I think I wanted Phil Hughes to fail. Melbourne supporters might understand. Maybe even Tiges when Jordy’s late kick sailed through? “For the greater good”. “The end justifies the means”. Have others found themselves secretly (or overtly) barracking against the result they should favor? It can be malice, money or ulterior motive…but I’m guilty many [Read more]
More on the Victoria Park installation
December 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Duke Albada is the artist who put together the installation at Victoria Park. As Vin Maskell pointed out recently it features many writers and fans some of whom are part of The Footy Almanac crew. Here are some further words from Duke: MANY THANKS to all contributors! This link leads to a short video [Read more]
Kenyans sizzle as Track and Field christens its new home with a drenching
December 12, 2011 by 4 Comments
Track and Field in Victoria held its first significant meeting at its new home in Lakeside Stadium on Saturday night when it hosted the time-honoured Zatopek meeting. For me it was a bit like going to the housewarming party of a friend whose old digs you loved, despite them having seen better days (the digs, [Read more]
As Easy As 1 2 3
December 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Argent From the SACA under 16s country cup competition held around Suburban Adelaide from Monday to Thursday…… Game is South East (Bowling) vs Eyre Peninsula
Perth drinks
December 10, 2011 by 12 Comments
Peter Baulderstone and Les Everett will be holding court in the bar at the South Fremantle Football Club from 6 to 7.30pm on Friday 16 December. All Perth Almanackers, book writers, lurkers and urgers are asked to join us for conviviality and debate. Copies of the extraordinary, marvellous 2011 Footy Almanac book (which [Read more]
Pavlov’s Duck
December 9, 2011 by 9 Comments
A bloke recently explained to me why it is that summers as a child seemingly stretched out forever, whilst in adult years they seem to fly past like Vettel passing Webber. His logic is simple. For a four or five year old kid a year represents about 25% of their life, however for a fifty [Read more]
Premier Cricket: Round 9 Preview
December 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Round 9 of Premier Cricket is another Saturday/Sunday affair (Dec 10 & 11). Clubs may have access to their state representatives. Good for them. Rain is forecast for both days. Anyone surprised? Here’s a preview of this weekends games.
Crio’s Racing: A Crowded Weekend
December 9, 2011 by 5 Comments
We have a ridiculously cluttered metropolitan racing schedule this weekend and, it would be fair to say, the quality of the local fields could not be the lure for attendance. I guess the 3 meetings- Valley Nights on Friday, HQ Saturday and a twilight at MV Sunday- each have their particular focus and we need [Read more]
Hangies and Rugby
December 8, 2011 by 4 Comments
Hangies and Rugby. A few days of farm work and, somehow, cutting back from the coast and its relentless winds, I‘ve found myself in the back of a city, over a river and all the lights that frame it, drinking at a hangi with a group of Islanders. Most of them are from PNG [Read more]
Come back Bill!
December 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
There was one thing missing from Channel 9’s coverage of the First Test in Brisbane. Actually, many would argue that there were lots of things missing from Channel 9’s coverage and that there has been for a long time. But that’s a conversation for another time – or in the Comments section below if [Read more]
North Melbourne 2012 season preview
December 7, 2011 by 6 Comments
by Josh Barnstable “Close but no cigar” “Almost there” “Just not good enough” One word comes to mind. Two, in fact. North Melbourne. If North’s ’10 and ’11 AFL seasons were made into a novel, pick any of those three sayings above and you have a perfectly suitable title. That’s the reality of [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Round 8 review
December 7, 2011 by 4 Comments
by Mic Rees Round 8 of Premier Cricket was a Saturday/Sunday fixture completed last weekend (Dec 3 & 4). Bat dominated ball with 9 batsmen posting centuries. Amongst the three figure totals were two maiden tons, another coming off the bat a district stalwart, his first in senior company in over a decade. At [Read more]
Unavailable for Test Consideration
December 6, 2011 by 17 Comments
By Sean Curtain I’ve now officially made myself unavailable for consideration in the Australia Test team. I’m not sure how I let the Australian selectors know this though. I’m sure John Inverarity has a bit on at the minute coming up to speed with the team, his new work colleagues and those available in Shield [Read more]
Qualified Joy in Kiwi Clobbering
December 6, 2011 by 26 Comments
Two seasons ago Australia were undefeated in six test matches against the mediocre opposition put up by the West Indies and Pakistan. All that success served to achieve was to mask the deficiencies of an ordinary team, and set Australia up for last summer’s Ashes debacle. So an easy win over a New Zealand [Read more]
Queenstown
December 5, 2011 by 11 Comments
by Andrew Starkie In the late ’70s mum and dad took my sisters and I on a road trip around Tasmania. It was deep Winter and the roads were hilly, winding and wet. I was car sick for two weeks. I recall moments like framed snapshots. Slipping on snow and ice on Mount [Read more]
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