Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League The festive period in the A-League has brought colossal changes across the league. The main one was clearly the sacking of former Melbourne Victory manager Mehmet Durakovic, and the subsequent appointment of North Irishman Jim Magilton. The sacking came after a string of poor results for the Melbourne-based [Read more]
A thousand miles from home
January 11, 2012 by 6 Comments
by Glenn Brownstein I spent my New Year’s Eve in Houston, Texas. A thousand miles and a thousand dollars from home. To see a college football game ignored by most folks. Doesn’t make sense. Or does it? What drives us to travel across a country or halfway around a globe to follow our favorite [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Round 11 Review
January 10, 2012 by 4 Comments
by Mic Rees Whilst it has taken eleven rounds, all First XI teams have now experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat as Carlton suffered the blues and at long last you can confidently say they’re a happy team at Hawthorn. At Mervyn G Hughes Oval, Hawthorn Monash University (9/227 cc) [Read more]
A Magpie Life
January 9, 2012 by 29 Comments
So here’s my story. I heard FootyAlmanac.com.au being plugged on SEN 1116 and thought “this is for me”. I love my footy and with my great mate Chubba I started a parenting resource, a blog with a sporting flavour, called TackleNappy.com. I’m a tragic Collingwood supporter. I once stood next to Lee Walker at [Read more]
Why the hoops?
January 9, 2012 by 4 Comments
‘WE ARE GEELONG, THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL…’ Now this, for so long the most ‘cringeworthy’ line in any AFL team song, finally rang true at the end of the 2011 Grand Final when we were able to belt it out with gusto and conviction. Beautiful! Dear Family, In light of this magnificent [Read more]
IT IS A GAME OF MILLIMETRES
January 9, 2012 by 3 Comments
In a clash between the Queensland Country side and the SA Outbacks in the Australian Country Cricket Championships in Geelong – this delivery seams to defy logic and missed the stumps by millimetres. Delivered by off-spinner Andrew Frick, in the Twenty20 fixture at South Barwon Reserve, the ball deceived the batsman, but frustratingly didn’t [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Sporting Sounds
January 9, 2012 by 16 Comments
The unmistakable response of the crowd to the caller’s “They’re off in The Cup”. The groan/giggle that echoes around the ground after a batsman gets hit in the box. The boom of a big ace. “Sounds of sport.” Some are instantly recognizable. As a kid I vividly remember the respect rising to a roar as [Read more]
Triple centurions and wickets
January 8, 2012 by 12 Comments
One of the best things about Michael Clarkes triple century was he took a wicket in the same match. Other Australian triple centurions, Bradman, Hayden, Taylor, and Simpson, did not manage a wicket(s) in their match when they passed 300, and i’m 95% sure Bob Cowper did not take a wicket in the MCG test [Read more]
Why Not Have A Trundle?
January 7, 2012 by 5 Comments
2nd Test, Australia v India Day 4, January 5th, 2012 All the overnight talk was about Tendulkar. Would he finally get that 100th century? It had been proving elusive, even for the Little Master. He was 8 not out at stumps, and had not looked all that convincing in the final hour of play. [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in.
January 7, 2012 by 3 Comments
A return to the coal face has not been conducive to what has been a big week in sport. This has been more difficult as the main action has been in Sydney and I’m trying to write from a Melbourne point of view. Still in a week, where undertaking a first aid course has provided [Read more]
The Bomb
January 6, 2012 by 13 Comments
Broken Creek in Numurkah, Northern Victoria, was where I learned to swim. Graduating from the fenced-in concrete-bottomed beginners pool, Dad took me into the deep where the bottom was unfathomable, for a five year old, and promised to look after me, but kept moving further away, forcing me to continue my stroke to just stay [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Pack Your Picnic Hamper
January 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Within a month we will be cranking up for the early Autumn features, but for the present it is very much “off-peak” for an industry that never really stops. There are, of course, heaps of meetings of various charm, with the summer picnics probably still the most appealing. This Saturday, for example, the Gunbower Cup [Read more]
Premier Cricket: Round 11 Preview
January 5, 2012 by 3 Comments
Premier Cricket returns from the holiday hiatus this Saturday (6/1). Round 11 is a 50 over a side contest, the remaining matches for season 2011/12 (Rds 12 to 16 inclusive) arel two day fixtures. After 10 Rounds the undefeated Carlton (45 pts) lead the pack with a 13 point lead over Melbourne (32pts). Richmond [Read more]
TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS
January 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
The Diva decides that today will be the day for spring cleaning. ”But I have to cover the cricket today” I said. No reply but I did understand that it has to be done today and definitely not tomorrow (the cleaning that is). I work it out that I can assist at drinks breaks, [Read more]
North Melbourne-Flemington triumphant in 2nd Australian Somali Football Championships
January 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Date: January 3, 2012 It was a day for the underdogs as North Melbourne-Flemington fought back from a 2-1 deficit and being reduced to 10 men to defeat defending champions Heidelberg 5-2 in front of 1500 screaming fans in the Final of the 2nd annual Australian Somali Football Championships. The event took place [Read more]
Two captains and two old prime ministers
January 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
India 191 Australia 4/482 This was one of Test Cricket’s memorable days. A resurgent Australian XI againt a fading Indian XI. Australia were in real trouble when Ricky Ponting came to the wicket at 8/2 late yesterday. They were no further advanced when Ed Cowan got a poor umpiring decision shortly thereafter ( 2 out [Read more]
Detrimental as anything
January 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
from Troy Thompson Thought this sounded very familiar – but of course it is about gaelic football rather than Aussie rules. http://www.kerryman.ie/sport/gaelic-football/influence-of-afl-and-rugby-is-having-a-detrimental-effect-on-gaelic-football-2969859.html
The other Gary Ablett
January 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
by Hamish Cameron On Monday, a Gary Ablett of a different kind passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 46, played for Liverpool and was later controversially transferred to Everton. Ablett scored in his first match and won two championships and the FA Cup during his spell with Liverpool, and became [Read more]
Shaking the tree
January 4, 2012 by 6 Comments
AUSTRALIA v INDIA Second Test – SCG Day 1 – 3 January 2012 Matt O’Connor To borrow an expression from a West Indian cricket radio report of a few years ago, wickets have been falling like ripe mangoes from de trees this summer. And today the thudding continued as batsmen once again failed to [Read more]
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