Cobba Stevens shows that North’s run of close defeats rivals Fitzroy in 1978 and their own record in 1926.
AFL Round 9 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: The Heartbreaker – games lost by less than a goal
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AFL Round 9 – St.Kilda v Western Bulldogs: Oh Sister, you are giving me heaps
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A history of winning has left Yvette Wroby more supposedly “gracious”. It is a falsity, she admits. She was only gracious because the Saints won all those games.
AFL Round 9 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: Footy is a joyless, stupid game
May 29, 2013 by 6 Comments
Squeezebox Wally is a North Melbourne fan and, like all North fans, knows all about false hope.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Essendon: The one where a wedding almost got in the way
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Weddings during footy season are bad enough, but a phone ban until the end of the reception? It makes no sense to Bombers fan Sam Duncan.
That was the day that Fev came to town
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Fev pulled on the boots for the Rockingham Rams in WA on the weekend. Dennis Gedling takes you there.
AFL Round 9 – Port Adelaide v Geelong: An unbeef-witted account from a spermologer
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Julian Morison delves deep into the language to produce this account of Geelong’s victory. [Don’t worry, all is explained, and worth the explanation, too. Ed)
AFL Round 9 – St.Kilda v Western Bulldogs: Good for the soul
May 29, 2013 by 2 Comments
There is something brilliant about winning a match a) against the odds and b) when your team is ordinary and you don’t expect it, writes Simon McInerney. Losses grind away at the soul but a win like that on Saturday can restore your belief in your club and remind you why you fell in love with footy in the first place.
AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney: Starting the mower
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Sydney’s performance on Friday night seemed all too familiar to Don Meadows. Until then, the Swans’ season had been like the first mow of the new growing season. Lots of cough and splutter, the motor occasionally catching. On Friday, the Swans finally roared into life and mowed down the Magpies.
AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney: The Egyptian Curse
May 29, 2013 by 5 Comments
Lou Richards may have buried the Colliwobbles at Victoria Park in 1990, but a new curse has been placed at the ground and, on Friday night’s performance, it looks like it has worked.
AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney: A long way from Victoria Park
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Swans fan Keiran Croker wanders past Victoria Park – remembering the time he saw South Melbourne break a 20-year drought at the ground – on his way to the MCG. No matter the time or place, the sweet feeling of beating the Pies remains.
AFL Round 9 – Hawthorn v Gold Coast: Vibrant Matters
May 29, 2013 by 6 Comments
Hard to get excited about a game against the Gold Coast, writes Rick Kane, who takes the far more sensible option of escaping to the Yarra Valley. However, there’s no escaping Drew Morphett.
AFL Round 9 – Port Adelaide v Geelong: Sweet 16 years – a musical tribute to 1997
May 29, 2013 by 6 Comments
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 – 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
May 28, 2013 by 20 Comments
Sometimes nothing appropriate can be said. Or done.
AFL Round 9 – St.Kilda v Western Bulldogs: Throwing out the script
May 28, 2013 by 25 Comments
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
May 28, 2013 by 5 Comments
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
May 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
Bluebagger David Southgate won’t start dreaming of a flag in 2013 just yet.
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