Penultimate round of footy for AFL season 2024 with the fight for the final 8 still wide open.
Round 22 – Essendon v Gold Coast Suns: A Big Mac upsets the Bombers!
August 13, 2024 by 4 Comments
It took a Big Mac to ground the Bombers eating up their chances of playing in the finals in 2024.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024: Round 22 Review / Round 23 Preview
August 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024 reviews Round 22 match against Sydney, and Previews upcoming match against Brisbane.
Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Sydney)
August 12, 2024 by 5 Comments
You may have cheer, cheered these players in red and white or other colours over their footy careers – it’s Rodney Boyd’s Sydney Arrivals and Departures
Almanac Footy History: ‘Kicking Against the Wind’
August 10, 2024 by 1 Comment
Roy Hay tells us about a new book, a history of the Portarlington Football Netball Club. Copies are available now.
Almanac Podcasts: Matt Zurbo interview on CDFNL Insiders Podcast
August 10, 2024 by 3 Comments
Matt Zurbo was recently interviewed on the ‘CDFNL Insiders’ podcast reflecting on his life in country footy.
Almanac Footy (Observation): Footy imitates art
August 8, 2024 by 3 Comments
Does art imitate footy, or is it the other way around? Ged McMahon contemplated this dilemma with respect to the Bombers v Dockers clash last weekend.
Revelling in the Riverina: Episode 16 – In Sandral country
August 7, 2024 by 8 Comments
For Episode 16 of ‘Revelling in the Riverina Peter Clark travels to Rennie and Sandral country acknowledging 1956 Melbourne premiership player Jim Sandral’s footballing influence in the region.
Round 22 – AFL Season 2024 Footy Fixture: Who, where, and when
August 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The race for the Final 8 is still wide open as a number of teams face crunch time in Round 22.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024: Round 21 Review / Round 22 Preview
August 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
It was a nail biter for Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024 with the Pies Round 21 win against the Blues. Round 22 against the Swans is previewed.
Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (St Kilda)
August 5, 2024 by 9 Comments
The Saints have certainly seen plenty of traffic to and from their lists and Rodney Boyd has fashioned the best of the bunch into his Arrivals and Departures sides this week.
Almanac (Local) Footy: Outer East Football Netball League Round 15 – Olinda Ferny Creek v Upwey Tecoma: Smoke trails
August 5, 2024 by 5 Comments
E Regnans takes in some local footy in the Melbourne alps.
Almanac Music: Vale John Mayall – Now the Blues has lost a King
August 3, 2024 by 9 Comments
Peter Crossing pays tribute to a musical hero, the great bluesman, John Mayall who recently passed away.
Almanac Footy: Dan Oakley Memorial – Williamstown Seagulls FIDA FC
August 2, 2024 by 2 Comments
Callum Quirk returns to the home of the Williamstown Seagulls FIDA FC to attend a memorial for former player Dan Oakley who died tragically in 2014.
‘The quality of caring…’ by KB Hill
August 1, 2024 by 1 Comment
KB Hill brings us a team-mate’s appreciation of the caring qualities of recently inducted OMFNL Hall of Famer, Mick Wilson.
Revelling in the Riverina: Episode 15 – A Better Place
July 31, 2024 by 4 Comments
In this week’s instalment of his trip through the Riverina, Peter Clark travels east, from Finley to Berrigan
Round 21 – AFL Season 2024 Footy Fixture: Who, where, and when
July 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Round 21 is a critical round for many teams as they endeavour to cement a place in the Final 8.
Almanac Footy: ‘Who am I?’
July 30, 2024 by 1 Comment
Citrus Bob Utber is trying to track down the lady who sat next to him at a recent Footy Almanac function to follow up the information she gave Bob about her dad and the Fitzroy Football Club. [If you can assist Bob please respond in the comments section. – Ed]
Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Richmond)
July 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Two teams of the Strong and the Bold from Rodney Boyd, the first with Punt Road converts and the second with Tigerish turncoats (tongue-in-cheek!)
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