In an era where games often follow scripts more predictable than Two and a Half Men, and finals aspirations tend to expire well before the home straight, the last thing football needs is another reason for supporters to stay at home. Yet those most heavily invested in their team’s fortunes couldn’t help but feel they [Read more]
What sport does to us
June 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
I love sport for the emotions and reactions it evokes in us. Like many others, I watched Black Caviar’s heart-stopping win early Sunday morning from my lounge room. It was too cold for Fed Square. Television is best when you can actually feel the tension coming through the screen. This was definitely the case from [Read more]
Round 13 Winners and Losers
June 26, 2012 by 6 Comments
The byes are finally gone. I think Beau Waters scared them off. WINNERS Collingwood (and the West Coast Eagles…) Both Collingwood and West Coast continue to confound eminent doctors and scientists by playing so well despite half their sides being out on account of major injury/obscure illness/missing limbs. The Eagles don’t have their two best [Read more]
Of Bogans and Burqas
June 26, 2012 by 15 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis The AFL celebrates multicultural round this week. Its catchcry is: “Many cultures, one game”. Possibly, but there is more to promoting cross-cultural understanding than just vacuous slogans and panegyric rhetoric. People from diverse cultural backgrounds are still seen as a novelty and until this changes Australian football will not realistically reflect the [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The cursed existence of a Roosters supporter
June 26, 2012 by 1 Comment
All supporters do it tough at times. Its part of the attraction, addiction even, of passionately supporting a sporting team. In a cruel sort of way, we need to experience the dark, heavy feeling of despair that lingers for days after a loss to also truly appreciate that overwhelming, sun-is-shining, birds-are-singing, life-is-good elation that takes hold after a win. But [Read more]
Endless Summer
June 26, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Caitlyn Kennedy I love summer. I love the feeling of being hot, I love lying on warm concrete, I love diving into cool water, I love the different fruits of the summer, the late nights and the long days on the beach. I love how summer is completely carefree, no rules, no regulations, just [Read more]
crio’s Q?
June 26, 2012 by 5 Comments
Last Wednesday marked the 37th (!!) anniversary of the first Cricket World Cup Final. I remember it. Mostly I remember being allowed to watch some of it on TV…a late night novelty. Clive Lloyd’s imperious ton and Viv’s deadly throws cannoned from Lord’s through my little black and white screen in the Adelaide ‘burbs. I [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A progressive side of rugby league?
June 26, 2012 by 7 Comments
Can’t say I am an expert on rugby league, but I do know it had some good early links with the progressive side of politics. Have read a little bit, and spoken to friends who have an understanding of the game, which has made me intrigued in finding out more. Correct me if I’m wrong [Read more]
FEARLESS (Round 13) – BYE WK 3…Did channel 10 have to move Before The Game? Saturday nights will not be the same…what a stupid stupid decision!
June 26, 2012 by 1 Comment
The marketing genius of the Buddy Ball (aka BB23) is now out there in the shops and on the tv. When my wife returned home with one for our eldest boy I thought “oh great, you’ll be kicking 4.13 before you know it!” I know Buddy Franklin kicked 13.4 in Tassie recently and is a [Read more]
My First Footy Match
June 26, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Constance Iliadis After numerous years of watching the odd footy game on TV and watching my dad and sisters go berserk over what I thought was a bunch of silly men chasing around a leather ball full of air and occasionally kicking it through some poles, they invited me to the footy. I have [Read more]
So where should I go this week?
June 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Joey Agerholm As a kid I expected to grow up and play sport for a living, now I’d be happy enough just being able to watch it full time. This morning I lay on the couch and imagined myself as a fairly successful sportswriter who gets to pick and choose events to visit and [Read more]
My first boots
June 25, 2012 by 10 Comments
My first footy boots were the aptly named Blue Star. Apt, as I am pretty sure that they were made by Rossiter’s in Unley and of course there were an abundance of star Blues footballers from that postcode (if indeed the PMG had implemented postcodes in 1971) and most of them seemed to be kitted [Read more]
The Taste of Summer
June 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Anna Wilton Here I am, sitting alone on the floor, gradually moving across the small space to follow my fan, as it shoots its breeze across the dark room. I had turned off the lights because for some reason I felt that was going to make me that little bit cooler. All year [Read more]
Peel revive, Swans thrive, Falcons dive
June 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
WAFL – Round 14 As I wandered down to Fremantle Oval on Sunday to watch South Fremantle play Peel in round 14 of the WAFL I concluded there’s a good reason teams that have just sacked their coach tend to go pretty well first up. It’s about timing. If you’re considering getting rid of your [Read more]
Unfair dismissal?
June 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
Less than objective Euro 2012 coverage by Lee Hugh McGowan QTR final 4 England 0 – 0 Italy (Italy 4-2 on penalties) The score puts off those whose sympathies lie with other codes, but this was a compelling viewing for football fans. A game of skill and wits matched, of expectations met and, in the [Read more]
My First Footy Memory
June 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Yihsan Richardson Freezing. Absolutely freezing. Walking to the MCG as a young child is like walking through a jungle. Trees are substituted for people, all different ages and sizes. Holding Dad’s hand as we walk through the gates of the MCG felt like we had entered a whole new dimension. The sound, the smell [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – Round 13
June 25, 2012 by 5 Comments
Hands up those who thought that Black Caviar’s jockey was a nong for easing up before the final few strides. Well I was one who thought as much for a start. Hands up though now for all those who think that he might have been a genius for willing his injured mount in that last stride [Read more]
Fever pitch
June 25, 2012 by 6 Comments
For the past 14 months I have been searching for the quintessential English experience. I have drunk in pubs older than Australia, saw the Queen in her Diamond jubilee and rambled along the raw British coastline, but nothing has seemed right. Nothing that is until tonight. Tonight was the Euro 2012 quarter final between England [Read more]
The Wrap – Round XIII
June 25, 2012 by 12 Comments
THE WRAP – ROUND XIII: WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Bangkok Pradas dropped another close one after letting The Sin City Rollers get the jump on them in the Opening Stanza. The Distemper continues out West at The Kennel The Boys From Old Fitzroy turn it [Read more]
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