You Know. Every time I, or a team I coach, make it into finals, about now, when the time is right and the steel has to come out, I tell this story to the squad. Because it was true. Because it hurt. It was my first year at the club. We had only [Read more]
THE PATH TO IMMORTALITY IS 2 (or 3) STEPS AWAY
August 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When we last spoke I mentioned that the finals series up here in sunny Capricornia was not that far away. Now we are well and truly inside the last month, and this weekend we are back down the highway to face BITS in the reserves 2nd semi-final. For me however it could have been all [Read more]
Country footy: Waikerie Milestone
August 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This week’s Football People story focuses on Waikerie ruckman Brooke Hoad and his achievement of playing 300 senior games. http://www.countryfooty.com.au/FootballPeople.htm Rob McLean
Berrigan boys
August 17, 2011 by 7 Comments
by Glen Davis I tried a while ago to select a team from Berrigan, and adjacent areas in that part of the Riverina, but fell a few players short. How I left out/forgot Shane Crawford is staggering. I have taken on board the comments of fellow Almanackers such as Sheikh Mohammed bin Rocket, and his [Read more]
This Sat’dy… 20 August 2011
August 17, 2011 by 7 Comments
by Chris Riordan My sides seem to have gradually slipped from contention and, with the races getting more interesting, it is easy to lose track of the various comps, many of which are finishing the fixture and facing finals fates. For some comps it is an “early September”….for example, my plans for a weekend [Read more]
Characters II. The Local Variety.
August 13, 2011 by 9 Comments
The first character I ever saw in footy was at my first club. Andy had long, thin hair, a mo, three stops on each boot, as many teeth and played on the wing. If the niggle was up, and he gave away a free, he’d stand the mark, the ball between his legs. [Read more]
Kapunda to GWS
August 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This week’s Football People piece by Rob McLean takes a look at how Kapunda boy Johnathan Giles is going in Greater Western Sydney. He also shares some of his memories of being a kid at Kapunda’s Dutton Park. http://www.countryfooty.com.au/FootballPeople.htm Rob McLean
One Point
August 10, 2011 by 3 Comments
The Ressies had it in the bag. The mob we were playing had to beat us to take our spot in the finals, but didn’t. On a day forecast for rain, the clouds danced over the mountain without stopping to even look. Hell, it wasn’t weather, it was scenery. Under that, on the [Read more]
Footy at the Lakes (Lake Cargelligo)
August 9, 2011 by 3 Comments
by David Ogilvy When I was at the Bowling club having a quiet drink and keeping dehydration at bay I mentioned to one of my mates the I hadnt got to the footy at Lake Cargelligo this year. After he announced he’d be a starter ( and he has had 50 years of playing and [Read more]
KICKING A BAG
August 7, 2011 by 6 Comments
ECHUCA EXCERPTS We are still slightly dazed in Echuca concerning Monday’s game. After seeing a junior match on Saturday on the park Oval, no one thought there was any possibility of big scoring on Monday, for the oval was dotted with small lakes .It was a bright move on the part of officials and players [Read more]
Almanac Footy Teams: Kelly Country
August 4, 2011 by 22 Comments
Glen! picks a side of Kelly-related footy names.
Sat’dy Arvo Footy August 6th 2011
August 4, 2011 by 15 Comments
Some teams must be well over it. Glenorden, for example, whose seniors (WRFL Div1) lost by 277 points to Spotswood on Saturday. No mention on their site about the fate of coach Jay Fantusca, though there is notice that cricket will soon be underway! What makes it hard for clubs like the Hawks is that [Read more]
A Lovely Bullet
August 3, 2011 by 1 Comment
I met her up in the mountains, which was rare. She was tour guiding while I rebuilt the forest floor, in the middle of winter. Head-to-toe in mud. She didn’t care. Come autumn, the girls from down in the Bay had arranged a female footy match to raise money for something. You [Read more]
Local Footy: Finals around the corner (over a bridge, down a highway, past the pub….)
August 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
For a lot of leagues around the country, the month of September (once known as Septopia around 2007 according to the AFL) represents the opportunity for the best of the best to go after the silverware, pennants and copious amounts of celebratory beverages that are associated with ultimate glory. It does vary a little though [Read more]
The best kick in the Riverland
July 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
by Rob McLean This week in Football People, we take a look at the best kick in the Riverland, plus the Roo returns. http://www.countryfooty.com.au/FootballPeople.htm Rob McLean
Sat’dy footy 30 July 2011
July 27, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Chris Riordan As a (much) younger teacher I used to play in some staff v student footy games. We had a fairly fit, active team and, with the Principal umpiring to our interests, scores were often settled. The kids wore the school jumper and we were “others”. One time I wedged in to [Read more]
Football’s Not Everything
July 25, 2011 by 8 Comments
Murder was a talented kid, and trouble. A ratbag, a thief. Chockers with personality. I wasn’t wide-eyed, but I liked him a lot, anyway. Maybe because when I was a kid I was a bit of trouble. Maybe just because. There doesn’t always have to be a reason. He could play [Read more]
Lorne Footy Club: Mind the Water
July 25, 2011 by 7 Comments
Lorne’s Stribling Reserve would have to be one of the most spectacular sporting arenas in Australia. Standing high on the western side of the oval you overlook Louttit Bay and the Southern Ocean. But this has not always been the home ground for the Lorne Football and Netball clubs known as the Dolphins and the [Read more]
Football Clubs in New South Wales
July 25, 2011 by 3 Comments
By Miles Wilks The most important aim with this book is to give some positive press to footy clubs in New South Wales. Few people (I would think) would realise that as many as 400 players have been recruited from NSW to the VFL/AFL. It was surprising for me anyway when I was researching the VFL/AFL archives and [Read more]
Mining young footy talent at Roxby Downs
July 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I’d like to introduce Rob McLean who writes a popular country footy column called Footy People. (Ed) Rob is an SA based football fanatic who once dreamed of playing in Central District’s first premiership side At 34 and a half, he still believes he could play in a Doggies premiership, but instead is winding up his career [Read more]
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