It has been 197 days since I’ve experienced the warm inner glow and sweet sweet taste of a Pies’ victory and it feels as good as I remember it. As Foreigner sang all those years ago “It feels like the first time, it feels like the very first time.” Speaking of first times, a Round 1 [Read more]
Floreat Pica Society: Pendles hangs on to win prestigious Horsburgh Medal
October 8, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Fahey gala festive occasion; festive gathering for sports galah (slang) fool, simpleton, show-off The fifth annual gathering of the Floreat Pica Society was again a gala/galah evening, with twenty-something Floreat Picans gathered to celebrate another year’s pleasure and pain watching the Pies and to count the votes after Round 17 for the prestigious [Read more]
AFL Semi-Finals: Never-say-die Pies prise prize from under Crows’ eyes
September 13, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Steve Fahey Floreat Pican John Ramsdale wrote last week of his sense of déjà vu in watching our ordinary performance in our opening finals appearance. This week the Pies’ stunning last-gasp win over the Crows gave me a double sense of déjà vu. Why a double sense ? Firstly because this game was nearly [Read more]
AFL Round 17 (FPS): “I hate Carlton!”
July 26, 2009 by 2 Comments
by Michael Atta REPUGNANT :- Carlton Supporters There is no better feeling than waking up on a Saturday morning knowing that your beloved Collingwood has thumped the old foe in Carlton and you have the remainder of the weekend to savior the Victory. It also means that we can watch all the TV [Read more]
Round 14: Floreat Pica Society – Bombers come unstuck
July 6, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Timothy O’Leary Before leaving for the train station I was noticeably toey, and it’s times like this that my superstitions come out. Not that I believe them, and I know they’re irrational, but that doesn’t stop them. The night before we’d scored a chest of drawers put on the nature strip in [Read more]
Round 13: St Kilda v Richmond: At least Milne didn’t kick a goal
June 29, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Michael Allan It’s that time of year again. That day when I question whether I should turn up to watch. The day when bad memories come back to haunt me. Today Richmond play St Kilda. Many Richmond supporters would say they hate Carlton, Essendon or Collingwood the most. Not me, if there’s one team [Read more]
AFL Round 11 (FPS): Did Dick? Dick did. Talented Dick.
June 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Tony Scully Good morning Floreat Picans, lovely to wake up to a cold rainy winter’s morning. It was with trepidation that I, (1) accepted this responsibility knowing the quality of previous offerings. And (2) went to yesterday’s game knowing I had only been to ‘loss’ games so far this season. (Am I the [Read more]
AFL Round 10 (FPS): Pies turn it on at the Greensborough RSL
June 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Ramsdale Collingwood 17.12.114 d Port Adelaide 11.10.76 Encouraged by last week’s showing against the Eagles, the inclusion of Thomas and Didak, and the unpredictable form of our opponents, I crossed the MCG car park with some confidence for one of the few times this year. My companion, the Piesemist, was, as usual, less sanguine. [Read more]
AFL Round 9: (FPS) Pies work together for Tarks in the west
May 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Andrea Mcnamara Collingwood 12.16.88 West Coast 9.12.66 I like to get my game preparation right, and looking back, I know I wasn’t ready for either that Monday Massacre or the Sunday Blues game. With both, life got in the way of footy – I hadn’t fully absorbed how much the team had changed since [Read more]
AFL Round 8: (FPS) I’d rather not be in Philadelphia
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Fahey I was bruised and battered and I couldn’t tell What I felt I was unrecognizable to myself I saw my reflection in a window I didn’t know My own face Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen I’m not sure whether this applies more to the team or to we supporters. [Read more]
AFL Round 7: (FPS) Buffalo Gals go round the outside
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Ramon Dobb Ouch! I’m not sure who had the tougher debut, Steele Sidebottom or myself. But I’ll do my best in the spirit of our new Ironman who can hold his head high after a good debut in very difficult circumstances. con?fu?sion – noun 1. the act of confusing. 2. the state of being [Read more]
Purposeful Pies Pummel Puerile Poultry Portrayers
May 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Steve Fahey josh (slang) n. good natured joke v.t. indulge in ridicule The Pies continued their loss-win sequence (which now stands at L-W-L-W-L-W) with a comfortable win against very ordinary opposition. Other than a ten minute burst from the Kangas in the second-half of the opening stanza, we controlled this match [Read more]
Floreat Pica Society Round 5 Debacle
April 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Mark O’Connell (with Timothy O’Leary’s Danny Roach Medal votes following) Preamble I like, so many thousands of others, left the MCG wondering how we lost and why we put ourselves through such misery time and time again. However, I have a painful duty to perform so I will to review the game as dispassionately [Read more]
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