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Danni Eid: The Interview
June 6, 2012 by 9 Comments
Danielle Eid is studying psychology at LaTrobe University in Melbourne. She can lay claim to being the Almanac’s most effervescent contributor. She speaks to Phil Dimitriadis about her love for the Magpies, sports writing, multiculturalism and muzzas. PD: Hi Danni and welcome to the Junior Footy Almanac. Why do you love footy and what [Read more]
Talking about the Talkback
June 6, 2012 by 15 Comments
It was my old man that infected me with a love of the Geelong Football Club. A childhood decade watching Gary Ablett Snr every weekend would probably conform most any young lad to the club. The old man loved the Cats – he loved them until he could love them no more. After a third [Read more]
John Kingsmill’s Footy Diary
June 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
ROUND ELEVEN The dilemma of hope Three weeks of byes rips the supercoach teams to shreds. The balance of personal bias against common sense comes to the fore in the month of June. There’s no sense in backing a winning team in these comps if huge portions of them go surfing in Week Eleven, or [Read more]
Riverland Superdogs v Pooraka
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
RIVERLAND SUPERDOGS V POORAKA SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AFL MASTERS – ROUND FIVE SUNDAY 3RD OF JUNE 2012, LYRUP OVAL The Riverland Superdogs returned to form with a brilliant 136-point thrashing against Pooraka in their AFL Masters game on Sunday in Lyrup, SA. There were no passengers as Shane Hannagan produced a tremendous best-on-ground effort with three [Read more]
Hallelujah, what a Season!
June 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
The Cats are my first (footy) love. And my second and third. But aside from parochialism and loyalty, I just love football. I love a good game. I love the skill and the passion and the determination and desperation. I’ve been blessed, after the 44 years of wandering in the wilderness to see the Cats [Read more]
Almanackers do Wynyard while Tigers do Saints
June 5, 2012 by 6 Comments
By Yvette Wroby The Journey: Getting onto a small REX airline 30 seater plane at Tullamarine was a relief after a big week of helping my eldest daughter shift into her flat. Being super mum to three kids meant that a weekend away made the before and after very busy. But once I’m on [Read more]
Blacks hold on as Snake roams the grass
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LUKEY O JUBILANT AS TWOS OUTSHINE ‘HOERS There was no finer place to be in Melbourne last Saturday than at the home venue of Old Ivanhoe Grammarians. Whilst Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee celebrations were dampened by inclement weather, it would no doubt comfort the Monarchists to hear that an inner Melbourne park named after a picturesque [Read more]
A Life with Footy and Kids
June 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
During the first half of the Round 6 night game against the Crows, I looked along Row U and realised that none of the O’Reilly boys nor I had our children in attendance. (The Cygnet was with us, but he was down on the concourse waiting to play with the Under 8s). I can’t remember [Read more]
Weekend at Burnie’s Neighbour (Wynyard)
June 5, 2012 by 10 Comments
Five brave blokes, and two even braver women, met up at Melbourne Airport last Friday morning with one aim in mind. To cross the ditch between Victoria and Tasmania, and track down a legendary beast said to have roamed Van Diemen’s Land for many a long year but which hadn’t been seen for almost as [Read more]
Loose Thylacines Everywhere
June 5, 2012 by 18 Comments
Last Friday night we were driving back to Bill (The Phantom) Walker’s weekend shack in the Rocky Cape National Park on the northwest coast of Tasmania. It was about 9.15pm. We’d been to the Tasmanian launch of the 2011 Footy Almanac at the Wynyard Football Club and were taking things easy, this being our first [Read more]
Tasmanian launch – 2011 Footy Almanac
June 5, 2012 by 13 Comments
Local legend Max Brown chats with John Harms at the Wynyard footy club rooms. Dips and Pamela Sherpa selling truck loads of books to the Wynyard crowd. The Alamanac touring party at the local footy oval. Wynyard gets up – and didn’t they need the win.
AFL Round 10 – Collingwood v Gold Coast – Floreat Pica Society
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By PAM LOWTHER Well off to the twilight game, seems strange to be heading off to the footy at such a time on a sunday arvo, but am neverless very hopeful of a good percentage booster for our team. Having a day out with some girls from work and had to stop at the Hilton [Read more]
The true measure
June 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Stats seem to be the key in the professional footy world right now but quite frankly the sheer amount of gibberish being hammered home of late has turned my mind to jelly. And are they measuring the right thing? It’s all well and good to concentrate on a player’s work rate and inside leg measurement [Read more]
The 2012 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round 10
June 5, 2012 by 3 Comments
Greetings Tipsters Upset. The Oxford online defines upset as: Verb 1 – make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried; 2 – knock (something) over; 3 – cause disorder in; disrupt: 4 – shorten and thicken the end or edge of (a metal bar, wheel rim, or other object), especially by hammering or pressure when heated; Noun [Read more]
Redemption, redemption, or is it really?
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It has now transpired that this footy trip was some 56 weeks in the making. We knew that we would have to have a rematch replay against the very young Gold Coast Suns and the sooner the better for our own piece of mind.
The View From Shepparton – Round 10
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
James Polkinghorne, (James Polkinghorne?, yes well I had never heard of him either), you bloody ripper. Forget Buddy’s 13, forget Melbourne getting over Essendon, forget the Richmond St Kilda epic…… Well OK I’ll grant that that is asking for an awful lot of forgetfulness but all the same that goal which I am sure was [Read more]
Tiger Terrific
June 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
Richmond V St Kilda, Round 10, 3/6/12 It was described as the ‘match of the year’ to this date which perhaps served as an alternative exhilaration for Richmond fans. Their time has finally come, and this time, it is here to stay. Richmond’s’ decade long jinx against St Kilda has finally been dispelled, leaving Richmond [Read more]
University v Lockyer Valley
June 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Scott Sowerby The University Cougars inconsistent form continued last Saturday at the Gatton Showgrounds when they returned to the winners’ list, falling over the line against the Demons of Lockyer Valley by 208 points. In a major surprise, the 33-17-215 to 1-1-7 triumph was played on a green playing surface, mostly devoid of [Read more]
The Wrath of Josh
June 4, 2012 by 4 Comments
By Josh Barnstable Something isn’t right at Aegis Park. Something has gone wrong, deep in the heart and soul of the North Melbourne Football Club. 10 rounds into the season, sitting 12th on the ladder with just four wins, everything possible has gone pear shaped for the club that promised so much in the pre-season. [Read more]
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