There is something amiss, something not quite right. 2010 was supposed to be a very balanced year. It is a lovely even number is 2010. No rough edges, nothing sticking rudely out like “1997” for example with all those tails and hard angles. But 2010 has confounded me. It started early in the year. There [Read more]
The Disinterested Boy
October 21, 2010 by 3 Comments
You see him at the footy, or on the replay. At the MCG or on the Dome. He sits behind the goals, next to the bag of spare footies. It’s a prime position to watch your heroes on the big stage. What a gig! He probably even gets paid for it, too. I have been [Read more]
Year 12 toughie
October 21, 2010 by 25 Comments
I’m the toughie of the group. I’m like the Luke Hodge or Jonathan Brown of my group. One of my closest friends who ive been to school with for thirteen years had never seen me cry until this night. I am human, of course I do show emotion (mostly when it involves my Collingwood boys) [Read more]
The Loneliest Footballers
October 20, 2010 by 26 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis After chatting with Andrew Gigacz about football tragedies and the 2010 Footy Almanac cover, the 2008 Footy Almanac engaged my attention in a way it hadn’t done before. Jim Pavlidis’ perceptive painting captured the loneliness of Matthew Richardson the footballer. The crowd is a blur, there are no teammates or fanfare and [Read more]
International Rules: Moments We Won’t Likely Forget
October 18, 2010 by 8 Comments
This coming weekend the International Rules Series returns to the Emerald Isle for the first time in four years and the highly anticipated build-up serves as a timely reminder of how this ambitious experiment to bind two codes together has effectively paid off. Indeed, the International Rules concept has provided us with a variety of [Read more]
Season Review: Adelaide Crows 2010
October 17, 2010 by 11 Comments
Highlights: Not a lot of highlights in a dark year for the Adelaide Crows, but the Round 11 game against the Fremantle Dockers sticks out as perhaps the moment of the decade for Adelaide. In Tyson Edwards 321st and last game, the Crows came up against an in-form Freo side at AAMI Stadium. It was [Read more]
Paul Chapman with Hair
October 17, 2010 by 6 Comments
Chappy as you’ve never seen him before (well, not recently anyway). http://paulchapmanwithhair.tumblr.com/page/1
Season Review: Port Adelaide 2010
October 17, 2010 by 5 Comments
Highlights: Port Adelaide started the season in a bright manner, winning the first two games against North Melbourne at home and West Coast at Subiaco Oval. The match against the Eagles was full of fight and courage, with Jason Davenport scoring four goals in the final quarter to lift his side to a narrow three [Read more]
Leigh Harding Tribute
October 16, 2010 by 2 Comments
As a North Melbourne supporter, I’m disgusted at the weight of publicity regarding Max Rooke’s retirement. No disrespect to Rooke intended, but on the same day, another player called it a day. And nothing has been made of it. Nothing at all. Once again, the journalists and news reporters around Australia think that reporting on [Read more]
TAB time
October 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
The spindly gait of Les, skinny, leathery Les, takes him down Pakington St to his local TAB. Les has coat-hanger shoulders, dark Brylcreemed hair, and teeth stained from 50 years of tobacco. “G’d morning’ Ron,” he says, greeting the manager. Les looks up to the boards, checking the columns of numbers and names. Dad staples [Read more]
Incidents That Stick
October 14, 2010 by 25 Comments
What could Helen D’Amico, Trevor Chappell and John Kerr possibly have in common? Maybe that the mention of their name is likely to have anyone under the age of about thirty-five scratching their head. But for those of us ever-so-slightly older, these names will bring an incident immediately to mind; an incident that is intrinsically [Read more]
Carlton 2010: Patience is a Learned Virtue at Princes Park
October 13, 2010 by 5 Comments
Assessments of a season are hard to separate from the expectations held going into it. In Carlton’s case, the departure of a certain erratic, ego-centric full forward had the Blues widely written off. Lost in all the Fevola fluff was football’s forgotten man, Nick Stevens, who’s forced early retirement confirmed he lacked that most essential [Read more]
Please Help Find Lost Answer to Trivia Question
October 13, 2010 by 15 Comments
Glenn Coleman in the 80s and 90s played between 60 and 70 games for each of Fitzroy, Sydney and Footscray. Only one other player has matched that feat of playing 50 matches at each of three clubs. I have been told the answer but I’m stuffed if I can remember. With the help of the [Read more]
AFL Recruit: Tendai Mzungu- One to watch
October 12, 2010 by 4 Comments
He may not have been the biggest name in trade week, but Tendai Mzungu has already accumulated a decent highlight reel in the WAFL for Perth FC. With 70 senior games to his name already, there may be another mature age recruit ready to make an impact in the big league. Thanks to Neil Allen [Read more]
Maybe Footy Just Isn’t My Metier
October 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
Ok, I’ll admit at the outset that I was lucky to get there. I was a good footballer, but not a great one, and in junior teams I played with plenty of kids much better than me who never got the same opportunity. But what the heck, when the ball bounces your way, what else [Read more]
Queensland Gazza
October 9, 2010 by 10 Comments
John Mosig provided this scan of the Courier Mail, to let Cat fans know the version of events Queensland readers are getting.
Thumbs up to Hird
October 7, 2010 by 2 Comments
Some 7 or 8 weeks ago during the Knight’s saga I had a dream/idea, Sir James Hird would take over the reins at The Dons with Bomber Thompson as his co-coach. When I mentioned this to some of my mates they dismissed the idea as the disillusioned rantings of a tragic Don. As if Hird [Read more]
Vive la Revolution
October 7, 2010 by 6 Comments
Sources within the football world have disclosed that for twelve months discussions have taken place within the cloistered walls of AFL House, and out of earshot in Gosch’s Paddock, regarding the expansion of the league’s ‘no loyalty policy’ beyond the fertile breeding ground of just players and club officials to achieve the Holy Grail. Fuelled [Read more]
2010 Trade Week Discussion
October 6, 2010 by 121 Comments
The annual football meat market is open for business once again. The proceedings of this week should always be borne in mind when clubs subsequently try to play the loyalty card. Supporters, on the other hand, look at this all very differently. Some favourites will be moving on, other departures may be celebrated. What do [Read more]
The View From Shepparton- Final Grand Final Edition
October 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
For Sale. One redundant St Kilda Football Club flag, brought in the heat of the moment 10 days ago to counter balance a neighbour who had for some reason or other purchased the Collingwood Football flag. And there it had been, protruding out of his mailbox, in all of its ghastly glory. I spent $20 [Read more]
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