By John Robotham
Storm vs Souths in a qualifying final. My club against the outfit I love to hate. The people’s club, with 104 years of rich history, ranged against an interloper created to fit the needs of a national competition.
Almanac Rugby League – Return to the Promised Land
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AFL Round 23 – Brisbane v Dogs: 5km into town, 10 goals out of touch
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The last hurrah for season 2012 for the Western Bulldogs was much like most weekends before hand, started with a little promise and hope in the air and finished with nothing but despondency, anger, even thoughts of surrender. But last Sunday was not like most match days for this weary traveller and footy tragic. Sure [Read more]
Four legs good, Stevie J bad
September 7, 2012 by 8 Comments
A joyious September to all, Finally the AFL have got one right with the people’s bard Paul Kelly taking the stage as part of Grand Final Day. To me no one is more deserving of the honour of performing before the Grand Final, he immortalised our sporting cathedral in his 1987 single “Leaps and Bounds” [Read more]
Van the man!
September 7, 2012 by 5 Comments
A wonderful Robin Van Persie hat-trick saved Manchester United from an unlikely loss against lowly Southampton.
Saints Go Marching Home.
September 6, 2012 by 5 Comments
St.Kilda are not going to make the finals. That is now official. After a season where we, the huddled masses, watched with a head filled with rationale- We monster the sides below us but we just can’t step up for the big guns. And a heart filled with hope- Geez, Carlton lost to Gold Coast…..and [Read more]
Crio’s racing
September 6, 2012 by 49 Comments
The marketing campaign may have changed but the quality of racing at Flemington in the spring remains the same. Crio gives his first tips of the season.
When the Richmond champions came to lunch
September 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
Photos from the August Almanac lunch where the Richmond ladies entertained all. Photos: Yvette Wroby
Finals: Harms with some thoughts on the weekend’s footy
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Harms with a few thoughts on this cracking weekend of footy. Twitter: John Harms@ratherbeatlunch
The positive take on the Saints of 2012
September 6, 2012 by 3 Comments
Despite missing finals, St. Kilda’s last game of the season provided many highlights, which makes Saints supporters excited for the season of 2013.
Some thoughts on issues surrounding Indigenous players in the AFL
September 6, 2012 by 2 Comments
The news came to me at 4.00 on Monday afternoon that Liam Jurrah had left the Melbourne Demons. It seemed to be an inevitability since the beginning of the season when it was announced that he was “being held in police custody in an Alice Springs jail following his alleged involvement in a machete attack.” [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Qualifying Final, Saturday 6 September, v Carlton, VFL Park
September 6, 2012 by 2 Comments
“…and may the best teams win tomorrow, as long as they’re Collingwood and Richmond…”.
I do a sharp double-take as I hear the throwaway line from Geoff Raymond, the principal newsreader on ABC TV at the time. From a man with an inscrutable “ABC” persona and no apparent interest in football whatever, Raymond’s sign-off remark from his evening bulletin on Friday 5 September is unexpected.
AFL Round 23 – Geelong v Sydney: In a strange land. Queens-land.
September 6, 2012 by 3 Comments
STATIC. Occasionally interrupted by foreign language radio and golden oldies. Finding an AFL clash on the radio in Brisbane is an acquired skill.
VAFA: History counts for little as Drysdale exposes ‘Hoers Tail
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With Melbourne Uni Blacks progressing steadily towards the grand final in both grades, the Black Hack gets misty at memories of previous close finishes.
Off Season Odyssey Part 8: A well-shared silence
September 6, 2012 by 15 Comments
Off Season Odyssey Pt.8. Concreting has been hard. Jack and I kick the ball. His real name is Steven, but his last name is Daniels. He is a stocky Otway Ressies Premiership player, by way of Geelong. Nowhere Geelong. From one of those non-descript houses, in one of those rolling suburbs in a sea [Read more]
AFL USA Combine – no thanks
September 5, 2012 by 13 Comments
Last week the AFL boarded the A380 and headed to Los Angeles for the AFL USA Combine, I’m pretty sure they could have got a better result if they jumped on a Crop Duster and flew to Horsham.
Changing Levels
September 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
We still go to AFL football; our family have always gone. The game at the top level is as fast and uncompromising as it has ever been. My family have been cat fans for generations and we’ve seen the game we grew up with go through many changes and permutations. One constant remains, the game [Read more]
AFL Round 23: Fearless – Drama, theatre and ultimate joy of September
September 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
That’s great – the face of the AFL’s This is Greatness ad campaign for the finals gets to ply his proper trade at the G on the big day. Hope it sounds ok for all to hear as do the Temper trap and Paul Kelly.
AFL Finals – Hawthorn v Collingwood: Will tactics get Pies over the line?
September 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
Steve Fahey looks at the selection conundrum facing Collingwood ahead of their first final against Hawthorn – but will it matter who they put on the park?
AFL Round 23 – Carlton v St.Kilda: Thus ends the year from hell
September 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Sunday’s Carlton-St. Kilda match came at the conclusion of a testing week (in a trying year) for adherents of the Church of the Old Dark Navy Blue. The final ten minutes of the match brought a fitting conclusion to the Blues’ season from hell.
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