West Adelaide FC Life Member and Past President Lee Harradine reminisces upon some of the great players who have played for the Bloods and gone on to play AFL football. He also comments upon the effects of the mid-season draft for his club.
SANFL – West Adelaide FC: Great players and the mid-season draft effects
September 17, 2019 by 11 Comments
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – Finals Week 1 and Week 3
September 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Not long to go in 2019! Cam Hooke looks back at the Pies’ triumphant Qualifying Final and ahead to the Preliminary Final against GWS.
Alan Stringer: Glenelg premiership player
September 17, 2019 by 49 Comments
Rulebook chats with ex Glenelg player Alan Stringer about his struggles dealing with depression.
WAFL – South get there at last
September 16, 2019 by 3 Comments
Finals are in full swing in the west – Les Everett tells us about South Fremantle’s mighty victory to setup a berth in the WAFL GF.
A Phoenix from the Ashes: A Review of The Merge
September 15, 2019 by 6 Comments
William Westerman previews “The Merge”, a film detailing the the story and history behind the merger of the Fitzroy FC and the Brisbane Bears in 1996.
VFL Preliminary Final – Port Melbourne v Richmond: How long can you harbour a grudge?
September 15, 2019 by 6 Comments
Murray Walding wonders how long you can hold a footy grudge as he explains why he received some satisfaction from Port Melbourne’s defeat at the hands of Richmond in the VFL Finals.
The Footy Almanac Tipping Comp 2019: And the winners are…
September 15, 2019 by 2 Comments
Here are the results of The Footy Almanac Tipping Comp 2019. Congrats to all the winners.
Finals Week 2 – Sal’s Preview: When footy comes second
September 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli previews Week 2 of the Finals series, and he has some tips for racing punters for Flemington on Saturday..
FEARLESS 2019 – Finals Week 1: Ten teams do the Mad Monday shuffle
September 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Fearless presents his thoughts about the results of the Week 1 Finals matches.
Henry and the Jets: Déjà Jets
September 12, 2019 by 1 Comment
The Heathmont Jets’ Colts and Reserves grades played their Preliminary Finals last weekend. Henry Ballard has kept his promise to them to write their games up for the Almanac. Here’s his report.
In What Colours Do You See The World?
September 12, 2019 by 4 Comments
Deakin journalism student Shannon Cole and her family came to Australia from South Africa almost 20 years ago. Sooner or later they had to choose which footy teams to follow. Here’s how it worked out.
SANFL 1977 Grand Final – Port Adelaide v Glenelg: Centenary Premiership Port
September 12, 2019 by 16 Comments
Both Port Adelaide and Glenelg were sick of losing Grand Finals by the time 1977 came around. John Cahill started an enormous run of success at Alberton, with Big Nick the first rung on a very big ladder. Swish was there and he kept the Budget.
“These shall not be forgotten years”: Richmond: 1981 – 2016. 7. The Frawley Years
September 12, 2019 by 1 Comment
Sam Steele pays tribute to Danny Frawley’s time as Richmond coach.
The 2019 ‘Spud’ Frawley Cup – Semi Finals
September 11, 2019 by 5 Comments
Earl O’Neill, from his incomparable perspective, presents his thoughts surrounding Week 2 of the finals.
WAFL – Semi Finals: Lions looms large reports Les Everett
September 10, 2019 by 1 Comment
Les Everett wonders who can match it with Subiaco in the 2019 WAFL Finals series as he reports on last weekend’s finals matches.
Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Collingwood: An unlikely chance to create something memorable
September 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Collingwood had a great win over Geelong in Week1 of the Finals and have set themselves up for a real shot at the big one according to Sean Mortell.
The birth of Australian footy in Scotland, 16 years on
September 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Did you know that Aussie Rules is played in Scotland? If not, Richard Prentice provides an interesting background to the development of the game there.
This exquisite, unrepeatable moment
Mickey Randall took the boys to the footy and came home having experienced one of life’s beautiful moments.