Left B: Brent Guerra, Josh Gibson, Matthew Suckling HB: Grant Birchall, Ryan Schoenmakers, Jarrod Kayler-Thomson
NAB Cup, Round 2: Top last quarter helps get ordinary rice taste out of my mouth
March 1, 2010 by 11 Comments
After getting woken up at 8.30am due to some enormous thunder I didn’t do much all day. I had my usual Strawberry Yoplait yoghurt first thing and had a read of the Herald Sun, filled out my papers for work experience then I did some odd chores around the house for mum. Today I got [Read more]
NAB Challenge: Demons’ loss not as bad as it seems
March 1, 2010 by 106 Comments
By Steve Healy The NAB challenge. Far from the ultimate challenge in football, but it certainly pays off when you get to spend quality time at the footy at a ground like Princes Park (or Visy, or Optus). My younger brother Brendan finally agreed to come to the game with me, which is a first, [Read more]
Footy: A Magpie childhood
March 1, 2010 by 6 Comments
Bu Sue Currie I have always been an outsider. It started when I was three months old and my parents bought our house in Chadstone. We were a nest of Magpies in a suburb of Tigerland. I’ve remedied this now as a Magpie living in black and white Northcote! That was a long time ago. [Read more]
NAB Cup Round 2: Big Bad Barry Back In Town
February 28, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Damian Watson This particular Friday is filled with high anticipation as two star forwards, who after departing from their previous respective clubs following undisciplined actions last year, begin to pull on a different guernsey in 2010. Carlton’s summer of turmoil may have stemmed from Brendan Fevola’s Brownlow antics and I am delighted as the Blues prevail over Brisbane in a Visy Park practice match in [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: This competition doesn’t mean anything, does it?
February 27, 2010 by 27 Comments
By Steve Healy After an exciting day at the footy with my Almanac Friends (Josh, Damo, Michael and Adam) there is nothing better than coming home to hear the Dees play Freo on the radio. Well, there might be, but on Sunday night it was the best option. I get off the train at Darling [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 2: Dogs deserve to be pre-season favourites
February 27, 2010 by 78 Comments
Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs Gee, this week has gone quick. After surviving Monday and Tuesday, the final few days flew. Soon enough, I’m sitting in my chair, with the TV on, footy on, and Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life is playing? Right, weird choice Seven. Barry Hall runs out for the tri-colours [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: The day I met Josh, Steve, Michael, Damo and Majak
February 27, 2010 by 14 Comments
NAB CUP ROUND 1 – NORTH MELBOURNE vs GEELONG When I announced my plans during the week to go to the footy with some people I’d never met, the responses from my parents were mixed. Mum was strongly disapproving of the whole idea. “You say you’re 100% sure they are who they say they are, [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: CAT-astrophe as Cats made to look human
February 24, 2010 by 8 Comments
How to overreact by Tabloid “Journalist” Caroline Walls-Sheahan (aka Alex Wadelton) Geelong is staring into the abyss created by the selfish decision of ex-captain Tom Harley to establish a happy life with his new wife in Sydney. The vacuum left by being forced into retirement by his wife was obvious to all and sundry in [Read more]
Crio’s Question: Is the AFL immune to the crowds crisis?
February 23, 2010 by 2 Comments
by Chris Riordan The trend, it must be said, is alarming. 9,000 at Blue Diamond Day. 15,000 at MCG for an ODI. 18,000 at major A-League semi at Etihad.
NAB Cup, Round 1: Go you Roo boys!
February 23, 2010 by 777 Comments
by Josh Barnstable What a great way to start the NAB Cup for North Melbourne with a first round match against Geelong, just terrific, thanks a lot AFL. Despite the fact that I knew we would get absolutely flogged, Dad and I planned to go to the game, and soon enough we had all planned [Read more]
Is Bullfighting Sport?
February 23, 2010 by 4 Comments
by Damian O’Donnell Barcelona 1987. It’s August and still very hot. What a city. I love this place. It’s vibrant and colourful and bursting with a subdued (but not too subdued) excitement. It’s as if something is always bubbling just under the surface. The combination of the fascinating “old city” and the noisy, modern “new [Read more]
A Family Day affair of the heart
February 22, 2010 by 536 Comments
by Danielle Eid Who knew that such a moment would leave my heart beating so hard and fast that it felt as though it would rip out of my body? That I would smile so much I could feel my body fill with happiness. This was the effect meeting Jack Anthony had on me.
NAB Cup, Round 1: We need more opportunity to dream
February 22, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Dan O’Sullivan For supporters of the competition’s strugglers, the lead-up to the NAB Cup is like the brief few seconds when you wake from a heavy night but your brain has yet to kick into gear. All you have is the warm static of a good night’s sleep to cloud your memory, so for [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: A few observations on the early Pies
February 22, 2010 by 6 Comments
By Steve Fahey Pre-season so no match report, but a few observations : – Middle of Feb, 32 degrees at game start, all other observations need to be considered with that in mind. – Middle of Feb, 32 degrees at game start, very thoughtful of Etihad Stadium management to have us think that we were [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: New generation of Swans stands tall
February 21, 2010 by 2 Comments
Ever since reading the NAB Cup fixture in the library at school, one game stood out in the second week of the first round. Sydney and Carlton from Blacktown Olympic Park. Time has flown, and finally the day has come. After a bad loss at tennis, I look forward to resting up my muscles before [Read more]
Life: What’s in a name?
February 21, 2010 by 8 Comments
After reading my copy of The Footy Almanac 2009, I was inspired and thought this could be my perfect opportunity to follow my dream to become a sports journalist. So I decided to sign up to this wonderful website and try and contribute something to this awesome collection. My dream of being a sports journalist [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Saints and Pies worth the wait
February 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
After getting my first dose of football for 2010, I eagerly await my next fix. It seems to be the longest week of my life from the final siren of Western Bulldogs v Brisbane from last Sunday to the opening bounce of this match, yet it was a very quick and enjoyable week. The week [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: It’s hard to imagine a better pre-season game
February 21, 2010 by 17 Comments
Could a NAB Cup game get any better? Two premiership contenders in battle, with Luke Ball playing against his former side. I am eager to see some other players, namely Simon Buckley (ex-Demon) and Darren Jolly for their new sides. The surface of Etihad Stadium is the talking point during the week, after being pulverised [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Saints somehow win a corker. Good night!
February 20, 2010 by 6 Comments
It’s all about presentation, isn’t it? Ignoring the deplorable state of the actual turf at Etihard Stadium, Channel 7 (Sydney) tonight gave a very good argument for their not being awarded the broadcasting rights for the AFL at the next round of bidding. Their commentary team is great: Bruce McAvaney, the fantastic Dennis Cometti, Leigh [Read more]
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