AN INNINGS FOR DAD The ball was short of a length outside off stump. Still early in my innings, it was my first opportunity to break the shackles. I leant back and unleashed a back foot square drive through point that was a combination of flourish and brute force. As I took off on those [Read more]
The View from Shepparton
April 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
by Peter Schumacher The worst thing about being a footy tragic is not being a footy tragic. Thus it was, is now, and ever shall be that I missed the radio cast, telecast and what ever cast might have been available of the Brisbane demolition of Melbourne. Can’t say that I was too impressed by [Read more]
Crio’s Q?…bums on (couch) seats
April 2, 2012 by 3 Comments
or, for fox sakes, I’ll toss in my membership Let’s face it. Fixturing is TV driven. That’s the case now in mainstream sports across the globe. By necessity, therefore, the “live” spectator’s (fan/club member/ contributor to atmosphere) considerations are secondary. AFL attendances thus far have stood up, but the International trend is that television [Read more]
Arthur Fagg
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Arthur Who? That might be the response of some almanackers. In the pantheon of cricketing statistics he holds a unique place, being the only player to score two double centuries in a first class match. This unmatched record was achieved back in 1938, in a county match, when Arthurs’ Kent played Essex at Colchester. Arthur [Read more]
The Wrap – Round 1
April 2, 2012 by 21 Comments
THE WRAP – ROUND I WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The round started with the same old, same old déjà vu all over again as Bluebaggers pricked The Tiger Bubble in the Traditional Season Opener. A few days before there was a promotional friendly between Sheedy’s Scallywags & [Read more]
Why Port Adelaide will win the premiership
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THE OPTIMISTS’ GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART THIRTEEN. By Alex Wadelton WHY PORT ADELAIDE WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP In a dramatic development, the Port Adelaide Football Club has started a breakaway Australian Rules Football League that they might have a chance of winning- the Port Adelaide Football League. In the PAFL the Port Adelaide Power [Read more]
John Kingsmill’s 2012 Footy Diary: Week Two
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Sunday, 1 April 2012 Round One Week Two 3. Ben Cousins is arrested – here’s a footballer’s story that refuses to go away. It doesn’t really matter what we think. Life after footy is no easier for him than before. We’re watching him and we care but we’ll skip any further note. On Thursday night, [Read more]
Great opening to the season
April 2, 2012 by 1 Comment
BY – JACKSON CLARK They say there are two types of seasons – footy season and can’t wait for footy season. Fortunately, being from the Northern Territory, I am spoilt and get my footy fix all year round. The Northern Territory Football League spans from October to March and immediately after that finishes, the AFL [Read more]
Bulldogs v West Coast, Round 1 2012
April 1, 2012 by 2 Comments
Fan 1: They were rubbish. They were f’ing rubbish. Fan 2: They weren’t that bad. Fan 1: They were f’ing rubbish last year. And they were f’ing rubbish the year before. And I don’t care if they are top of the League, they’ll be f’ing rubbish this year, too. And next year. And the year [Read more]
It’s only footy
April 1, 2012 by 8 Comments
Round 1 North Melbourne v Essendon At three-quarter time, Essendon were four goals in front and looking good. I had to remind myself there were more important things in life than football. It’s only footy. It’s only footy. Breathe Breathe – like in birth classes. I was preparing for defeat. I find [Read more]
Serial Pest or clever combatant?
April 1, 2012 by 49 Comments
Sunday morning, while listening to a favorite radio sports program, I heard the question posed … “what does he actually do that’s so wrong?” The question was being posed in reference to the eventful Saturday night meeting of reigning premiers Geelong and the perceived lesser of the western lights, Fremantle. The ‘he’ in question is Hayden Ballantyne – [Read more]
Le Tenia
April 1, 2012 by 18 Comments
This morning the sunlight awoke me and I immediately felt uneasy. I was too rested- had I slept through my alarm? Ah. Daylight savings. Then it crept through, that splinter in the ribcage. That splinter that sticks when you roll over on it in bed and remember that your sweetheart has left you or your dog has [Read more]
Round 1: Crowd Behavior – The Six Golden Rules
April 1, 2012 by 34 Comments
So footy in Melbourne has kicked off and we could not have asked for any better games to kick us off. Richmond looked competitive against Carlton, Hawthorn just had the edge over Collingwood with incredible goals to Franklin and Gunston in the last quarter, and last night Hamish MacIntosh missed a shot after the siren to cost North Melbourne [Read more]
Bombers (and Max) overcome obstacles
April 1, 2012 by 6 Comments
Saturday was one of those days. School had finished for the term and Saturday sport hadn’t started yet and because I was playing in a tennis tournament at Bendigo in two days time both my parents said I needed to rest. The only thing I was looking forward to today was the game between my [Read more]
Round 1; emergency dental work, anticipation and Reality!
March 31, 2012 by 4 Comments
Thursday night football is not a family friendly timeslot. There’s kids with school the next day, stories to read and homework to be done. As such it was a ‘gently gently’ approach I took with my better half in regards to my attendance at a football match. It had been a rough week with late [Read more]
THE ENDLESS TREK
March 31, 2012 by 1 Comment
Sometimes you look forward to something and it turns out a lot differently to what you expected. I always wanted to walk the Overland Track through the Cradle Mountain–Lake St. Clair National Park in Tasmania. After a few practice rambles through places like Wilson’s Promontory, I landed in Devonport in January 1997 with a mate [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 5, 2012: Brisbane vs St George Illawarra
March 31, 2012 by 3 Comments
Thank god for Andrew Voss. That’s not a statement I ever thought I would find myself typing, but after a month of ruined Friday nights courtesy of Ray Hadley’s execrable commentary, hearing the dulcet tones of Vossy, everyone’s 17th favourite sports caller, came as a welcome relief. If, as has been suggested, Hadley is viewed [Read more]
Gallant Pies run out of legs and class as Buddy and Cyril bite us on the ass
March 31, 2012 by 5 Comments
Footy came back with a huge bang as we went down to the Hawks in an epic opening round encounter that deserves a record length heading for a Floreat Pica Society match report. The biggest question going into the game was how well our bottom six would handle the blowtorch heat of the Hawks’ [Read more]
An Obituary
March 31, 2012 by 9 Comments
I’ve just found out that he’s dead. My mate. Dead. It’s such a small word but carries so much with it. I want the world to stop for a while. Work can wait. I need to write this down. He didn’t wake up. Went to sleep and didn’t wake up. Simple as that. When Max [Read more]
Standin’ on the Outside lookin’ in
It’s been a big few weeks for your correspondent. I am sure many have you have been scouring the back pages for news of last Sunday junior pennant result. As predicted in my last missive, the result was 4-2, but not to the kids for Belco who succumbed to Goulburn in an epic. The [Read more]