‘Carlton… Essendon,’ said the big fella – he doesn’t talk in sentences yet after a big brain bleed left him with aphasia twelve months ago. ‘Yeah,’ I said, ‘Probably go, depends on the weather.’ ‘Carlton… Essendon,’ he repeated, ‘you, me.’ I suddenly twigged. He was offering to take me. Big gesture for a Collingwood [Read more]
Something happened down at Geelong on the way to the 2011 season
July 26, 2011 by 25 Comments
by Pete Edwards It is well documented that this year was supposed to be the beginning of the end for the Cats, with analysts pointing to an ageing list, a passé style of football, and a couple of key defections. And given the shaky form they have shown in recent weeks, it still may [Read more]
Geelong West, a team you can’t resist
July 26, 2011 by 15 Comments
by Glen Davis What’s the name of the team, many Almanackers might say, especially the younger ones. Geelong West Football Club as we knew it is no more, amalgamating with St Peters in 1988. But prior to that they had strong, proud history. They won 25 Geelong District Football Association (GDFA) premierships, four Ballarat [Read more]
CYMS seniors slip to fourth
July 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
by Dene Macleod For a review of Saturday’s Senior match, plus all the latest club news, head to: http://www.williamstowncyms.com.au/football/?page_id=3826 The Seniors dropped to fourth following a 21 point loss to Peninsula in a game that had everything: it’s worth clicking on the link above to read Bill Deller’s review. Undefeated Banyule await at the [Read more]
Football’s Not Everything
July 25, 2011 by 8 Comments
Murder was a talented kid, and trouble. A ratbag, a thief. Chockers with personality. I wasn’t wide-eyed, but I liked him a lot, anyway. Maybe because when I was a kid I was a bit of trouble. Maybe just because. There doesn’t always have to be a reason. He could play [Read more]
Neil Craig Resigns
July 25, 2011 by 8 Comments
Neil Craig has just announced his resignation as coach of Adelaide. He will take a leave of absence for an indefinite period before discussing any ongoing role at the club. Mark Bickley will fill in as caretaker until season’s end. Full details from the Crows website here. What do our South Australian Almanackers think? And [Read more]
Footy by the sea
July 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In the lead-up to Thursday’s team being announced, we’d flagged a few players to be rested for the Gold Coast game. Not because we don’t respect the opposition, more because we do – so many connections with Collingwood in that team, you wouldn’t want to demoralise them by beating them by a record-winning margin. So [Read more]
Lorne Footy Club: Mind the Water
July 25, 2011 by 7 Comments
Lorne’s Stribling Reserve would have to be one of the most spectacular sporting arenas in Australia. Standing high on the western side of the oval you overlook Louttit Bay and the Southern Ocean. But this has not always been the home ground for the Lorne Football and Netball clubs known as the Dolphins and the [Read more]
Cadel Evans victory: best Australian sporting achievement ever?
July 25, 2011 by 44 Comments
I don’t particularly like comparisons – they’re a bit of fun, but they don’t mean much. In the realm of sporting achievements so many achievements have merit and I reckon it’s better to appreciate all of them for what the are. There are many ways to become the subject of a trivia question – you [Read more]
Football Clubs in New South Wales
July 25, 2011 by 3 Comments
By Miles Wilks The most important aim with this book is to give some positive press to footy clubs in New South Wales. Few people (I would think) would realise that as many as 400 players have been recruited from NSW to the VFL/AFL. It was surprising for me anyway when I was researching the VFL/AFL archives and [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Sporting partnerships
July 25, 2011 by 25 Comments
Tiger’s split from long time caddy Steve Williams ends a long and incredibly successful partnership. Most of our images of Woods have his bagman somewhere in the frame – he became NZ’s most successful sportsman! Great partnerships live long in the memory… Barry Price to Peter McKenna. Angelo Dundee and Muhammad Ali. Graeme Wood and [Read more]
Oh Glorious Night
July 24, 2011 by 3 Comments
After sitting through the Carlton v Magpies game last Saturday, and been driven mad by opposition (Collingwood) supporters, I entered last night’s game Carlton v Essendon still cranky. I could not get over how much the Magpie supporters believe the ball is their right. They have manipulated the media (say no more) and the government [Read more]
Thriving on pain
July 24, 2011 by 5 Comments
They. Are. Freaks! Most all of them! I only started watching because of sleep problems. In the midnight, in the bush. And then I was interested, and then I was hooked. The cyclists of the Tour de France rolled and whirled across and up my telly every night. They pushed through pain, they went past [Read more]
A Heavenly Forum
July 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Oppy and Mocky were chesting the bar, Looking down on the Tour from a heavenly star, “Doesn’t seem fair we’ve all fought so long, The Champs Elysee needs an Aussie Fair song.” But things just don’t happen from man’s good intention, Just a small touch of luck – some divine intervention, So they called [Read more]
Round 18 Blog
July 24, 2011 by 10 Comments
Several substantial flogging have been the feature of the weekend’s AFL action so far. That, and a couple of goal sneaks bagging 8 apiece. While Crows, Bombers and Bulldogs lament, the Saints have clawed their way back into the eight. With the Western Derby the feature game today, what do you make of it all folks?
VFL R17 – Coburg Tigers v North Ballarat
July 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
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The Saints March in and over the Crows
July 23, 2011 by 3 Comments
Oh When the Saints…* Oh When the Saints……have belief, effort, run and spread, and poor Opposition…. In the next few weeks, I will be rocking up at my daughter’s school and hear how she is travelling in her Year 11 studies. We will talk to each teacher and get a run-down of what is working [Read more]
Memo Blues: Win, and kill off the new anti-Ratts swarm NOW
July 22, 2011 by 7 Comments
On The Gruen Transfer last night Russell Howcroft said ‘all advertising works, just some works better’. I feel the same about talk-back radio and ‘comment’ facilities on news sites: it’s all at least somewhat annoying. And football talk-back is generally more than ‘somewhat’. Cicadas are responsible for that God-awful racket you hear in the summer, at [Read more]
Tour of Thornbury
July 22, 2011 by 11 Comments
by Matt O’Connor If I can just hold my nerve, the Tour de France is mine for the taking. Three more nights, including l’Alpe-d’Huez tomorrow and the time trial on Saturday, and I will be in a position to pilot my couch triumphantly down the Champs Elysees. Presuming of course that teammate [Read more]
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