The following clubs have yet to confirm their expression of interest in the services of Mr T Cloke, footballer. Aberfeldie Junior Football Club Brunswick Bocce Club Creswick Croquet Club Donald Darts Club Elsternwick Elderly Citizens Club Fairhaven Surf Life Saving Club Geraldton Golf Club Hopetoun Hookey Club Ipswich Football Club (U.K) Jurien Junior Football Club [Read more]
The afternoon football nearly forgot
August 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Simon Dalton Perhaps the apparent predictability of this game’s outcome was already sensed by the footballing public and the respective teams well before the first bounce. That could account for a build up lacking in passion or interest. As such it was played as if a gentleman’s agreement had been reached. With forewarning of [Read more]
The (next) Great Man
August 1, 2012 by 9 Comments
Some friends of mine have spoken somewhat disparagingly of my inability to write anything for this website other than Geelong related prose. For those friends: stop reading now. For this I will try to be short and sharp, and deliver it with the minimum of fuss. Much like the man it aims to pay tribute [Read more]
DA Puzzle of the Round (19)
August 1, 2012 by 2 Comments
Discover the world of David Astle here. But first, can you solve this week’s puzzle? There’s a current senior coach with a well-known nickname. Bizarrely, two current players in the coach’s former team, have surnames rhyming with that nickname. Unmask the trio. (Burkie is quick off the mark with the answer this morning – [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Round 18, Saturday 2 August, v Footscray, VFL Park
August 1, 2012 by 3 Comments
Richmond’s hold on the coveted top spot may be suddenly looking tenuous, but I’m feeling carefree today as I ignore the steady rain and catch the early bus out to Waverley from Nunawading. Mid-year exams are over. In a week that saw the release of AC/DC’s immortal album “Back in Black”, I’m ashamed to admit [Read more]
Song of the Seagull
August 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Twilight-time, the MCG, seagulls now are flying free, as old men clean the littered stands, the seagulls spy the fertile land, the hordes have left in trams and trains, only corporate men remain, and while they sip their cold champagne the seagulls sing in joyful strains: “When you leave the footy ground, we fly in [Read more]
What is pressure?
July 31, 2012 by 3 Comments
At a recent press conference in London the coach of the US Women’s Basketball team, Geno Auriemma, said: “Real pressure is when you lose your job and have to pay the mortgage, or if you are a single mum wondering if you can afford to pay your kid’s education”. That is the most sensible comment [Read more]
The 2012 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Eighteen
July 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Greetings Tipsters I had a peek in my Dictionary of Aphorisms and there, under ‘to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory’ was a picture of a black sleeveless shirt with a yellow sash. Weren’t the Tiggers suppposed to threaten for The Eight this season? Sure, they’ve gone close a few times and but for [Read more]
Phantom is mad
July 31, 2012 by 4 Comments
Excuse me but I am mad; seething actually. And the symptoms are worrying. I am so mad that I look forward to noting the MRP’s ruling next time a player has his head split open, is concussed and misses a game or two. Not because I enjoy that sort of stuff in our “man’s game” [Read more]
Olympic sadness
July 31, 2012 by 69 Comments
I woke this morning (a small victory in itself) to a couple of the sadder images I have seen in sport. Initially the sound was down on the TV so I don’t know what happened to the fencer. I don’t know her name. I think she was Korean. I just saw her sitting on her [Read more]
Fearless – Round 18: Faster, higher, stronger, “cleaner”: AFL vs Olympics…
July 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’m in the process of assessing my son using MRP (Match Review Panel) rationale. Head high contact to the head of dad – – no video of the incident – provocation earlier in the day from unrelated incident and different person – goes to state of mind – no notable signs of concussion, just a shocking [Read more]
5.30am and 4.40pm starts – on the same day
July 31, 2012 by 2 Comments
Alarm rings at 5.30 AM. Just in time for Olympic opening ceremony. Not a problem as was asleep early on Friday night, couldn’t stand to sit up and watch the Hawks again after their demolition of the Pies last week. Text Uncle Deano, he’s up early for the opening ceremony too. Could have stayed in [Read more]
The burgers are better at Kyneton but Bloods prevail
July 31, 2012 by 4 Comments
By Shane Goss South Bendigo have been made to work hard to overcome a gallant Kyneton to win by 26 points in their round 14 BFL clash at the Kyneton Showgrounds. Had the Tigers kicked straight the result may well have been different. In a low scoring and scrappy affair, Kyneton began well, registering seven [Read more]
The JFFC is showing signs of lifting
July 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We have just lived through the GFC, the Global Financial Crisis. We Fitzroy people are going through our own crisis: the JFFC. What is this you ask? The July Fitzroy Football Crisis today, showed some sign of lifting, but as Malcolm Frazier once said “life was not meant to be easy.” Fortunately we had wins [Read more]
Bitter Rivalry Continues
July 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Cody Lane What a great rivalry these two teams share. So much history and tonight’s match would add another chapter to the rivalry. Hawthorn are coming in to the match in red hot form winning their last 8 games on the trot. Essendon on the other hand come in to the game with a [Read more]
Kicking the dog
July 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
It’s been a long week between games, a long week on the home front. The footy draws me out of those other places, especially when I read on the Saints website about the Saints Train. This train was another step in St.Kilda Football Club’s attempts to reach and and give the supporters THE LOVE. [Read more]
Mid-season fever
July 30, 2012 by 1 Comment
The week started off good and then spiralled downwards. On Tuesday morning, I woke up feeling sick as a dog and my parents after a short time decided that I shouldn’t go to school. Wednesday I felt worse. My Dad took me to the doctor and what we knew was true. I had the flu. [Read more]
The View from Shepparton: Round 18 and other things, or was it other things and Round 18?
July 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
John Harms and Jon Faine on ABC 774 this morning stole my thunder but I too wanted to make a point about life and that is this, when does confidence become cockiness? You could apply this as much to those who thought that Black Caviar only had to stand on the track to win that [Read more]
The Wrap – Round XVIII: Where life imitates football
July 30, 2012 by 14 Comments
And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. For those old enough to remember the mixed aromatic messages of the suburban barbershop – the stale nicotine & newsprint blended with the cloying scent of au de cologne and the heady richness of cured tobacco – you’ll remember the phrase Next Please. Those with nostalgic [Read more]
Steve Hooker the Olympic highlight for Harms
July 30, 2012 by 109 Comments
Harms set tongues wagging with his comment on Offsiders that Steve Hooker was his Olympics highlight, saying instead of withdrawing with “injury”, Hooker faced his demons in the glare of the world spotlight, showing a “magnificent nobility”. Some words from Harms: I knew this choice of moment was FWD (fraught with danger). And the two [Read more]
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