FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Players v Sepp Demetriou saga rolls on with no end in sight. If the passion and turn out at Crown the other night is any indication, the Players are in for the long haul. Words such as fair & equitable, [Read more]
A Prescient Heading
July 1, 2011 by 2 Comments
I am currently doing some footy research and have just found an article headed “Tarrant Could Go To Full Back” Above the main heading is a sort of subheading that reads Team Placing puzzles Magpies. What is interesting about this article is that is not from the Herald Sun of 2006 as Colliingwood pondered what [Read more]
Sean Wight
July 1, 2011 by 6 Comments
by David Bridie sean wight yes he was indeed great ,our Scot. Yet he was always called Irish. proof that the Scots carry much of Ireland in them. The Protestant/Catholic divide between Hibernians and Hearts in Edinburgh was as large as the animosity in an Orange march in Derry Sean Wight gave us [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 9, 17th June, 1911
June 30, 2011 by 5 Comments
The Saturday of round nine dawned fine and still, a rare occurrence in the June of this particular year. But the effect of recent rain on the football grounds of Melbourne was plain for all to see. This round of games would be played on quagmires. The Lake Oval handled the wet better than [Read more]
Paul Kelly, Footy and the Almanac
June 30, 2011 by 8 Comments
Paul Kelly is God – got it. Or at least the Australian version of God. For me. My Australian God. Of course I have American gods – Dylan and Springsteen. And a Brazilian God – Paolo Coelho. Enough already. So I am a polytheist, and these are the people who remind me about what is [Read more]
Collingwood: a youthful obsession
June 29, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Brian Nankervis It’s the twenty-eight minute mark of the final quarter in the 1970 Grand Final. Alex Jesaulenko gathers the ball and snaps an amazing goal. All around us, cocky Carlton fans erupt in a nauseating display of pathetic barracking. The dazed Collingwood army turns even whiter with shock, horror and disbelief. Something [Read more]
A novel idea
June 29, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Sam Steele As the handsomely remunerated executives of the AFL turn their attention to the complexities of the 2012 draw, here’s a novel suggestion for nothing. What about restoring the tradition of Saturday afternoon at the MCG to its former glory? One of the things that my recent “Drouin Transfer” has made [Read more]
Sat’dy footy 02/07/2011
June 29, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Chris Riordan Most of us love to browse the suburban and country footy results in Sunday’s paper. Some even start to barrack for towns or grounds they’ve never visited. I tend to scour the main metro leagues and the SANFL and WAFL (when printed!). Others prefer their Ammos or juniors or various regional [Read more]
Willi CYMS uncover plan B
June 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS FC by Dene Macleod For a review of Saturday’s Senior match, plus all the latest club news, head to: http://www.williamstowncyms.com.au/football/?page_id=3826 At a glance, here are the results: D1 SENIORS Williamstown 1.3 6.10 11.12 17.18.120 North Old Boys/St Pats 5.6 8.8 14.12 17.18.120 Williamstown Goal Kickers: J. Wong 5, B. Gray 3, C. [Read more]
Rockdogs blow Megahertz off the dial
June 28, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Andrew Fithall Solved! I now get it! Finally I understand why the AFL keeps scheduling such crap pre-game and half-time entertainment. They don’t have sufficient confidence in the quality of their own product that they can put on the same program something that might compete with the actual game in providing a benefit to [Read more]
Australia Network Debate
June 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
1. Changes for Australia Network, By Sid Maher, The Australian A DECISION on the tender for the federal government’s Australia Network has been put back six months and responsibility for the decision stripped from Kevin Rudd’s Foreign Affairs Department and handed to cabinet. In a joint release, Julia Gillard, Mr Rudd and Communications Minister Stephen [Read more]
Daicos
June 27, 2011 by 8 Comments
Peter Daicos played for Collingwood. You can’t help bad luck. He kicked amazing goals, and torps on the run, but did something the likes of which I’ve never seen since, early on, when he played on-ball.
The crumbs that fall from the AFL table – a response
June 26, 2011 by 11 Comments
One of the issues raised about this concept of increasing funding to “community football’ is that any savings passed onto Clubs from Leagues will be spent on player payments. An interesting response given that some of the $1.25 billion (over 5yrs) will no doubt be used by AFL Clubs to pay for wages. The short [Read more]
Corowa and Rutherglen provide a team of handy recruits
June 26, 2011 by 16 Comments
This is a side of players from Corowa, Ruthergen, and /or Corowa-Rutherglen who played at the highest level, AFL/VFL. I have left out a numnber of players from the area who did not play for the above listed clubs, including Ross Henshaw and Justin Koschitzke. Any how here we go. B: Stan Hiskins South Melbourne, [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XIV
June 24, 2011 by 2 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Hands up those who thought the recidivist Franklin got off lightly with one week? Do you get the impression he would have been a handful of a kid? And what are we going to do about the sling tackle? You have [Read more]
Injustice riles the footy fan
June 23, 2011 by 19 Comments
Is there anything that riles the footy fan more than perceived injustice? Just sit in the stands and see the irate supporters vent their spleen at the perception their team “not being given a fair go”. I must admit that I find a similar sense of inequity when it comes to the recent match review [Read more]
Magahertz v Rockdogs is on again
June 23, 2011 by 5 Comments
Maybe it is just the networks I tap into, but I reckon this year’s Community Cup has created more anticipation than in previous years. An event which started in 1997 as a fundraiser for the Sacred Heart Mission, is now a major sporting and social event, with the beneficiary being Reclink. As given on their [Read more]
The barren backyard
June 23, 2011 by 10 Comments
I am standing on the Newtown & Chilwell football ground, looking across the grass to my distant past. I started playing here 40 years ago – not for the red-and-black Eagles, just for fun. A kick of the footy after school at the Elderslie Terrace end of the ground with my neighbour John. Two kids, [Read more]
Chasing that elusive premiership
June 23, 2011 by 3 Comments
CHASING THE ELUSIVE BUSH PREMIERSHIP It’s been a while since I’ve written an update and it’s not because things are going badly and I’ve cracked the sads but more to do with the fact I get pretty busy these days. The Imperial Football Club is sitting pretty in both grades at the moment with a [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 8, 10th June, 1911
June 22, 2011 by 9 Comments
‘Football in the Mud’ was the headline The Argus chose for round 8 of 1911, and the weather was the dominant theme for more than just VFL fixtures. The constant rain was certainly causing havoc and confusion in the Geelong District League where communications went badly amiss for previously undefeated Chilwell. On the advice of [Read more]
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