Jan Courtin shares a wonderful South Melbourne memento of 1965
Footy History: The tragic tale of Alf Dear
May 20, 2015 by 12 Comments
A story from deep in the early days of VFL, when there were no lines between family tragedy and footballing career. John Donegan writes the story that needed to be told of Alf Dear.
2006 – The (Almost) All-Australian SSA Team: Top End Talent
May 20, 2015 by 2 Comments
Santa never made it into Darwin, but these kids did. Bastinac, Duncan, Ziebell, B Jacobs, Scully plus more, take us back to the good old days of bad haircuts and no tatts.
Freophile Corner: Dave Warner’s East Freo team of 2015
May 20, 2015 by 6 Comments
Each year, muso, footy fan, Freophile and lover of the good things in life, Dave Warner, picks a team made up of east Frementle players. It’s always pretty handy. Check the 2015 team.
The 2015 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round 7
May 19, 2015 by 4 Comments
And this week’s winner for most ground-breaking, speculative piece… Earl O’Neill puts in his two cents on, well, everything from Neale Daniher to the proposed new fixture system.
SANFL – Norwood v South Adelaide: Rulebook’s Redleg Report
May 17, 2015 by 23 Comments
Malcolm ‘Rulebook’ Ashwood offers his predictably sound footy and umpiring advice on the SANFL. He steps into more dangerous territory with some fashion and music advice.
Supporters The Lifeblood Of Footy Clubs
May 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Build it and they will come. If they don’t come the foundations will crumble. A thoughtful piece by Wes on why football clubs need supporters more than supporters need football clubs.
Round 7 – Richmond v Collingwood: Dr Hooke’s Collingwood life (Dr or not, it has a nice ring to it!)
May 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Cam Hooke – who assures us he is sans PhD [but should have one in Collingwood Studies – Ed] – with his preview of the Pies clash with an old foe. This has all of Dr Hooke’s customary thoroughness. If only his players had the same commitment to detail.
The Pre Wrap: Round VII
May 15, 2015 by 7 Comments
Mr Wrap has no sympathy for the round ball code having to play their GF in a shoe box (they’ve taken enough of our $’s). He offers his regular Mortgage Buster, WrROTR and WrIOOTR. Caveat emptor punters.
SANFL Round 7 preview: Norwood v South Adelaide
May 14, 2015 by 2 Comments
Dave Brown likes the idea of another Friday night game at The Parade. This time against South.
Overheard at Essendon – Part 4: The spreadsheet of truth (WADA, WADA, WADA)
May 14, 2015 by 11 Comments
Sean Curtain with another one of those overheard conversations at Essendon.
Northern United FC – 30 and 40 year Premiership reunion is on June 13
May 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
Northern United premiership teams of 1975 and 1985 are having a premiership reunion on June 13.
Discussion: what do we do with the advantage rule in Australian football?
May 14, 2015 by 5 Comments
Jim Young wants some sensible thinking around the advantage rule. [Interesting observationre the use of the umpy’s whistle in footy – Ed]
Wool and footy in Burra: more noms for the SA team
May 13, 2015 by 21 Comments
John Harms has been to a wool sundowner at Burra in South Australia, where he met the local wool fraternity (nice hands). He gathered some new nominations for the South Australian team.
Luke Ball: Zen and the art of footylife maintenance
May 13, 2015 by 17 Comments
In this novel profile of Luke Ball, a Saint, a Magpie and Karl Marx chat to Marcus Aurelius [come on, you can suspend for a second – Ed] contemplating Luke’s qualities as a footballer, a leader, an advocate, a man. E. Regnans plays with words and ideas again. [Always creative ER – Ed]
Luke Ball is the special guest at the Almanac lunch on May 29, at the Royal Melbourne Hotel, 629 Bourke St, Melbourne. 12.30 for 1pm. $50 for two courses and one comp drink. Bookings essential [email protected]
Analysis: The Trouble with Fremantle
May 13, 2015 by 15 Comments
You can always do better, says Les Everett, even when you are two games clear after Round 6. Here’s where the improvement might come from.
AFL Players’ Association Legends Series: Interview with Wayne Carey (Part 2)
May 12, 2015 by 2 Comments
In Part 2 of this AFL Players’ Association chat with John Harms, Wayne Carey talks about the player’s life and the player’s post-footy lot.
Goalkicking- How hard is it?
May 12, 2015 by 15 Comments
It’s one of the essential skills of the game so why is accuracy in front of goal seemingly so poor? Tony Robb vents some frustration after watching some very ordinary performances at the sticks in round six.
The 2015 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Six
May 12, 2015 by 1 Comment
Gather ’round tipsters. The Mopsy Fraser Cup wrap-up of round six is in. “Expect the opinionistas to cut and paste everything they’ve ever writ about Confucian Mick this week…” pretty much sums up the media’s relationship with Mick Malthouse as the troubles at Royal Parade continue. Also, some great thoughts on Chris Scott and Mitch Clark.
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