Dennis Gedling tells the tale of how AFL goal umpiring was demonstrated on the World Cup stage.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 89-Kennet Andersson’s ode to humble goal umpire. (1994)
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Movie: The Day of the Broken
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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’
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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
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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
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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)
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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?
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