by Bernie Tuck As we get older we start thinking about what Heaven is like. Topless angels serving boutique beers and the like . I have now discovered Heaven: Saturday afternoon at the MCG. With your son. Fine day. Essendon supporters. Playing Carlton. Three quarter time. Essendon seven goals up. At the back of [Read more]
Twelve Months on a Pogo Stick (Part 3)
April 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Bill Walker Sword Sharpening Christmas is coming, players all get fat; first run in the New Year they’re all well tanned, but flat. No such problem this year at Wynyard. Shannon and his bench coach Dan Smith had got them onto the track in mid November. The young recruits were like [Read more]
Any Port in a storm
April 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Paul Harkin The morning of the match was a bit of a haze, after my 60th birthday party the night before. I hope everyone received their invitations, because only a few of you attended. The journey to the ground was uneventful, as it was hard to find a single person in Port colours [Read more]
WAFL Round 6
April 23, 2012 by 1 Comment
Les Everett looks at round 6 WAFL action, where upsets of various kinds stole the spotlight. http://australianrules.com.au/news/979/78/Perth-upset-Lions-Peel-upset-fans
In A-League of its Own: 2012 Grand Final
April 23, 2012 by 4 Comments
Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League Brisbane Roar has created history by becoming the first team to win back-to-back titles in the A-League following their controversial 2-1 Grand Final victory over the Perth Glory. In front of a great crowd of just over 50,000 both teams began the game nervously, with mistakes coming from both [Read more]
The View From Shepparton – Round 4
April 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Like to meet any individual who aced round 4. I suppose that such a person does exist but he / she would also have to be clairvoyant of the year. The really good thing now though is how the whole competition has evened up. The first game of the round had to be one [Read more]
The game that had everything
April 23, 2012 by 19 Comments
Collingwood’s 50 Most Sensational Games Round 11 1972 Collingwood 3.4.22 5.5.35 15.8.98 23.10.148 Essendon 2.2.14 7.9.51 8.12.60 13.15.93 VENUE: Victoria Park DATE: Saturday 12 June CROWD: 42,200 UMPIRE: Coates COLLINGWOOD B Britt Clifton Dunne HB Salmon Potter O’Callaghan C Oborne Price Atkinson HF McOrist Gott Greening F Jenkin McKenna Wearmouth FOLL Thompson, M [Read more]
Downhill Skateboarding
April 23, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Kieran Deck Downhill skateboarding came to Wollongong this weekend. Click here to view.
THE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 23, 2012 by 18 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On the Friday night The Barry Crockers out fumbled The Feeling Faints to slip in by 13 points. On the Saturday it was The Team Who Never Let You Down’s turn to suffer the bitter ignominy of being beaten by Essendon. Carringbush took [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Sporting Prodigals
April 23, 2012 by 4 Comments
I’m watching ManU and Everton on Fox tonight (Sunday). Wayne Rooney, of course, is the focus of most attention. Aged nine, Rooney joined the youth team of Everton, where he made his professional debut in 2002. He played two seasons before moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the 2004 summer transfer window. The Toffees’ fans, naturally, wonder what [Read more]
The World Game
April 22, 2012 by 13 Comments
The World Game My disenchantment has been growing, slowly but surely, for a number of years. For very sublime Messi chip, curling Ronaldo spot kick, witty song from the terraces and gut busting run through the midfield, there has been the choleric complaining of managers whenever a point is dropped (you know who [Read more]
Expectations Overturned
April 22, 2012 by 4 Comments
First game of footy for me this season and you couldn’t wish for a better day. After a cool foggy morning, the sun burst through just before eleven o’clock and we were treated to a first class day, warm with just a hint of a zephyr, love that word zephyr. And what a picture the [Read more]
The Game They Play in Hell
April 22, 2012 by 11 Comments
WEST COAST EAGLES v HAWTHORN Subiaco Oval; 5.40pm; Saturday 21 April 2012 Football’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. Mrs Gump certainly knew a thing or two about AFL. The Dockers showed heart and spirit on Friday night. Go figure. This week the Blues managed to do what the [Read more]
Essendon win twice
April 21, 2012 by 8 Comments
Today was the first tennis match of the season. We were versing old rivals on a cold wet Saturday morning. As I am number one in my team, I play the first singles and don’t get the luxury of warming up in the doubles especially with my sore shoulder. The courts were wet under foot [Read more]
Labels and brands and markets
April 21, 2012 by 5 Comments
Not so long ago down here in Tassie mum went shopping at the local corner store or supermarket and she would buy a particular brand of milk, bread or toothpaste. This was a time when football was footy and we went to watch the local team play at grounds like the then unlabelled York Park [Read more]
Ralph
April 20, 2012 by 6 Comments
Three years ago I was given the opportunity of a lifetime when appointed Regional Development Manager (RDM) for AFL NT. For the next two years my home was Elcho Island; a remote location based 500km east of Darwin where one of the biggest Indigenous communities in Australia, Galiwinku, is situated. I’ll never forget the first [Read more]
We have to talk about Melbourne!
April 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Da-da-da-da to all, Well for this week anyway! What was that cooking slogan again? Now to keep the lid on! All the shenanigans between Eddie and Mick turned out to be a bit of bonus for a few other clubs who should have been in the spotlight. Whilst I might not be Buckley’s biggest fan, [Read more]
John Kingsmill’s Footy Diary
April 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Round Four, preview Here’s a chance Here’s a chance for Port. Collingwood is tearing itself to bits. Here’s one round where Port can note that its opposition is more ragged than itself. Here’s a chance to put their foot upon their throat in the last quarter, where the game may still be there to be [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 20, 2012 by 9 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Bury my heart at Victoria Park. Talk about The Club That Ate Itself. You could write a play about it. (It’s been done Wrap – Ed) But surely we’ve all seen this coming? The stabled ox looks longingly at the fallow field. [Read more]
Twelve Months on a Pogo Stick: Part 2
April 20, 2012 by 11 Comments
By Bill Walker Summer Sojourn The summer break is always a challenging time for small footy clubs. The game day business is finished but book balancing is daunting, annual dinner and AGM loom and coaching review and recruitment are pivotal to player recruitment. Every aspect of our club’s administration is undertaken by volunteers. They [Read more]
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