Words and photos provided by Jared Newton Imperials sent four teams down to Meningie on Grand Final day and three came back victorious.
Rotunda in the West: Alice Pung & Arnold Zable
September 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Almanac Rugby League – The Lang Park Report: 17 September 2011.
September 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Greg Strohal My maiden visit to Lang Park was a memorable one. The crowd some 48,000 was primed for an epic contest. We caught the bus from Adelaide Street and arrived at Lang Park and were greeted by a real buzz surrounding Lockyer’s last. We walk around to Caxton Street and took the obligatory [Read more]
Australian Football Clubs in NSW
September 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
I hope this will appeal to the footy aficionados and enthusiasts that are part of the Footy Almanac community. The book is called Australian Football Clubs in NSW and it looks in detail at some of the great players to have been recruited from NSW football clubs to the VFL/AFL. The Inside Football review [Read more]
Clarke off to a good start
September 22, 2011 by 2 Comments
A lot of us have found it difficult to warm to Michael Clarke for a lot of reasons, but the achievements of he and his team in Sri Lanka can’t be ignored : they did exceptionally well. So well, in fact, that Australia is now back on track towards respectability. It’s easy to trivialise Australia’s [Read more]
Goodna Sportsman’s Night
September 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
One Hundred Years Ago: Grand Final, 23rd September, 1911
September 22, 2011 by 31 Comments
Essendon had been the outstanding team of the year. They’d had the better of Collingwood in both previous encounters this season, including an historic 85 point thrashing of the Magpies in round 4. They were firm favourites to wrap the flag up in this game. But Collingwood coach George Angus had reason to suspect [Read more]
Tabloid news: “oh, the horror!”
September 21, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Stuart Bigless I must admit to being one who gravitates toward The Age online site to keep up with current news events. I find that the Age tends to avoid the sensationalist approach to news that its main competitor seems to revel in. Or so I thought. Here’s what I found last night when I [Read more]
Top 10 Reasons for the Cats to lose the Preliminary Final.
September 21, 2011 by 11 Comments
by Peter Baulderstone 10) – The Wisdom of Harms. In his prescient introduction to the 2009 Almanac Nostradamus Harms sagely observed “West Coast reminded me of Kaiser’s Germany, stockpiling and building and about to be launched”. Well spotted JTH. The blitzkrieg is about to be launched, and Geelong’s Maginot Line will be breached [Read more]
Other coaching upheavals
September 21, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Rick Newbery Actually, it’s hard to justify calling the removal of Tim Nielsen an upheaval, esp in comparison with the ongoing Ross Lyon saga – seeing as the only heaving up from most cricket followers would have happened if Timbo had NOT been given the bum’s rush straight after Hilditch. But who should [Read more]
A Soliloquy On Injury
September 21, 2011 by 9 Comments
by Liam Quin Each time you enter the field of play, there is always that nagging thought at the back of your mind. The one that reminds you that there is a real chance of you being seriously injured. Riding my bike through the streets in peak hour, that thought is there as well. [Read more]
DA’s Clue of the Round (27)
September 21, 2011 by 2 Comments
Do you sometimes get the feeling that you just don’t have a clue? Well then, here’s one from David Astle to help you through the day. (David can also be found at http://davidastle.com/) Despite being very much active in this weekend’s finals, our mystery player opens with a notable AFL retiree of 2007, [Read more]
On the road for the Footy Almanac
September 21, 2011 by 15 Comments
by Richard Naco Cometh the September school holidays, cometh the family holiday in September. Always the wrong time of the year, always taking me away at Grand Final time. (Last year it was as far away as New Zealand, which is a lovely bit of countryside but hardly AFL heartland.) Except this year. [Read more]
Hussey avoids the finger of blame
September 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Darren Dawson The finger of blame could be pointed at Sri Lanka, Australia and the wicket. All were culpable in allowing the Third Test in this hitherto interesting series to peter out into the tamest of draws. In what seemed a reaction to the raging turner produced for the First Test, the home [Read more]
The Footygods: the Phoenix
September 20, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Ian Latham The phoenix was an eagle like bird with golden feathers. It would build its nest from twigs and die when it burned only for a new bird to rise in its place. It was a great story of triumph over our inevitable decline. I was quietly hopeful of the triumph of [Read more]
The spectrum of turnovers
September 20, 2011 by 20 Comments
I am in the process of editing this year’s Footy Almanac. This is a truly joyous role. I am always struck by the originality of the writing (there are well-worn cliches as well, don’t worry). In Brian Matthews review of Freo v St Kilda (which so reminds me of his lovely footy essays in [Read more]
2 sausages, 1 barbie
September 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Rina Reiss Last Sunday (18th Sept 2011) a Muslim-Jewish harmony footy match with two mixed teams of Jewish and Muslim teenagers playing side by side at the Whitten Oval. I first heard about the footy match while sitting with a group of Almanackers in the audience of the live-to-air ABC 2 Aboriginal [Read more]
Sandover to Blackwell
September 20, 2011 by 2 Comments
Les Everett reports at the link below that ex-Blue Luke Blackwell, from Claremont, has taken this year’s Sandover Medal. Check the details and your thoughts. It’s worth noting that last year’s winner, Andrew Krakouer, is having a stellar season with reigning premiers Collingwood. Luke is not yet 25 years-old. Could his AFL career also be resurrected? http://australianrules.com.au/news/927/78/Sandover-to-Blackwell [Read more]
Rudd, Lyon, Freo and the Value of Nothing
September 20, 2011 by 14 Comments
by Peter Baulderstone I don’t like the Harvey assassination (Mark not Lee Harvey) and Lyon ascension (Ross not Gary). Trying to put aside the surprise, emotion and unfairness of the event, I want to put it in the context of our society and our politics in particular. As the old saw goes ‘art [Read more]
Dawdling Sri Lankans still a chance
September 20, 2011 by 7 Comments
I have played in cricket teams which lacked direction. Ones where you sat around the dressing room comparing hangovers, and talking about Friday’s play in the Test match. Then wandered out to bat. Or sauntered out to field. No chat. No plans. No sense of where we were on the ladder. But not many of [Read more]
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