Footy Couples

Ever thought about the women behind the men who play the game?…yes I’m talking about our beloved AFL players and their WAGS. There are so many lovely couples to choose from. Some, glamorous and others who just seem very loved up and make you go “awww!” when you see twitter pictures they post. These important [Read more]

Cheap Tickets

Cheap Footy Tickets (x2) – Cats V Eagles Saturday   Bay Q34, Row L, Seats 17 & 18 Top deck of Ponsford stand behind the goals – city end. RRP $100+ each   Will do the TWO for $130.00 or best offer   Can be collected on day at ground.   Call Rod 0439 011 [Read more]

THE PRE WRAP – FINALS ROUND III

FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie.  The Coaches Carousel has nearly spun itself to Ayres Rock and back.  The Charddies have gone for Brenton Sanderson.  Or as The City of Churches’ Addy put it – The Sandman Cometh.  (Ernie Siggley still on on Thursday nights over there Wrap? [Read more]

Crio’s Racing: It’s Show Time!

Caulfield gets an “extra” meeting this year and I’ve finally realised that the Rupert Clarke Stakes is in fact the modern incarnation of the Invitation/Show Day/Marlboro/EatWellLiveWell etc that was for some time run on the public holiday we have subsequently lost. It has always been a good race – and, yes, the Show starts this [Read more]

Sal’s Tips: Penultimate Preliminary Round

Greetings to all! The finals charade is over and once again the top 4 teams fight for their place in the Grand Final, whilst I lament the Blues defeat it is right that only rarely do we see one of the 5th to 8th ranked sides get through to the incorrectly monikered Preliminary Finals (Surely [Read more]

AFL Preliminary and Grand Final weather

By Brett Dutschke Despite Melbourne’s warm and windy weather today, cooler but calmer conditions are likely for this weekend’s AFL Preliminary Finals and also the following weekend’s Grand Final, according to weatherzone.com.au. “This weekend’s Preliminary Finals will be played in cool, but fairly gentle southwesterly winds. Showers are highly unlikely during either game. If there [Read more]

Chasing The Bush Premiership: Gotcha!

Words and photos provided by Jared Newton Imperials sent four teams down to Meningie on Grand Final day and three came back victorious.

Rotunda in the West: Alice Pung & Arnold Zable

Almanac Rugby League – The Lang Park Report: 17 September 2011.

By Greg Strohal My maiden visit to Lang Park was a memorable one. The crowd some 48,000 was primed for an epic contest. We caught the bus from Adelaide Street and arrived at Lang Park and were greeted by a real buzz surrounding Lockyer’s last. We walk around to Caxton Street and took the obligatory [Read more]

Australian Football Clubs in NSW

I hope this will appeal to the footy aficionados and enthusiasts that are part of the Footy Almanac community. The book is called Australian Football Clubs in NSW and it looks in detail at some of the great players to have been recruited from NSW football clubs to the VFL/AFL.   The Inside Football review [Read more]

Clarke off to a good start

  A lot of us have found it difficult to warm to Michael Clarke for a lot of reasons, but the achievements of he and his team in Sri Lanka can’t be ignored : they did exceptionally well. So well, in fact, that Australia is now back on track towards respectability. It’s easy to trivialise Australia’s [Read more]

Goodna Sportsman’s Night

One Hundred Years Ago: Grand Final, 23rd September, 1911

  Essendon had been the outstanding team of the year. They’d had the better of Collingwood in both previous encounters this season, including an historic 85 point thrashing of the Magpies in round 4. They were firm favourites to wrap the flag up in this game. But Collingwood coach George Angus had reason to suspect [Read more]

Tabloid news: “oh, the horror!”

  by Stuart Bigless I must admit to being one who gravitates toward The Age online site to keep up with current news events. I find that the Age tends to avoid the sensationalist approach to news that its main competitor seems to revel in. Or so I thought. Here’s what I found last night when I [Read more]

Top 10 Reasons for the Cats to lose the Preliminary Final.

  by Peter Baulderstone   10) – The Wisdom of Harms. In his prescient introduction to the 2009 Almanac Nostradamus Harms sagely observed “West Coast reminded me of Kaiser’s Germany, stockpiling and building and about to be launched”.  Well spotted JTH.  The blitzkrieg is about to be launched, and Geelong’s Maginot Line will be breached [Read more]

Other coaching upheavals

  by Rick Newbery Actually, it’s hard to justify calling the removal of Tim Nielsen an upheaval, esp in comparison with the ongoing Ross Lyon saga – seeing as the only heaving up from most cricket followers would have happened if Timbo had NOT been given the bum’s rush straight after Hilditch. But who should [Read more]

A Soliloquy On Injury

  by Liam Quin Each time you enter the field of play, there is always that nagging thought at the back of your mind. The one that reminds you that there is a real chance of you being seriously injured. Riding my bike through the streets in peak hour, that thought is there as well. [Read more]

DA’s Clue of the Round (27)

  Do you sometimes get the feeling that you just don’t have a clue? Well then, here’s one from David Astle to help you through the day. (David can also be found at http://davidastle.com/)   Despite being very much active in this weekend’s finals, our mystery player opens with a notable AFL retiree of 2007, [Read more]

On the road for the Footy Almanac

  by Richard Naco Cometh the September school holidays, cometh the family holiday in September.  Always the wrong time of the year, always taking me away at Grand Final time.  (Last year it was as far away as New Zealand, which is a lovely bit of countryside but hardly AFL heartland.)   Except this year. [Read more]

Hussey avoids the finger of blame

  by Darren Dawson The finger of blame could be pointed at Sri Lanka, Australia and the wicket. All were culpable in allowing the Third Test in this hitherto interesting series to peter out into the tamest of draws. In what seemed a reaction to the raging turner produced for the First Test, the home [Read more]