More than 6,700 fans watched the Northern Areas footy and netball finals at Jamestown in South Australia. James Lang was there.
St Kilda Best and Fairest: Two Elephants in the Room
September 16, 2012 by 6 Comments
There’s a lot of preparation that goes into a Best and Fairest. I am, of course, talking about the shaving of legs, preparation of clothes, planning of transport; make up, hair and nails. Feeding the dog, making sure the kids take care of themselves, and booking a cab to pick me, and then Rina, up [Read more]
Country footy: Weeks poised on the cusp of Bendigo FL greatness
September 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
GOLDEN Square’s outstanding full-forward Grant Weeks is poised to etch his name into Bendigo Football League history. Needing four goals in Saturday’s senior grand final against Gisborne to pass a goalkicking record which has stood since the Great Depression, Weeks has the footy world on the edge of their seats. In the 1933 season Eaglehawk’s [Read more]
AFL Round 1 – Fremantle v Geelong: In hostile territory
September 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
Evie Tozer looks back to the start of the season when for the first time ever she saw Geelong play outside of Victoria.
Let it B Let it B
September 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
We are the boys from old Fitzroy. We wear the colours, maroon and blue. Happy days are here again, dah dah dah d dah, happy days are here again dah…. Let it B, Let it B “When I find myself in times of trouble, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate loses to me.” There were some [Read more]
AFL Round 6 – Sydney v Adelaide: Crows in a tight one
September 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
As the Crows prepare for their Preliminary Final v Hawthorn, we recall the day earlier in the season when they beat one of the other contenders, the Swans.
Magpie mateship for McCarthy
September 16, 2012 by 10 Comments
Danielle Eid *Rewind to 2 weeks ago* Surely there is no way we would make it to the preliminary-final, don’t even CONSIDER the Granny. No really, booking a week holiday in Sydney during grand final week is fine. There’s nothing to worry about, if we meet West Coast again they’ll probably just belt us [Read more]
VAFA Div 1 – Grand Final Preview: A Clash of Two Titans
September 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In what seems like the blink of an eye, we have arrived at the season’s denouement. Was it really six months ago that the ten Division 1 clubs were winding up their pre-season programs, full of hope for the year which lay ahead? The season has whisked past us so quickly. Preliminary Final review: [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 15: The World is Round
September 15, 2012 by 9 Comments
The World Is Round. The world is round. Drive far enough through any desert and you’ll find a river, or the ocean. I wake up beside what I later figure is the Wimmera River. A superb, muddy thing with no rush to it. The trout let me know they’re there, and I swim [Read more]
2002 – A Magpie Memory
September 15, 2012 by 5 Comments
By Eleni Donnelly It’s 2012 and Collingwood seem to be headed for another Grand Final appearance… again! In 2002 I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. A few weeks after she was born I was sitting at Crown watching Collingwood v Adelaide. I had a breast pump with me. I was so excited we [Read more]
Grand Final Heartache
September 14, 2012 by 6 Comments
I’m now actually pleased that Richmond never makes the finals – it has probably saved me two or three heart attacks. Coaching my first basketball Grand Final was more nerve racking than watching Collingwood throw away another premiership in the dying seconds. I didn’t sleep at all the night after the game and two days [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The finals for the small-minded
September 14, 2012 by 4 Comments
Your team has missed the finals. Maybe again. Maybe for the first time in years. Either way, it hurts. You can switch off altogether and pretend not to give a damn. But, its rugby league, you love it, and that means there’s still plenty of ways to enjoy the footy over the next few weeks. [Read more]
Qualifying Final – Clouded Moon
September 14, 2012 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob ponders the elements as the Pies go down to Hawthorn
The Pre Wrap – Week II
September 14, 2012 by 4 Comments
For The Philosophical Marngrook Fan And what week it’s been in Footy Eddie. But the biggest news would have to have come from the Bourse. Singlehandedly, the Geelong Football Club has turned the Global Financial Crisis on its head. Gucci & Prada have recorded record sales and the sales through Ladies Accessories have saved both [Read more]
Ol’ Micky Blue Eyes
September 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Greetings to all, However, perhaps not such a joyous September after the tragic and untimely death of John McCarthy, a young life taken and a reminder of how precious our time is. But the footy machine continues to roll on with Carlton unveiling the worst kept secret in history. When will clubs stop putting up [Read more]
The Mack Attack
September 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
It was the Return of the Mac on the weekend. And boy did he have a big one. Patrolling the backline with the slight strut and confidence to go with it, Eric Mackenzie, E-mac, Mack Attack…kicked his first goal of what’s going to be an illustrious AFL career and towelled up Drew ‘The Dish’ Petrie [Read more]
AFL Finals Week 2: Harms’s thoughts
September 14, 2012 by 3 Comments
Some thoughts on the AFL semis. Read more
Middle Australia Rule(s) Committee
September 13, 2012 by 1 Comment
North Melbourne small-forward Brent Harvey has been offered a four-match ban for two separate incidents: a three-match ban for striking West Coast’s Daniel Kerr and a one-match ban for striking Kerr’s teammate Adam Selwood in the Kangaroos’ season-ending loss in Perth yesterday. Middle Australia Rule(s) committee. Rule 1. Smacking an annoying opponent There are players, [Read more]
AFL Finals Week 2: Why the underdogs can win
September 13, 2012 by 4 Comments
After tipping Fremantle to defend Geelong and Sydney to defeat Adelaide last week (alright, I also tipped Collingwood), I firmly believe that both underdogs can win this week’s semi-finals. Such is the nature of finals football and in a testament to the competition’s evenness this year, both of the favourites (Collingwood and Adelaide) could be [Read more]
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