Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson questions the credentials of the All-Australian selection committee.
Champagne Football: Myth and Bubbles
September 18, 2012 by 4 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis Champagne is the alcoholic drink commonly associated with upper class tastes. It appears absurdly paradoxical that many fans that utter this expression would probably do so with while drinking beer or soft drinks. The only time we see champagne after a game of football is when it is poured into the premiership [Read more]
AFL Finals – Week 2: Start with guns ablazing and then fire blanks..
September 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
1st Semi Final: Adelaide v Fremantle – AAMI Stadium Friday Night With the fear of going out in straight sets resonating through the smaller than expected AAMI Stadium crowd of 31,000, Adelaide took to Footy Park to play Fremantle for the right to progress. The silence was deafening as Fremantle, led by Docker look-a-like Chris [Read more]
What’$ the point?
September 18, 2012 by 5 Comments
There was a lot of hype this year of it being the closest top eight for many seasons; up to six or even seven of the top eight could win the whole thing. No one had ever had to win 13 games to get eighth before. Geelong fans were talking up the possibility of winning [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 17: Nowhere Rugby
September 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
I’m driving through some town in NSW. I’ve well lost count of names and details. It looks like a beaut. Rural. No coast for miles. Nothing but giant waves of mountains. They’re everywhere, weaving into and out of horizons. The people in this place are different to those on the coast. They live here, [Read more]
2012 VFL Finals – Borough v The Towners
September 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
Hey it doesn’t get much better than this, a fine Saturday afternoon and I’m at North Port Oval for a game of footy between two of the oldest football clubs in Australia, as they play for the right to be in next weeks grand final. Williamstown, established in 1864, known as the Towners or Willie, [Read more]
AFL Finals – Week 2: One Moment Please
September 17, 2012 by 5 Comments
An old friend of mine used to say that life was a series of elevated moments in time. In the throes of our regular late night philosophical discussions, our tongues lubricated by several glasses of BWS’s finest, he would explain that while he was not a religious person, he replenished his soul by taking joy [Read more]
AFL Finals – Week 2: The Wrap’s Last Four Standing
September 17, 2012 by 6 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Barry Crockers started off like a German Band and finished with a dirge. They’ll probably say it wasn’t a cause, but there’s a fair bit of travelling in there, and they probably only slept in their own bed two or three [Read more]
It’s the Sharks and the Tigers
September 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
WAFL preliminary final… EAST FREMANTLE will play in their first grand final since 2000 after a strong preliminary final win over Swan Districts at Bassendean Oval. The Sharks got on top during the second quarter and took their lead out beyond six goals before a Swans fightback that got them within 13 points early in the last [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 16: Not Every Club Is Roses
September 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
Off Season Odyssey Pt.16. Not every Club is Roses. The plan is simple. Vaguely bounce through Kingston, S.A., then wobble towards Gypsy Point, somewhere on the other side of the ranges, where there’s work on the coast. About two days away, give or take. But there’s a beaut pub just off the highway, [Read more]
Northern Areas Football Association Grand Final
September 17, 2012 by 4 Comments
More than 6,700 fans watched the Northern Areas footy and netball finals at Jamestown in South Australia. James Lang was there.
St Kilda Best and Fairest: Two Elephants in the Room
September 16, 2012 by 6 Comments
There’s a lot of preparation that goes into a Best and Fairest. I am, of course, talking about the shaving of legs, preparation of clothes, planning of transport; make up, hair and nails. Feeding the dog, making sure the kids take care of themselves, and booking a cab to pick me, and then Rina, up [Read more]
Country footy: Weeks poised on the cusp of Bendigo FL greatness
September 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
GOLDEN Square’s outstanding full-forward Grant Weeks is poised to etch his name into Bendigo Football League history. Needing four goals in Saturday’s senior grand final against Gisborne to pass a goalkicking record which has stood since the Great Depression, Weeks has the footy world on the edge of their seats. In the 1933 season Eaglehawk’s [Read more]
Magpie mateship for McCarthy
September 16, 2012 by 10 Comments
Danielle Eid *Rewind to 2 weeks ago* Surely there is no way we would make it to the preliminary-final, don’t even CONSIDER the Granny. No really, booking a week holiday in Sydney during grand final week is fine. There’s nothing to worry about, if we meet West Coast again they’ll probably just belt us [Read more]
VAFA Div 1 – Grand Final Preview: A Clash of Two Titans
September 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In what seems like the blink of an eye, we have arrived at the season’s denouement. Was it really six months ago that the ten Division 1 clubs were winding up their pre-season programs, full of hope for the year which lay ahead? The season has whisked past us so quickly. Preliminary Final review: [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 15: The World is Round
September 15, 2012 by 9 Comments
The World Is Round. The world is round. Drive far enough through any desert and you’ll find a river, or the ocean. I wake up beside what I later figure is the Wimmera River. A superb, muddy thing with no rush to it. The trout let me know they’re there, and I swim [Read more]
2002 – A Magpie Memory
September 15, 2012 by 5 Comments
By Eleni Donnelly It’s 2012 and Collingwood seem to be headed for another Grand Final appearance… again! In 2002 I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. A few weeks after she was born I was sitting at Crown watching Collingwood v Adelaide. I had a breast pump with me. I was so excited we [Read more]
The Pre Wrap – Week II
September 14, 2012 by 4 Comments
For The Philosophical Marngrook Fan And what week it’s been in Footy Eddie. But the biggest news would have to have come from the Bourse. Singlehandedly, the Geelong Football Club has turned the Global Financial Crisis on its head. Gucci & Prada have recorded record sales and the sales through Ladies Accessories have saved both [Read more]
Ol’ Micky Blue Eyes
September 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Greetings to all, However, perhaps not such a joyous September after the tragic and untimely death of John McCarthy, a young life taken and a reminder of how precious our time is. But the footy machine continues to roll on with Carlton unveiling the worst kept secret in history. When will clubs stop putting up [Read more]
The Mack Attack
September 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
It was the Return of the Mac on the weekend. And boy did he have a big one. Patrolling the backline with the slight strut and confidence to go with it, Eric Mackenzie, E-mac, Mack Attack…kicked his first goal of what’s going to be an illustrious AFL career and towelled up Drew ‘The Dish’ Petrie [Read more]
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