his 306th and last game in the blue-and-white stripes. [Read more]
AFL Round 17: I enjoy my Canberra trip even if the Dees fall short
July 28, 2009 by 34 Comments
By Steve Healy Canberra is such a different place to Melbourne. Nowhere near as many cars, or buildings, and when you cross the road you are given about five seconds to sprint across. I arrived in Canberra with my brother on Saturday afternoon. I hopped off the small plane and the sky was blue and [Read more]
AFL Round 16: I love watching Roos and Tigers game, but I wish it were live
July 20, 2009 by 20 Comments
By Steve Healy I was bored. No one was home. I planned to watch the Richmond v North Melbourne delayed telecast on Channel Seven at three o’clock. Port Adelaide v West Coast was on the radio, and when they mentioned the score I blocked my ears. Why can’t they always show live games? I wish [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Cats too good but Walpiri Wizard delights Dees fans
July 20, 2009 by 9 Comments
By Steve Healy It was just another day at the footy, but I had to travel much further to see the Demons play today. I woke up very early, which was quite unusual for me. I hopped on the V-Line train at Southern Cross Station, ready for a big game between Geelong and Melbourne. Geelong [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Could Liam Jurrah be as exciting as Jeff Farmer?
July 17, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Steve Healy Liam Jurrah, the 20-year old high flyer from the outback, has been awarded this week’s Rising Star nomination after kicking eight goals in his four games and taking some spectacular marks. Last week, against Port Adelaide, Jurrah kicked three goals in the first quarter and four for the match, giving the Demon [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Ahh, the dreaded family lunch when all you want to do is watch your Dees play Port Adelaide.
July 12, 2009 by 9 Comments
By Steve Healy It would be different today. I wouldn’t be going to the game, to see the Dees play. I had been crook yesterday, but I still managed to be shipped over to Grandma’s house in South Morang for the afternoon, so reporting on this game would be a difficult task. It would be [Read more]
Round 14: Jimmy and us
July 6, 2009 by 474 Comments
by Steve Healy It had been a big week for the Melbourne football club to say the least, with the shock announcement from Jim Stynes that he was suffering from cancer, and would temporarily stand down as president. This came as shocking news for me, and all other Melbourne supporters, along with Jim’s family and friends. [Read more]
AFL Round 13: Brisbane v Melbourne: We just need Watts to do a Naitanui
June 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Healy Another Saturday had come, and it was back off to the Bentleigh Club in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs. The school holidays had finally arrived and I could now spend a whole weekend not worrying about completing homework and concentrating only on footy. I didn’t rate the Demons much of a chance in the [Read more]
AFL Round 12: Essendon v Melbourne: It was worth it to see Jurrah make debut
June 25, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Steve Healy There aren’t many good things about the second week of the split round. No Saturday afternoon footy is the main worry. But it wasn’t worrying me when I came home from school on Friday. I was confident that Melbourne could give the Bombers a shake and Jurrah would star on debut. If [Read more]
AFL Round 11: Pies smash the hapless Dees
June 15, 2009 by 299 Comments
by Steve Healy Queen’s Birthday games between these two teams are always great to watch, where one of the game’s great rivalries between Melbourne and Collingwood battle it out on a Monday afternoon in the middle of the season. The Demons had won the last four out of five after just losing last year‘s game. [Read more]
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