Two weeks ago today it was with great sadness and the happiest of memories that I said goodbye to my Dad for the last time. Born Edward Michael Lennon in Dublin in 1941, to all of us, he was known simply as Eddie or, as many liked to call him, Big Ed. This said more [Read more]
The view from base camp
July 19, 2012 by 12 Comments
Is it possible to fully enjoy watching a game of football involving your team? Apart from the three seconds between Leo Barry’s mark and the siren in 2005 I don’t think I have been able to watch a game of football involving the Swans with pure joy. Am I unique or do others share my [Read more]
Off with the wildebeests
July 19, 2012 by 8 Comments
By Paul “Porka” Stephens It is essential I write a bit about a man who made me, not the re-producing way but in the a way of initiating me into the world of coaching. I didn’t have a clue when I coached my first game at a new club out the middle of nowhere. I [Read more]
Bridgewater bog
July 18, 2012 by 7 Comments
Last week’s rain, plus the pressure of a number of earlier games, turned the Adelaide Hills Central Division match between Bridgewater and Mt Lofty into a mud wrestle. During its history, the Bridgewater Oval has earned itself a reputation for producing conditions that would have the average mud lark rejoicing. Read his yarn and see [Read more]
The Winning Edge: The Reverse Barometer
July 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My tipping this year has been sub-standard. I’m the first to admit that the countless hours spent invested are not providing the expected results, and I’m not the force I was in my younger zenith. My tens of tipping competitions are in danger of being rendered as solely a week to week battle to grab [Read more]
Anne Fedorowytsch: The Facebook Interview
July 18, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis PD: Hi Anne and welcome to the Junior Footy Almanac. Could you tell us about how you came to be interested in footy? AF: Footy first captured my heart when I was six years old. I found it impossible not to get swept up in the fanfare engulfing Adelaide when the [Read more]
Running for Glory
July 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Anna Ly Genazzano FCJ College I remember going to my very first Twilight Sports in grade three and running my first sprint against all my classmates. Ready, set, go! The loud bang of the gun shot in the air and I ran. My feet left the starting line and my hopes and dreams of [Read more]
The Fat Man sings
July 18, 2012 by 9 Comments
At 2.30pm a Mack truck lumbered onto Subiaco Oval. I checked the registration number “41” and quickly confirmed it was Shane Mumford. The sox were already down around the ankles, giving the impression that he was running on half deflated retreads. The jumper dangled loosely out from the waist band of the impressive shorts. More [Read more]
The view from Shepparton
July 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Karmichael Hunt you bloody ripper! I reckon that any one with an ounce of sporting blood in them would have thrilled at this great after siren winning goal. And I’ll be the first to admit it, I had argued, particularly last year, that the Suns were always going to be a team of seventeen carrying [Read more]
DA Puzzle of the Round (17)
July 18, 2012 by 3 Comments
Discover the world of David Astle here. But first, can you solve this week’s puzzle? Around this time of year, We see heaps of threshold teams Have GOT colossal matches IN light of premiership dreams. (This weekend alone, Some six of THE nine bouts (Like Hawks and MAGPIES) Will cast some major doubts. [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Round 16, Sunday 20 July, v St Kilda, SCG
July 18, 2012 by 7 Comments
The final of the VFL’s four exhibition games at the SCG this year was St Kilda’s home game against Richmond. All four games were played on Sunday afternoons as the League, to this point stymied by the State Government from playing Sunday matches in Melbourne, chose to use Sydney as the base for pitching this [Read more]
Round 16 Winners and Losers
July 17, 2012 by 4 Comments
After a two week absence Winners and Losers has returned bigger and better than ever*. Round 16 saw Richmond take Richmondness to unfathomable levels as Karmichael Hunt snatched pole position in the “did that really just happen?” awards from Chris ‘arms aren’t meant to go that way’ Judd. *This is in no way a guarantee. [Read more]
Our land of plenty
July 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
Our land of plenty, a faraway zone That lodged in the mind of this schoolboy at home O’er the horizon and far from my gaze But a hot-bed of promise even in Bloods bad old days The Farrer League clubs carried names full of song There was Culcairn , Coolamon and Grong Grong Matong [Read more]
A Tiger in a nest of Magpies
July 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis Alexander John Eastham is a different cat. In fact, he is a tiger. Yes, my grandnephew barracks for Richmond. The noteworthy feature of this highly unexpected phenomenon is that 99% of his immediate family are Pies fans. His paternal grandfather Jock is the president of the Gippsland Magpies and has [Read more]
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot”
July 17, 2012 by 5 Comments
June 30, MIT Fields Boston Australian Rules tournament As Melbourne sank into a slough of perfect footy weather – cold, wet, unpredictable – we were sheltering from the smarting sunshine and exhausting humidity of a Boston heatwave, elbow-deep in boxes and bags and bubblewrap, packing away a year-long expat adventure. We’d recently discovered that [Read more]
The 2012 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Sixteen
July 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
Greetings Tipsters And then there were four. At this rate, I’ll run out of contenders before August but with his forward line taking part in a snooker tournament at Cottlesloe Beach SLSC on Sunday arvo against most of his midfield, Woosha won’t be spending too many weekends in September in a coach’s box. Fact is, [Read more]
Riverland Superdogs v Hills
July 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
RIVERLAND SUPERDOGS V HILLS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AFL MASTERS – ROUND EIGHT SUNDAY 15th OF JULY 2012, LYRUP OVAL By Nick Kossatch The Riverland Superdogs put in its worst effort for the year with a 50-point hiding to a tough Hills team at Lyrup Oval on Sunday. Coach Shane Healy let his team know all about [Read more]
Fearless – Round 16: Judd on report? Like a school captain doing detention
July 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
I don’t know quite how to say this but tonight at the AFL Tribunal, Chris Judd is up on a charge. To be honest, it’s a bit like the school captain doing a detention. The club and supporters may suffer as a result of Juddy’s brainfade…time will tell…but it’d be fair to say that if there’s [Read more]
The poncho ain’t pretty
July 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
You’re sitting ground level two rows from the front, on a cold Friday night at the MCG. The cold wind is blowing from the grey daunting skies and then it happens. It starts to rain. Rain is a beautiful thing especially when you are rugged up indoors wearing multiple layers and Ugg Boots watching the [Read more]
Floreat Pica: Cats v Pies
July 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
For most Collingwood supporters Round 16 began, not with our match against Geelong, but with North’s shellacking of Carlton the night before. Every member of the Floreat Pica Society who emailed on Friday night, Saturday or Sunday referred to it with joy. Pam referred to it in her Danny Roach votes. Two Pie supporting mates [Read more]
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