Mark Seja yearns for the days of 100 goal a year key forwards. Will we ever see their likes again?
Trucker Slim’s Best Fairy Bread
March 15, 2014 by 5 Comments
Rick Kane selects his Top 10 acts from the recent Port Fairy Music Festival. Some oldies; some newies; all goodies. Do yourself a favour and catch these acts when they come to your neighbourhood.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 91– The Great Lev Yashin (1966)
March 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Lev Yashin was a keeper and a star for USSR. He was also a real character, writes Dennis Gedling.
AFL Round 1- Collingwood v Fremantle: Fairytale of Sandy Point
March 15, 2014 by 8 Comments
E. Regnans heads to the South Gippsland Coast with nothafagus cunninghammi and the footy is uncommonly, but appropriately, second fiddle.
Book Review: The Best American Sports Writing 2013
March 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
Where do I buy this book? Comprehensive review of what sounds like a must-read from Braham Dabscheck. He writes “in the words of Series Editor Glenn Stout, ‘[Sport]is more about people and what concerns us – love, death, labor and loss – than about the simple results of a game or competition. Wins and losses are the least important part of the equation.” [Looks like we’re following in a fine tradition, from afar, and from first principles. Ed]
Long Weekend
March 14, 2014 by 3 Comments
Kate Birrell kicks back on the deck for a gloriously technicolour weekend of backyard cricket.
The (Welcome Back) Pre-Wrap: for the philosophical Marngrook Follower
March 14, 2014 by 16 Comments
If they don’t play footy in Heaven, John Mosig’s not going. Divine return from the hibernating columnist. [I love you Wrap. Many a good line in edition one means the pressure is on. Ed]
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 92-Archie’s World Record (2001)
March 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling recalls Australia’s 2001 thumping of a second-string America Samoa in an Oceania qualifier.
Muted fans out of pocket, out of cheer
March 14, 2014 by 16 Comments
Jeff Dowsing offers a voice of sanity among the chirping cash registers of the AFL corporate behemoth and the ‘special offers’ from its mendicant clubs. Caveat emptor.
Stop all the clocks, where is Mr Wrap?
March 14, 2014 by 4 Comments
Peter Baulderstone is waiting to do his footy tips, but there is still no sign of Mr Wrap’s preview. Can this apology to Auden lure him out of the Wrap Cave (or the Waterside Hotel) in time for bounce down?
NTFL Grand Final Preview: St Mary’s v Wanderers
March 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
Jackson Clark previews the NTFL grand final – which promises to be one of the best ever – between St Marys and Wanderers.
If you want footy, you’ve got it
March 14, 2014 by 5 Comments
Matt Watson welcomes Round 1. We didn’t choose footy, it chose us.
Fatten the pig? Strike a Medal? Frock up?
March 13, 2014 by 3 Comments
Igor02 (Ivan Maric’s long lost brother?) rejoices in the quality of the 2013 Footy Almanac (book). He wants an annual vote for the best piece. Choosing between your children?
Crio’s Racing: when a Melbourne heart (via Adelaide) turns to Sydney
March 13, 2014 by 10 Comments
Crio looks to Randwick where they have raised weights by 0.5kg in the Roy Higgins Tribute and the Stakes looks like a really deep contest. Tips welcome.
Danielle Ponter
March 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Is Danielle Ponter the biggest star in NT sport? Jackson Clark had the chance to speak with the multi-talented all-rounder.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 93 – The Red Devils of Belgium Shock the other ‘Red Devils’ (1986)
March 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling recalls a World Cup where the under-achieving Soviets looked the goods – for a while.
For better or verse – Uni Blacks sign Nick Gill
March 13, 2014 by 36 Comments
Tom Martin tells the tale of how Uni Blacks used poetry to help snag ex Crows player Nick Gill. Could a couple of sonnets have saved the Swans a few mill on Buddy?
Round 1/2 Preview – The not-so-big Opening
March 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
Sal Ciardulli looks at a bit of footy (not much footy chirp around the traps yet), the racing (Go Zoustar) and even a little rowing.
Gigs’ Ladder Comp
March 12, 2014 by 2 Comments
Another Ladder comp from Gigs. You tip all 18. Not to be confused with the Almanac Tip the Top 8. [Do you think there’s enough comp-opportunity on this site at the moment? Ed]
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 94 – La Ola! The Mexican Wave! (1986)
March 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Love it or hate it, the Mexican Wave hit the big time in 1986.
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