WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On the Friday night The Barry Crockers out fumbled The Feeling Faints to slip in by 13 points. On the Saturday it was The Team Who Never Let You Down’s turn to suffer the bitter ignominy of being beaten by Essendon. Carringbush took [Read more]
Labels and brands and markets
April 21, 2012 by 5 Comments
Not so long ago down here in Tassie mum went shopping at the local corner store or supermarket and she would buy a particular brand of milk, bread or toothpaste. This was a time when football was footy and we went to watch the local team play at grounds like the then unlabelled York Park [Read more]
Ralph
April 20, 2012 by 6 Comments
Three years ago I was given the opportunity of a lifetime when appointed Regional Development Manager (RDM) for AFL NT. For the next two years my home was Elcho Island; a remote location based 500km east of Darwin where one of the biggest Indigenous communities in Australia, Galiwinku, is situated. I’ll never forget the first [Read more]
We have to talk about Melbourne!
April 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Da-da-da-da to all, Well for this week anyway! What was that cooking slogan again? Now to keep the lid on! All the shenanigans between Eddie and Mick turned out to be a bit of bonus for a few other clubs who should have been in the spotlight. Whilst I might not be Buckley’s biggest fan, [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 20, 2012 by 9 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Bury my heart at Victoria Park. Talk about The Club That Ate Itself. You could write a play about it. (It’s been done Wrap – Ed) But surely we’ve all seen this coming? The stabled ox looks longingly at the fallow field. [Read more]
The Day The Tiger Ate The Cat
April 20, 2012 by 30 Comments
As Richmond heads down the highway to take on the might of Geelong, seriously one of the greatest teams of all, I began to reflect on the last successful trip I made down to Kardinia Park. Actually, the only successful trip I’ve made to the Cattery. Funnily enough, it seems fairly recent. You see, the [Read more]
I know the feeling, the Blues have arrived
April 19, 2012 by 1 Comment
It is a beautiful feeling. A feeling that we believe will never arrive. Many fans have yet to feel it. But whilst it is such a rare personal occurrence, it happens to at least one group of supporters most seasons. It’s that rush of the heart, a sudden realisation, such a fast realisation that it [Read more]
Standin’ on the Outside Lookin’ in – Post Round 3
April 19, 2012 by 7 Comments
Round 3 of the footy is over and things have never been more clearer in terms of where the year is heading. The gurus at HQ must have a team of speech writers working around the clock producing press releases that do not contain the terms “equalisation” and “compromised” as the competition has not [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Round 4, Saturday 19 April, v Collingwood, Victoria Park
April 19, 2012 by 20 Comments
Victoria Park I remember as a little kid being driven down the hill through Studley Park towards Collingwood and seeing in the distance the packed stands of Victoria Park on match-day. That vantage point, just near John Wren’s mansion, was as close as I ever got to the Magpies’ infamous old ground until this, my [Read more]
Tigers put the foot down
April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
WAFL round five By Les Everett THE WAFL ladder has a neat look to it after round five. Each team has won a game, only Subiaco are undefeated and nobody is out of contention. When he spoke to his players at three quarter time at Fremantle Oval on Sunday Bulldogs coach Paul Hasleby made an [Read more]
Fev’s North Eastern Saga
April 17, 2012 by 5 Comments
by Andrew Walker Since Yarrawonga announced that Fev may be playing with them during the 2012 Ovens and Murray season there has been no shortage of Fev news. First came rumours that other O & M clubs were also talking to the talented but incident prone player. Once Fev’s arrangements with the Yarrawonga [Read more]
Winners and Losers: Round 3
April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Round three had its fair share of milestones and statement games. As always, there are winners and there are losers. Here is everything you need to know about the third round of the 2012 AFL season. Winners Carlton The Blues went into their Friday night clash with the Magpies with quite a bit [Read more]
Broken Heart, But Still Beats True
April 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
by Simon Dobbie Oh, to be a Melbourne Demons supporter. The expectation. But then the despair. Year in. Year out. Why do I do it to myself? And with a young son now, why should I do it to him as well? I wrote last year when the Club seemed like it was at its [Read more]
Twelve Months on a Pogo Stick
April 17, 2012 by 6 Comments
by Bill Walker Preamble Wynyard is a sleepy little seaside town on the North West Coast of Tasmania. It has three pubs, one set of traffic lights, an annual tulip festival, an airport, basketball, cricket and footy clubs, a writers group whose leader is aspiring to Colleen McCulloch dizzy heights, numerous stray cats and [Read more]
The View from Shepparton
April 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
by Peter Schumacher The round started well with the demise of Collingwood, and now with the injury to Luke Ball I reckon that it could be terminal for them this year at least. Like every one else I wonder why he was allowed to return to the field after he had first twisted [Read more]
Seasons pass
April 17, 2012 by 8 Comments
I hope technology never catches up with the trusty old season’s ticket. You know, some kind of fingerprint or retina detection device at the turnstiles, hooked up to a central database. It’s not out of the question. After all, stadium security would love to better identify miscreants whom CCTV might’ve previously pinged for stacking their empty [Read more]
Jim Stynes
April 16, 2012 by 23 Comments
I can’t really remember much of Four Weddings and a Funeral, other than Hugh Grant playing to the bumbler in all of us, but especially in the feckless blokes among us. I remember enjoying the movie, in the way that you enjoy happy-sad things. I also remember the poem it featured: “Stop all the clocks”. [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND III
April 16, 2012 by 5 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On the Friday night The Rattzbaggers did to Collingwood what the butcher did to the lamb: carved it up. On Saturday it was The Tigers of Old who did the carving, this time of the moribund Redlegs. The Bloods withstood The Power challenge [Read more]
The Footygods: Athena
April 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Athena was the god of many things but one of the biggest was courage and one of the others was skill. She was so loved that she became the goddess of one of the greatest cities in the Greek world and gave it her name. Unlike her brother Ares, she approached battle as a test [Read more]
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