“I don’t mind the one-dayers” is hands down the most irritating thing anyone can say to Peter Zitterschlager
Crio’s Racing: Ladies Day on King Island
December 13, 2012 by 15 Comments
King Island maybe just a dot on the map – “anchored in the middle of Bass Strait” – but it hosts the most alluring of the TAB fixtures this Saturday, says Crio.
Club Chrissie Carols
December 13, 2012 by 3 Comments
Peter Baulderstone spreads some yuletide cheer with his take on some classic Christmas carols – Bluebaggers, Cats fans, Sainters and head office be warned.
Another purrfect Christmas gift idea
December 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Dips O’Donnell has sent what he assures is a classy Christmas gift featuring epic matches involving Hawthorn. We haven’t had a chance to look at it and can only trust that he’s not being facetious.
A Runningball Fable
December 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
Simon Willcox has penned a fable about a boy that left home and got lost along the way. Will there be a happy ending?
In A-League of its Own: Round 10
December 11, 2012 by 2 Comments
Heart has finally returned to its winning ways, and it was worth the wait, says Tom Riordan.
Let’s back Jack
December 11, 2012 by 5 Comments
The Let’s Back Jack campaign adopted by the Port committee in 1974 saw Cahill yield an incredible 11 Grand Finals for 10 premierships in 16 seasons in charge, recalls Lachlan Waterman.
The Windows of St Ignatius
December 11, 2012 by 9 Comments
Andrew Starkie visits St Ignatius Church in Richmond and is reminded of the comfort footy and the Church have brought people over many years.
Photo Challenge
December 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
G’day Folks Daff and I are looking for a magnificent photo depicting country footy – either contemporary or as sepia-ed as you can find. It just has to be a classic. If you reckon you have one and think it would make a great book cover then send it in via email: [email protected]. Historical photos [Read more]
2012 Grand Final: A Hawks fan turns to A.B. Paterson for inspiration
December 10, 2012 by 2 Comments
Hawks fan Dave Goodwin has had a crazy notion for a few years now that 19th Century bush ballads could become a new form of sports reporting. What better game to test his theory than the 2012 Grand Final.
Crio’s Question: Bending the rules
December 10, 2012 by 10 Comments
Crio wants to know what rule change in any code would make your sporting life better in 2013.
What’s in this year’s Footy Almanac
December 10, 2012 by 11 Comments
John Harms gives an overview of the forewords and Grand Final pieces which feature in The Footy Almanac 2012. And then there’s 200 match reports.
Crio’s Racing: 1982 and finding a winner in the now
December 8, 2012 by 8 Comments
30 years. It is a fair slab of a lifetime. It can offer perspective. It can also lead to romanticizing. 1982 seems long ago. The champs of that time seem somehow more imposing. Etched in my (more impressionable) memory. Look at the Grand Final – Helen D’Amico and Bruce Doull! On the racecourse the mighty [Read more]
The Big Bash: Just a slight change in the direction of the summer
December 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
John Harms looks at how the BBL is very AFL and 21st century.
The ‘Off-season’ is now the ‘On’
December 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
John Carr’s poetic take on the off-season.
Middle Australia Selects the Australian Cricket Team
December 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
Some clear-cricket-thinking from Middle Australia.
Thommo and The Don
December 5, 2012 by 18 Comments
Michael Sexton goes straight to the source to see whether the story of Jeff Thomson bowling to a 69-year-old Don Bradman in the nets is true.
Third Test – Day 5 report: WHAT ABOUT ME!!
December 5, 2012 by 16 Comments
The stage was set for Sean Curtain but the Australian capitulation left him standing all alone – like Shane Watson after another mix-up between wickets.
R.I.P Ronnie Auchettl
December 5, 2012 by 16 Comments
Steve Hodder recalls the Ron Auchettl he knew through teaching at Whittlesea Secondary College. A humble man, Ron’s students were shocked to learn he played for Carlton. He passed away this week.
Third Test – Day 3: Will Mr Kyly Boldy ‘go boldly…’?
Tony Roberts talks Nine’s jingoistic coverage, pop-gun attacks and Australia’s reversal of fortune.