From my blog, www.theterrace.com.au forsake |f?r?s?k; fôr-| verb ( past -sook |-?so?k|; past part. -saken |-?s?k?n|) [ trans. ] chiefly poetic/literary abandon (someone or something) : he would never forsake The Gary Ablett Terrace | [as adj. ] ( forsaken) figurative a piece of concrete at Kardinia Park. renounce or give up (something valued or [Read more]
Redheads to Become Extinct?
August 12, 2010 by 7 Comments
There were alarming reports of a National Geographic article having suggested that redheads would eventually become extinct. This story was later debunked in September 2007 and Geelong went on to annihilate Port Adelaide in the Grand Final; taking out their first Premiership since 1963. Less than 2% of the world’s population are redheads. By contrast, [Read more]
Colliwobbles: fact or fantasy?
August 11, 2010 by 28 Comments
by Andrew Fithall The Colliwobbles. I thought I would get that word in early because it has already come up in football finals discussions. The other common statement I have heard/read recently is that for the past eight (?) seasons, the premier team has been defeated by the runner up in their previous meeting. I [Read more]
The status of AFL umpiring
August 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
by Domenic Favata The nationwide reputation of our great game is under threat. Not due to financial insecurity, poor performances or sponsorship difficulties, but to the alarming rate of the downfall in standard of AFL umpiring. It is not the umpires themselves most of the time, the Laws of the Game committee and head of [Read more]
Goal Umpiring: Technology vs Tradition
August 10, 2010 by 10 Comments
by Damian Watson It is an issue which continues to accelerate debate in the world of sport: Do we adopt new forms of technology and implement it to combat mistakes within our respective sports? Or do we agree with a traditionalists view and maintain the current regime which allows human error? The use of technology regarding the interpretation of calls [Read more]
Why the Cats will win the flag
August 10, 2010 by 5 Comments
For Sam Marcolin, there’s only one team for the flag
THE WRAP – ROUND IXX
August 9, 2010 by 7 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Fred Hesse Annihilation Scoreboard lit up early as The Bluebaggers shot down The Caretaker’s Bombers on Friday Night. On Saturday Arvo, South Melbourne put The Hawks’ season in perspective while North Melbourne did the same favour for Fremantle. On Saturday night it [Read more]
Scarfin it up
August 8, 2010 by 8 Comments
In the recovery institution I am currently residing in, fashion is not a priority. From the adolescents to the aged, clients walk around in hospital issue dressing gowns, pajama quality t-shirts (Australian Open ’03, Smashing Pumpkins tour 2008) and the ubiquitous black leggings. Admittedly, I am among those who have worn leggings for 48 hour [Read more]
Northern hemisphere internationals under the summer sun
August 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It was a big weekend in Aussie rules internationals played under sunny skies while Melbourne froze. The 2010 European Championship in Australian Football opened on Sunday with the first round of pool matches at Stefan Boldklub in Copenhagen, Denmark. Under clear skies and the summer sun the teams assembled in front of a crowd of [Read more]
A Rookie’s Debut Can Be Costly (Personally)…
August 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
One oft asked question is, “Do you remember where you were when…?” For my wife, this question could easily relate to her first sighting of a young North Melbourne rookie in 2008. As is our want, my wife and I show up at training sessions following drafts to cast our ‘expert’ eye over the youngsters [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND IXX
August 6, 2010 by 4 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. And what a round we have in store for us. Two top sides slug it out for the Minor Premiership. The two up and comers decide which Flag flies high over their co-tenanted ground. Two Born To Rule Swaggerers slug it out [Read more]
Aker: Individual Good vs Common Good
August 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
From the response to Josh’s piece, it seems too much Aker is barely enough (for the next 10 minutes anyway). This piece from Andrew Hamilton of Eureka Street draws parallels between Aker’s sacking and the election campaign; a case of individual and collective goods in tension with each other. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=22523
The Cult Heroes
August 5, 2010 by 27 Comments
After Kyle Hardingham’s first game for Essendon in Round 17, Dan Silkstone of The Age was so impressed that he proclaimed that “the Bomber faithful had a new cult hero”. A couple of exciting hangers and four majors was just the debut that Essendon fans would have been hoping for from Hardingham. But was it [Read more]
The ’76 Peter Moore
August 4, 2010 by 3 Comments
by James Gilchrist This is an extract taken from the unpublished manuscript “Tragic – The Diary of a Magpie Fan” it won second prize in the Sminkworks Short Story Competition in 2007. Some of the pitfalls I faced growing up included being short, freckle faced and red haired, having to wear light blue cotton skivvies [Read more]
Did the Aker sackers make the right decision?
August 4, 2010 by 17 Comments
by Josh Barnstable If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you wouldn’t have heard what has happened in the world of AFL. On May 20, Western Bulldogs star Jason Akermanis wrote an outlandish article in the Herald Sun about homosexual footballers coming out of the closet. Akermanis claimed that two [Read more]
A Tiding of Magpies and an Interloper Farewell Haiku Bob
August 3, 2010 by 19 Comments
by Peter Flynn It is early Saturday night not long after sunset. I saunter down Gertrude Street listening to Port versus Hawthorn. Bizarrely, I find myself barracking furiously for Port Adelaide. It’s funny who you can end up supporting in neutral sporting contests. Each Port pack mark in front of goal evokes a well-concealed short [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – Round 18
August 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The question is, will the Bulldogs move forward after their win against North Melbourne or it all come to a ghastly end if not on 21 August then some time in September? Will the Bulldogs fortunes be in sync with those of their number one ticket holder? I think that it is fair to say [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XVIII
August 2, 2010 by 5 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Feeling Faints slip dramatically in the polls as Tony Abbott becomes the Number 1 ticket holder at John Pascoe Fawkner Reserve. The Miseries can expect some comings and goings around at Visy Park after The Magpies, with the Whole Football World looking [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XVIII
July 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. It’s hardly been a slow news year has it? This week’s no different. But you’d have to wonder at the wisdom of Handy Andy’s Great Big New Tax wouldn’t you? We all saw what happened to the last bloke who tried to [Read more]
Italian Team of the Century- Charles Pettiona
July 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you wish to see the whole Italian Team of the Century, it’s available at: http://www.italianteamofthecentury.com.au/final-team.php By Tony De Bolfo Charles Joseph “Laddie” Pettiona Alma only saw Charles on a handful of occasions after she married into the Pettiona family. That was when Charles paid a call to her then address at 69 Poolman Street, Port [Read more]
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