The season has ended and Imperials have finished 2nd in both grades. I have finished the year in the reserves but have ended in good form. I’ve been in our best in 3 of the last 4 games and on Saturday in a hard fought contest against fellow finalists Mypolonga I managed to kick 3 [Read more]
Now He Can Play
August 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
Now He Can Play. This happened on one of those beaut days, down in the rolling Carlile Valley, where Otway sometimes play their home games. Mid-season, usually, to get away from the mud of the mountains and let the ground mend. Carlile is the bush. Nowhere, in the best way. It doesn’t even have [Read more]
Waikerie charge into finals
August 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
LOXTON V WAIKERIE RFL – ROUND 16 2011, Sat August 20th 2011 By Nick Kossatch at Loxton Oval Waikerie easily accounted for bottom side Loxton by 40 points in the final minor round RFL match at Loxton Oval. The Magpies, who meet Berri in Sunday’s 1st semi-final, stamped its authority from midway through the [Read more]
“Buckets”
August 24, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Peter Argent His body maybe failing him but the football brain of Jason “Buckets” Mackenzie is still brilliant After six premierships with the Bulldogs in the SANFL and the 2008 Jack Oatey medal Buckets decided to go back AND have a season with little brother Adam (mongrel to his mates) It this contest [Read more]
Sat’dy Footy – 27th August
August 24, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Chris Riordan Now here’s a great way to spend this footy Saturday, kicking off with a lunch and words from the great “Flea” Garry Wilson and continuing with an afternoon’s viewing at the magnificent Brunswick street ground. Check this invite… http://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/2011FFCAug27PresidentsLuncheonvsMHSOBookingSlip.doc Get a tram and plan to get home late as there are [Read more]
A toast to the ANU footy club
August 24, 2011 by 12 Comments
by Professor John Molony I am singularly honoured in being asked to propose the toast to the ANU Football Club. There are many reasons I feel this way. One is that few nights can match this night. I look back and remember Bucko startling Gough Whitlam, our guest for the evening, when he [Read more]
You Know
August 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
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]
VFL: Collingwood v Sandringham
August 21, 2011 by 5 Comments
Pictures by Shane Goss www.licoricegallery.com Action from the VFL clash Collingwood v Sandy. licoricegalleryI am currently working as an assistant manager at the Kilmore Racetrack as well as freelancing in the media as a photographer and writer. I have been heavily involved in the cycling media for the past ten years before taking on a [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]
Characters III: Almost Everybody Loved Brauz
August 19, 2011 by 2 Comments
Almost everybody loved Brauz. I did, in spades. He was a freak of a player. CHF. Strong, like Ablett Sr. Could leap and kick like Ablett. Run and hit packs like Ablett. He had natural power. Head-to-toe. And never trained and was always on the grog. He would win any 400 race, but [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]
Cometh the hour, Cometh the Man
August 15, 2011 by 4 Comments
By Michael Smith One of the great moments in footy which I was fortunate enough to have the pleasure of witnessing. Saturday, U12’s Grand Final Blackburn v Croydon Burners (Blackburn) 5 points down with 40 seconds left on the clock, boundary throw in right forward pocket 20 metres from Blackburn goal, Jack Roberts (rucking tirelessly) [Read more]
Heidi comes to Chirnside Park
August 15, 2011 by 14 Comments
Saturday afternoon’s Victorian Football League clash between traditional rivals Williamstown and Port Melbourne, the ABC’s match of the day, proved to be a ripper affair. The Gulls jumped out of the blocks superbly and led by just over four goals at the first change. The Borough were magnificent in outscoring the old enemy 11 goals [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]
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE – footy this Sat’dy
August 10, 2011 by 10 Comments
by Chris Riordan There are some big games on in the ‘burbs this weekend. Sunday will be inked on many fridge calendars. For juniors, it is finals time (good luck Matty on Sunday!). But Sat’dy – the traditional footy day- will still have a store of big battles to draw you from the couch. [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]
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