This concept has gained some momentum, and momentum is everything in modern sport.
Playing the Game
April 2, 2014 by 19 Comments
For Dips O’Donnell, football is not just about winning – we must first go through footy’s depths of despair to really understand what the game is all about.
Footy as remedy
April 2, 2014 by 4 Comments
Matt Watson explores the healing powers of football in times of ailment and hardship.
AFL Round 2 – Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne: Crush and Boom
April 2, 2014 by 1 Comment
A “wretched” game it may have been – but for Daniel “Crusher” Currie, Sunday’s match between the Roos and the Bulldogs was his coming-of-age, writes Rob Chanter
Doggies For Life
April 2, 2014 by 8 Comments
Some of Matt Zurbo’s characteristic observations – this time on the Doggies tribe, loyalty and ways to survive. [“If Jesus were buried in a Doggies jumper he’d come back in an Essendon one”. – nice line, Ed]
AFL Round 2 – Bulldogs v Kangaroos : The Pain of Winning
April 1, 2014 by 10 Comments
Andrew Starkie lives through the agony of an excruciating game of footy. He’ll take the 4 points (just).
AFL Round 2: The 2014 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
April 1, 2014 by 4 Comments
Think the Demons are doing it tough? Think that footballers need a hand making a transition from the game? Think again.
Earl ‘Rock n’ Roll Animal’ O’Neil puts it all in perspective.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 74-Poland’s Golden Boy (1974)
April 1, 2014 by 2 Comments
Who is the best Polish footballer of all time? Podsiadly? No, world football you dill. Dennis Gedling knows and lets you in on his World Cup heroics.
Football through the eyes of a father
April 1, 2014 by 8 Comments
Craig Dodson knows the joy of footy with his toddler.
AFL Round 2 – Sydney v Collingwood: an extra second
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It’s all Pendlebury; all Collingwood.
AFL Round 2 – Sydney v Collingwood
April 1, 2014 by 9 Comments
Luke Reynolds revels in the duel pleasures of sporting redemption and indoctrinating his kids in the way of the Magpie.
Barrie Robran
April 1, 2014 by 19 Comments
It’s been a big week for South Australia. Words and photo from Peter Argent.
AFL Round 2: The Punt Road Wrap
April 1, 2014 by 12 Comments
The Wrap divines the false and true gold in AFL Round 2. His hands got a bit shakey late on Thursday night, but he still reckons the Tiges have found the mother lode. The Beckhams and the Hirds can’t decide who is being slandered.
AFL Round 2 (at last) : The View From Shepparton
April 1, 2014 by 4 Comments
Peter Schumacher celebrates the Big Nicks – Riewoldt and Maxwell – and the renewal of Adelaide as a premium sporting venue. He is keeping the faith with his Lions (for now).
Something Stirs in the East
March 31, 2014 by 3 Comments
Nick Gibson with an uncommon description of pre-match at VFL Park.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 75 – The Hand of Frog (2009)
March 31, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling tells how the qualifiers for World Cup 2010 were mired in controversy. The French (predictably) underperformed while the Irish cried ‘we wuz robbed’.
Crio’s Q: Plucked unknowns who haven’t made it
March 31, 2014 by 10 Comments
Crio’s thoughts turned to the high pick, plucked from relative obscurity, who hasn’t made it. (Any sport – Ed)
AFL Round 2 – Fremantle v Gold Coast: Aunty Mary
March 31, 2014 by 4 Comments
A good win for your team covers all sins. John Burmej finds it in his heart to forgive son Nicholas for forgetting to pack the jacket on the first rainy day in Perth for 4 months. Nat Fyfe brings a smile to all faces.
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