Carlton v Geelong It was a Frank McCourt afternoon as Anna and I sat in the Lutheran Church at North Geelong at the funeral of old Uncle Theo, a cousin of my late father’s. Dank and gloomy, the Heavens were low, and descending. Two-year-old Anna had sensed the mood and was perfectly quiet and appropriately [Read more]
Europe’s best attack with gusto
June 9, 2012 by 2 Comments
Euros 2012 commentary by Lee Hugh McGowan You could be forgiven for thinking I was on about the Spanish talking to the upheld palm of Angela Merkel and the ECB, but I’m not. One of the best football tournaments in the world is underway. Hosted in Poland and the Ukraine, the Euros [Read more]
A better way to raise the curtain on young talent
June 9, 2012 by 5 Comments
The AFL’s recent merchandising masterstroke – footy cards of kids, for kids, was delivered a pretty swift kicking by the media last weekend. Besides psychological concerns around the pressure on the 78 youngsters featured, and that few will actually ‘make it’ in any case, one does struggle to grasp the business case for a [Read more]
The bottom of the record
June 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is a tribute to all the players who have played a senior VFL/AFL game wearing a guernsey number of 50 and above. The players whose names appear just above the omnipresent Mr “Rushed” at the foot of the player list in the Record, and who have used (in some cases temporarily) a locker that [Read more]
Kicking a bag
June 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
It’s the 60th anniversary of a bag of 12 goals from Doody McGillivray, uncle of Knacker Pamela Sherpa. Pamela dug out this report from an old Bendigo Football League record. ECHUCA EXCERPTS We are still slightly dazed in Echuca concerning Monday’s game. After seeing a junior match on Saturday on the park Oval, no one [Read more]
I think we’ve got a live one!
June 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
Where: the small community hall at Breakfast Point (which looks remarkably like a church, but isn’t). When: Thursday, 17/5/12, sometime between 6pm 10:15pm (most likely around 9ish) Why: making the GWS banner for the game in Brisbane, featuring a tribute to Luke Power on the occasion of his return to his original club, where he [Read more]
Diagnostic Criteria for Obsessive Compulsive Cricket Disorder
June 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
A: Obsessions (1) Recurrent and persistent ideas, thoughts, impulses or images that are experienced, at least initially as intrusive and senseless e.g. batsman tormented by thoughts that he should walk or an umpire having recurrent fears of getting the ball count wrong, leading to taking out two ball counters.(Crawley Subtype: See Appendix Four) (2) The [Read more]
Blockbuster Fatigue
June 8, 2012 by 19 Comments
When I was growing up, I used to really hate Essendon fans. I still do hate them, but when I was growing up in the 80’s and early 90’s, they were unbearable. They stood head and shoulders above all other clubs supporters on my most hated hit parade. Smug as bugs in rugs they were; [Read more]
Licensed Grocery for Sale in Fremantle
June 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
Greetings to all as we celebrate the Queen’s Birthday, This week we have the first of a number of teams having a holiday as are we all on Monday, but it is now the time of year for clubs to have some serious decision making. With free agency descending and daily updates on the saga, [Read more]
Right Royal Racing
June 7, 2012 by 24 Comments
It’s been a Right Royal Week wherever you look – even in the racing columns! Appropriately, then, I’ll follow the theme and look at Triple Crowns, at our Queen of Turf heading to The Diamond Jubilee Stakes and finally at Queensland’s best race day of the year, the Straddy/Derby/Cup extravaganza. The fabled AmericanTriple Crown deserves [Read more]
Thank You Ma’am
June 7, 2012 by 2 Comments
Thank you Ma’am It is one of the lesser known achievements of the 60 year reign of Your Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth that you are responsible for my addiction. To be fair to Your Majesty as a [Read more]
A Baker’s Dozen
June 7, 2012 by 3 Comments
Saturday was overcast and rainy in Hobart. A check of the forecast suggested nothing was likely to change. So what’s new in Tassy I hear you ponder? My regular traveling companion, Lezzy, was not too enthusiastic about the footy fixtures in and around Hobart so I hopped on the net, bought two seats at Hawk [Read more]
Down at Kardinia Park…A Tradition Lives on
June 7, 2012 by 10 Comments
The long drive, the old footy music over the West Gate Bridge, entering Geelong, the Ford free parking and finally: The Game begins. That’s what footy is all about…tradition. When my Grandfather first came to Australia, he was asked to pick an AFL footy team, so he picked Geelong because of the colours – blue [Read more]
Time: the subtle thief of youth
June 7, 2012 by 10 Comments
By Simon Dobbie On a rare commitment-free weekend just gone, I had an opportunity to sit down and watch some footy while the son had his middle-of-the-day sleep and the wife had her head buried in a good book. The game in question was Geelong v GWS which didn’t promote too much interest in me [Read more]
Just to pass the time away
June 7, 2012 by 5 Comments
I love football, the real version, the round-ball game. The game the world is devoted to. The one which sees players from each continent playing side-by-side, while fans around the globe tune in at all times of night and day. At the game, there’s the singing, whistling, chanting, dancing, trumpets, drums and vuvuezelas willing the [Read more]
Top beats bottom in wonderful topsy turvy WAFL round
June 7, 2012 by 2 Comments
WAFL round 11 THE WAFL fixtures are weird. So are some of the results. In round nine Peel played Claremont at home and lost by 76 points. In round 11 Claremont hosted Peel, it was top playing bottom, and lost by 14 points. It was the WAFL’s rivalry round and it didn’t disappoint. Peel, in [Read more]
Feeling returns to the WAFL
June 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
The WAFL briefly flared back to rude health on Monday, as the traditional Foundational Day Derbies were reborn as WA Day Derbies. At Joondalup Arena, in the far northern reaches of Perth, a healthy crowd of 5000 or so people watched East Perth and West Perth fight out a draw after West Perth had led [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Round 11, Saturday 7 June, Richmond v South Melbourne, VFL Park
June 7, 2012 by 4 Comments
As we get off the train at Nunawading, I can already see the queue for the bus snaking along the side street behind the station. There are plenty of bright red and white scarves dotted among the yellow and black. And no wonder. South Melbourne hit peak form last week with a 14 goal thumping [Read more]
Buddy
June 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I love Buddy. I’m not ashamed to admit my admiration and affection for the guy. Call it a man crush, call it whatever you like but as a Hawthorn supporter it’s only natural to show some love. I know I’m far from alone. He is Hawthorn’s poster boy, every hawks youngsters favourite player. Watching Hawthorn [Read more]
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