While the AFL finals begin this weekend, a little club called Yeppoon up in central Queensland will try to win a record-breaking 89th straight game when they play for a sixth straight premiership.
Almanac (Country) Footy: Boyhood days watching Lemnos at Princess Park
October 3, 2020 by 2 Comments
In this extract from his book ‘Loose Men Everywhere’, John Harms remembers going to Princess Park in Shepparton in the early 1970s to watch Lemnos play.
Almanac (Radio and TV) History: “Don’t burn down the studio” – The Coodabeen Champions and Channel 7’s 1986 Football Marathon
October 3, 2020 by 16 Comments
Memories! In this nicely researched piece, Richard Prentice takes us back to the first (and only) Coodabeens takeover of the pre-VFL Grand Final ‘Football Marathon’ in 1986. [first published in 2020]
Almanac Poetry: Country Football
October 3, 2020 by 10 Comments
‘Country Football’ by Philip Hodgins. Such a brilliant poem we quoted it in ‘Footy Town’. [This post is reprised from 2013]
Finals Week 1 – Scores and Reports
October 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Finals Week 1 Scores and Reports
Almanac (Footy) Memoir: Hanging up the boots after 34 years
October 1, 2020 by 6 Comments
Roger Collins-Woolcock has hung up the boots after 34 wonderful seasons. This is his tribute to footy. [Well played Roger – JTH]
Season and player review: Richmond (Part 2)
September 30, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Jill and Sophie Fitzsimons continue their consideration of the 2020 Richmond home and (mostly) away season and player review from number 1 to 50, this time from David Astbury through Toby Nankervis.
Almanac (Footy and Netball) Books: Minyip-Murtoa FNC’s ‘Glory Days’
September 28, 2020 by 2 Comments
The mighty Minyip-Murtoa footballers and netballers won the double premiership in 2019. The club has put a souvenir publication together: a fantastic book of stories and photographs.
1981 Revisited – Epilogue: ‘Tainted Love’
September 28, 2020 by 2 Comments
After all is said and done (again) Stainless wraps up his odyssey through the annals of 1981 superb history.
Season and player review: Richmond (Part 1)
September 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Jill and Sophie Fitzsimons pause to consider the 2020 Richmond home and (mostly) away season through a thorough player review from number 1 to 50, starting today with Nick Vlastuin through Jason Castagna.
Almanc (WAFL/W) Footy: More finals for Freo Oval by Les Everett
September 26, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Les has the latest on the WAFL and the WAFLW.
Almanac (Cricket) Obituary: RIP Dean Jones – the player we wanted to be
September 25, 2020 by 8 Comments
Cricket lovers everywhere have been shocked by the untimely death of cricketing legend Dean Jones. Andrew Else remembers a much loved cricketer.
Almanac (Footy) Memoir: The day Bruce Doull waved at me
September 23, 2020 by 9 Comments
In honour of the great man’s recent 70th birthday, John Baker recalls an encounter with Bruce Doull back in 1985.
Round 18 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide: Port too good for Good ol’ Collingwood
September 22, 2020 by 5 Comments
In Scott Pendlebury’s record breaking game it was a disappointing result for Collingwood fan Danielle Hakim as Port down the Pies in their Round 18 match.
Almanac Footy: Scott Pendlebury – Record Breaker
September 21, 2020 by 10 Comments
A Collingwood legend in waiting, Scott Pendlebury is now the outright and captaincy games record holder for the Pies. Luke Reynolds pays another tribute to the magnificent man from Gippsland.
1981 Revisited – Preliminary Final 1981: ‘Another One Rides the Bus’
September 19, 2020 by 13 Comments
In his 1981 retrospective, Stainless looks back at the Preliminary Final, in which favourites Geelong take on Collingwood at VFL Park.
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