“That’s not going to happen again, is it?” Well, Rod Oaten’s football miracle did … twenty years later.
AFL Round 7 – Essendon v Western Bulldogs: The Hostel Experience
May 5, 2014 by 2 Comments
Sam lives on the edge: unwanted guests, unpredictable conditions and unpleasant experiences …. and when he’s not watching the Bombers, he negotiates the world’s hostels.
Age shall weary them; Carlton v Collingwood Legends Match
May 5, 2014 by 4 Comments
“Like a general surveying a long-lost battlefield…” Jeff Dowsing revisits Princes Park, the Magpies’ old House of Pain, to see the Collingwood v Carlton Legends match. Hey, where else can you see Presty snare a major? [Monkenstein! Brilliant! – Ed].
Is any of this getting through? Post-match analysis with my 12-year old
May 5, 2014 by 15 Comments
A sign of our times: Daddsy becomes a coach for his son Charlie …. via texts.
AFL Round 7 – Carlton v Collingwood: Daisy’s Blue Return
May 5, 2014 by 7 Comments
Luke Reynolds sees red over Daisy wearing navy blue. He reflects on the good times with the former number 13 while enjoying a Pies win over the Blues.
AFL Round 7 – Hawthorn v St Kilda: Hawks Soar Over Saints
May 4, 2014 by 3 Comments
They are stoic folks these Saints supporters. Braham Dabscheck surveys the wreckage of the Hawthorn game and expects a ‘character building’ season for fans and players alike,
AFL Round 7 – Essendon v Western Bulldogs: Power Forwards and the Last Five Overs
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Old Dog has worked it out: footy is like one-day cricket.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 42-Portugal’s Black Pearl (1966)
May 4, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling tells the story of Eusebio, the great Benfica striker who is the forgotten star of the 1966 World Cup.
AFL Round 7 – Hawthorn v St Kilda: Remember This….
May 4, 2014 by 3 Comments
Yvette Wroby takes the lemons from her Saints heavy defeat by the Hawks, and makes typically “Yvettian” lemonade. E Regnans has now elevated “doing an Yvette” to proper noun status among all Almanackers.
Kentucky Derby Day
May 3, 2014 by 12 Comments
Glenn Brownstein gives us the inside oil on the Kentucky Derby straight from the horse’s mouth.
AFL Round 7 – Carlton v Collingwood: Dear Daisy
May 3, 2014 by 6 Comments
Colleen Wood debuts for the Almanac with a Mills and Boon tale of love gained and lost. Daisy’s looks are gone. Has her domineering father ruined any chance of future happiness?
AFL Round 7 – Collingwood v Carlton: A frank perspective on the Pies spanking the Blues
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Frank “Cheeseman” Taylor writes for the Floreat Pica Society about last night’s easy win over Carlton. He liked what he saw for 3 quarters.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 43-Oh Diego…You’ve Done It Again (1994)
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Dennis Gedling relives Diego Maradona’s drug fuelled swan song in USA 94.
AFL Round 7 – Carlton v Collingwood: “…the days it’s made out of. Nothin else.”
May 3, 2014 by 15 Comments
A tale of stories, students, a barber of Turin. All sorts of yesterdays unfold and the Collingwood gypsies dance again.
Crio’s Racing: Punters on a Roll
May 2, 2014 by 5 Comments
Crio is back from swinging the bag at the ‘Bool, where the punters got the chocolates for a change. The punters are looking to continue their streak out of town this weekend at Hawkesbury and the Gold Coast. Tips please.
AFL Round 7 – The Pre Wrap
May 2, 2014 by 3 Comments
Mr Wrap previews Round 7 and surveys the wreckage of the AFL succession; the 2 win teams and his Toothless Tigers (sorry Striped Marvels – Ed).
Carlton’s Right of Reply
May 2, 2014 by 2 Comments
Richard Pratt writes from beyond the grave (as channelled by Sam Steele) to tell Carlton fans to stop whingeing and remember their good fortune.
Video previews – Hollindale Stakes, Trans-Tasman, AFL Tipping, AFL Best Bets
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Video previews thanks to TattsBet
Round 7 Preview – Living the Dream
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Sal Ciardulli discusses women’s role in footy and previews Round 7. He’s not putting the crown jewels on his Bluebaggers, but he rates them a fighting chance.
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