The Sydney Swans have been an extremely successful club at making the AFL finals over the past thirty odd years, being equal second with Geelong (22) to the Eagles (24). Ian Wilson analyses why the Swans have been so successful over this period of time.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024: Round 1 Review, Round 2 Preview: Back to work?
March 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Not quite the start to the season Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024 was expecting with their second straight defeat. He looks positively towards their Round 2 match against the Saints.
Sal’s Preview: Round 1 – It’s Victoria’s turn, and racing tips for Caulfield and Rosehill
March 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli presents his thoughts and selections for the Round 1 footy, and his tips for the racing at Caulfield and Rosehill.
Almanac Footy: NSW Aust Football History Society presents: Kevin Sheedy in Conversation with Richard Colless
March 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The NSW Australian Football History Society invites you to an event with their patron Richard Colless in conversation with Kevin Sherry prior to the Sydney v Essendon clash on 23 March 2024.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024: Opening Round Review/ Round 1 Preview – ‘Own the moment’
March 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Not quite the start to the season that Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life and true believers were expecting after Collingwood’s loss to GWS. Cam also previews the Pies’ match against the Swans.
Almanac Travel: Old Dog returns to the town of his first senior flag, Lilydale in Tasmania.
March 12, 2024 by 3 Comments
The Old Dog takes the family to one of his former stomping grounds and catches up with some old footy mates in Lilydale, Tasmania.
Opening Round – GWS v Collingwood: Up and … chipping?
March 11, 2024 by 3 Comments
Matt Zurbo reviews the GWS v Collingwood game. One thing that struck while watching the match was more chipping occurred in the game than in the whole Tasmanian timber industry!
Almanac Footy: The AFL’s Ginger Wildcats
March 10, 2024 by 2 Comments
Ginger cats in Ian Wilson’s family reminded him of some AFL ginger headed players as he explains.
Opening Round – Sydney v Melbourne: Serendipity is observed, as a redress has been served.
March 9, 2024 by 8 Comments
At his third club in three years Brodie Grundy had a lot at stake and to prove in his first game playing with his new club against his previous club, and as Dan Hansen observed, Grundy played a cracking game. ‘Serendipity is observed, as a redress has been served’.
AFL 2024: Footy Fixture – Opening Round and Round 1: Who, Where, and When
March 8, 2024 by Leave a Comment
AFL Footy Season 2024 is here so check out who, where, and when your team will be playing in the Opening Round, and Round 1.
Almanac Memoir: Knowing Hazel
March 4, 2024 by 3 Comments
Instead of a poem, KD shares a short memoir about his late friend, internationally renowned writer and biographer, Dr Hazel Rowley, who died in Manhattan in March 2011. Rowley wrote biographies of authors Christina Stead and Richard Wright, as well as non-fiction works about iconic twentieth century couples Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Almanac Teams: One Test Players
February 26, 2024 by 19 Comments
Rounding out his series of cricket-related teams for 2024, Rodney Boyd takes a deep dive into those who played just one Test for Australia – and some who played just the solitary match for other nations too.
Almanac Sport: Coodabeen Champions, eh? The irony is, they are.
February 26, 2024 by 20 Comments
The Coodabeen Champions have retired. Gigs pays tribute to this wonderful institution.
Almanac Footy Tipping: The 2024 AFL Tipping Comp (and the 2023 results)
February 25, 2024 by 2 Comments
The 2024 AFL Footy Almanac Tipping Comp is open. Register now. And this post includes the results from the 2023 comp.
1964 SANFL Mobil Cards – Part 1: Central District
February 22, 2024 by 17 Comments
‘Swish’ launches Part 1 of his 1964 SANFL Mobil cards series with Central District, one of the two new additions to SANFL League ranks in that year. You may know of Gary Window and Ken Eustice, but Sam Donovan and Jock O’Brien had colourful careers too.
Almanac Teams: Only T20s for Australia
February 19, 2024 by 5 Comments
The most recent of the three international standard forms of cricket is the subject of Rodney Boyd’s latest side – those who represented Australia’s T20 men’s side but not Tests or ODIs.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024: Opening Round – Back to back?
February 18, 2024 by 2 Comments
With the opening of footy season 2024 fast approaching, Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life and the ‘True Believers’ are feeling very upbeat about their prospects for the coming season.
“The ups and downs of ‘Simmo’s sporting life…” by KB Hill
February 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
KB Hill caught up with Damien Simmonds, a multi-talented sportsman who seems to have played at only one speed – flat out!
Almanac Communities: Smokie’s Williamstown
February 13, 2024 by 3 Comments
Smokie Dawson writes about life in Williamstown in an opinion piece in today’s edition of ‘The Age’.
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