Jackson Clark tells us the weather was wet, windy and miserable for the footy in Darwin on the weekend. Meanwhile the southern states baked in record heat. Go figure.
Hi-ho, Hi-ho, it’s off to work we go.
January 18, 2014 by 13 Comments
Sam (Stainless) Steele has been wondering about the mundane (banal) nature of sport once it is in the grip of the professionalised industrial process. [Super article; thought-provoking. Ed]
Who do I send the invoice to?
January 15, 2014 by 4 Comments
Saint66 has REALLY had it with the cross-promotional advertising on televised sport. Who knew that My Restaurant Rules is now an Olympic sport?
The Only Team Old Carlton Knows
January 15, 2014 by 4 Comments
Franc de Borges celebrates 150 glorious years of the Carlton Football Club. For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.
Leap Year
January 14, 2014 by 4 Comments
Who will leap into the finals after finishing in the lower portion of the ladder last season? Will it be resilient Essendon; much-hyped North Melbourne; unlucky Adelaide; talented Gold Coast?
Northern Territory Football League Round 13 Wrap-Up
January 13, 2014 by 4 Comments
Jackson Clark offers a comprehensive summary of the weekend’s action in the Northern Territory Football League. Some familiar names and some that will surely become familiar.
Football is a funny game (on missing Before the Game)
January 13, 2014 by 9 Comments
Footy is as much about what happens around it. Aussie80s will miss the crew at Before the Game who found the wavelength of so many footy fans.
Diva demands
January 11, 2014 by 5 Comments
Basically this piece in the Herald Sun got me thinking. It was about some of the crazy demands and requests celebrities have when they are on tour. This got me thinking if I were famous what would my demands be? After some thought Danni’s Diva Demands include: A Swarovski crystal tiara. 3 Maxibons. A packet [Read more]
60 Years Ago (1954) – A New Era for the Yallourn Blues
January 10, 2014 by 6 Comments
Footy historians gather round. Roger Spaull tells the story of the Yallourn Footy Club’s involvement in the new Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954.
Motlop cops nine-week suspension
January 10, 2014 by 5 Comments
Jackson Clark reports that Daniel Motlop’s football career was on a knife’s edge this week when he was threatened with a life ban.
2013 – A Season in Song: Semi Finals – Fitness Test
January 4, 2014 by 3 Comments
It’s semi-final time at “Footy’s Got Talent”. ‘Swish’ Schwerdt was hoping for Danni Minogue, but these classics got a Guernsey from Greg Champion.
2013 – A Season in Song: Round 12 – Poor Form and Disillusionment / Early Retirement
January 3, 2014 by 2 Comments
‘Swish’ Schwerdt shares a song about a cranky Mick Malthouse, confusing umpiring and a disappointing Blues effort. It didn’t make the cut. Dogs, Eagles, Pies, Tigers and Saints fans had heard it before.
Menzel and Morabito: a tale of two unlucky footballers
January 2, 2014 by 3 Comments
Jackson Clark considers the future of two injury-plagued footballers.
2013 – A Season in Song – Round 4: Peaking Too Early
January 1, 2014 by 1 Comment
Swish Schwerdt had nothin’ by Round 4 but he dug deep and found somethin’.
2013 – A Season in Song – Round 3: Quantity and Quality
December 31, 2013 by 2 Comments
Swish Schwerdt continues the account of his season as a song-writer.
Five players back on the scene
December 30, 2013 by 8 Comments
Jackson Clark looks at five footballers on the comeback trail and anticipates they will be influential again – once their injury issues are resolved.
Greetings from what season?
December 24, 2013 by 3 Comments
Sal Ciardulli casts his eyes back across the 2013 sporting wreckage (sorry landscape) and nominates his 3 best and 3 worst of the year. Get your votes in folks.
For richer for poorer; in sickness and in health
December 21, 2013 by 5 Comments
Andrew Else pens a passionate and intelligent summary of where his Bombers are at. You can choose your friends, but family and footy clubs are for life.
Why Essendon’s breathtaking arrogance and legal manoeuvring has to be admired.
December 17, 2013 by 6 Comments
Sean Curtain may be laughing at the English cricketers, but the Essendon drugs scandal and the incompetent AFL leadership is no laughing matter. Heads must roll.
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