Tom Bally doesn’t quite pick the weather, but who cares, the Swans heat up the SCG and cement their place at the top of the ladder. [I reckon it was colder at Fitzroy on Saturday – Ed]
Round 10 – Sydney v North Melbourne: Winter descends on the SCG but the Swans heat up the O’Reilly shiverers
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Round 7 – Sydney v Essendon: Dynamic Duo
May 9, 2016 by 1 Comment
History and entertainment are littered with partnerships that just work, Tom Bally suggests the Swans have added the Buddy and Heeney Show.
Round 4 – Adelaide v Sydney: Gone in sixty seconds
April 19, 2016 by 1 Comment
Tom Bally takes his measure of responsibility for the Swans’ loss.
Round 23 – Sydney Swans v Gold Coast: Predictable in their unpredictability
September 7, 2015 by 4 Comments
Tom Bally loves that the Swans’ unpredictability is about the only things that their fans can safely predict.
Round 16 – Sydney v Hawthorn: ‘Sooner of later one of us must know.’
July 20, 2015 by 17 Comments
With a little help from Bob Dylan, Tom Bally vents his frustration at Sydney’s effort against the Hawks on Saturday night. With the Eagles looming, questions are being asked of the Swans.
Round 9 – Sydney v Carlton: Missed it
June 1, 2015 by 1 Comment
Tom Bally is not sure what the fuss is about – because he missed the Goodes dance altogether.
Round 1 – Sydney v Essendon: Hard work in the Sydney rain
April 7, 2015 by 1 Comment
Talk about doing things the hard way. Tom Bally rides the roller-coaster out at the showgrounds.
Footy Station
March 25, 2015 by 3 Comments
Almanackers – Footy’s on the Radio and 2SER is looking for volunteers to host a Sunday morning footy talk show with a distinct Sydney/NSW flavour.
Tom Bally has further details within.
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda
October 1, 2014 by 3 Comments
Tom Bally’s Sydney season was bookended by stunning, inexplicable losses. Replay watching is not on his mind anytime soon. He’ll be back, but he may not be the same.
AFL Qualifying Final-Sydney v Fremantle: Buffer Zone
September 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Tom Bally was worried how the rain would affect his Swans in their Qualifying Final against Fremantle. Turns out his biggest worry on the day was being seated next to a tinnitus inducing fellow Swan fan.
AFL Round 23 – Sydney v Richmond: The one we had to lose?
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Tom Bally watches his Swans dish up an appalling, yet somewhat expected result against a hungrier Tigers outfit.
AFL Round 11 – Sydney v Geelong: Welcome to the cat-aclysm
June 1, 2014 by 1 Comment
Tom Bally enjoys a wonderful Thursday night at the SCG. He’s got the traffic jam memories, souvenir jumper and Friday fogginess to prove it.
AFL Round 7 – Brisbane v Sydney: Burdened with the footy hump
May 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Tom Bally has the hump insofar as the Swans and footy are concerned. How can he get the spark back? [Good to see there are conversations about footy in Sydney bus queues – Ed]
AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Reid manual before shooting
March 16, 2014 by 3 Comments
Tom Bally endured the rain and the umpires’ treatment of Franklin only to see Fortune smile on The Enemy. Now he’s walking the beach expecting a plague of locusts: it is the end of days.
AFL Finals Week 3 – Fremantle v Sydney: Last stop on the Line
September 24, 2013 by 2 Comments
Fremantle put a pillow over the face of Sydney’s premiership defence and pressed down hard, writes Tom Bally. Today’s broadcast is all about Sydney’s season that was.
AFL Finals Week 2 – Sydney v Carlton: If the road is easy, you’re going the wrong way
September 17, 2013 by 4 Comments
Saturday night and as the temperature dips I’m swept up in a sea of people pouring into Olympic Park. The hopeful, the confident, the desperate and the drunk, all wanting a win. This is most definitely The Last Chance. In just over two hours some of us will be singing, the rest shambling out looking [Read more]
AFL Round 23 – Sydney v Hawthorn: The Party’s Just Getting Started
September 2, 2013 by 2 Comments
Best of three? With both teams good enough to play in a Grand Final, this could have been the first of a trilogy. The Hawks got the points, but it’s on again, and means a lot more, this Friday night.
AFL Round 22 – Geelong v Sydney: Nobody knows you when you’re down and out
August 26, 2013 by 3 Comments
The Swans need a bit of luck, writes Tom Bally.
AFL Round 21 – Sydney v St.Kilda: Are we there yet?
August 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Sunday’s game had a touch of the forgettable about it, but there are some points that stood out that on reflection are worth a mention now that the pressure cooker of September finals draws closer. Tom Bally explains.
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