The afternoon sparkles. For all the talk of gloves and thermal underwear, it’s t-shirt time at Kardinia. A full house, too. Just glorious. I’ve taken a spot high-ish in the Doug Wade Stand. My bum’s on hardwood. My seat number’s stenciled on. Metricon’s pretty flash, but this will always be better.
The Eagle Empire Rolls On
August 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
All hail fellow Argonauts (or should that be Almanauts). Your faithful scribe Peterbus brings you glad news of battles fought on the far western shores of the empire. It is the seventh day of Augustus in the year 2011 AD (Annus Demetrious – for those of you who have forgotten your Horace). Elsewhere in the [Read more]
Crio’s Q: barracking against ‘your’ team
August 7, 2011 by 24 Comments
…or at least not barracking for “your team”. A lifelong Doggies fan, ex-player, sauntered in to our group last Sunday morning. “Watch the game?”, I tentatively inquired (WB v WC) “Yeah”, he began, surprisingly upbeat, “and I had Cox as my Supercoach captain!”. This bugged me. Soon after some swimming was on the TV screens. [Read more]
KICKING A BAG
August 7, 2011 by 6 Comments
ECHUCA EXCERPTS We are still slightly dazed in Echuca concerning Monday’s game. After seeing a junior match on Saturday on the park Oval, no one thought there was any possibility of big scoring on Monday, for the oval was dotted with small lakes .It was a bright move on the part of officials and players [Read more]
No Dream Ending for Swans
August 7, 2011 by 2 Comments
Arms outstretched Adam Goodes plucked the ball from the air to take the mark in the dying seconds before the final siren. Steadying himself he strode forward and snapped out a long kick. A collective breath was drawn as the ball spiraled towards goal. Then forty thousand voices howled out in delight and despair as [Read more]
A beautiful man, a curious crossroad.
August 7, 2011 by 8 Comments
There aren’t many footballers like Cam Mooney. Not afraid to hug and kiss his teammates, and sometimes even his opponents, his tender acceptance of his 2007 Premiership medallion still chokes me up. He is the image of Hamish, the fierce, but loveable rock-tossing friend of William Wallace in the movie Braveheart. In the age of [Read more]
A pilgrimmage
August 7, 2011 by 2 Comments
Richard Naco has visited Geelong and Kardinia Park for the first time, and this is what he observed… It was a sensational day, although my wife told me that I looked like death warmed up when she collected me from Sydney airport at 10:15pm (I’d been up since 2:15 am, and had been away [Read more]
Characters. Part I.
August 7, 2011 by 24 Comments
Characters Pt.1. Lenny Hayes has it. I’m sure. He plays with it, in a way that defines a person. Character. What a jet! I’d be stoked to meet him. Just to say thanks. But there is character, and there are characters. The game needs ‘em. I need ‘em. On the footy field, in my [Read more]
More Pillaging Please (Mer plundring vänligen) – the Viking Saga Continues
August 7, 2011 by 2 Comments
Yvette Wroby took some visiting Vikings to the footy.
Australia-Sri Lanka preview
August 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
After all the negative talk about what’s happened in the recent past, all the controversy over selection, and all the speculation about the outcome of CA’s review, the Aussies are back into action from tonight in Sri Lanka. Two T20s precede a five match ODI series, and there’ll be a lot of players looking to [Read more]
Sal’s Tips: Round 20
August 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A touch tardy this week but time is the killer. An abridged version without much commentary – except to say that as an AFL Coach Mick Malthouse makes a very ordinary mathematician! Did pick the lot last week – but not a tough challenge. A return to some old names due to time constraints!
Road Warrior
August 5, 2011 by 2 Comments
By Sasha Lennon My profession takes me to lots of places. Last week it took me to Western Australia’s Gascoyne region. The Gascoyne is a big place, twice the size of Tasmania but with only a fraction the population. And like everywhere else in WA, the Gascoyne is big on footy.
Crio’s Racing: Aurie’s Star Handicap
August 5, 2011 by 8 Comments
The Aurie’s Star Handicap is on at Flemington this Saturday. Actually, it is not that important an event – Budge, who goes back a bit further than me, reckons it was formerly run mid week – but it has the potential to create a groundswell of interest and notice that the “good ‘uns” are not [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XX
August 5, 2011 by 17 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a fortnight it’s been in Footy Eddie. We’re not boastful by nature around here in The Wrapcave, but let us take you back to our pre-season call for the Coach most likely: This year the Deathly Dirge of the Coaches’ Carousel will be wafting down from Mt Lofty and [Read more]
round 19: haiku bob – slipstreaming
August 5, 2011 by 1 Comment
This week’s match report comes from Budapest in Hungary where I attended the Formula 1 Grand Prix. Fascinating city. Wonderful race. And another Magpie victory. practice session — every one of Cloke’s kicks is a goal safety car — Prismall’s knee collapses at the first turn slipstreaming – Pendlebury moves [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 14, 22nd July, 1911
August 4, 2011 by 6 Comments
Even before the VFL era had begun, the Australasian newspaper had formed the following opinion of the St Kilda football club: “There are 2 classes of men who play football. With one the pleasure of participating is more than sufficient recompense for defeat: the other class thinks that a win is above everything else. [Read more]
Almanac Footy Teams: Kelly Country
August 4, 2011 by 22 Comments
Glen! picks a side of Kelly-related footy names.
Grand Final Day Infirmity
August 4, 2011 by 6 Comments
By Manning Clark (circa 1981) On the last Saturday of September every year many of the inhabitants of Melbourne, and indeed of the whole of Australia and even in foreign lands, are stricken with a strange infirmity. Over 100,000 gather in an enclosed space mistakenly known as the Melbourne Cricket Ground. There for two [Read more]
Rotunda in the West 20th August 2011
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Sat’dy Arvo Footy August 6th 2011
August 4, 2011 by 15 Comments
Some teams must be well over it. Glenorden, for example, whose seniors (WRFL Div1) lost by 277 points to Spotswood on Saturday. No mention on their site about the fate of coach Jay Fantusca, though there is notice that cricket will soon be underway! What makes it hard for clubs like the Hawks is that [Read more]
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