by Paul Campbell Mint Bar – two Vodkas in -I tell Cat woman I must leave. “It’s Five forty five”, Cat woman observes. “I know”, I respond, “I want to get to the ‘G and look at the grass a while”. It’s been 6 months and 7 days since Collingwood shattered a dream, in [Read more]
Round One Reflections
April 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Nick Sculley It’s been a long wait but the AFL has returned with a bang over the past two weeks. Hawthorn v Collingwood, North Melbourne v Essendon & Fremantle v Geelong have all staked their claims for match of the season status, whilst Scott Thompson continued his love affair with playing the Gold Coast [Read more]
The Geelong Way
April 3, 2012 by 26 Comments
Scarlo’s gone for three. No surprises there! My niece, a friend and I all had a clear view of his brain fade induced left hook to the jaw of a Fremantle player and shook our collective heads. What was he thinking? Instantly my mind projected to the scene of “The G” next Monday week. Geelong [Read more]
The Curse of Mama Bear AKA Fremantle v Geelong
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
by Dennis Gedling It’s not every day that 20 or so people stop talking to point and laugh at you when you enter a room but I was able to cross that honour off the bucket list deep in Dockers territory on a Round 1 Saturday night. The day had started off so well [Read more]
An Innings for Dad
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
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
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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]
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]