Eagles V Lions at the Gabba; Saturday night27 August 2011 By Peter Baulderstone I hate the divisiveness and rancor of public life and what passes for debate in our society. Carbon tax, refugees, sleaze, greed and opportunism. Leave me out of it. When we have so much – wealth, opportunity and social safety nets. How [Read more]
No expectations…no worries
August 28, 2011 by 8 Comments
No expectations….no worries (or from the toilet to the sky –a super performance) With the press in full flight this week of doom and gloom for St.Kilda, and North Melbourne’s good performances, Saints fans like me were quite reluctant to feel any confidence. A good six weeks after a nightmare year, a run in [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Just like the old days
August 28, 2011 by 3 Comments
It’s a wet, miserable day in south-east Queensland even though the temperature is that of a good spring day south of the Murray. I’ve slept poorly, up at 4.45am to pick up the paper from the driveway so it doesn’t get soggy. I can’t get back to sleep, so by 5.22 I’m in the lounge [Read more]
Jack Attack pride
August 28, 2011 by 10 Comments
That awkward moment when Freo names my Jack Anthony to play against my Collingwood boys. Friday, half time during my sports media Kerr lecture, chatting to the guys in my sports development group i admit my nervousness. – “i think i may have a heart attack tonight.” The guys probably assumed i was overexagerating, but [Read more]
Book Review: 1964 A GAME, A SEASON, A STATE
August 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Michael Sexton published by and available through www.sportswords.com.au Michael Sexton’s 1964 is a “niche” book. Those for whom “1964 SANFL season” strikes a chord – typically 50+ sports loving Croweaters – will cherish this wonderful snapshot of South Australian society and sport.
Dream Over?
August 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
Sydney and St.Kilda: two teams infamous for their slow style of football, and boring – at times frustrating – game plan. The flood, stoppage football and backwards kicking, were what most would have been expecting out of this game. Both though, found themselves playing a ‘mini-final’ in round 22 at ANZ stadium. For St.Kilda, a [Read more]
North left to think of the future
August 28, 2011 by 9 Comments
I can remember sitting at the computer, staring blankly at a word-document sheet in the early hours of Easter last year. My eyes were sore. I remember dabbing my eyelids with wet fingers to keep them open. North Melbourne had just been thrashed by St Kilda. 104 points. We were hopeless, they were irrepressible. [Read more]
How could the Cats lose at home?
August 28, 2011 by 19 Comments
27th August 2011 Geelong v’s Sydney Skilled Stadium – 2.10 pm Matthew Clark “What did I do wrong??” “What do you mean??” “Well, we never lose at Geelong. Someone must have done something wrong. Maybe it was me!!” Could it be that us turning up to the game 3 minutes late unsettled the Cats? [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The Roosters and the golden point goose
August 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
As the clock ticked towards half-time and the scoreboard showed nothing but two big donuts I thought to myself: “Thank god I didn’t sit up and watch this last night.” Given regular Friday Night Football scheduling in the southern states sees matches telecast between the hours of midnight Friday and 4am Saturday morning, I’d taken [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Fish and chips and Friday footy
August 27, 2011 by 2 Comments
Don’t you all miss the days of Friday night Fish and Chips wrapped in old newspaper? Now it is all foam containers that lack anything of mental substance. If they were wrapped in old newspaper, I would be reading a sports section that told of the woes of two seasons. Parramatta and Eastern Suburbs. The [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The Challenge Cup: a game I cannot see
August 27, 2011 by 3 Comments
The Challenge Cup 2011 (the game I cannot see) This Saturday the Challenge Cup will be played at Wembley Stadium London. The Challenge Cup is a competition based on soccer’s FA Cup, a knockout competition culminating in the last two teams playing the Final at London’s famous Wembely Stadium. Each year 90,000 fans make their [Read more]
Can we just win one please?
August 27, 2011 by 3 Comments
The season has ended and Imperials have finished 2nd in both grades. I have finished the year in the reserves but have ended in good form. I’ve been in our best in 3 of the last 4 games and on Saturday in a hard fought contest against fellow finalists Mypolonga I managed to kick 3 [Read more]
The Great Trade War
August 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Archbishop Mannix called World War 1 , ‘The Great Trade War’,as Millions around the world died, whilst their imperial masters saw their spheres of influence altered. The Hapsburg empire disappeared, Czarist Russia was gone, the Kaiser became an irrelevancy, whilst Britannia continued to rule the waves. In Australia the impact was marked. Visit any country [Read more]
Now He Can Play
August 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
Now He Can Play. This happened on one of those beaut days, down in the rolling Carlile Valley, where Otway sometimes play their home games. Mid-season, usually, to get away from the mud of the mountains and let the ground mend. Carlile is the bush. Nowhere, in the best way. It doesn’t even have [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXIII
August 26, 2011 by 12 Comments
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXIII FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The ghosts are stirring at the Yarra Falls End as the tension continues at Victoria Park. This time it’s Neon Leon who wants to jump ship. Is it to be free to go with Lovable Mick [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Memsie Stakes Day
August 26, 2011 by 10 Comments
It’s not a vintage Memsie Stakes – a time honoured campaign launcher – but, nevertheless, this Gr2 feature race and several others here and at Rosehill this Saturday will be subjected to close scrutiny, especially as the Doubles Bookies have now got their teasers well and truly posted. The next time we are at the [Read more]
Cleaning the boots: A father’s story
August 26, 2011 by 10 Comments
It was the night before the big game against Phillip Island. Our eldest son Sasha (9) wanted to clean his soccer boots, he was totally excited. Sasha and cleaning don’t go that well together. I quickly reflected. This could be a time for father and son sharing- and a chance to teach him how to [Read more]
Sal’s Tips: Round 23
August 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A notable retirement this week of Cameron Mooney. Not many opposition fans thought much of Cam, but his value to the Cats was huge. He will go out of the game with at least 3 premierships, not many players do that and has always done the jobs for the Cats that someone needed to do. [Read more]
Third time unlucky
August 25, 2011 by 4 Comments
The air-raid siren blares through the oval, signalling the end of the game. The players in navy blue scream ‘yes!’ in a state of euphoria, pumping their arms and sprinting to their fellow players to celebrate with them. The 2011 Northern Football League Under-12’s Grand Final has just been won. On this side, jubilation is [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – We all have beginnings
August 25, 2011 by 6 Comments
A rugby league version of The Footy Almanac? “About bloody time” is all I can say – for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the literature of rugby league is modest, to say the least – a reality and a paucity that needs addressing; secondly, “the greatest game of all” deserves that its story be told, [Read more]
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