The last time Dan Crane saw Port beat Geelong at Footy Park in 1997, The Verve, blur and Daft Punk were in the charts. He takes us on a nostalgic journey through the hits of the era (and we’re not talking shirtfronts).
AFL Round 9 – Port Adelaide v Geelong: Sweet 16 years – a musical tribute to 1997
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AFL Round 9 – Indigenous Round: See the Marngrook fly!
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Some sides are going to struggle each year – it’s the cyclical nature of the game – so Paul Thomson asks is if it’s really necessary to privately and publicly speculate about someone’s tenure as a coach?
AFL – Round 9: The View from Shepparton
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Peter Schumacher’s Lions weren’t totally awful, but they weren’t good enough either. Its no fun in No Man’s Land.
VFL Round 16 (1968) – Hawthorn v Collngwood
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HAWTHORN v COLLINGWOOD Rd 16 1968 3rd August My parents are whispering. I can only hear muffled parts of the conversation. We are at a cubs footy carnival. We’ve played two games and I am so proud of my 1.1.7 in the first game. The behind is as good as the goal to me. I [Read more]
AFL Round 9 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: Un-ruffleable hair
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Sometimes nothing appropriate can be said. Or done.
AFL Round 9 – St.Kilda v Western Bulldogs: Throwing out the script
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Bulldogs fans, who better to bring you the glad tidings from Saturday’s game against the Saints than Andrew Gigacz? This game didn’t go to script, much to his great pleasure.
AFL Round 9 – GWS v West Coast Eagles: Without Prejudice
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The Giants’ greatest asset is their potential. When more quarters are put together like their third quarter then they will be in contention for finals, writes Kath Presdee.
One small step for footballkind: a morning at Brunswick Street Oval Auskick
May 28, 2013 by 21 Comments
Is there anything purer than a five year old’s fluked drop kick?
AFL Round 9 – Brisbane v Carlton: Texts from Greg
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Bluebagger David Southgate won’t start dreaming of a flag in 2013 just yet.
AFL Round 9 – Port Adelaide v Geelong: True Believers
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Despite Geelong extending their winning streak against Port to 10 games since the 2007 Grand Final, John Proeve remains a True Believer.
Mental disintegration (or How to blow an unloseable lead)
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There is a fine line between giving up and giving in. North Melbourne seems to have found it. It is the line that separates good sides from chokers.
Round 9 – Fremantle v Melbourne: How to get worse in eight weeks of football
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Mick Jeffrey (and doesn’t he get around) decided to watch Melbourne and Freo to see how the Dees had progressed since Round 1. (Sorry, that should read “regressed” since Round 1.)
VFL – Collingwood v Essendon: Return to Vic Park
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Rod Oaten heads off to Victoria Park. What was once an act of bravery is now more like a timeless picnic.
AFL Round 9 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: Smokie’s Elbow (with apologies to Litza)
May 27, 2013 by 17 Comments
Smokie, three parts of the way through a bottle of Pepperjack, let’s go a guttural North Melbourne cry, while simultaneously raising the elbow in the finest tradition of Litza (footnotes and all). [Up there with Litza – Ed. And please note Smokie will appear at the footy night at the Willy Lit Festival this Wednesday May 29. Details in the Calendar above.]
AFL Round 9 – Fremantle v Melbourne: Consigned to history
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Former Fitzroy captain and inaugural West Coast coach, Ron Alexander, gives Les Everett an insight into the game plan of Fremantle coach Ross Lyon. It’s not new, says Alexander, but it’s certainly effective.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Essendon: Tigers caught snoozing in Dreamtime game
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A sluggish Richmond took the Dreamtime concept literally, writes Domenic Favata. Both sides were flat and lazy initially, but it was Essendon that woke up thanks to the brilliant efforts of Jobe Watson.
Williamstown Literary Festival: Footy Town
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Knacker Vin Maskell will host a Williamstown Literary Festival event this Wednesday, May 29, featuring John Harms, Paul Daffey and fellow Knacker and Williamstown CYMS footy club legend, Smokie Dawson.
AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney: A much needed win
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Swans fan Tom Bally felt uneasy leading into this game – and that was before the bus broke down on the way to the G. What he saw over four quarters had him thinking of September.
AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney (Floreat Pica): Pies fans under attack
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Pies fan Andrew Fithall copped a ribbing from a Swans supporter for the first time in his life following the Freo match two weeks ago. [On their current trajectory, he may need to get used to it – Ed.]
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