Winchelsea FC: Chris Bracher

Beaut little story from Chris Bracher (looking very Curly Austin) about how he trains in his woollen Winchelsea FC woollen jumper every week.

VAFA – Fitzroy v Ivanhoe: Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy

Phil Hill’s Royboys discover that “life wasn’t meant to be easy” by losing to bottom team Ivanhoe.

Pointless Ranting

Young Paddy Grindlay is learning that life sometimes doesn’t make sense (Particularly for Tigers fans)

AFL Round 10: Match Reports

List (with links) of the Round 10 match reports.

Don’t do a Polkinghorne

Matt Watson reviews the players code of silence when testifying before the Tribunal. When is a lie a convenient memory lapse?

Caging Perfection

Like thieves in the night, the AFL took our game to the slaughterhouse, condemning us to Thursday nights, Monday nights and Sundays at twilight. But Damian “Dips” O’Donnell can still remember perfection.

A not so hair-brained idea to revive the torp (or is it?)

T-Bone has a plan to restore the romance of the shot on the siren. Does your side have a “torp specialist”?

Footy Jumper: Elizabeth High School 1975-77

Swish Schwerdt still has the maroon and gold woollen jumper from the day when he snapped 11 big ones from the forward pocket on Elizabeth Oval (over 3 games – it was a school carnival).

Pretty tired but very annoyed

With uni work piling up Danni Eid turns to footy to find some sanity only to find out even footy cannot escape her mood.

John Coleman biography

Doug Ackerley’s biography of John Coleman is out now.

The return of the Good Bloke Test: When elbow met sternum

Did the Son of God get a good run from those in charge?

FIDA Tigers pip Seagulls in reserves thriller

There were three FIDA games at the Fearon Reserve in Williamstown on Sunday 25 May and the reserves game was a beauty.

Hopeless on the punt

Is the footy better with a bet on? Ironmike reflects on a fairly middling punting career.

Do performance enhancing drugs exist in local football?

Jackson Clark poses a very 21st Century question

AFL Round 10: The Wrap

Fresh news from the Wrapcave.

Giant Hearts

The Giants cheer squad has developed (more quickly than its footy team – Ed) and has attracted some genuine enthusiasts, writes Cheryl Critchley.

Footy Jumper: Mangoplah Cookardinia United (The Goannas)

One day Craig Dodson was talked into playing for the Mangos. He made a career of it. His old woollen jumper brings a smile to his face.

My favourite footy jumper

Vin Maskell on his favourite footy jumper, which is West Geelong (not Geelong West) from 60 years ago. It belonged to a green-grocer called Bill.

Yallourn Footy Jumper: one small history

Rod Oaten tells the story of his Yallourn Football Club jumper. A teacher at Yallourn North Primary School he played at the club from 1961-64. If you have a woollen jumper we’d love to hear the story of it, and see a photo of it.

St Kilda Red pipped at the post by a point

Is momentum the most important factor of Aussie Rules at any level? Will Marcus’ Meadow become a long term game style? These questions, and more, arise as Joe Gillis casts his eye over a thrilling Under 12s epic.