Yoshi lists his 10 biggest sporting upsets that have occurred between February 2014 to January 2015. There’s a healthy smattering of AFL surprises, but also some shocks from the World Game and on the tennis courts, too.
Round 21 – Haiku Bob – all the clocks
August 21, 2014 by 5 Comments
Clocks, petals, a door. Haiku Bob tries to make sense of another Collingwood loss.
AFL Round 21 – Melbourne v GWS: In which our young heroes come of age
August 21, 2014 by 5 Comments
Kath Presdee celebrates with her Giants as they have their first win at the MCG.
The 2014 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Twenty One
August 21, 2014 by 4 Comments
Earl O’Neill celebrates his Monaros big win over the hapless Demons, and muses on the future of Mark Thompson and the endlessly recycled trivia of the footy media (Almanac excepted).
AFL Round 21 – Fremantle v Hawthorn: The Dockers board the Rottnest Ferry
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Patrick Smith says Freo’s form has switched from being like the old Rottnest Ferry, chopping through the waves to a sleek hydrofoil, skimming across the water.
AFL Round 21 – Sydney Swans v St.Kilda: In a Buddy-dream daze
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Writing from her sick bed, Saints fan Yvette Wroby is still optimistic. There is always something to look forward to, she says, even if it is just the end of the season.
AFL Round 21 – Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide: The Best Laid Plans
August 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
A monsoon makes a mockery of Jamie Simmons plans to showcase footy to new friend Mel.
AFL Round 21 – Review: Choose a plot-line
August 19, 2014 by 3 Comments
JTH on the movie that is the 2014 season.
AFL Round 21 – Carlton v Geelong: Don’t bring me down Blues
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When Dennis Gedling hears ELO he thinks 1995 Grand Final. Thankfully things turn out for the better on this footy trip.
AFL Round 21 – North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: September dance
August 19, 2014 by 5 Comments
Look out; Andrew Starkie is polishing up his dance shoes at Coburg City Oval. No lurking around the edges of the dance floor this year.
AFL Round 21 – Collingwood v Brisbane: Roll on 2015
August 18, 2014 by 2 Comments
Cam Hooke chose watching the Bledisloe Cup over his Magpies on Saturday night (wise choice). He offers his usual calm, dispassionate analysis of where Collingwood are at.
AFL Round 21 – Collingwood v Brisbane: Bali in September is nice – where is my tropical shirt?
August 18, 2014 by 3 Comments
Paul Taylor drew the short straw for the Floreat Pica Society watching his Magpies succumb to injuries and Brisbane. He’d rather be sunning himself in Bali or at Victoria Park watching the ressies.
AFL Round 21 – Adelaide v Richmond: Nice sizzle, Adelaide…
August 18, 2014 by 6 Comments
The Adelaide Oval is a magnificent venue, says Stainless Steele, but it may mask some inadequacies in the local teams. Richmond managed to get the points – against the tide of the final quarter.
AFL Round 21 Post Wrap: The Birth of the Blues Round
August 18, 2014 by 5 Comments
Mr Wrap run the ruler over Round 21 and finds the Tigers win in Adelaide the highlight of the weekend (surprise, surprise). He’s still got his teeth into the Essendon drugs scandal/farce/yawnfest.
AFL Round 21 – Fremantle v Hawthorn: Freo Finds Form
August 18, 2014 by 6 Comments
The Dockers – a well-coached, well-disciplined and highly skilled outfit – are back in town. You have all been warned.
AFL Round 21 – Carlton v Geelong: Sick of smug cats, sick of valiant defeats, and other titles
August 18, 2014 by 6 Comments
Sick of gallant defeats, Barb Smith is looking to the Blues’ future…and she likes what she sees
AFL Round 21 – Sydney v St Kilda: Half Time Hero
August 18, 2014 by 3 Comments
As well as watching Buddy and the Swans take care of the Saints, Joe Moore was at the SCG to farewell a cult hero.
Collingwood’s 2014 bicycle
August 17, 2014 by 5 Comments
In the face of a flogging, E. Regnans resorts to high-end doggerel (with apologies to Banjo and Mulga Bill).
AFL Round 21 – Gold Coast v Port Adelaide: All hail the Ranga Prince of Alberton
August 17, 2014 by 5 Comments
Dan Hansen dishes out the praise for his club who chose to use a high draft pick to take a ruckman, and watches as that man Lobbe dominates in atrocious Carrara conditions.
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