Getting Ready

Do you hear the buzz? Yvette Wroby does.

Wife, Miss Universe and Everything

Igor completes his best self-analysis to determine why he can be found watching Brisbane pre-season training at 8am. His answer will resonate with everyone.

Time for the WAFL

THE 2013 WAFL season kicks off this weekend as the competition eases into a time of great change.

NAB Cup – Richmond v Hawthorn: 21 candles

John Green provides yet another example of what Richmond fans must go through to support their team.

Which team did you go for after the war, Grand-dad?

Writing dialogue between a grandfather and his grandson jolted Neil Anderson into thinking about events of sixty years ago and the changes to VFL/AFL in that time. How do you explain that to a child?

1878: Norwood Football Club’s First Year

Bernard Whimpress recounts the story of Norwood’s triumphant march to a first title against a background of fierce off-field disputes.

Standin’ on the Outside Lookin’ in

Some may say that Canberra lacks a heart. Rubbish! Canberra is all ventricles and aorta. You just had to be amongst the throngs on Friday night at Manuka Oval to feel a pulse like a Brazilian rumba.

A photo from the past

Smokie Dawson recently received a copy of a photo of his Under 11s team and was surprised by what he saw.

NAB Cup – GWS v Essendon: Brushing off the cobwebs

After a lazy summer, Pam Sherpa gets back into it with a match at Manuka Oval in Canberra which, serendipitously features who two footy teams.

From Little Saints, Big Saints Grow – Coaching the U12s

Jackson Clark has enjoyed his year of coaching at St Marys in Darwin. We wish the lads all the best in their coming grand final.

Barry Dickins on Docklands Stadium

It is a most grim truth that Docklands Stadium has no moral right to exist.

ARNFL Fixture 2013

Peter Baulderstone has called for board games and other obscure sports to help keep certain Cronulla and Essendon players busy this year.

Man vs AFL – episode 2

Bear Grylls is finding a game of AFL his toughest challenge yet – and it’s not even quarter time!

My winter vacation

Glenn Brownstein discovered The Footy Almanac from Louisville, Kentucky. and has been a wonderful correspondent. Glenn and Debbie spent the summer (their winter) here and, thanks to Yvette Wroby and David Downer, many of us were able to meet them. Here are some of Glenn’s observations.

More than a game? It changed the game

Brutas Mudcake in defence of the sometimes indefensible, The Footy Show.

Man vs AFL

Bear Grylls embarks on his biggest challenge yet – a game of AFL.

Crio’s Question: Are fans losing touch as AFL expands?

Is the continued expansion of the AFL good for fans?

March Champions

Footy’s back. Hope springs eternal and magic’s in the air….roll out the cliches, it’s time to dream again. Surely the Tigers will play finals this year, writes Tom Greenaway. Surely.

The best day in September

Brutas Mudcake has applied an objective scoring system to compile the Top 10 grand finals since 1996. Which day in September will finish ahead of the rest?

West Coast v Collingwood and some random thoughts on the weekend’s sport

It’s important to teach your kids the right teams to follo, says Pies fan Luke Reynolds, otherwise someone else will.