Almanac Football – Round 10: Carey-Bunton Medal

The Round 10 votes are in, and leader board is updated for this year’s Carey-Bunton Medal for best AFL player from NSW. {Thanks to Richard Colless for sending these to us – Ed]

WAFL: Bulldogs tame the Lions

With the season progressing at pace, Les Everett has the WAFL’s highs and lows covered, with particular mention of a South Fremantle performance for the ages

Round 11 – Sal’s Preview (Vol 2): – Into the stretch

Sal Ciardulli makes his selections to complete the Round 11 matches.

The fourth jumper

Vin Maskell’s trio of particularly personal football jumpers is now a quartet, courtesy of a recent gift from a coach.

Is the Brownlow ‘fair’?

After some time ruminating and a recent incident putting things into perspectve, Stephen Whiteside proposes an interesting re-interpretation of the Brownlow Medal process.

Almanac (Footy) History: A season under the great Herb Matthews

Sean Mortell caught up with octogenarian (and Almanac contributor) Jim Johnson to findout about his footy career under South Melbourne legend Herb Matthews.

Round 11 – Sal’s Preview: They Keep on Rolling

Sal presents his preview and tips for Round 11, and his thoughts for the first group race of the season at Flemington.

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 10 Review and Round 11 Preview

True believers, Cam Hooke reviews the Pies Round 10 match against the Swans, and previews the Round 11 match against Adelaide.

Round 10 – Collingwood v Sydney: A magical moment breaks through the buffering

Problems setting up the live stream, problems with Collingwood’s game, not a great start for Sean Mortell and his Magpies against the Sun In their Round 10 match. However, perseverance is rewarded in the end for the Pies as they win a close one.

Round 10 – Gold Coast v St Kilda: Saints and Suns in a classic under the stars at Metricon

In an exciting game where the fortunes of both teams ebbed and flowed, Braham Dabscheck was more than happy when the Saints ran out eventual winners over the Suns in their Round 10 match.

Confidence: A big year in a young footballer’s life

Daniel Boss revisits his last year as a rugby league player, a year full of highs and lows, a year that helped shape him as a person a great deal.

WAFL: Bulldogs win battle of Dead Flank

A strong breeze at Fremantle Oval held sway, as Les Everett reviews the weekend’s round of WAFL action.

1981 Revisited – Round 19: ‘Cool World’

The freezing winds dominated almost as much as the umpires’ strike in Round 19, 1981. Stainless braved the arctic Moorabbin conditions and was rewarded with a thriller. And the VFL’s Sunday football experiment wasn’t helped any by the weather. The finals are taking shape as Sam Steele’s 1981 Revisited continues.

Almanac Book Release: ‘Flags, Spoons & Knives’ by Lee Harradine

Former president of West Adelaide Football Club, Lee Harradine, has written a book on the club’s recent history. Details here.

Hard as Cement

Rod Gillett profiles the much-traveled football career of Laurie Pendrick, who represented both NSW and Queensland, and had an influence on the early careers of both Wayne Carey and Jason Dunstall.

Stale Gum

Ed Carmine found many stories and memories within a pack of footy cards from the 2001 season. But he’s yet to risk the gum.

Big Bob Pascoe – Hard and rugged

Matt Watson sat down with the outstanding ruck Bob Pascoe, a big man with big character, who played over 200 games across the SANFL, VFL and Tasmania’s NWFU.

1966 and all that: Round 18 – St. Kilda v Hawthorn

It is Round 18 of the 1966 home and away season, and Peter Clark takes us back to what was an enthralling round of pre-finals football.

Almanac Football: Port Power and mind power – Travis Boak’s transformation

Tess Pryor interviewed Port Adelaide player Travis Boak about the beneficial changes he has made to his life since his involvement with The Resilence Project.

The 2020 Backroads Cup – Round 20

Earl O’Neill rolls down the windows and lets out the clutch on a Grand Tour of footy as it should have been played in Round 20 of the AFL season as God intended. His car radio has the round the grounds summary of the weekend’s footy scores brought to you by Hanley’s Agricultural Supplies for all your bulk fertiliser needs.