Chris Tinning was an overseas reader before he recently returned to Australia. Here is Chris’s story on watching the footy overseas. [Add your experiences – Ed].
American Football: The Superchargers and the scar spangled banner
October 10, 2016 by 4 Comments
Written in 2014 while watching American Football and paying his dues in San Diego’s County Jail, Charlie Wells had time to reflect and writes an amazing tale of football and incarceration from an Australian’s perspective. [Riveting read – Ed]
Football Research Collective – Latest Update
October 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Read the latest update from the Football Research Collective, including new books and a call for conference papers.
Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: Great Blokes and Role Models of Bevo and Murph
October 8, 2016 by 7 Comments
Yoshi gives his unique view of the Bulldogs win and how Bevo and Murphy have inspired him to bigger and better things. Hopefully his beloved Saints can follow the example
Footy, footy everywhere: what are your options this summer?
October 8, 2016 by 1 Comment
Footy’s over in Australia but it’s well and truly alive around the world. Wesley Hull gives us some options and reminds us of the excellent worldfootynews website.
Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: A broken heart and tear-stained eyes………
October 7, 2016 by 20 Comments
A Grand Final loss leaves an empty feeling, a feeling that Jan Courtin puts into perspective with time and support from strangers. Check out (or take a look at) the 60 year-old document!
Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: Talking to Chooks
October 7, 2016 by 9 Comments
With five minutes to go in the Granny and your side’s down, what do you do? Joe Moore went outside and had a chat with the Chooks!
Grand Final 2016: The Force Was With Us. And We Were The Force
October 6, 2016 by 9 Comments
Kerrie Soraghan (nee The Bulldog Tragician) recounts the now famous week of “our beloved but luckless club with the most patient of fans”.
Almanac Opinion: Team success – victory and adversity
October 6, 2016 by 1 Comment
Are the Doggies the AFL equivalent of Seabiscuit? Lachlan Tighe draws parallels and applies the theory to Lawn Bowls.
Almanac Books: Champions All extract – 1976 Grand Final
October 5, 2016 by 2 Comments
Continuing our highlights from Old Dog’s book, Champions All, an excerpt featuring the 1976 Grand Final.
Grand Final 2016 – Siren Song: AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai
October 5, 2016 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob reports on the fifth annual AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai where haiku poets call in from all points of Australia and the globe to call the AFL Grand Final in haiku.
Grand Final 2016: Protocols of the vanquished
October 5, 2016 by 3 Comments
The Emerald Hill Chronicler is sick of writing with an ache in his heart. But write he does. He wonders: what should the vanquished do on grand final night.
Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: Belief
October 4, 2016 by 24 Comments
Belief is a strong word, especially when applied to Gigs and fellow Bulldog supporters, it is the belief that their time will come and now they can’t believe it!
Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: Bullydogs reign supreme
October 4, 2016 by 70 Comments
Grand Final 2016 is over and Rulebook reviews the game with a few contentious thoughts and you know who gets a mention.
Bendigo and Shepparton: Queen Elizabeth Oval or Deakin Reserve?
October 4, 2016 by 3 Comments
Peter Sweeney has always loved Bendigo’s Queen Elizabeth Oval. But watching Kyabram v Rochester at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve had him wondering – which is the best footy ground? [Leave your Australia-wide nominations].
AFL 2016 from a non-Victorian perspective
October 4, 2016 by 9 Comments
Dave Warner demonstrates a whole series of inequities in the national competition and points the finger at the Melbourne-based journalists who support them. How strong are the arguments he brings?
Grand Final 2016: What we have learned about visible and invisible teams
October 3, 2016 by 1 Comment
Lachlan Tighe is an elite lawn bowls coach and analyst who says we can learn a lot about sporting organisations from the Western Bulldogs.
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