The Gippsland region of Victoria has produced many fine footballers who played VFL/AFL football. Shane Reid has selected a team he considers the greatest of all time from Gippsland.
” ‘Buggsy’ and the Lalor clan…a true sporting dynasty…” by KB Hill
February 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Sporting clans don’t come much more prodigiously than the Lalors from Benalla. And who better to chronicle their achievements than KB Hill?
Almanac Country Footy: Calling all ruckmen
February 18, 2023 by 10 Comments
The ads you see in the Barossa classifieds. Any ruckmen out there?
‘Vale Rohan Robertson…’ by KB Hill
January 19, 2023 by 1 Comment
KB Hill returns with a tribute to Rohan Robertson, a Wangaratta Rovers player who went on to play for North Melbourne in the mid-1980s. Rohan passed away earlier this month.
Almanac Footy: Corowa-Rutherglen FNC Flood Relief Fund
December 23, 2022 by 1 Comment
The Corowa-Rutherglen FNC have been devastated by the floods and seek financial support to help regroup and rebuild the club.
‘Pressure brought out the best in this sporting star of the Seventies…’ by KB Hill
December 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
KB Hill chronicles the O’Brien family of Greta, ‘a dynasty which served a tiny township faithfully’.
‘Superstar Stan- a border sporting legend…’ by KB Hill
December 8, 2022 by 5 Comments
Stan Sargeant was the quintessential ‘bush sports legend’ who turned away offers to play in ‘the big smoke’. KB Hill caught up with octogenarian Stan recently.
‘The Red Bull…’ by KB Hill
November 17, 2022 by 1 Comment
Lionel Ryan was known as ‘The Red Bull’ for good reason. KB Hill remembers an iconic figure from the Yarrawonga Pigeons.
‘Age is no barrier to Smoky’…by KB Hill
November 10, 2022 by 1 Comment
KB Hill caught up with Greg ‘Smoky’ Hogan to yarn about his decorated career in the Ovens and King League.
Almanac Footy: A photo spread from Old Dog’s 40th season of footy
November 3, 2022 by 5 Comments
Old Dog completed his 40th season of playing footy in 2022. Some photos taken throughout the season record his remarkable and memorable feat. [Ed: Well done Old Dog! – Togging up in 2023?]
‘A salute to J.A., the sporting showman…” by KB Hill
November 3, 2022 by 1 Comment
KB Hill recalls the distinguished career of Wangaratta-born John Brady, a larger than life character who captained North Melbourne for several years before seeing his playing days out in country footy.
‘The sport-mad kid who made the grade…” by KB Hill
October 6, 2022 by 1 Comment
KB Hill talks with Tony Fisher, the multi-talented sportsman from Greta, who ‘made the grade’, contrary to the expectations of some of his teachers.
’84 years on – is history about to repeat itself…?’ by KB Hill
September 29, 2022 by 2 Comments
Last weekend’s OMFNL Grand Final between Wangaratta and Yarrawonga got KB Hill thinking back to when these clubs clashed in the 1938 decider.
A Season in the Country – 1975 in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues: Epilogue
September 28, 2022 by 9 Comments
Peter Clark completes his epic journey through the 1975 season in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues. (Sadly, the end of a wonderful series! – Ed.)
A Season in the Country: 1975 in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues – Episode 23
September 21, 2022 by 2 Comments
It is Grand Final day in both the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues. Peter Clark gives us all the details on the finales to the 1975 season.
Takeaways from this footy season
September 18, 2022 by 8 Comments
Old Dog with some thoughts about footy, and life. Observations and suggestions. And a few musts. [With a couple of ripper photos – Ed]
‘A one-eyed view of the Semi-Final…’ by KB Hill
September 15, 2022 by 1 Comment
KB Hill recounts last weekend’s pulsating semi-final in the OMFNL between the Wangaratta Rovers and the Albury Tigers.
A Season in the Country – 1975 in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues: Episode 22
September 14, 2022 by 1 Comment
It’s Preliminary Finals time in Peter Clark’s coverage of the 1975 season in both the Farrer and Wimmera Leagues.
‘Saints versus Hawks: re-visiting a classic…’ by KB Hill
September 8, 2022 by 1 Comment
In the lead-up to last weekend’s Myrtleford v Rovers finals clash, KB Hill revisits a classic finals encounter between the two clubs back in 1984.
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