Match 2 Coober Pedy Saints vs Hornridge Football Club 12.30pm Saturday 5th May 2012 Roxby Downs Oval. by George Laslett This week has been an insight into the life of a football club committeeman, organiser and run-around man. After last Saturday’s debacle of the coach going troppo at the boys and the last half [Read more]
From the US to Australia: a young boy’s introduction to footy
May 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My boys were born in Melbourne, we moved to California when they were 2 and 3, and they have spent the majority of there short lives in the USA. After living there for a little over a year there was a heartbreaking moment when I realised that my kids now sounded more American than [Read more]
Snooker with George
May 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Every Wednesday morning I walked across the road and played snooker with George. On Saturdays I watched the local cricket … George lives with his sister in a sparse weatherboard home. The front fence is high and the gate is hard to open. Every room has different carpet, different wallpaper. Nothing matches. George [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – It’s all there in black and white
May 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Footy tragics, by definition, are sentimentalists. Why else would we put ourselves through the agonies of hope and anxiety, triumph and disaster? Our obsession manifests itself in many ways – in my case I collect Big League programs. Of those that are gathering dust in a corner of my study is the one from Round [Read more]
Sat’dy’s races
May 4, 2012 by 36 Comments
It won’t be easy backing up tomorrow on the bag. That, on face value, seems ludicrous, given that I’m stepping from Provincial races to the Rails at HQ (Flemington). But this has been no ordinary week. It is May. It is wet. Winter is closing in. I’ve been, like so many kindred souls, to the [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – St George Illawarra Dragons vs Sydney Roosters
May 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Not long into our relationship, my girlfriend asked what I would choose if I had to decide between music and sport. Not wanting to even consider a world without either, I had no answer for her at the time. Later however, when in a more contemplative state of mind, I decided that it had to [Read more]
Victoria Park’s retro reno
May 4, 2012 by 4 Comments
In the final instalment of my nostalgic Collingwood-Victoria Park trilogy, I take a look at the Victoria Park redevelopment. It’s ironic something that once united and defined Collingwood supporters has become a source of angst and division. Especially at a time which could be considered the club’s high noon.
IPL 5: Less than maximum
May 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
I should preface this article by stating that I have never enjoyed Twenty20 cricket. This dislike for Twenty20 cricket has morphed into an equally strong dislike of the IPL. So from my perspective, it is not necessarily disappointing to hear that the IPL is losing sponsors and supporters.
What’s in a name?
May 4, 2012 by 16 Comments
“What’s in a name?” Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” So said Juliet in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet on finding out Romeo was “on the other team”, a Collingwood member to Juliet’s “Carlton” or any other AFL team with [Read more]
Stripes of survival
May 3, 2012 by 16 Comments
It was THE DAY, we the Sport Reporting students were going to temporarily take the place of journalists in a presser. The coach in question was Michael Malthouse. The room was set up so well you’d think it was the real deal, from the microphones on the table, to the glass of water. My mission [Read more]
A Few Old Chestnuts
May 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Greetings All Being in Hobart there is also the opportunity to take in the ruminations, observations and considerations from the Great Sage from the South of which are littered throughout this literary diatribe. No shortage of footy stories this week in both the news and the forum. Most of them covering a few old chestnuts [Read more]
Ode to the Fat Boy
May 3, 2012 by 2 Comments
Ode to the Fat Boy. Some sad news came to me recently. A friend from my sporting past had left us after a long illness. I had lost touch with him, and whilst I knew of the illness the finality of it all shocked me. I passed on the news to my brother up north [Read more]
Almanacker short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award
May 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
G’day Folks Great news: Writer Tony Birch, who is best-known around the world for his Almanac pieces on Carlton, has been short-listed for Australia’s premier literary award, the Miles Franklin, for his novel, Blood. Congratulations Tony. We hope you are kicking with the breeze in the final quarter, and get the four points. (Tony also [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Round 6, Saturday 3 May, v Geelong, VFL Park
May 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Saturday 3 May, 4.30pm, Monash University Music Department. The date, time and place of my clarinet exam. It had been in the diary for weeks but as the day approached, I felt a growing frustration that I’d be so close yet so far from the event going on a bit further down Wellington Road: Geelong [Read more]
The best Wagga has to offer
May 3, 2012 by 14 Comments
As a proud Wagga boy (now living in Melbourne), I’ve beenthinking about what a great production line of players Wagga has produced. I have decided to have a crack at naming my best 22. What makes it more impressive for me is that arguably Wagga is split about 60% league and 40% AFL (in my [Read more]
Will this be Wynyard’s year?
May 3, 2012 by 7 Comments
Round 1 – Wynyard vs Smithton First game day is always exciting. There is a gnawing feeling inside and no matter what has happened in the past you believe that this could be your year. The only problem with that is that all the other club’s connections have the same feeling. I had changed my [Read more]
Playing for the Brisbane Lions reserves
May 3, 2012 by 9 Comments
Playing for the Brisbane Lions reserves may not mean much for some, but at the time it meant the world to me and I could barely contain my excitement in the lead up to the match. At the time I was 16 years old and training with the NT Thunder, hoping to get selected in [Read more]
Wadeye Dockers celebrate Grand Final victory
May 2, 2012 by 7 Comments
Painting the globe orange
May 2, 2012 by 9 Comments
I am just back from Canberra. I enjoyed the Greater Western Sydney’s first match up there on the weekend, and I reckon there were plenty who did as well. It started with a longish lunch – on the Friday, and finished with the final siren as the shadows fell on Manuka and the Canberra chill [Read more]
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