Jan Courtin was reminded of the days when Sydney were South Melbourne by the small but vocal crowd in red and white. A sea of Swans fans makes for a rare event nowadays outside of NSW!
Round 16 – Sydney v West Coast: A nice red and white rarity
July 5, 2021 by 1 Comment
Caspar McLeod’s Swans took to an unfamiliar home ground this weekend – but true to form when in Geelong, Sydney showed they know how to use the ground well as they smashed the Eagles. What comes next is all up in the air in a topsy-turvy top eight!
Round 12 – Sydney v St Kilda: If Only!
June 6, 2021 by 1 Comment
It wasn’t the barnstorming performance Jan Courtin expected, but she was left relieved and satisfied once the final siren confirmed a nail-biting win for her Swans over the luckless Saints.
Round 11 – Sydney v Carlton: My Swans–addled brain
May 31, 2021 by 8 Comments
Jan Courtin is planning a novel approach to combatting her Swans-related nerves – in the meantime, at least the Blues were tamed!
Round 9 – Sydney v Collingwood: What is it about Collingwood?
May 17, 2021 by 6 Comments
Jan Courtin has had a chequered past with Collingwood, but no matter how she feels about the club as a whole, it’s always incredibly satifying to get the four points over them!
Round 7 – Sydney v Geelong: Oh, ye of little faith!
May 2, 2021 by 11 Comments
Jan Courtin watched, but couldn’t watch, her Swans as they tackled Geelong at the SCG. Somehow, in the end, she managed to see it through in a most peculiar way.
Balcony Banter: The End of the Richmond Era (Again!)
April 14, 2021 by Leave a Comment
In a recent post on the MCC Members blog ‘Balcony Banter’, Dave Campbell recorded his thoughts on the Round 3 clash between Richmond and the Swans.
Round 4 – Sydney v Essendon: Another of those heart stoppers!
April 9, 2021 by 9 Comments
Another cracker-jack game between the Swans and Bombers as a relieved Jan Courtin explains.
Round 3 – Richmond v Sydney: Bloody Amazing! We’ve just strangled Richmond!
April 4, 2021 by 12 Comments
Jan Courtin was not expecting her Swans to have a win against the Tigers but they did, and is she rapt!
Round 15 – Sydney v Melbourne: Well, doesn’t that break your heart. No, mate, not my heart!
September 5, 2020 by 9 Comments
It was an unusual time for footy, but Jan Courtin quickly chose to follow her Swans as they upset the Demons. Off the back of some strange commentary, she rode the ups and downs of the young Sydney team.
Almanac (Footy Fan) Life: They are into us – The Newbies
September 3, 2020 by 5 Comments
Tony Newport has know both good times and bad as a lifelong South Melbourne/Sydney Swans supporter. He has a message for ‘newbie’ Swans followers who are doing it tough after years of success.
Round 12 – Sydney v GWS: If that’s what we can expect in the near future, I’ll be one very happy Jan!
August 14, 2020 by 11 Comments
Jan Courtin is a great believer in her beloved Swans, and against the odds they did not let her down smashing GWS for a big win in their Round 12 match.
Round 23 – Sydney v St Kilda: Love is in the air!
August 26, 2019 by 9 Comments
An emotional day for Jan Courtin with many tears shed by her and fellow Swans supporters as they farewelled some of Sydney’s favourite sons in their final game with a great win over the Saints in their Round 23 match at the SCG.
Kieren Jack – Hero to the Dodson boys (and their old man!): Farewell thoughts
August 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
For the Dodson boys, Kieren Jack has been their hero lovingly edged in that direction by their dad. Craig Dodson tells the story together with the family’s thoughts about the retirement of Swans great Kieran Jack.
Round 22 – Melbourne v Sydney: The future right there
August 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Tom Bally on a win over the Demons that showcased some of the future shining lights for Sydney, a theme plenty of astute Swans fans have picked up on in what has been an otherwise disappointing season.
Round 21 – Port Adelaide v Sydney: Gee, I love footy
August 12, 2019 by 4 Comments
What a difference seven months makes…when Craig Dodson set aside the weekend of the Port Adelaide v Sydney encounter, he was picturing an early Spring thaw and the Bloods en route to the finals. Despite the harsher reality, perspective won out.
Round 19 – Sydney v Geelong: 20 years on.
July 29, 2019 by 6 Comments
Two decades of cheer-cheering has snuck up on Mathilde de Hauteclocque, who came to follow the side as a young adult sans familial connection. Now Mathilde’s own youngster has taken up the mantle of an independent allegiance not once, but twice!
Round 19 – Sydney v Geelong: We can hold our heads high!
July 29, 2019 by 5 Comments
Reflecting back on a famous Swans victory over a dominant Cats side in the 1960s, Jan Courtin had hopes the current iteration in red and white could stage a similar upset against the ladder-leaders. It was not to be, but the exercise gave her pause to think about the legacies of two of our finest ever players of Indigenous background – Goodes and Farmer.
Jack Riewoldt’s application of Newtonian physics
Michael Viljoen comes up with interesting takes on Newtonian physics, simple arithmetic and proposed penalties for inane television commentators. (Sign him up, Gillon! – Ed.)