The current performance enhancing drugs controversy should be the “canary in the coalmine” to tell us that there are some things rotten in the culture, value and ethics of modern professional sport.
The best of the 2012 Almanac?
February 9, 2013 by 3 Comments
Noel Delbridge (who is Mike Brady’s biographer) loved The Footy Almanac of 2012. He’s calling for nominations for your favourite piece in it. He reckons Tony Robb’s Carltonia takes the prize.
A question for fans
February 9, 2013 by 8 Comments
Barry Levinson asks the question that many footy fans are asking at the moment.
Soccer: Not Violent Enough?
February 9, 2013 by 2 Comments
In this article from Neos Osmos Ian Syson looks at disturbing violence in football and, significantly, at the reporting of the respective codes and, hence, how they are imagined and understood.
Bombers, Weapons and Tanks
February 8, 2013 by 9 Comments
Did the expectation of supporters for the “dream team” of Hird and Thompson to fulfill their wish for an immediate premiership put undue pressure on them to achieve this goal?
A new sporting horizon
February 8, 2013 by 4 Comments
Rod Oaten believes the crisis at Essendon opens opportunities for those with unfulfilled dreams.
Imagine: a world without Essendon
February 8, 2013 by 21 Comments
The Essendon steroids scandal presents a rare opportunity, says Brad Carr. An opportunity to make massive in-roads into the hate that resides in our community, by getting rid of Essendon.
Middle Australia tells us not to worry: it’s Essendon.
February 7, 2013 by 12 Comments
Middle Australia says the penalties for all this stuff will be harsh but that we shouldn’t be concerned: it’s only Essendon.
Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble
February 7, 2013 by 10 Comments
Shakespeare had it all sorted out 500 years ago. Fate, destiny, hubris and tragedy – all mixed up in a poisonous brew. Peter Baulderstone presents the Tragedy of Macbeth – adapted for the modern age of professional sport.
Western Desert Dreaming
February 6, 2013 by 6 Comments
The Western Desert Football League is arguably the most remote football league in Australia, possibly the world.
The Way-Too-Early 2013 Preview: Carlton
February 5, 2013 by 6 Comments
They may be the Blues, but they are the Kings at finding inventive ways to trip over themselves, to the amusement of everyone but their fans.
I’ll give you four reasons….
February 3, 2013 by 11 Comments
why Collingwood will win the 2013 Premiership.
Carlton Dreaming
February 1, 2013 by 3 Comments
Almanac supporter Marcus Spiller recently discovered this gem of a photo dating back to 1965 at Princes Park, when as a young Italian-Australian growing up in North Carlton, he spent many a weekend playing footy and dreaming of bigger things.
Vale Bernie Baxter, Port Fairy footballer and identity
January 22, 2013 by 5 Comments
Scott Elliott pays tribute to Bernie Baxter, a goal-kicking star of the Hampden League in the 1950s, and a character of Port Fairy.
Was John Coleman the greatest forward ever to ever play for Heatherton FC?
January 18, 2013 by 11 Comments
Trevor Easey’s research into the Heatherton Football Club’s origins revealed some surprising past players, including legendary Essendon forward John Coleman.
Max
January 17, 2013 by 10 Comments
Andrew Starkie sat alone with his father-in-law, Max, for the first time at Christmas. Conversation flowed once he asked him about his life’s journey.
Musings on an audience with Haiku Bob at Pies training
January 17, 2013 by 4 Comments
Haiku Bob and Steve Fahey were amongst a few hundred who watched the Pies train on a perfect morning.
Give me your tragic stories
January 16, 2013 by 10 Comments
Matt Zurbo can spot a footy-lover amid the ordinariness of routine life. He explains how. And he’s keen to hear other spottings.
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