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]
Geelong West, a team you can’t resist
July 26, 2011 by 15 Comments
by Glen Davis What’s the name of the team, many Almanackers might say, especially the younger ones. Geelong West Football Club as we knew it is no more, amalgamating with St Peters in 1988. But prior to that they had strong, proud history. They won 25 Geelong District Football Association (GDFA) premierships, four Ballarat [Read more]
CYMS seniors slip to fourth
July 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
by Dene Macleod For a review of Saturday’s Senior match, plus all the latest club news, head to: http://www.williamstowncyms.com.au/football/?page_id=3826 The Seniors dropped to fourth following a 21 point loss to Peninsula in a game that had everything: it’s worth clicking on the link above to read Bill Deller’s review. Undefeated Banyule await at the [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]
VFL R17 – Coburg Tigers v North Ballarat
July 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
Pictures by Shane Goss. www.licoricegallery.com 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 full-time position at the racetrack. My passion for [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]
Bring back the biff? I hope not.
July 21, 2011 by 3 Comments
Embedded into this story are two YouTube videos. One is full of shameless violence. The other is a package of highlights from Crib Point Football Club’s 1985 Premiership year. You don’t often get to see video footage of grass roots footy and footage of grass roots footy from the 1980s is even rarer. I’ll start [Read more]
Millewa League Grand Final
July 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
from Bob Utber Millewa League Grand Final at Lake Cullulleraine – something different – no club out there, beautiful scenery. Real old fashion footy (see my article last year on preliminary final) If interested :- * I could arrange accommodation on houseboat/s * Dinner at Stefano Di Peiros’ * Visits to wineries, * [Read more]
Airports and Grunt
July 20, 2011 by 4 Comments
The road must have been in a safe seat. It was shit, but in a good way. Thin, with narrow shoulders, ebbing and flowing through a bumpy patchwork of tar repairs, but, suddenly, it bent and rose across a railway track and smoothed out into a town that was more like a village. [Read more]
A Berri good performance
July 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
BERRI V BARMERA MONASH RFL – ROUND 12 2011, Sat July 16th 2011 By Nick Kossatch at Berri Berri has announced that it will be a major participant come the RFL finals time after its’ run-away 31-point win against Barmera-Monash in Berri. The Demons used its home ground to advantage with Norwood recruit Toby [Read more]
Sat’dy footy July 23
July 20, 2011 by 4 Comments
by Chris Riordan For local junior comps the last few weeks have been like NRL’s Origin time with players unavailable and upsets likely. The end of school holidays should ensure a return to normality as the kids face the last batch of games for this season. There’ve been some super frosty mornings and not [Read more]
Umpiring as a (sort of ) therapy.
July 19, 2011 by 3 Comments
Last Saturday on University Oval, I took to the field and was, for the first time in almost 13 years, was part of a match involving the Adelaide University Football Club. As an umpire. As an aside, there are three things that the uninitiated must know about the Adelaide Uni Football Club. · The [Read more]
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