(Cath Durkin is a first year journalism student, and a footy fan) A passionate man is Eddie McGuire. Keep an eye on him next time you’re playing the Pies if you happen to find yourself on the second level of the Members’ stand at the ‘G and I promise you, you’ll see it. Red-faced [Read more]
Tip the Top 8 Comp
March 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
Tip the Top 8 Comp Each year fans are invited to tip their Top 8 in order. That is the top 8 at the end of the home and away season. The winner is announced after the (riveting and rather amusing) count at The Footy Almanac Grand Final lunch on Grand Final eve. Tallying [Read more]
WHY GOLD COAST WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP
March 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
THE OPTIMISTS’ GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART EIGHT. By Alex Wadelton WHY GOLD COAST WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP The Gold Coast Suns had the most impressive wooden spoon season in history. If the ball had bounced their way a few more times they could well have finished sixteenth, but it was not to be. Still, [Read more]
Eureka!
March 14, 2012 by 30 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz Yes, it’s true, Josh Barnstable has already given us a wonderful summary of last Sunday’s game, but I’m prepared to risk being labelled a copycat from North Ballarat. I think our views will be different enough. Josh is a North man; I’m a Dog. He travelled south to get to Ballarat; I [Read more]
Is motor racing a sport?
March 14, 2012 by 4 Comments
John Harms asks the same old question that pops up each year at the North Fitzroy Arms: is motor racing a sport? http://tatts.com/news/2012/3/14/john-harms-on-the-australian-grand-prix
How to survive THE Malthouse
March 14, 2012 by 24 Comments
by Danni Eid “Mick Malthouse is very keen ….in your press conference assignment.” The above sentence that doesn’t seem to make sense isn’t a hidden message. Basically it’s all my brain had to take in before I went into meltdown mode. Mick Malthouse is keen to be interviewed by my class mates, by us, BY [Read more]
Politics, power and emotion in The Club
March 14, 2012 by 14 Comments
by Phil Dimitriadis Club politics do not always sit comfortably with the ideas of the coach and his methods of disciplining errant players. In The Club, prize recruit Geoff Hayward is a protected species according to President Ted Parker because he paid an extra ten thousand dollars out of his own pocket to ensure that [Read more]
50 years on – Square and Rochy resume the rivalry
March 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
by Rod Gillett Last year the Golden Square Football Club went through the Bendigo Football League unbeaten to win the premiership. It matched the feat of the Rochester “Invincibles” who were premiers and champions in the same league in 1962. Rochy beat Golden Square in the grand final that year. Both clubs are understandably [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 2, 2012: Manly v Tigers
March 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There is a saying of the Buddha that “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned”. It’s true. Ever since the Round 21, 2011 clash between Manly and Wests Tigers I have been unable to use my [Read more]
Almanac Rugby league – NRL Round 2, 2012: Gold Coast v Canberra
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Building a side with locals juniors by Chris Parkinson It’s not always easy being a Raiders fan; it seems like a lifetime ago that the Green Machine was at the peak of their powers. Canberra was a different place back then, buses were painted in the team colours and school tuck shops served up lime [Read more]
Deeper Water
March 13, 2012 by 32 Comments
by Andrew Starkie Growing up in the south-west, Labour Day weekend used to signal the end of summer. The first icy rains and wind would sweep up from the Southern Ocean, turning the camping grounds at the Port Fairy Folk Festival into a sodden, bleak mess. This long weekend, Linda and I put the [Read more]
Corowa Cup 2012
March 13, 2012 by 9 Comments
by Glen Davis Saturday morning dawned bright and sunny , a good start to the Labour Day weekend. Maryanne and I headed up the Hume to Corowa, in expectation of a good day at the Cup. Our last day at Corowa races on Saturday January 28 was good all round, with me in particular [Read more]
Choose your poision – the Top 8 Swedish style
March 13, 2012 by 14 Comments
by Rob Scott The Swedish ice hockey (Elitserien) regular season came to a thrilling conclusion during the week as the top teams battled for places in the playoffs (slutspel) and the bottom teams tried to avoid relegation. Positions were so tight that almost every goal scored during the final round resulted in a change [Read more]
Ed Cowan on his Test summer
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Ed Cowan on his summer of Test cricket. http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/555688.html
Premier Cricket: Round 16 review
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With the finals commencing next weekend, six of the eight teams that qualified for the post season suffered loses in the final Home and Away round for 2011/12. Here’s a look at Saturdays action. Having wrapped up the minor premiership last start, Carlton visited Toorak Park to face second placed Prahran in what could be [Read more]
NAB Cup 2012: North v Bulldogs in Ballarat
March 12, 2012 by 3 Comments
Water, water, everywhere. A fitting summation of what has become of the country town of Numurkah, my home town (sort of). In the past, when people would ask where you’re from, they would screw up their face and muse “Numur-what?” Now when we tell them, they know instantly that we’ve been living on an island, [Read more]
Welcome to the new Coach
March 12, 2012 by 4 Comments
With less than three weeks to go to the start of the football season, there are a number of new coaches anxiously counting the hours until Round 1. For some of them, this time will be one of either confidence that they have inherited a well-managed list with great potential, or a realisation that there’s [Read more]
The Dogs are Barking
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The Dogs came out barking in this highly anticipated match. Talk earlier in the week focussed on whether Frank Pritchard was going to cop a suspension for his high shot on Penrith winger David Simmons. He got a week. Most of the betting agencies – if not all, had the Dragons as favourites to win [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Reunion Rugby League
March 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Pete Abela The last time I went to the footy with Robbo was on the 2nd of July, 1989. The match on that occasion was between South Sydney (who would go on to be minor premiers) and Penrith (who finished second that year, but bombed out of the semis). In those days, the Panthers [Read more]
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