Two weeks. Two losses. A rare experience Does not compute. I get all whimsical and agreeable Send text messages to my mates who barrack for the Eagles, Dons. “Well done.” I say. “Your boys played better.” “Good sport.” you might think Nah. I’m just trying to keep the Footy Gods happy.
Twin Cities side
July 10, 2011 by 14 Comments
Whilst we are picking sides from along the Murray River, it would be remiss not to have a side from the twin cities of Albury and Wodonga. There are 5 Ovens and Murray teams there, Albury, North Albury, Wodonga, and the two newer ones, Lavington, and Wodonga Raiders. How does this look?
Revisiting the Inner Child
July 10, 2011 by 3 Comments
Eagles V Geelong @ Subiaco on Friday 8 July 2011 The best thing about the footy is that it brings out your inner 5 year old. All week the atmosphere has been building. Gazza (I kid you not) was brought up a torp away from Kardinia Park. Its got down to 1 degree in Perth [Read more]
Round 16 Blog
July 9, 2011 by 11 Comments
The Eagles have conquered the Cats, though not without a scare or two after a dominant first half. What does successive losses for the previously undefeated mean? Today the Hawks host the Lions down in Launnie. Will Buddy play? Will it matter? The Swans visit the Gold Coast and desperately need to bring the match points home. Richmond can see [Read more]
Otway
July 9, 2011 by 8 Comments
History is a (not always pretty) Beautiful Thing. Rory Harrington was a part of a Juniors team I coached eleven years ago. He was always going to be a dairy farmer like his dad, and his dad’s dad before that. School was just killing time. While the other kids dicked around during study periods, [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Christmas in July…Winter Finals
July 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Whereas rank and file punters will view this Saturday as just another mid-winter meeting, the VRC’s astute scheduling has created a Christmas in July for owners and trainers. It’s “finals day” at Flemington, with almost a million dollars in prizemoney on offer, mostly in a series of races reaching trophy status. This has ensured capacity [Read more]
Friday Night Fun
July 8, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Shane Kennedy It has been a little over two years since Dad died. As the coach of my school’s grade 5/6 football team, I always play one of the better players loose a kick behind the play. Each time our loose man takes a comfortable chest mark, I think of Dad. He taught me [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XVI
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FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. In the Ayatollah’s absence Angry Adrian has grown another leg. (Or at least a foot – Ed) He’s flagged the banning of the Slam Dunk. And when you see Melbourne’s Trengove applying it you can see the merit in the move. [Read more]
LOCAL FOOTY: THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO……
July 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The humble bus trip, a pleasure that so many footballers around the country so often don’t get the pleasure of experiencing once throughout their time in footy. And before you ask, no the trip that the Richmond players took to get home from Sydney does not really count as a bus trip for that only [Read more]
Magpies and Roos Co-Joined
July 8, 2011 by 6 Comments
For those new to the FPS, occasionally someone puts together a team of players who have represented both clubs, normally ahead of a clash between the two clubs. Stork has done Richmond, I have done the Swans and the Bulldogs. This week I had a go at the Kangas, with some much-needed assistance from Stork, [Read more]
The Seafood, friendship and footy is great at Inverloch-Kongwak.
July 8, 2011 by 3 Comments
Haje Halabi We had been back in Australia only 2 days- in our brand new house in Inverloch, by the sea. My wife Lynda had just rang her girlfriend Bron. Straight of the bat Bron invited Lynda and I to a seafood night at Inverloch-Kongwak football club, and, without hesitating, protein loving Lynda replied [Read more]
Labuan Island
July 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The morning is humid and busy in Labuan. Fishing and cargo boats cut in and out of the small harbour while street vendors sell their wares on noisy corners. Footpath cafes buzz with local gossip and laughter. A kindly, old taxi driver motions me over to where he is sheltering under a tree. He tells [Read more]
Apprentices Roll the Foremen
July 8, 2011 by 3 Comments
What is the opposite of a ‘spring in your step’? Whatever it is, that is what I had last Saturday night at about 6pm. It was about that time that I was dashing across South rd to hop on the train leaving Brighton Beach station. My side had just lost to a fellow finals contender by [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 10, 22 & 24 June, 1911
July 7, 2011 by 9 Comments
Though King George V had ascended the throne after his father’s death the previous year, his official coronation was held on Thursday 22nd of June in 1911. The VFL took advantage of the public holiday to stage two games to commence the second half of the season. The Argus believed that ‘altogether the idea of [Read more]
Pokemon Footy
July 7, 2011 by 2 Comments
About 10 years ago, when I was a happy little prep, before school I would wake up extra early just so I could watch Pokémon on Cheez TV. Ah those were the days! I also remember running around with my ‘Gameboy Color’, and playing Pokémon Blue, trying to ‘catch them all!’ But one of my [Read more]
First Game Denied
July 7, 2011 by 5 Comments
All dressed up and nowhere to go. I’m a much grottier and far less elegant embodiment of that well worn phrase. I can’t remember the date or even the year. I’m guessing mid-1980s and by the look of that dishevelled bunny on the wall behind me it must have been sometime after Easter. All I [Read more]
A Dud Bet
July 7, 2011 by 20 Comments
For once, I’m doing pretty well in my footy tipping competition this year. Equal 6th out of 246 in fact. It’s a bit of fun and there’s the prospect of turning $20 into several hundred at season’s end. But last weekend my tips suddenly went pear-shaped and I found myself, late on Sunday, urging on [Read more]
under the press
July 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
jet lag fog — Daisy handballs over his head to his opponent low cloud — Hawks wilting under the press leaves gone — Cloke leads into the space murky day– Cloke’s hands trap the light flags flutter on top of the scoreboard — the kick doesn’t come back night [Read more]
Barmera Monash v Renmark
July 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
BARMERA MONASH V RENMARK RFL – ROUND 11 2011, Sat July 2nd 2011 By Nick Kossatch at Barmera Barmera Monash flexed its’ finals-bound muscles with a powerful eight-goal final quarter to defeat Renmark by 40-points in round 11 of RFL. It certainly was not all one-way traffic prior to the final quarter because the [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin 3
July 6, 2011 by 5 Comments
byDavid Butler NSW go into tonight’s State Of Origin decider at Lang Park with a realistic chance of winning the series they have failed to win for the last 5 years. Even those like myself who have had only a passing interest in Rugby League after having been immersed in it as a kid [Read more]
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