Starting Late. If. If this Off Season lasted forever I’d hang around at each town, each truck stop and city, until I really got to know the people, the place. I’d stay until that person who I was sure, given time, would be a good mate, became a good mate. If time could be [Read more]
SANFL Grand Final: Winning ugly
October 8, 2012 by 7 Comments
Bernard Whimpress says Norward fully deserved its 28th premiership as it had dominated the 2012 season in which it lost just two games during the minor round and it crushed West in both finals.
Local footy: Tatura wins Goulburn Valley flag
October 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
David Armstrong followed happy carloads of Swans supporters up the Hume on Sunday as far as Shepparton to see Seymour take on Tatura.
Local footy: Photos from GVFL grand final
October 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Tatura Bulldogs beat Seymour by 28 points in the Goulburn Valley Football League grand final on Sunday. Peter Argent was there with his camera.
A bus ride home
September 28, 2012 by 10 Comments
The boys have done the business. After 33 barren, and disappointing years, the Wynyard Cats have come from the wilderness and done the business, snaring this year’s Northern Tassie premiership, reports Bill Walker.
Grass roots and blond tips…footy’s range of play from Akerfeldie to Dermie
September 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
Stephen Alomes draws from his new book, Australian Football: The People’s Game 1958-2058, to examine Jason Akermanis and Dermott Brereton’s place in the game – now and then.
Grand Final bliss as Blacks jump the Shark
September 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Black Hack awakes from a dual premiership celebration-induced slumber to post his recollections of a memorable day for the Melbourne Uni Blacks in the Ammos Grand Final.
WAFL: Tigers make it two in a row
September 25, 2012 by 5 Comments
Claremont are the 2012 WAFL premiers, defeating East Fremantle by 26 points. However, as Les Everett reports, the Tigers didn’t have it all their own way. Some terrific photos included.
Local footy: A Black day in the Ammos
September 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
More Grand Final football stories were etched over the weekend as plenty will continue to develop over the coming weeks. A story just as big as any other is the dual premiership glory of the University Blacks in the Victorian Amateur Football League (VAFA).
Two out of three ain’t bad
September 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
Down to Sandi again for us “Boys from Old Fitzroy” and the morning off for derrinalphil; “bugger all” sleep on Friday night. Did any Fitzroy supporter have a good night’s sleep? It was a relief to get up at six, get the paper and have a cuppa. Young master derrinalphil also hit the kitchen early. [Read more]
VAFA – Div 1: A truly grand finale
September 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In what can only be described as a magnificent showcase of amateur football, North Old Boys – St Patrick’s defeated Peninsula Old Boys by three goals at Sandringham last Sunday to convincing win the Division 1 premiership. Not since its 1982 A Grade win had the famous Brunswick-based club won a senior flag; importantly, this [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 20: Empty Bars and Back Pocket Legends
September 21, 2012 by 8 Comments
Empty Bars and Back Pocket Legends. The hotel hangs over a winding road that cuts down into town. Above its door is a sign that says Top Pub, simple and honest. I’ve been on the road for ten hours and slouch over my beer as if it’s a lead-lined magnet. [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 19: Blood
September 20, 2012 by 9 Comments
Uncle Les is dying. It’s not right. I have such vivid memories of him being so damn imposing. So solid. All Hungarian, with that slicked back hair, the angular face, barrel chest. That way. Straight down the line. Now he’s skin and bone, there nothing there. He sits opposite me in his house [Read more]
Footy Book Review: Legends and more Legends
September 19, 2012 by 2 Comments
Peter Crossing reviews Sean Gorman’s Legends, and Ken Piesse’s Legends of the Bush.
2012 VFL Finals – Borough v The Towners
September 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
Hey it doesn’t get much better than this, a fine Saturday afternoon and I’m at North Port Oval for a game of footy between two of the oldest football clubs in Australia, as they play for the right to be in next weeks grand final. Williamstown, established in 1864, known as the Towners or Willie, [Read more]
It’s the Sharks and the Tigers
September 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
WAFL preliminary final… EAST FREMANTLE will play in their first grand final since 2000 after a strong preliminary final win over Swan Districts at Bassendean Oval. The Sharks got on top during the second quarter and took their lead out beyond six goals before a Swans fightback that got them within 13 points early in the last [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 16: Not Every Club Is Roses
September 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
Off Season Odyssey Pt.16. Not every Club is Roses. The plan is simple. Vaguely bounce through Kingston, S.A., then wobble towards Gypsy Point, somewhere on the other side of the ranges, where there’s work on the coast. About two days away, give or take. But there’s a beaut pub just off the highway, [Read more]
Northern Areas Football Association Grand Final
September 17, 2012 by 4 Comments
More than 6,700 fans watched the Northern Areas footy and netball finals at Jamestown in South Australia. James Lang was there.
Country footy: Weeks poised on the cusp of Bendigo FL greatness
September 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
GOLDEN Square’s outstanding full-forward Grant Weeks is poised to etch his name into Bendigo Football League history. Needing four goals in Saturday’s senior grand final against Gisborne to pass a goalkicking record which has stood since the Great Depression, Weeks has the footy world on the edge of their seats. In the 1933 season Eaglehawk’s [Read more]
Let it B Let it B
September 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
We are the boys from old Fitzroy. We wear the colours, maroon and blue. Happy days are here again, dah dah dah d dah, happy days are here again dah…. Let it B, Let it B “When I find myself in times of trouble, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate loses to me.” There were some [Read more]
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