WITH Echuca already ensconced in the 1970 grand final, Sandhurst had to beat Eaglehawk in the preliminary final to earn a spot in that season’s big dance. Forty years ago, the BFL had a Top Four in place. Eaglehawk had won the first semi-final to snatch a preliminary final place while the Hurst was coming [Read more]
Local Footy: Amateur legend ends fun journey after 428 games
September 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
One of the great careers in amateur football ended at the weekend when Old Paradians forward Peter “Plugger” Brabender played his final game at 40 years of age. Brabender’s games tally of 428 included a handful of under-19 games but not one reserves game. Sunday’s match against Division 2 rival Banyule was his second grand [Read more]
Between a rock and a VFL grand final
September 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Vin Maskell After Williamstown’s lame loss last Saturday in the VFL preliminary final against Northern Bullants I went looking for a big rock. I figured if I banged my head against a big rock long enough the memory of the game would disappear. So I went down to the Williamstown ground and found a [Read more]
How footy beat the flood
September 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Pete Miers We were 20 kms from Marong when the phone rang, Rex telling me the road ahead was closed between Bridgewater and Serpentine. We had already heard that the SES had shut down the Boort road to Quambatook, so our options were rapidly diminishing. There was nothing for it but to divert right at [Read more]
Great day out at “The Lake”
September 14, 2010 by 4 Comments
by Bob Utber Lake Cullulleraine is “dead centre” between Renmark in South Australia and Mildura 58 kilometres either way on the Sturt Highway with virtually nothing in between. The township of “the Lake” has a permanent population of 78 with itinerant workers living on the Lake’s shores taking the population to over the 100 mark. [Read more]
Horsham Demons vs The Flood
September 10, 2010 by 2 Comments
Peter Leneghan looks at the dominance of the Horsham Demons in the Wimmera on the ABC site. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/08/3005580.htm plenaghan
A Day Out at the Footy
September 10, 2010 by 4 Comments
VFL – 2nd Semi Final Casey Scorpions vs. Northern Bullants Saturday 4/09/10 On a very wet but surprisingly mild Saturday afternoon that saw NO AFL final match being played in Melbourne, my daughter and I decided to experiment. To take a step back in time and taste the excitement of football at a more ‘local’ [Read more]
Local Footy: Rain takes toll on country footy finals
September 8, 2010 by 3 Comments
There’s a legend in north-west Tasmania that conditions for a match at Forth were so wet that the Forth River broke its banks and fish began swimming between the goal umpire’s legs. Conditions were almost that wet in nearby Launceston on Saturday, when one team in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association’s second-division grand final failed [Read more]
LIONS ARE THE KINGS OF LYRUP
September 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
LYRUP V EAST MURRAY IFL – GRAND FINAL 2010 By Nick Kossatch The Lyrup Lions are the 2010 kings of Lyrup after their brilliant 28-point win over the East Murray Tigers in the Independent Football League Grand Final at a windswept and at times damp Lyrup Oval. It was one of the great [Read more]
LOCAL FOOTY: TWO DAYS IN AUGUST (AND MAYBE ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER)
August 27, 2010 by 2 Comments
I better offer profuse apologies for taking so long between entries. There has been that much going on finding time to do something of this nature is a little too hard but having taken some time out of the grueling schedule it’s time to blog once again. So where do we begin? Well there has [Read more]
LOCAL FOOTY: 137 YEARS OF WAR- Rochester v Echuca
August 26, 2010 by 7 Comments
The eternal desire by the Rochester Football Club to beat Echuca will be magnified ten-fold when they meet at the Rochester Showgrounds in the final round of Goulburn Valley Football League this Saturday. At stake for Rochy is more than the immense pride and satisfaction that always comes from beating their arch-rival but a place [Read more]
Bendigo Football: 1960 Season Finale
August 20, 2010 by 3 Comments
ROCHESTER, KYNETON HEAD LADDER: END OF 1960 SEASON ROCHESTER and Kyneton were the top two clubs at the end of the 1960 home-and-away season with Sandhurst and Castlemaine rounding out the top four. In mid-August and with three rounds still to be played 50 years ago the Tigers headed the table on percentage from the [Read more]
Local Footy: American dream becomes reality
August 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Country footy is full of legend and lore. Country footy is not full of Americans. So what’s an American doing playing senior footy in the competition currently considered the best in the bush, the Goulburn Valley league? Dan Sarbacker was at a loss when he finished his study and soccer commitments at the University of [Read more]
RIVERLAND SUPERDOGS V EASTS RND 11
August 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
OUT-OF-JAIL AS SUPERDOGS WIN BY A POINT. ROUND 11 AFL MASTERS OVER 35’S The Riverland Superdogs overcame some wayward kicking, poor disposals and an 18-point three-quarter-time deficit to post a fighting one-point win against Easts at Lyrup Oval. Conditions were windy but it did not deter the large female contingent present for ‘Ladies Day’ under [Read more]
Yass Roos Under 10- 14/8/10
August 15, 2010 by 3 Comments
The Under 10s Yass Roos courageously took to the field against tough opposition on a cold and bleak morning in Canberra, cheered on by their faithful supporters. Gage Stinson was great with his communication, calling for the ball and chasing extremely hard. Jordon Hudson continuously got the ball out of the ruck, dodging and weaving to [Read more]
YASS UNDER 10s MATCH REPORT – 7TH AUGUST 2010
August 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Once the fog lifted, players and punters were afforded a beautiful day when the Yass Under 10s Junior Roos took on Ainslie Red in an awesome game of football. Ryan Payne and Jordan Hudson opened up the game with some beautiful clearing kicks, whilst George Elliot and Kobi-Dean Price took some spectacular marks which resulted [Read more]
Local Footy: Lucas kicks goals as ex-AFL players land in Bomber territory
August 11, 2010 by 2 Comments
After being controversially delisted by Essendon after last season, Scott Lucas signed on with Essendon District league club Greenvale. On the first night of training, Lucas started an hour late because every under-16 and under-18 player at the club wanted to shake his hand. Greenvale president Bruce Kent said Lucas had been a popular addition. [Read more]
Shannon Leatch a Future Star?
August 8, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Martin Marpol It was by a chance throw away comment during a lunch in February, that the name Shannon Leatch entered my mind. However, this name would very soon be at the forefront of much of my thoughts as I began to watch what I believe could, if given the chance, be a future [Read more]
Local Footy: Stevie J all the way in a rare game for Wangaratta
August 5, 2010 by 4 Comments
At last year’s Footy Almanac lunch before the grand final, Steve Johnson’s father Terry was asked to name the best game he had seen his son play. It was expected that Terry would name one of Steve’s many great games for the Cats—maybe his Norm Smith Medal performance in the 2007 grand final. Instead, he [Read more]
The Kids are Alright
August 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The St. Pat’s First XVIII entered season 2010 with twelve of the previous year’s Shield Final team including sublime marking talents Nick O’Brien, Hayden Walters, Jake Dunne and Matt Twiggy James. Coach Howard Clark had added to this mix, an effective and mobile ruckman with the ability to push forward in Tom McDonald and the [Read more]
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