Fantastic analysis of the place of the Giants in Sydney Australian footy culture, and in the broader football life of the city. Preston Towers has lived it, and thought about it, and argues a very clear case.
Writing for The Footy Almanac 2014
March 18, 2014 by 4 Comments
If you are keen to write for the book this year, JTH is calling for game nominations now.
Book Review: A Mouthful of Flies
March 18, 2014 by 15 Comments
Anne Myers offers a perceptive and heart wrenching review of Almanacker Sue Currie’s memoir of her time as the sole community nurse in a remote aboriginal settlement. (Compulsory reading – Ed.)
The View from Shepparton : AFL Round 1 (part one)
March 17, 2014 by 4 Comments
Peter Schumacher reckons that so far this has been the best ever opening to an AFL season, with Fremantle’s dominance and upsets by the emerging young clubs. Blues, Maggies, Tigers and Swans may beg to differ.
NTFL Grand Final Wrap
March 17, 2014 by 3 Comments
Jackson Clark watches St Mary’s get out of the blocks quick-smart, and control the NTFL Grand Final.
AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Valiant E49 Chargers v Toyota Priuses
March 17, 2014 by 7 Comments
Earl O’Neill captures the excitement of the first round of AFL footy: swapping footy teams, avoiding lightning strikes, and girls doing the Irish Jig. With the Valiant E 49 Chargers (or GWS) speeding up, all other teams better look left and right before stepping onto those ovals.
Meet Luke Hodge at East Coburg CC Sports Night (TONIGHT)
March 17, 2014 by 2 Comments
Luke Hodge, up close and personal, at the George Georgiou East Coburg CC extravaganza on March 20. Get your copy of The Footy Almanac signed by the bloke on the cover. (Open the post for details) Please [email protected]
Cat burglars – were the Crows the great thieves of 1997?
March 17, 2014 by 10 Comments
Dave Brown exhumes the body of the 1997 finals series, and finds his Crows not guilty of grand larceny. Cats, Dogs and Saints fans should look away now.
AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Oh, What a Night!
March 17, 2014 by 8 Comments
Steve Duffy has seen the storms part and arrived at the promised land. David’s slingshot has felled the Swans’ Goliaths.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 89-Kennet Andersson’s ode to humble goal umpire. (1994)
March 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dennis Gedling tells the tale of how AFL goal umpiring was demonstrated on the World Cup stage.
Movie: The Day of the Broken
March 16, 2014 by 2 Comments
Simon Dutton and Ange Pippos have launched their feature film, The Day of the Broken.
AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Reid manual before shooting
March 16, 2014 by 3 Comments
Tom Bally endured the rain and the umpires’ treatment of Franklin only to see Fortune smile on The Enemy. Now he’s walking the beach expecting a plague of locusts: it is the end of days.
AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Resurgent Giants Leave Swans Thunder-Struck
March 16, 2014 by 5 Comments
Michael Shillito braves the elements to see an historic moment: GWS’s unlikely victory over the Swans.
AFL Round 1 – Collingwood v Fremantle: Ballantyne gets the chocolates
March 16, 2014 by 2 Comments
An observant Alan Stewart sees a dominant Dockers dismiss a disappointing Pies – but there is much that captures his attention.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 90– Zaire’s World Cup from Hell (1974)
March 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dennis Gedling tells the sad story of the Zaire team at the 1974 finals. Terrorised more off the field by a brutal dictator, than by their on-field opponents.
AFL Round 1 – Collingwood v Fremantle: Humbled Pies (Floreat Pica Society)
March 15, 2014 by 3 Comments
Paul Taylor runs the ruler over his Pies in Round 1 and finds them coming up short. Are the Pies that bad, or are the Dockers that good?
Where have all the goalkickers gone…….long time passin’
March 15, 2014 by 1 Comment
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)
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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.
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