by Nick Kossatch MEDIA RELEASE: RE RIVERLAND SUPERDOGS FAMILY DAY ON SUNDAY MAY 29TH FROM 1230PM AT LYRUP OVAL The Riverland Superdogs play Portland with a Family Day at Lyrup Oval. There will be face painting and jumping castle for the kids, BBQ, refreshments and ‘Old Man’s’ football entertainment with Portland coming to town [Read more]
Seven-zip tells me the Cats should stop searching for their new Messiah
May 17, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Sasha Lennon Now that Geelong is the undisputed competition leader after accounting for flash-in-the pan Collingwood last Friday night, Cats fans can stop badgering the rest of us about the emerging brilliance of Travis Varcoe and refocus their attention on the cup that beckons. With the departure of ‘Bomber’ Thompson and Gary Ablett [Read more]
Saturday in Geelong
May 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
by Marcus Holt When I was growing up Saturday in Geelong was always synonymous with footy. Saturday mornings saw me running out in the resplendent yellow and red jumpers of the Terrifics in the Geelong West YMCA Little League under 9’s. Each week we’d line up against similarly named opposition: the Dazzlers, Rippers, Corkers or [Read more]
The Queen to visit Croke Park
May 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yes, you read it right. Check out this piece first published in The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/08/queen-britain-croke-park-ireland
The new footyalmanac world
May 5, 2011 by 7 Comments
We are in the process of developing this new site. Please let us know what you think, and if you identify any problems – keeping in mind we are still putting together The Almanackers’ authors’ page, and some other pages – let us know. Suggestions welcome.
Anzac Day clash and a failed bouquet marking attempt
April 27, 2011 by 4 Comments
Where do I begin? Lebanese weddings, it’s fair to say, they go for a good two weeks. Two weeks of celebrating, food, drinking, dancing, dressing up, sleeping late, waking up early and ringing in your ears from the LOUD music and traditional Lebanese drummers. To say that it’s a crazy experience is an understatement and [Read more]
Footy Tipping Rego
February 23, 2011 by 2 Comments
Welcome to The Footy Almanac Tipping Competition which has been hotly contested in recent years. What you have to ask yourself is where you sit in the firmament of Almanac tipsters? Have you got the Waaia eye of Barnstable covered; can you compete with the Pie mind of Danni Eid; are you brighter than Peter [Read more]
The great pack-splitters
February 15, 2011 by 24 Comments
Peter Zitterschlager has introduced a new statistic which has gained considerable (Almanac) currency. Name those players who would have racked up the stats in the pack-splitting category.
New Geelong Supporter
February 3, 2011 by 12 Comments
As announced, Evie Grace is the newest addition to the Harms clan, as well as the newest member of the Almanac. Congratulations to the Handicapper (who we presume did most of the work) and to John. If you wish to send your regards, here’s an opportunity. As we are a classy website, we’ll entertain no [Read more]
Book Launch: Gideon Haigh & Martin Flanagan
November 19, 2010 by 2 Comments
Martin Flanagan talks sport with Gideon Haigh 6:30pm Wednesday 8 December Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall Cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts, Carlton “Does cricket make money in order to exist, or does it exist in order to make money?” In his new book Sphere of Influence, Gideon Haigh follows cricket’s biggest story since Kerry Packer’s [Read more]
Almanac Launch Photos
November 19, 2010 by 19 Comments
The Good, the Bad, and the… well, we’ll leave that to your discretion. Ladies excepted of course. On the 11th November, warring football clans called an Armistice, to meet together in the common purpose of launching this year’s Almanac. Both father(s) and child are doing well, though we haven’t heard what the mother thinks just [Read more]
The Footy Almanac turns 500,000
October 1, 2010 by 13 Comments
A half a million visits. It seems like only yesterday that two brave print journos sailed off into uncharted waters. How the hell do you run a website? Well, they got it done, and many of us have enjoyed the results. If you have any comments on the Almanac as it is, or as you wish it [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats Round 19: Statistic Fantastic
August 11, 2010 by 31 Comments
Stats Entertainment – Round 19 by Andrew Gigacz TOPIC I don’t claim it as my own stat; indeed, it seems that everyone is talking about it. But it’s one worthy of mention, particularly if you barrack against Collingwood. Which statistic is it? This one: for the past eight years, the team that has won the [Read more]
Community Cup 2010
June 24, 2010 by 2 Comments
In the tradition of last year’s ring-in appearance by Rupert Betheras, this year’s captain of the Rockdogs will be none other than Dan Sultan, star of screen and microphone. For more information on the Community Cup, including details of how to get there, follow the link below: http://www.communitycup.org.au/
Book Launch: Cheryl Critchley’s Our Footy
June 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cheryl Critchley launches her book Our Footy: Real Fans vs Big Bucks at the London Tavern Hotel on Thursday, 17th of June. Kevin Sheedy will be feature speaker. Our Footy press release
Pay Up
May 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
On Thursday, 24th January 2002 , Derek Guille broadcast this story on his afternoon program on ABC radio. In March 1999 a man living in Kandos (near Mudgee in NSW, Australia ), Received a bill for his as yet unused gas line stating that he owed $0.00. He ignored it and threw it away. In [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Nightmare down Collingwood Street
April 14, 2010 by 12 Comments
Last week, I had a weird dream — or a nightmare, as I should call it. I was on a basket ball court and I was crying. Here’s the weird thing: there were Collingwood players there too, in their footy gear, some standing, some sunk in the ground and all of them were crying. I [Read more]
AFL Round 3: Nice weekend, shame about the footy
April 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Dan Crane It had been an action-packed weekend before I woke up on Sunday the 11th of April. My best mate Tim had flown over from Adelaide on Friday afternoon and he, my wife and I had then spent that evening drinking beautiful beer at the Little Creatures dinner hall on Brunswick Street. Tim [Read more]
AFL Round 2 – Collingwood v Melbourne: Magpies Made of Steele
April 6, 2010 by 16 Comments
by Danielle Eid Let’s cut to the point shall we. That was the worst I think I have seen these boys play, I mean seriously! After last weeks performance I was excepting a big BANG! Something that would make me parade down my street with my flag. I was wrong, very, very wrong.
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