Guineas Day. This is as good as it gets. A beautifully balanced programme at the crossroads of the Carnival, it attracts enthusiasts and leaves a legacy for Spring and beyond.
Another Gorilla Missed
October 13, 2012 by 35 Comments
The Bulldogs need more gorillas. I mean that in the nicest possible way. Our last gorilla, Brian Lake, left to be part of premiership glory. Not sure if he lived in the Western Suburbs but if he did, I hope the trek out to Waverley every night is worth it. So the Bulldogs decide to stick [Read more]
A word from Peter Temple
October 12, 2012 by 11 Comments
A word from Peter Temple – award-winning crime writer and friend of the Almanac.
AFL Grand Final: Half-time Legends
October 12, 2012 by 9 Comments
It’s half-time in the big one. The game’s a bottler. We’re all happy little Vegemites, excited, hairy, overgrown children, bundling out of Roland’s beat-up Grand Final shed to piss, fire up the barbie, wince at daylight, and kick the footy. “You in it, Dippa?” I ask. No idea how he got the nickname, he [Read more]
The Footy Almanac (book): an urgent message to contributors
October 12, 2012 by 5 Comments
Book contributors – please read this post.
Short essay: Love, Teaching and the Renewal of the Common World
October 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Dips O’Donnell has stumbled across a little gem, in of all places the St Kevins newsletter.
Off Season Odyssey – Part 29: Full-Backs
October 12, 2012 by 3 Comments
It’s late. I’m all over the road like a goddamn zombie. My left wheel keeps hitting the gravel, I’m constantly falling asleep. I can’t even remember where I’m heading. A central Queensland mining town, I think.
Post season Pouting
October 12, 2012 by 16 Comments
Im Bored. The players need to get away from the Bali beaches, the umbrella decorated cocktails and their tanning chairs. They need to get back to their clubs, back onto the MCG, back into my life! Okay so im struggling without footy a little… What’s a girl to do to fill this time? I [Read more]
Looking for Lars
October 11, 2012 by 6 Comments
Saturday night was the night of nights for the Swedish Australian Football League and Haiku Bob was there.
Caddy settles on choice of clubs
October 11, 2012 by 9 Comments
A highlights package of new Geelong recruit Josh Caddy is available here.
Australian T20 player ratings
October 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
Luke Reynolds provides his player ratings for Australia’s three-match T20 series against Pakistan in Dubai as well as Australia’s games in the T20 World cup in Sri Lanka.
Twenty20 World Cup Review
October 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The West Indies are celebrating their first Twenty20 World Cup win and first World Cup triumph in any format since 1979 when the Windies defeated England in the one-day final at Lords. Their win over Sri Lanka in the final should be a huge boost for West Indian cricket but also sees Sri Lanka overtake [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 28: Starting Late
October 11, 2012 by 15 Comments
Starting Late. If. If this Off Season lasted forever I’d hang around at each town, each truck stop and city, until I really got to know the people, the place. I’d stay until that person who I was sure, given time, would be a good mate, became a good mate. If time could be [Read more]
Book review: Greg Chappell’s Fierce Focus
October 10, 2012 by 1 Comment
Chappell is forthright and candid in his comments concerning the acrimonious times surrounding World Series Cricket and the fateful underarm incident.
Knacker a finalist in National Playwright competition
October 10, 2012 by 3 Comments
Almanacker Neil Anderson is a finalist in this year’s National Playwright Competition and will perform his play, ‘Michelangelo Wore Blundstones’, later this month.
Damian Callinan in The Merger
October 10, 2012 by 5 Comments
Folks, I have seen some of this specifically, and a lot of Damian’s stuff generally. It is ALL BRILLIANT. He was in superb touch at The Roaring Forties Lunch last Friday where he had us (1000+ crowd) laughing our heads off. Very funny and insightful. I strongly recommend this. I hope we can get a few together to go along – especially to the Saturday performance – JTH
Off Season Odyssey – Part 27: Gods, AFL Footballers and Human Beings
October 9, 2012 by 7 Comments
The Gold Coast is L.A. with cane toads. A paradise they’ve layered a blanket of bitumen over, then pinned down with big boats and shopping centres. It oozes money and ex-Victorians. At its heart is Broadbeach. A wonderland of towering, round-edged, honeycomb apartments, swimming around a sea of top dollar restaurants. There are [Read more]
Tom Scully fourth best for the Giants all year…(and other tales from club best and fairest awards)
October 9, 2012 by 13 Comments
Crowley winning Fremantle’s B&F shows how things have changed at Dockerland, says Sean Curtain, and were the low placings of Tippett and Travis Boak solely about their form? He runs the ruler over the club B&F awards.
Oh Big Q! Say it ain’t so
October 9, 2012 by 19 Comments
Brandon Erceg is distraught. The Big Q is leaving the Eagles for Collingwood. Of all places, Collingwood!
In A-League of its Own – Round One
October 9, 2012 by 1 Comment
The A-League’s 8th season began with an upset on Derby night as John Aloisi’s Melbourne Heart registered a 2-1 win over Melbourne Victory. The hype surrounding the game was mainly to do with the Victory’s marquee signing Marcos Flores as well as new manager Ange Postecoglou. From the outset it was clear that Aloisi had [Read more]
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