by Basil Naimet 1983 was the last time Swansea made their appearance at Stamford Bridge. Their return wasn’t pleasant! After a frantic start by Chelsea and one that saw them struggle to get any rhythm going, especially where it counted most, in the goal area, the Blues looked vulnerable. In contrast Swansea, looked sharp in [Read more]
Stresstember Reflections…Bad Currency Drives Out Good
September 28, 2011 by 26 Comments
by Stephen Alomes It is the time of the year…when a footy follower’s thoughts turn not to flowers or fillies or fun but to the last steps to the top of the hill or perhaps in the DeMillean AFLspeak ‘the mountain’ or even ‘the summit’. It is the time of Sturm und [Read more]
Women and children first
September 28, 2011 by 1 Comment
Thanks to Almanacker Rick Kane who brought our attention to the clip below. · After Fenerbache fans invaded the pitch during a friendly game against Shakhtar Donetsk, the Turkish FA punished the club by forcing them to play their next two games behind closed doors. Then someone had the bright idea of just banning men [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – What happened to Gus Gould’s hair?
September 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I’m in Brisbane for the weekend visiting family. It’s the first chance I’ve had in many a year to watch a Friday night game live on television. It’s also the first chance I’ve had to watch Channel Nine’s pregame ‘entertainment” too. Mercy me. So let’s start with the (actual) white elephant on the commentary panel: [Read more]
The Footygods: Bia
September 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
by Ian Latham The greeks had lots of gods to make you think. They had Athena, the goddess of wisdom and learning. They had the muses who inspired writing and the arts. They could inspire you with their skill. A lot like Nic Naitanui. You could just marvel at him all day. And you [Read more]
DA’s Clue of the Round (28)
September 28, 2011 by 3 Comments
The Footy Almanac thanks David Astle for providing Almanackers with extra food for thought over the 2011 season. Last roll of the puzzle dice for Season 2011.Thanks for all your comments and deductions over that time. This experiment has been fun. (And if you happened to enjoy this Almanac side-trip, or wish to [Read more]
preliminary final – the clock stops
September 28, 2011 by 4 Comments
late september the veteran scores the winning goal the MCG in spring — alive with hawks, magpies and seagulls the moon punches a hole in the sky — Tarrant spoils bad live stream our hopes flickering spring haze a field of heavy-limbed footballers [Read more]
The Big Nick
September 27, 2011 by 3 Comments
by John Green I never thought I’d see a band of Vikings marching up the centre of Bridge Road. There they were. Arrayed in red and white, sporting horned helmets, brandishing hammers and calling on the names of ancient Norse gods. At least that’s what I thought they were saying. They weren’t the only [Read more]
THUNDER STORMS, 3-2-1 and More!!
September 27, 2011 by 3 Comments
Representative side Northern Territory Football Club creates history: 3 Seasons competing, 2 Premierships, in 1 year. by Jocelyn Ledwidge No wonder they’re tough in the Territory: with a high degree of difficulty, vision has become glorious reality in record time. A total start up club – new structure, staff, sponsors, Board, playing [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The Year of The Seagulls
September 27, 2011 by 7 Comments
Queensland Cup Rugby League Grand Final 2011 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 16 d Tweed Heads Seagulls 10 by JJ Leahy The Queensland Cup is one of two Rugby League competitions that sit at a level below the National Rugby League. The other is its New South Wales counterpart. It is contested by five clubs from Brisbane [Read more]
The WOW WAGs
September 27, 2011 by 24 Comments
by Danni Eid My blue carpet favorite Alex Davis (Pendlebury) looked positively radiant in her navy blue Versace gown. It fitted like a glove, it got the “Oh my gosh!” reaction from me, it’s a perfect classy dress. As always, Alex looked GORGEOUS! It was the dress that drew a gasp. As a natural [Read more]
A premiership at 50
September 27, 2011 by 5 Comments
Hockey Grand Final. Septemeber 17, 2011 by Don Haines I’d never won a premiership. When I was 16 we had been in a seconds footy grand final. I was full forward, and about all I can remember is watching a set shot veer alarmingly right, and asking the coach at half time to teach [Read more]
The Footy Almanac 2011
September 27, 2011 by 26 Comments
(Cover art by Jim Pavlidis) We’d love you to offer your support as a member of the Almanac community by purchasing your copy of The Footy Almanac 2011. It will be available from Friday November 11. This year the book is $30 (collected), or $35 (posted). In 2011, however, we invite a slightly different approach [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The highs and lows of a Preliminary Final
September 26, 2011 by 3 Comments
Oh, the highs and the lows of preliminary finals weekend. They’ll hit your harder than Brad Izzard on a cold day and they’ll stick with you until you breathe your last. There is something enduring about it, something special, something that separates it from Grand Final weekend, giving it a unique feel, an individual aura. [Read more]
G. Ablett senior
September 26, 2011 by 5 Comments
It is Gary Ablett senior’s 50th birthday on Saturday.
Cats in control
September 26, 2011 by 10 Comments
Friday. I am having lunch with an Eagles fan who is such an Eagles fan he is known as West Coast Dave (a fine contributor to these pages I might add). He is down from Canberra and is in a preliminary final mood. A Group 1 theoriser (with a masters degree in sports psyche which [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A deserved win
September 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
As a Broncos fan who has always had a strong dislike of Manly, I’ll get the difficult part over with straight away: I have to admit Manly deserved to win. In all honesty I wasn’t expecting the Broncos to win. With Darren Lockyer missing, I sensed the Broncos wouldn’t quite have what it took to [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A relentless wave
September 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Despite the absence of my team, and ignoring the Melbourne – Newcastle game, this has been an extremely high quality finals series – the St. George/ Brisbane, St George /Wests Tigers and Wests Tigers/NZ Warriors games were all incredibly exciting but this game – from start to finish – topped the lot. It was fast, [Read more]
THE WRAP – FINALS ROUND III
September 26, 2011 by 14 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Pies came back from the death to shatter the dreams of Little Hawkers all over the World and book themselves into The Granny for the 2nd successive year. The Moggies joined them with an equally impressive victory over a gallant but outgunned [Read more]
Brownlow Blog 2011
September 26, 2011 by 157 Comments
The buzz over Chris Judd threatens to dwarf the Dane Swan hype of last year. The dream scenario for many is the two double Medalists sharing a 3rd. But Brownlow history suggests you should never count your chickens. If your invite to the big night is still in the mail, join us from 7.30 as our fashion [Read more]
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