The Red Lions play in two grand finals tomorrow following a brekkie where Derek Humphrey-Smith will be the guest speaker.
WHERE ARE THE TONY LOCKETTS?
September 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
Remember when Tony Lockett kicked his 1300th goal? There’s a video on Youtube. Watch him as he lines up the kick. One after another he performs the motions that comprise his routine. First he bends and rubs the grass with his right-hand. Both hands then straddle the balls’ laces as they hang, ape like, in [Read more]
Sal’s Tips Round 24
September 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
What a great idea from the AFL to have a theme for the final round of footy – The Seinfeld Round – the round about nothing! Only two games that can vaguely shape the 8 in determining where Sydney and St Kilda wrestle and other games that might determine draft pick 15 and 16. The [Read more]
Doco: the 1971 Grand Final.
September 1, 2011 by 8 Comments
Channel 9 (Sunday, Sep 4, 12 noon) is showing the first in the series of documentaries on Grand Finals – 1971. I have it on good authority that it is pretty well done. Interested to know where you were to watch that Grand Final, or whether you have seen it since. Impressions?
Lockett to Winmar
September 1, 2011 by 32 Comments
Winmar to Lockett. Lillee to Marsh. Just saying it sounds beaut. In footy, in my generation, it was “Winmar to Lockett!” Oh, yeah! Winmar. To. Locket. Just to hear those words again. Before my time it was Farmer to Goggin. We are all history, or soon will be. I would [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 18, 2nd September, 1911
September 1, 2011 by 12 Comments
The scandals of the VFL in this period seem wild and woolly by today’s standards, but it must be said they don’t look out of place with the general conduct of Melbourne society at the time. Both state and city were in many ways still recovering from the most controversial period in their history, when [Read more]
I want my Mummy
September 1, 2011 by 13 Comments
I have a soft spot for the Swans. I’m sure many people do. My dad was a Bloods man, and his stories of Pratt and Skilton kept me spellbound as a youngster. They were my unofficial “second side”. It became official when they moved to Sydney. Purely on romantic terms, the Swans were, of all [Read more]
AFL Fixture Options
August 30, 2011 by 12 Comments
All AFL fans (possibly excepting those whose world view is black and white) agree that the current season fixture is unfair and outmoded. 22 games divided by 18 teams does not produce an equitable outcome. Broadly speaking, there are 3 viable alternatives, which I will briefly analyse. The first is elegant in its simplicity, eminently [Read more]
Closing the Gap
August 30, 2011 by 3 Comments
By Ged McMahon On face value, the red and black team seemed a little undersized. But at no point were they to be underestimated. They were the boys from Tiwi College and this was their home turf. Visiting their remote headquarters was the Narangba Valley Vipers, a bunch of Brisbane school kids about to [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XXIII
August 29, 2011 by 1 Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Pies, acting on instructions from the RSVPA’s Dr Hugh Wirth, helped euthanize The Long Suffering over at Fremantle. The Leafblowers were howling as Buddy piled on an unassailable lead in The Coleman while his team introduced Coach Williams to caretaking at the [Read more]
Fitzroy: Part I
August 29, 2011 by 10 Comments
Fitzroy Pt. 1 Lou barracked for Geelong and had a wicked laugh. All bongs and cackles. I’d had my wost year ever, at the club I liked least, and had qualified for reserves finals. Fuck the ‘locals first’ policy. I played a corker. We lost anyway. The season was done. As planned, Lou and [Read more]
The Footygods: the Trojan wars
August 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Trojans were unbeatable at home. They had a walled city by the water. They were able to defend easily and they could sweep out of their city to attack their enemy. They could always replenish their wounded soldiers. After a few years, the invading armies started thinking that they couldn’t win. The Trojan wars [Read more]
Can we just win one please?
August 27, 2011 by 3 Comments
The season has ended and Imperials have finished 2nd in both grades. I have finished the year in the reserves but have ended in good form. I’ve been in our best in 3 of the last 4 games and on Saturday in a hard fought contest against fellow finalists Mypolonga I managed to kick 3 [Read more]
The Great Trade War
August 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Archbishop Mannix called World War 1 , ‘The Great Trade War’,as Millions around the world died, whilst their imperial masters saw their spheres of influence altered. The Hapsburg empire disappeared, Czarist Russia was gone, the Kaiser became an irrelevancy, whilst Britannia continued to rule the waves. In Australia the impact was marked. Visit any country [Read more]
Now He Can Play
August 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
Now He Can Play. This happened on one of those beaut days, down in the rolling Carlile Valley, where Otway sometimes play their home games. Mid-season, usually, to get away from the mud of the mountains and let the ground mend. Carlile is the bush. Nowhere, in the best way. It doesn’t even have [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXIII
August 26, 2011 by 12 Comments
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXIII FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The ghosts are stirring at the Yarra Falls End as the tension continues at Victoria Park. This time it’s Neon Leon who wants to jump ship. Is it to be free to go with Lovable Mick [Read more]
Cleaning the boots: A father’s story
August 26, 2011 by 10 Comments
It was the night before the big game against Phillip Island. Our eldest son Sasha (9) wanted to clean his soccer boots, he was totally excited. Sasha and cleaning don’t go that well together. I quickly reflected. This could be a time for father and son sharing- and a chance to teach him how to [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 17, 26th August, 1911
August 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Fitzroy players would have woken on the day of Round 17 aware of the task ahead of them. Whilst most would still have jobs to attend to in the morning, their minds would have been contemplating how they might defeat top side Essendon to keep their finals hopes alive. That Collingwood, their bitter local [Read more]
Helping the Blues to a 17th flag?
August 24, 2011 by 4 Comments
by Damien Little I do not consider myself a superstitious person. It wouldn’t phase me to cross a black cat under a ladder on Friday the 13th. However, in 1994, as Carlton was regaining its powerhouse status, I began to become superstitious about football and my contribution to the team’s performance. Should I be [Read more]
Worth the risk of heartbreak
August 24, 2011 by 5 Comments
by Stephen Cooke My heart is racing. I have goose bumps. My mouth is dry. I have just watched the final moments of the 2009 grand final on YouTube and the emotions of the day have flooded back. I am desperate for Geelong to make this year’s Grand Final.
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