And you thought the Giants had been doing it tough this year? The Brothers footy club in Rockhampton has just secured this first seniors win since 2011. Cue the club song.
AFL Round 18 – Fremantle v Adelaide: Slinki Malinki and the tattered, battered, scattered Crows
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Ben Footner juggles life’s important things and finds some interesting connections between football and (kids’) literature.
Third Test – Day 5: Clarke left standing in the rain
August 6, 2013 by 9 Comments
Gigs shares the frustrations of all of us, but lets his mind wander through the music (and lyrics) of ELO.
AFL Round 19 – Adelaide v Port Adelaide: The Chad is dead, long live the Chad
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Port would be languishing in the bottom six of the competition without Chad Wingard, who has been instrumental in five of their closest victories.
AFL Round 19 – Western Bulldogs v Sydney: An honourable loss for the Dogs
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Cobba Stevens asks, what is an honourable loss? Losing by less than you thought? Having a crack? The Dogs certainly couldn’t have done much more against the Swans.
AFL Round 19 – North Melbourne v Geelong: Back in Town
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The last time these two teams played, Rob Chanter watched it in a dark basement in Toronto in the wee small hours, hunched over a laptop with the speakers at sotto voce, for fear of waking the Blushing Bride. Friday night was the Chanter family’s first game back since returning to Melbourne. Their timing was perfect.
AFL Round 19 – Collingwood v Essendon: Emotional Rescue
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Haiku Bob (live from Stockholm) at his best on Collingwood v Essendon.
AFL Round 19 – North Melbourne v Geelong: Patience, patience my son…..
August 6, 2013 by 7 Comments
After two disappointing losses in three weeks, Dan Crane fears the Cats are starting to test his new found reserves of patience.
AFL Round 19 – Review: Winners and Losers
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Who has the greater claim on the Ball of the Century – Shane Warne or Port’s Angus Monfries?
AFL Round 19 – Western Bulldogs v Sydney: Pendulum has swung for resilient Bulldogs
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The footy pendulum can swing around rapidly and unpredictably, says Bulldogs fan Kerrie Soraghan, and all the evidence was there on Sunday that the turnaround has begun.
AFL Round 18 – Melbourne v North Melbourne: A funny thing happened
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The final siren couldn’t come quickly enough for the Demon faithful when they played North. Hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel is nearing visibility for their fans, writes Paul Thomson.
AFL Round 19 – Western Bullldogs v Sydney: Ruff day at the office
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After watching Sydney struggle for a win against the Bulldogs, Tom Bally wonders whether his Swans have shown a chink in their armour heading into September, or whether they’ve shown they can shrug off a sustained attack.
“Springsteen & I”
August 6, 2013 by 5 Comments
The film Springsteen & I depicts the community Bruce Springsteen has created around the world, much like the community that has evolved around the Footy Almanac, writes Yvette Wroby, who felt the full support of that community last week.
AFL Round 19 – Review: The View from Shepparton
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Peter Schumacher is not one for hyperbole, so there must be some truth his claim that Sunday’s Showdown was one of the greatest matches in AFL history.
AFL Round 19 – Review: The Wrap
August 5, 2013 by 4 Comments
Have you ever thought about the profile of the Footy Fan? The Wrapster has. Take those Sleepy Hollow Faithful – please! (Boom Tish.)
WAFL Round 20: Tigers win again but Royals show something
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The Royals show form but Claremont has all the answers as Les Everett wraps up another good week for the WAFL.
AFL Round 19 – Carlton v Fremantle: At home with Fremantle
August 5, 2013 by 6 Comments
Like a good Dockers fan, Les Everett planned his socialising carefully around the timing of the game. Pity the timing was off. Luckily, the Dockers were on.
Third Test – Day 4: Bad light? No, bad decision
August 5, 2013 by 13 Comments
Once again Test cricket has shot itself in the foot with its archaic rulings.
To Call or to Comment?
John Tait observes contemporary football telecasts and concludes that the commentators have forgotten their role.