With the 2012 regular season less than a month away, clubs are stepping up their efforts in order to get more members on board for the upcoming season. Given how important membership is to fans and clubs alike, it seems appropriate that we should analyse the membership videos. Some promise success. Some promise excitement. Some [Read more]
How the West is being won
March 6, 2012 by 9 Comments
by Rod Gillett AFL football will be played at four different venues in Sydney this season. Three of those are in western Sydney. Only one is in the city, the traditional home of the game, the Sydney Cricket Ground. Footy has been played at the SCG since the 1880s and hosted VFL matches as [Read more]
The tides of March
March 6, 2012 by 4 Comments
by Jeff Dowsing After a glorious last hurrah, the summer of 2012 evaporated quicker than Sean Marsh’s batting average. Hard to believe it’s already March. It must be a loathsome month for emo-goths, artistes and like minded hipsters with serious sport allergies. NRL, Super Rugby, A-League, AFL in-embryo, and cricket’s tail end all scramble [Read more]
‘Big Red’ Bows Out
March 5, 2012 by 4 Comments
Popular Warrnambool figure Chris “Big Red” Jennings has passed away, aged just 47. The Warrnambool Standard reports: http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/news/general/big-red-bows-out-a-shark-forever/2475584.aspx
FOOTY ALMANAC TRIP ACROSS THE DITCH
March 5, 2012 by 6 Comments
Friday 1 June to Sunday 3 June Join John Harms and other intrepid Almanackers for a weekend in North West Tasmania
Young and Old
March 5, 2012 by 4 Comments
During the off-season I did the only thing I could to keep me going; watched the Grand Final replay once a week, scoured the internet for any footy news, the draft, trade week, new appointments and when there was none of that to be done I went to the pub. As things unfolded I became [Read more]
The local footy book
March 2, 2012 by 9 Comments
Hi all, Yes! The local footy book lives! Malarkey Publications, publisher of The Footy Almanac, should soon be in a position to revive the local footy book of essays that went into abeyance last year. We have a dozen completed pieces and several others in the editing stage (see list below) but [Read more]
WHY ESSENDON WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART FIVE. By Alex Wadelton WHY ESSENDON WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP Essendon were one of the big improvers last year. After a dismal, injury racked 2010 that saw the eventual sacking of Matthew Knights, the Bombers were able to rise back into the eight, ending a drought stretching back [Read more]
Ancient Myths – Local Heroes
February 29, 2012 by 16 Comments
by Phil Dimitriadis Where does Australian Rules football, derive its imperative ideologies? What disciplines or beliefs drive the allegory of the sport? It is here that Biblical comparisons and Greek mythology might come into play. Hero mythology is derived from these two ideologies because of their influence on the moral fabric of language in [Read more]
What becomes a champion most?
February 29, 2012 by 29 Comments
by Sean Curtain A recent Litza article on the way some members of the Channel 7 commentary team were described and the debate about the irritating overuse of certain words in football such as ‘elite’ has led me to want to challenge a word that in my mind is thrown around far too easily [Read more]
Bring on your wrecking ball
February 29, 2012 by 10 Comments
by Rick Kane I received a text from my sister’s daughter’s husband or as I like to call him, Glenn. They live up in the dry dusty heat of Port Headland. This is what he said. “How’s life in the big V? Wish I was there right now. I bet Melbourne is getting that [Read more]
Why Collingwood will win the premiership
February 28, 2012 by 19 Comments
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. By Alex Wadelton WHY COLLINGWOOD WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP As Eddie McGuire is fond of saying, Collingwood were thirty minutes short of being the best team last year. If only captain Nick Maxwell could have figured how to play to play on the wing instead of third man up [Read more]
No Footy
February 26, 2012 by 3 Comments
No footy please! It’s summer. I’m old fashioned. I like my seasons- without the mixing or mangling thank you. The weather may be beyond control but the dates on the calendar are not.
Hot and Hotter, and Everybody Wins.
February 25, 2012 by 7 Comments
Hot and Hotter and Everybody Wins: So it’s started for St.Kilda (and Geelong and Sydney Swans). It started in a night of 100% humidity and 36 degree weather, with a good NAB Cup crowd of 18,000+ at the Etihad Stadium. I make a bet (in my head) that the players felt worse in the heat [Read more]
There is something simmering at Tigerland
February 25, 2012 by 4 Comments
Lunch with the boys is always something to look forward to. As with most groups there is much good natured ribbing and laughter. The “ribbing” is usually started by Nuf, a Tigers man. “The Cats will struggle this year,” he might say. “Don’t care,” Diesel might reply with a smirk. “I can die happy.” “What [Read more]
Why Carlton Will Win The Premiership.
February 24, 2012 by 9 Comments
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART THREE. By Alex Wadelton WHY CARLTON WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP. After failing to secure a September victory since Brett Ratten took over as captain in 2002, it was a relieved nation that celebrated vigorously when the Blues overcame arch-rival Essendon in last year’s Elimination Final. At least that’s [Read more]
Why I hope my son plays Aussie Rules
February 23, 2012 by 18 Comments
As my wife is currently 35 weeks pregnant my thoughts have turned to the hope that my impending bundle of joy will don the boots and play Aussie Rules when the time comes, for mine here are the top ten experiences junior will experience: the post match cold saugsage role and can of coke – regardless [Read more]
The Future of the Caringbush
February 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Here’s something I wrote in December 2009. Some interesting predictions here, some of which were pretty damn close. Hope you like it. -Bucky So it’s like this, I love the Collingwood Football Club whether we’re riding the ladder from the top, or propping up 15, 16 or 17 other AFL teams. I’ve sat back [Read more]
Asparagus salads and denim shorts
February 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
Call me a traditionalist, or whatever you want, but asparagus salads and denim shorts don’t belong in the football world. To me, if I’m trotting off to the football on a Friday night I should be MCG bound. The air should be fresh, brisk, the kind that slaps you across the cheeks and says, “Wake [Read more]
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