The SCG: not the place to be if you’re hungry and fancy a bite during the game, but a brilliant place to be to watch the Swans claim bragging rights over the new kids on the block from Sydney’s west.
Round 3 – Collingwood v St Kilda – Pies get it done against depleted Saints
April 20, 2015 by 1 Comment
Cheesman Taylor gets the honours this week for the Floreat Pica Society; in which the Pies hit their stride, key players find form and the younger brigade outclass their opponents.
Round 3 – North Melbourne v Port Adelaide: In the name of the father, the son, and the holy goallllllll!
April 20, 2015 by 1 Comment
Names like Ebert, Williams, Bradley, Wanganeen and Tredrea are held in high regard at Alberton. Cutty Sark praises a name as important to the fabric of Port as any of their on-field champions; Fr Tony Noble.
Round 3 – Brisbane v Richmond: Playtime in the Lion Park
April 20, 2015 by 1 Comment
John Green is a big fan of the Tigers’ work under lights at the ‘Gabba as they take on the Lions
Round 3 – West Coast v Fremantle: Boys against Men
April 20, 2015 by 18 Comments
Peter Baulderstone is contractually obligated to report on Eagles home games. He has asked Almanac management to treble his pay.
AFL Round 3 – Brisbane v Richmond: The same old story
April 19, 2015 by 1 Comment
Lions supporter Johnathan Sloan shares his anguish as his Lions go down by 79 points at home to the Tigers.
Round 3 – Sydney v GWS: A rivalry in the making
April 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Great to be home at the SCG! I would love to have said “spiritual home” but, even after 30 odd years here in Sydney, “spiritual home”, for me, is still the Lake Oval in South Melbourne. The home of Bobby Skilton, Freddie Goldsmith, Ronny Clegg, Billy Gunn, Eddie Lane, Brian McGowan, Mickey Siburn, Hughie McLaughlin, [Read more]
AFL Round 3 – Adelaide v Melbourne: Dees make Crows earn it
April 19, 2015 by 47 Comments
Malcolm ‘Rulebook’ Ashwood analyses a workmanlike performance from his Adelaide Crows that gets them home over an improving Melbourne Demons.
AFL Round 3 – St. Kilda v Collingwood: Perfect Pies whomp woeful Saints
April 18, 2015 by 1 Comment
Young Saints fan Andy Tuano had a dodgy meal that made him crook on the way to the footy. Things got worse after that for young Andy and his Saints.
Carlton Forwards Going Backwards
April 17, 2015 by 5 Comments
Paul Mitchell says that last week Carlton’s current forwards scored five goals, while former current forwards kicked nineteen. He discusses this misfortune, and other Blues blues.
Round 3: So, What Does Round Three Really Mean?
April 17, 2015 by 1 Comment
After Round 2, Wesley Hull looks at the trends for the season. Who will likely make it to finals, and what do they need to do in Round 3 to get there?
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood life: Friday night lights
April 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The beauty of footy; the chance of redemption is on offer six days later. The Pies face St Kilda under the bright lights of Friday night footy and Dr Hooke is ready for a Magpie resurgence.
The Year of the Lion
April 17, 2015 by 4 Comments
In his colourful Almanac debut, Brin Paulsen looks to the Heavens and casts an astronomer’s eye (astrologist’s eye?) over the fortunes of the Brisbane Football Club in 2015. [Very entertaining – JTH]
Round 3 – The Pre-Wrap
April 17, 2015 by 8 Comments
For the Philosophical Marngrook Follower… Here’s the Wrap’s crystal ball look at round 3.
The Look Of Losing
April 17, 2015 by 6 Comments
Jason Christou returns to the Almanac with a powerful meditation on the emotions that attach to winning and losing. The footy journey sometimes helps prepare us for life’s larger travails.
Round 3 – Preview: Winter is Coming for Carlton
April 17, 2015 by 2 Comments
Now is the winter of Sal Ciardulli’s discontent with his Blues and Friars disappointing last week. Sal previews Round 3 with his usual incisiveness.
Round 2 – Richmond v Western Bulldogs: Footscray to Mortlake
April 16, 2015 by 17 Comments
Neil Anderson as taken his seat on the Doggies train and ain’t getting off until the destination is reached. This article first appeared in Inside Football, out today.
Round 2 – St. Kilda v Gold Coast: Super Saints Sting Suns
April 16, 2015 by 1 Comment
Young Andy has a barney with a Collingwood provocateur and is then in for a very nice Saints surprise.
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