Richard Jones looks back at the sponsors involved in the Bendigo Football League and the colourful names that have been given to football grounds as a result of the deals.
AFLW Round 3 – GWS v Fremantle: Sharp plays key role in 43-all draw
February 20, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The text of this post will be restored as soon as possible. JBanisterJournalism student @ Melbourne Uni, Brunswick Hockey Club Men’s Coach, tortured Tigers fan.
Local Footy: Friar Mick’s introduction to footy
February 17, 2017 by 1 Comment
Friar Mick Power tells the story of his recruitment to the UQAFC and his first game. Who’d have thought the RE Beer Garden was such a rich breeding ground for footballers.
Almanac Women’s Footy: New sport, new team and new boots
February 17, 2017 by 9 Comments
Inspired by AFL Women’s, Sarah Black commences her footy career with a new pair of boots and a new set of footballers to be like
Almanac Junior Footy: Looking for three footballers to play with Fitzroy Under 10-S
February 16, 2017 by 5 Comments
Fitzroy Under 9-S (about to become Under 10-S we hope) is one of the great footy teams on the planet. However, to guarantee we remain together, we need three more players. John Harms is helping with the recruiting.
Almanac Bush Footy: Footy at Lake Cargelligo – Part 2
February 13, 2017 by 10 Comments
This piece from David Ogilvy was first published in 2010 about a little footy club in the northern Riverina.
Almanac Local Footy: Calling all Uni of Queensland Red Lions past players
February 10, 2017 by 1 Comment
As a former player of the Uni of Qld Red Lions (half a dozen games, one point v Strathpine FC) I would like to introduce president Tom Lonergan to everyone. Tom’s doing a few things at the moment: creating a database of past players (please contact him), recruiting players for a season of winter sunshine and footy this season, and letting you know about the club. [There’s a section on the club in Loose Men Everywhere
Almanac Yarn: Davo pulled it to the left.
February 9, 2017 by 1 Comment
This may or may not be true. But, in his debut piece for the Almanac, Curtis de Mar tells the tale of Davo, footballer and lateral thinker who was always late for games.
Nine broken fingers: the story of determined girls and their footy game
February 5, 2017 by 5 Comments
This wonderful piece, about an all-girls footy match in Williamstown, by Lucia Nardo was first published six years ago. It’s timely to bring it to you again.
Life as a veteran local footballer
February 1, 2017 by 10 Comments
The end cometh. But what material it provides to the capable scribe. We welcome Luke Holmesby to the Almanac community with a wonderful debut piece. [Great to have you with us Luke – JTH]
Almanac Footy Poetry: “Manacunna,” by Ian Bland
November 29, 2016 by 3 Comments
We’re lucky today at the Almanac to share the poetry of Ian Bland. Check out this rollicking tale of Manacunna.
“The town of Manacunna, in the far west of the state
Had, outside of football, little cause to celebrate…”
Local Footy: The club where Blunnies mattered
November 28, 2016 by 6 Comments
Matt Zurbo’s first footy club (many years ago) was a suburban club where the blokes worked hard and played hard. Young Matt Zurbo was made welcome because of his Blundstone boots. Not footy boots. His work boots.
The Ilfracombe scoreboard
November 25, 2016 by 3 Comments
Scoreboard Pressure welcomes aboard Sasha Lennon, whose first contribution to the unofficial national register of scoreboards is the rugby league scoreboard in Ilfracombe, central west Queensland.
Almanac Local Footy: Pre-Season Grinds are never the same it seems
November 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment
While footballers around the country have commenced pre-season training, Mick Jeffrey discusses his program and asks how your training works especially before Christmas.
Peter Argent’s book: “Snaps of the 2016 season”
November 23, 2016 by 3 Comments
Capturing images across the length and breadth of South Australian football at numerous levels, Peter Argent has produced an e-book of over 500 of his finest football images in 2016.
Cairns downs Townsville for AFL Masters’ title (An insider’s story)
November 22, 2016 by 1 Comment
Wesley Hull had a big day of footy in Cardwell, Far North Queensland. He played in two matches and here writes about the big finals of the AFL Masters Over 35s (and Over 45s) season: Cairns Stingers versus Townsville Sharks. [Well played, Wesley – Ed].
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