Vin Maskell shares the story of a year’s commitment to swimming. If its worth doing its worth doing obsessively.
NTFL Finals Preview
February 21, 2014 by 1 Comment
The NTFL finals series kicks off this week with two blockbuster games on Saturday at TIO Stadium. Jackson Clark continues his expert commentary by rating the chances of the final five.
It’s Lyon Time Again
February 18, 2014 by 16 Comments
Damien Little has graphed the attacking/defensive performance of Ross Lyon teams in the 10 years that he has had senior coaching roles. Peter Baulderstone thinks there is a welcome pattern emerging, and speculates why.
Crio’s Question : Hidden Gems?
February 17, 2014 by 6 Comments
Crio reviews the last week’s crowded sporting landscape, and in the words of many racecallers in a blanket finish “you don’t know where to look”. Let us know what hidden gems you enjoyed.
Poetry: Fifty Years of Football
February 17, 2014 by 3 Comments
Rod Ryan has managed to spend a lot of time in an affair with his great love: football.
GWS, off the chart: The Statistical Premiership Window and Trend Lines Part II
February 17, 2014 by 13 Comments
Litza and his brother Damien bring you the rest of Damien’s analysis on how well your team is going on finding the premiership sweet spot. Warning: may be distressing viewing for some.
NTFL’s Best Recruits
February 17, 2014 by 2 Comments
With its unique spring through summer timing, the NT football league attracts players from down south who just can’t get enough footy. There’s a roster of ex-AFL stars and some SANFL and Victorian league players making quite a splash. Jackson Clark looks at six of the best.
NTFL Round 18 Wrap Up
February 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Jackson Clark tells us not to read too much into it as the top-of-the-table Saints smash the Wanderers in the NT league. Catch up with all the news: there’s a triple-header, an injured hard nut, and a former AFL star still showing his class.
Geelong, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window: The Statistical Premiership Window and Trend Lines
February 13, 2014 by 19 Comments
The People’s Elbow introduces his stable (by comparison) brother Damien who has knocked out a very persuausive set of figures, graphs and charts which will appeal to your inner-Einstein.
Hooked: the story of a country boy’s first-ever game
February 13, 2014 by 10 Comments
To celebrate the return of footy Craig Dodson tells the story of the first AFL game he saw when, as a kid living in Wagga, he joined his family for the big trip to the SCG.
From World Footy News: a timely look at South African footy
February 12, 2014 by 1 Comment
The Footy Almanac will be working together with www.worldfootynews.com thanks to Troy Thompson and his enthusiastic correspondents around the globe. Here’s a piece on South African footy. [Our custom will be to reproduce the first paragraphs here and you can then link to the World Footy News site.] The following article, written by Sikhona [Read more]
A (temporarily) disgruntled Don returns to the Sash
February 10, 2014 by 11 Comments
Rod Oaten hears the ancestral call and returns to his beloved Dons. (One for the modern marketers to read – and the true believers as well. Ed.)
NTFL Wrap: Round 17
February 10, 2014 by 2 Comments
The Tiwi Bombers will miss the NTFL finals for the first time ever, writes Jackson Clark.
Yvette Does Cooperstown
February 7, 2014 by 4 Comments
Yvette Wroby visits the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York and meets a Springbok champion battling adversity. “We have to take every opportunity in life, life is way too short to store it away for tomorrow.”
Football Islands
February 7, 2014 by 20 Comments
Mickey Randall’s sons embark on their footy careers in a different time and in a different country. Past and present. Hope and loss. Mickey poignantly weaves the threads of memory.
The Fall
February 4, 2014 by 6 Comments
Franc de Borges identifies four clubs which are on the slide. (Perhaps)
Northern Territory Football League Wrap-Up (Round 16)
February 3, 2014 by 2 Comments
There are some familiar names to AFL fans and southern staters in Jackson Clark’s Round 16 report from Darwin on the NTFL. Can St Marys stay undefeated for the season?
Bendigo footy in the Forties …. war and rationing intervene
February 3, 2014 by 8 Comments
Richard Jones offers a splendid history of Bendigo League football during the war years of the 1940’s.
Tall Tales and Tigers at East Coburg Cricket Club
February 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Join the Tiger faithful at East Coburg Cricket Club to hear Trent Cotchin. Full booking details in the attached post. [Unfortunately Mick Molloy got a better offer – an invitation to the Superbowl, but Trent (superstar) will be there.
Kick-to-Kick fixture now out
January 31, 2014 by 21 Comments
Vin Maskell has banished the AFL, NRL, ICC, CA, EPL and all the other heartless money munchers of world sport. With poetic style and grace Vin reveals the 2014 itinerary of the KKAA (Kick to Kick Association of Australia). Long may it prosper.
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