Round 1, Saturday 29 March v Hawthorn, Princes Park by Sam Steele I’m walking-running from the North Coburg tram through Princes Park towards the stadium that shares its name. Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, the No.1 hit at the time, is playing in my head (unassisted by any iPod, or even a Walkman). The [Read more]
Gawd – Walshy and Alf Gard
March 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
by Mark Schwerdt I wasn’t a huge racing person (although I went a bit in my late 70s Adelaide Uni days, and even saw Dulcify fly home on debut at Morphettville at the juicy odds of 330-1), but still remember Alf as the cranky old bugger who presented the day’s racing highlights on the ABC [Read more]
The footygods: Eileithyia
March 27, 2012 by 7 Comments
by Ian Latham Birth is a big thing. I’ve seen blokes cry talking about the birth of their kids. My wife did more than cry when giving birth to our kids. The ancient greeks had a goddess for birth called Eileithyia. She was also the goddess for labour pain, perhaps to show that you [Read more]
Crio’s Question: which individual can drag you to a contest?
March 27, 2012 by 10 Comments
by Chris Riordan News and Sport was silently on a TV in the corner. “I reckon I’ll go and watch a Storm game”, said Robbo, glancing up over a post-cricket drink. “D’ya like League?”,pestered a team-mate. “Nah…but Billy Slater’s on fire. He’s gotta be worth going to watch.” Sounds fair enough to me. We’ve had [Read more]
Why North Melbourne will win the premiership
March 27, 2012 by 4 Comments
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART TWELVE. By Alex Wadelton WHY NORTH MELBOURNE WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner. Spirit, Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit… Shinboner Spirit. Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit? Shinboner Spirit Shinboner Spirit Shinboner [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Semi Final review
March 27, 2012 by 7 Comments
by Mic Rees Four teams entered the weekend’s action with premiership aspirations. Two remain “alive and kicking”, the other two bowing out in rather ignominious fashion. At Toorak Park Dandenong captain Darren Dempsey called correctly and sent Prahran in to bat, the opening pair of Stephen Seymour and Daniel Salpietro taking the score to [Read more]
AFL Media; footy’s vanilla slice
March 26, 2012 by 9 Comments
I always looked forward to coming home from school on Tuesday afternoons. It was the day Mum’s best friend would visit and invariably she’d leave behind a scrumptious little selection of cakes, or parts thereof. Ah, the cream bun was my favourite. The soft donut encasing cream and jam was the triple threat of bakery [Read more]
The View From Shepparton: Round 1 Pt. 1
March 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
At last round one has started, and really I reckon that Greater Western Sydney were OK. Izzy has already received flack for not being up to it but despite my critical pre season comment, he might yet have something. It does appear though that they will have trouble getting a decent forward set [Read more]
Shaking off the giant pressure
March 26, 2012 by 2 Comments
The Sierra Madre is full of notoriously remote and lawless towns. A place where asking too many questions will only end in trouble and bemused shrugs from the locals afterwards. They’ve also never heard of Aussie Rules and certainly not the Sydney Swans. In other words the perfect bolt hole should tonight go drastically wrong. [Read more]
The Welcome Back Wrap
March 26, 2012 by 11 Comments
THE WELCOME BACK WRAP For the Philosophical Marngrook Follower Ciad Mile Failte. And what an off-season it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Bagginess has replaced the Sagginess in the grass coloured cloth beanie of The National Team. Although it must be said The Opposition appeared to have come out just for the left over pudding [Read more]
Big Day Not Out 2012
March 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Inner Melbourne pub cricket has been a feature of the area since the 20th century, or at least the latter part of it. Various pubs play each other on Sundays, and some seriously, exciting cricket takes place. The culmination of the season is the Big Day Not Out, where the pubs compete to see who [Read more]
John K’s 2012 Footy Diary
March 26, 2012 by 1 Comment
Sunday, 25 March 2012 Round One, Week One 1. The season begins, oddly, with one game for the week – the Sydney derby between the Swans and the Giants. Matty Rendell goes down for a Thought Crime; Jim Stynes dies; Jason Akermanis says that Stynes was nasty on the field. He meant that as praise [Read more]
at the beginning….
March 26, 2012 by 4 Comments
I am ‘nobody’. I am ‘no one’ – and so’s my wife. We have been told daily for the past couple of years that ‘nobody’ wants the Giants; that ‘no one’ will go and watch. We have been told that in one of the largest, fastest growing, most diverse regions in Australia, that there is [Read more]
Giant Buzz
March 26, 2012 by 8 Comments
Everything comes to those who wait. Living in NSW for nearly 25 years has caused much angst where football is concerned. Telecasts at unreasonable hours despite having a so called national game has been frustrating. But with the introduction of GWS now I have an AFL team to follow in this state. I haven’t followed [Read more]
Sandhurst All-Stars
March 25, 2012 by 16 Comments
As relayed by Richard Jones. As authored by Darren Lewis.
Riverland Superdogs v Broken Hill Shinglebacks
March 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AFL MASTERS – ROUND ONE SATURDAY 24TH OF MARCH 2012, LYRUP OVAL By Nick Kossatch The Riverland Superdogs broke their winless drought against the Broken Hill Shinglebacks, coming back from five goals down at quarter time to defeat the visitors by 11 points in round one of SA AFL Masters at Lyrup Oval [Read more]
Scenes from the Manning Clark Cricket Dinner and Lecture 2012
March 25, 2012 by 6 Comments
Photos by Yvette Wroby
Almanac Rugby League – Panthers Ace Eels
March 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
On the night before Penrith’s clash with Parramatta, I played my weekly tennis match with my friend Michael, a fellow Footy Almanac scribe and devoted Parramatta fan. At the time, I wondered if our match would foreshadow the result of the Parramatta v Penrith clash. The first set was won comfortably by me, which I [Read more]
“From Little Things, Big Things Grow”
March 25, 2012 by 19 Comments
For the second straight season, the AFL welcomed in a new club built in the heart of the traditionally non – Aussie Rules wilderness. In 2011, it was the Gold Coast. Spared public scrutiny by being granted a bye in Round 1, they were blooded on a balmy Saturday evening in Round 2, smashed to [Read more]
Preview of the NT Thunder side for the upcoming NEAFL season
March 25, 2012 by 5 Comments
BY – JACKSON CLARK The Northern Territory Football League season is done and dusted but the NT Thunder side is back in action with its first game of the season on the weekend. Thunder faces Morningside at TIO Stadium on Saturday in round one of the NEAFL season to kick of its premiership defence. It [Read more]
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