Don’t step back, step right into it with a clear idea of the most important trait in football: enthusiasm. That’s Jill Scanlon’s advice for New Carlton in the 14 weeks they have left of the 2015 season.
SANFL: Rulebook’s Redlegs v The Cock-a-doodle-dos
May 28, 2015 by 29 Comments
Rulebook previews the big game between the Legs and the Roosters.
Reminder – Almanac Event: Lunch with Luke Ball on the 29th of May
May 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Join Luke Ball for lunch on the 29th of May at the Royal Melbourne Hotel. Read on for details. RSVP essential.
Round 8 – Essendon v Brisbane: The View from Shepparton
May 27, 2015 by 1 Comment
Peter Schumacher gives his view on his Lions going down to the Bombers and calls out to his relatives to come home to Shepparton.
Hansard – House of Representatives: The Member for Wannon’s reference to The Footy Almanac
May 27, 2015 by 7 Comments
Yesterday, Dan Tehan, the Member for Wannon, named The Footy Almanac in Federal Parliament. We are in Hansard!
M. Malthouse or the Carlton Board: a simple survey
May 26, 2015 by 14 Comments
Vote: Carlton Board or Mick Malthouse?
A Frenzy of Sharks
May 26, 2015 by 12 Comments
Tony Robb gives the footy media a spray, as self-aggrandising nongs blowing smoke up each other.
VAFA Premier B – Fitzroy v St Bedes/Mentone: The Lay of the Land
May 26, 2015 by 14 Comments
E. Regnans has fallen in love with “Brunswick Street and her Oval” [What a phrase! Masterful, poetic – Ed] And the Fitzroy Football Club. Now he is showing her off to his kids. Terrific account of a wonderful afternoon when the Roys got more than the four points. [A must-read – Ed]
Round 8: The 2015 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
May 26, 2015 by 7 Comments
It’s that time of the week again where Earl O’Neil gives his unique take on the games and the issues to come out of Round 8.
Round 8: The Wrap
May 25, 2015 by 4 Comments
The Wrap’s sage observations re this great game of ours, sorting out employment relations in public and the impact of the Friday night Bluebagger schedule on the bottom line of Video Easy. [He’s struck the same vein of form as The Tigers of Old – Ed]
VAFA – Fitzroy v St Bede’s: derrinalphil comes home
May 24, 2015 by 1 Comment
A classic match deserves a classicists’ report. Here is the report of I, derrinalphil, just back from Rome, where, from what he reports, he conquered Europe. He brought such hope to Brunswick Street Oval where, feeling at home, he watched the mighty Roys’ victory over the vanquished St Bede’s. [Very entertaining – as the match was – Ed]
The Gas, the `62 flag and ‘Marbuck’
May 24, 2015 by 7 Comments
Many stories came out of the Mick Nolan Memorial Day clash between the Mayne Tigers and Maroochydore Roos but none bigger than the 1962 Premiership flag returning to the Tigers after a 50+ year absence.
The Pre Wrap – Round VIII
May 22, 2015 by 8 Comments
Mr Wrap shares his Mortgage Busting; Investment Opportunity; Western Wonder and Wrap Roughy tips for Round VIII. Caveat emptor punters.
North Melbourne free zone
May 22, 2015 by 6 Comments
Matt Watson finds the inner (footy mad) child within all of us? What women couldn’t approve of home decorating by team colours?
Pick One update – Status Quo
May 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
There are still 20 tipsters in the Fitzroy Rotary Tip One comp. Click through for details
There’s a Place in the World for an Angry Young Man….
May 22, 2015 by 5 Comments
Tom Greenaway used to be an angry young man at the footy – fist in the air, head in the sand, you know the type. So why has his player abuse dimmed over the years?
Analysis: why has the Power’s run and carry stopped and dropped?
May 21, 2015 by 1 Comment
Dave Brown (somewhat gleefully) analyses the reasons behind the rise and fall of the Port Adelaide empire.
An Initiative that Has Everyone Happy with the Umpires
May 21, 2015 by 5 Comments
In one of the AFL’s great unsung initiatives, the Fiona McBurney Match Day Experience allows a child with Down syndrome to be the assistant for the umpires – or, as Bradley’s daughter Isabel calls them, “the quiet team.”
AFLPA Legends Series: Russell Greene
May 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Recently I caught up with 300 game player (St Kilda and Hawthorn) Russell Greene to talk about footy, family, education, social inclusion, social attitudes and whatever else came up.
Country footy: Leitchville-Gunbower put on a premiership reunion weekend
May 21, 2015 by 9 Comments
The Leitchville-Gunbower Football Netball Club reunion went off with a bang. The footy team knocked over Elmore, the lamb was cooked perfectly, the jumpers were auctioned, the piano accordion came out, a sheep was sheared and many stories were told. All in all a great weekend.
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