Well, I might as well been on Mars trying to follow the footy this weekend, but instead, extremely happily it must be said, I and the Minister For Home Affairs were wending our way to the Sunshine Coast to get away from the cold and gloom of Victoria. The only thing was for whatever reason it was [Read more]
Toasting Crows victory with Black Caviar
May 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
Sport can do funny things to people. If you’re anything like me you’ve most likely just nodded in agreement. For fanatics like you and I it makes us go to extraordinary lengths to be a part of great sporting moments. I did something that normal people would probably think was a little crazy on the [Read more]
Nail biter
May 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
Ive bitten my fingers right down. I can barely type this because of the pain. It starts when the game starts. I’m a Carlton supporter. My Dad who I no longer have any contact with was and still is a Hawthorn supporter. I grew up going to watch Hawthorn games right throughout the 80s and [Read more]
No away strip in Royal Blues v Blues up the bush
May 15, 2012 by 5 Comments
Spent a few days at Donald recently, in the heart of the Mallee, it being the location of the famous Bullocks Head tree, also being at the centre of the right wing, White Army mobilisation of March 6 1931. Whilst there why not go to the footy, and see a classic North Central League encounter. Donald played Charlton, [Read more]
No fairy tale ending at the SCG
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On the eve of round 6, one astute observer made the point that Melbourne Storm, in the Sydney based NRL and the Sydney Swans, playing in Melbourne-centric AFL were both undefeated. Contrary indeed. The potential for a good match between Sydney and Adelaide loomed. After a great win against Hawthorn, the Swans were set to [Read more]
Hope and Glory
May 15, 2012 by 3 Comments
“The miserable have no other medicine. But only hope.” William Shakespeare (not the glam rocker) Whoop it up Geelong and Manly fans. And jubilant Sky Blues for that matter. You may never see your team win the big one again! Ridiculous notion? Perhaps, but let me remind you lucky sods of the numerous dearly departed Demons [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Mum’s a good sport!
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Sunday’s blizzard conditions really tested the resolve of footy Mums in Melbourne – none of this tea + toast with the newspapers stuff. More and more, it seems, Mums are involved in kids’ sporting development. No longer is it just “Mum’s taxi” or the canteen roster, but myriad other roles, including coach, trainer and scorer [Read more]
How Good Was That?
May 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
I wasn’t there damn it. We were out, following the fortunes via a little app on constant ‘refresh’; Another good start another first quarter won, after Carlton I knew we’d be in it; we sighed when they kicked six in the second quarter not knowing that we weren’t actually out of the game for very [Read more]
State of Origin 1982 (a reality check for today’s footballers)
May 14, 2012 by 6 Comments
Look what Pamela Sherpa found in her old scrap book: The Big V in a ‘crook’ state By Tom Prior the Sun Thursday July 8, 1982 Victoria will have to find at least two, possibly as many as four or five, new players for its team to play Western Australia in the state –of- origin [Read more]
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Tasmanian Footy Almanac launch
It’s not the umpies’ fault
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Only one game into round six and the wider football community was served a reminder of something we already know but rarely remember, umpires do not win or lose games for your team. With reports earlier in the week highlighting the 40 more free kicks West Coast have received when playing at home compared to [Read more]
A day of surprises
May 14, 2012 by 3 Comments
Saturday was going to be a long day. For two reasons, the first reason is that I was playing tennis and the footy was that night. My second reason is that my plans to watch the footy were smashed when I realised I was going to my sister’s dance concert! After the biggest upset of [Read more]
Pies good enough
May 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
Round 7 Collingwood v Brisbane Lions. by Tim O’Leary Enough – [ih-nuhf] adjective adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire: enough water; noise enough to wake the dead. In the off-season I managed to get a Telstra phone/internet/tbox thingy bundle with what I thought was going [Read more]
It isn’t rocket science
May 14, 2012 by 8 Comments
Round 7 North Melbourne versus Western Bulldogs Footy. It’s not rocket science, mate. It’s not bloody rocket science. It’s pretty bloody simple. It’s like life: do the right things, you win. If you don’t, you won’t. If you get numbers at the contest; win the ball; pick the correct option; [Read more]
Cutting the grass
May 13, 2012 by 6 Comments
We did a seachange. (That’s poor English). We seachanged. (That’s worse). We were one of the original seachangers. (Don’t really like that either). Here I am trying to improve my writing skills; trying to engage the readership as the website encourages me to and I come up with that tripe. Anyway, you get the idea. [Read more]
A GWS win to stir the soul
May 13, 2012 by 7 Comments
Round 7 GWS Giants versus GC Suns Manuka Oval, Saturday, May 12. What better place for the two newest teams in the national competition to play each other than in Canberra, the nation’s capital. Neither team has won a game this season so today’s game will be keenly contested. The season may be just cranking into [Read more]
Victory Looking Forward to Olympiacos Visit
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The glamour friendly against Olympiacos at the Etihad Stadium, on May 19, gives Melbourne Victory players the chance to stake a claim under new manager, Ange Postecoglou, according to Archie Thompson. Grand Final winner, Postecoglou, has already laid out the foundations he believes will help Victory avoid another season flirting with disaster. The club’s record [Read more]
AFL and the Dark Ages
May 13, 2012 by 7 Comments
On one side of the globe, an African – American US President confirms his support of gay marriage; meanwhile, the AFL chooses not to recognise adoptive children under the Father / Son rule………………..words fail me as to the attrocity of this decision. Forgive my cyncism (it is merely my form of outrage) but it appears [Read more]
Defining moments in a basketball life
May 12, 2012 by 3 Comments
In life, there are what I like to call “defining moments”. Sometimes these defining moments pass you by, and at the time you don’t even notice. You may not ever notice. But there are many defining moments – some small, some large – which find you stopping for a moment, or even longer, to reflect. [Read more]
Castlemaine legend Peter Fyffe on wine and flags
May 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
A NEWSTEAD boy through and through, Peter Fyffe came in to play major league football with Castlemaine in the Bendigo league while still a teenager. It was 1969 and 17-year-old Fyffe played on permits with the Magpies. He’d already played senior footy with Newstead at the age of 16 under Castlemaine legend John Williams and [Read more]
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