When I started working as a cadet journalist on the Knox-Sherbrooke News back in 1985, one of the first stories I wrote was about women’s footy. The VWFL was in its infancy and the Ferntree Gully Kangas were struggling to find their feet. The competition had a handful of teams and faced [Read more]
AFL Round 22 – Gold Coast v Carlton: The Coach doesn’t kick the ball!
August 26, 2012 by 4 Comments
I aged ten years tonight; ten years, truth-be-told, I cannot spare!
Eat up! Eat up! And play the game.
August 26, 2012 by 16 Comments
It was one of those nights when a few middle-aged blokes get together to talk about old times in sport. John was a new fellow to join the group and everyone’s eyes lit up when he said ‘I saw Bradman bat once’. John’s view of Bradman was when the Indians played a Test [Read more]
AFL Round 19 – Hawthorn v Geelong: Oui are Geelong.
August 26, 2012 by 5 Comments
I should have had a spring in my step as I strolled through the canal-enveloped streets of the Belgium hamlet of Brugge -the place they call the ‘Venice Of The North’. I had spent the previous fortnight savouring all the delights that a Mediterranean summer can offer. The Bride and I bounced the [Read more]
AFL Round 22 – Richmond v Essendon: Schadenfreude
August 25, 2012 by 6 Comments
The German term “schadenfreude” is beautifully efficient – a single word when in English we need seven (taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others). Richmond was hardly efficient last night but the ease with which the Bombers were brushed aside was breathtaking. And enjoyable. As Essendon’s abortive 2012 campaign played out its last dismal rites, the schadenfreude flowed [Read more]
Sydney v Hawthorn preview: Boiling Point
August 25, 2012 by 9 Comments
In recent weeks I’ve become shyly aware that I’ve taken my eye off the footy. Haven’t talked about it much; haven’t reflected on it publicly; haven’t offered any excuses. Just slunk off into the shade really. But internally, I’ve been musing, struggling with the idea of how to whip myself up into some kind of [Read more]
Don’t take the mickey Mick
August 24, 2012 by 9 Comments
So I bet you are all wondering, why is Travis Cloke playing so badly? Well you can stop racking your brains and coming up with that list because Mick Malthouse thinks he knows the answer. Yes Travis has been double teamed in the past and yes last week the delivery to the big number 32 [Read more]
When the North Adelaide Roosters were kings
August 24, 2012 by 29 Comments
In this wonderful reminiscence of the era, Michael Sexton recalls the 1972 Champions of Australia series, when the North Adelaide Roosters improbably beat Carlton.
Jordan Childs chases first win at Tatura
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Shane Goss travels to Tatura to watch New Zealand hoop Greg Childs’s son, Jordan, looking for his first win.
Ammos team of the season
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Ammos scribe Smokie Dawson chooses his Division 1 team of the season. He is already bracing for the backlash from those left out.
Among Saints
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Geelong versus St. Kilda 7.50pm, Friday, 21 August 2012 Etihad Stadium, Melbourne “Do you want to come into the rooms and meet the players?” asked Bob the doorman. We were at Linton Street, the old home of the Saints. We snuck in under a wire fence at the Doonga Avenue end of the ground. The [Read more]
Harms with some thoughts on Round 22
August 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
Harms tries to tip a few winners in the penultimate round.
Cricket: Proteas too good as fans enjoy another ripper Test
August 24, 2012 by 4 Comments
The South Africans are on top of the world Test rankings and deservedly so. They have just completed a convincing 2-0 series victory over England at Lord’s after an enthralling Test match, and can now look towards their trip to Australia in November with confidence. Michael Clarke’s men have much to ponder.
Crio’s Racing: The last Saturday of Winter
August 24, 2012 by 25 Comments
Crio’s excited. Spring is around the corner and he can’t wait to decipher the form. Plenty of tasty tips for this weekend’s racing too.
AFL Round 22: The Richie Benaud round
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Round 22 descends upon us with a multitude of permutations possible to shape the finals, including the possibility of a Carlton – Collingwood Elimination Final. In Bruce speak “What a delicious fortnight confronts us” – but it is only the entrée to what September will bring.
Ammos: No walk in park for SKOBs as Blacks post victory
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Regular readers of this column would probably be aware that its author is a creature of habit when it comes to his days at the footy. Like the pensioner who pays his bills at the post office or the ticket inspector who goes straight to the students, your narrator is one who likes to stick [Read more]
Spring hopes eternal – a survival guide to September
August 23, 2012 by 3 Comments
“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” ~Mark Twain As winter slowly comes to a close, those chilly frost-filled mornings [Read more]
Melbourne Stars’ secret super squad
August 23, 2012 by 4 Comments
A Melbourne Stars insider has revealed to The Footy Almanac the T20 franchise’s full wish list for this coming season
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