According to Jan, Sydney played as a team, everyone contributed, and for the full four quarters. The Giants, those privileged young men who, despite being brilliant footballers, can still learn a thing or two from their eastern suburbs rivals – the Mighty Bloods! And long may it grow and last! Jan is excited by the Swans win.
Sydney Swans Season Preview: An Old Dog’s New Tricks
March 24, 2018 by 2 Comments
Joe is upbeat as he previews the prospects of the Sydney Swans for the coming AFL season.
Finals Week 2 – Geelong v Sydney: Snarling Kittens
September 18, 2017 by 2 Comments
Our Japanese correspondent Yoshi takes in the Cats’ impressive victory over the disappointing Swans in typical footy fashion; with fellow footy people at a pub.
Finals Week 2 – Preview: Geelong v Sydney
September 15, 2017 by 7 Comments
Jarrad McVeigh plays his 300th in the do or die semi-final clash against the Cats tomorrow night. Keiran Croker is confident the Swans will continue their recent proven record against the Cats and make it to another preliminary final.
Finals Week 1 – Sydney v Essendon: What a win, but: One week at a time!
September 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment
When avid Swan fan Jan Courtin forced herself from her sick bed on Saturday afternoon, determined, no matter how she was feeling, to get to the SCG, little did she believe that her beloved team would come away with such an emphatic victory.
Backwards to go Forwards: an Ode to Defence (or ‘Tash and Dash’)
August 26, 2017 by 17 Comments
Football is football. But it is also a way in to thinking and feeling. This meditation from Mathilde de Hauteclocque offers a half back flanker’s response to omnipresent grief.
Round 22 Mega Post
August 22, 2017 by 3 Comments
Aidan Hammond delivers his South Australian football wrap for Round 22. Adelaide fell short to Sydney while Port Adelaide all but kicked the reigning premiers out of finals contention.
AFL 1997 – Twenty Years On: Sydney Swans (7th)
August 15, 2017 by 10 Comments
Swish continues his 1997 countdown, the Swans are next. Who stood out for you, Bloods fans?
Round 18 – Sydney v St Kilda: Pride Match – Respects for individuals and being a proud Sainter
July 25, 2017 by 2 Comments
St Kilda just couldn’t compete with the pressure from Sydney on the weekend and Yoshi laments the fall out of the eight.
The Swans: Can a lifetime of habit be changed?
May 22, 2017 by 1 Comment
Jan Courtin wonders if she can kick her 67-year habit of worrying about the Bloods, and whether their big win against the Saints will make it even more difficult!
Shane Morwood
April 14, 2017 by 5 Comments
Damian Balassone pens a poem to Collingwood and Sydney backman Shane Morwood.
AFL Pre-Season – St Kilda v Sydney: Flying Nearby and Potential Taking Over
March 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
St Kilda only lost by 3 points to Sydney and Yoshi can feel the excitement rise as the Saints look to have a promising 2017 AFL season.
Round 15 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: Youthful Revolution at the Dogs
December 5, 2016 by 14 Comments
Another piece in the Paddy Suggests series, Neil Anderson tells the tale of the lesser-known Western Bulldogs victory over Sydney in 2016, all the way back in round 15. It’s an incredible feeling when one realises how far the Dogs have come since that unlikely victory at the SCG, and the trials the then-embattled Sons of the West undertook.
Almanac People: The Halloween Swan
October 31, 2016 by 5 Comments
Chris Bracher, aka The Emerald Hill Chronicle has taken Halloween to new depths!
One-eyed? Sure Am
October 31, 2016 by 8 Comments
Jan Courtin gives new meaning to “One-eyed” supporter.
Perspective is now possible
October 22, 2016 by 11 Comments
With a balanced perspective, Jan Courtin concedes losing a Grand Final is not the end of the world, now to convince her heart.
Grand Final Sydney v Western Bulldogs: the final kick in the guts
October 20, 2016 by 5 Comments
Craig Dodson is a lone Swan living in the western suburbs of Melbourne, trying his best to swim against a powerful rip current. How much more can he take?
Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: Great Blokes and Role Models of Bevo and Murph
October 8, 2016 by 7 Comments
Yoshi gives his unique view of the Bulldogs win and how Bevo and Murphy have inspired him to bigger and better things. Hopefully his beloved Saints can follow the example
Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: A broken heart and tear-stained eyes………
October 7, 2016 by 20 Comments
A Grand Final loss leaves an empty feeling, a feeling that Jan Courtin puts into perspective with time and support from strangers. Check out (or take a look at) the 60 year-old document!
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