Matt Watson sits alone on the couch, wearing headphones and watching a recorded game, oblivious to the result. His thoughts drift to his childhood in Queensland and how changing priorities affect how you receive your footy fix.
Footballs for FIDA
July 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The FIDA (Footballers with with intellectual disabilities) footballers love playing footy but they don’t often get to train or play matches with good new footballs. Here’s your chance to help.
1.7.13
July 7, 2013 by 3 Comments
Just how much of a footyhead are you? Did you, like Darren Smith, note the date on Monday?
Reflections of an angry man after 5 days on the toilet
July 6, 2013 by 8 Comments
Craig Dodson’s had plenty of thinking time, and he’s angry. Ranging from the big targets (Malthouse, Sheeds, The Footy Show) to the small (whatever happened to long sleeve jumpers?), his top 10 rant will touch a nerve in everyone.
Essendon Drug Crisis – results announced
July 6, 2013 by 19 Comments
Neil Belford has uncovered the Outcome Management run sheet for the Essendon drug crisis. If he didn’t have it in his hand, you would assume he was just being cynical.
Almanac Art: Nice kick Jack
July 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Jack’s grandmother is not only filling the child care void created by school holidays, but she is also archiving her grandchildren’s “Nice Kicks”.
Middle Australia offers it advice hotline
July 5, 2013 by 1 Comment
Middle Australia offers advice for all Australians (but particularly Collingwood supporters).
New Tom Wills doco
July 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
Have a look at the trailer for the new Tom Wills video documentary. [Worth a look – Ed]
From Gospel to Black and White Minstrels
July 4, 2013 by 7 Comments
Matt Zurbo celebrates the AFL club songs. [Warning: includes Good Old Collingwood.]
The Curse of the bye
July 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
More teams lose the game after the bye than not – but is it as simple as blaming the week’s rest? Cobba Stevens thinks there’s more to it.
AFL Round 20, 1991 – Brisbane v Collingwood (retro review): Daics kicks 13
July 4, 2013 by 12 Comments
Twelve years on, Luke Reynolds finally watches Daics kick 13 against the Bears. It was worth the wait.
How to Watch Footy (part 16): Innocence lost
July 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
If the first cut is the deepest, what is the first goal kicked against you? And the second and the third and the fourth and the fifth? How deep is the cut when you’re eight goals down at quarter-time and you’ve hardly got the ball into the forward line?
Performance Enhancers: Jobe Watson v Keith Richards
July 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Shouldn’t we cut our sporting heroes a bit of rock and roll slack every now and then? Why place added pressure on young men like Jobe Watson just because they play football? [This piece includes details of the forthcoming night at the Corner Hotel with Paul Kelly and Robert Murphy – Ed]
Year of the farce
July 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
The doc gets to the root of Andrew Demetriou, sorry, the cappo di tutti capi’s problems. It’s not pretty.
Jobe Watson: Why do we apply the ‘Good Bloke’ test?
July 3, 2013 by 12 Comments
Of all the factors to be weighed up in the allegations of drug use, Sean Curtain argues that whether or not you’re a good bloke should not be one.
Good name…Viv. For a debutant.
July 2, 2013 by 5 Comments
Richo likes his name: Viv. He comes from the Fitzroy juniors. He made his debut for Freo on Saturday night. Why do we like debutants and their debuts, asks Kyle Forward?
Fevvy and all the fun of the circus
July 2, 2013 by 5 Comments
Quarter time and the punters were everywhere, texting, tweeting, phoning, filming admiring. A kid about 6 years old, burrowed in close to Fevvy in the huddle, stared up at him like he was Santa Claus and said, “Have you got 7?” Fev goes to the home of the arts, and this is the story.
O Coach, My Leader
July 2, 2013 by 6 Comments
With much discussion about finding the “right” coach for Melbourne, David Wilson asks: What actually is the job of a coach?
Girl Power at the G
July 1, 2013 by 7 Comments
Footy has come a long way since Cheryl Critchley was in grade six and girls were banned from a school footy clinic. On Sunday she stood on the MCG as coach of the girls’ Auskick team playing at half time in the Richmond-St.Kilda game.
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