It is cold and wet tonight (Th 23/06) here in Melbourne. Miserable. There will be a pitiful betting crowd at Flemington on Saturday…understandably – outside of the Committee Room there are many more comfortable places to watch the races this weekend. Relatively few people bother to go to the main metrop meetings these days, with [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XIV
June 24, 2011 by 2 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Hands up those who thought the recidivist Franklin got off lightly with one week? Do you get the impression he would have been a handful of a kid? And what are we going to do about the sling tackle? You have [Read more]
Round 14 Blog
June 24, 2011 by 20 Comments
No Buddy no Hawks? We’ll find out tonight. Have Essendon got the break they badly needed? Richmond v Melbourne is absolutely vital for both teams. Which Melbourne will turn up? The Doggies escape the ash with a few days on the Gold Coast. The Pies travel to Sydney with an imposing record against the Swans [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Katter’s FNQ position stable thanks to good old rugby league
June 24, 2011 by 6 Comments
When, on Wednesday, Bob Katter rose to his feet in the lower house of the national parliament and defended Johnathan Thurstons, some condemned his actions. They said that Australian politics had fallen to the depths, and that it showed how disgraceful this parliament was. (“The worst in Australian history”). People weren’t of that view in [Read more]
Dees Yo-Yo Continues
June 24, 2011 by 4 Comments
Almost every one of my reports for Dees games open with an excessively kind comment directed towards the MCG, but this wasn’t just any old day. A 6:30 start to the airport to see my brother off to America was the main differential from my average footy-going day. There’s something I love about the Airport [Read more]
Injustice riles the footy fan
June 23, 2011 by 19 Comments
Is there anything that riles the footy fan more than perceived injustice? Just sit in the stands and see the irate supporters vent their spleen at the perception their team “not being given a fair go”. I must admit that I find a similar sense of inequity when it comes to the recent match review [Read more]
Magahertz v Rockdogs is on again
June 23, 2011 by 5 Comments
Maybe it is just the networks I tap into, but I reckon this year’s Community Cup has created more anticipation than in previous years. An event which started in 1997 as a fundraiser for the Sacred Heart Mission, is now a major sporting and social event, with the beneficiary being Reclink. As given on their [Read more]
DA’s Clue of the Round (14)
June 23, 2011 by 9 Comments
Perhaps this pairing is not unique – See what you can unearth in the week. But I’ve discovered one team list Where two current players exist (One just a lanky beginner, His mate a feted flag winner) And each surname can create The surname of the other teammate. (Can you name the club, [Read more]
The barren backyard
June 23, 2011 by 10 Comments
I am standing on the Newtown & Chilwell football ground, looking across the grass to my distant past. I started playing here 40 years ago – not for the red-and-black Eagles, just for fun. A kick of the footy after school at the Elderslie Terrace end of the ground with my neighbour John. Two kids, [Read more]
Will you damn well take the game on you Crows!
June 23, 2011 by 5 Comments
Back. Sideways. Sideways. Back. Sideways. Back. No, it’s not the latest dance craze, nothing as entertaining as that. It’s the pattern of the Crows’ ball movement, the ‘Slow Sherrin Shuffle’, and it’s driving the fans crazy. Exhibit A: last Friday night, second quarter, Docklands. Ben Rutten takes the kick-in after [Read more]
Chasing that elusive premiership
June 23, 2011 by 3 Comments
CHASING THE ELUSIVE BUSH PREMIERSHIP It’s been a while since I’ve written an update and it’s not because things are going badly and I’ve cracked the sads but more to do with the fact I get pretty busy these days. The Imperial Football Club is sitting pretty in both grades at the moment with a [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 8, 10th June, 1911
June 22, 2011 by 9 Comments
‘Football in the Mud’ was the headline The Argus chose for round 8 of 1911, and the weather was the dominant theme for more than just VFL fixtures. The constant rain was certainly causing havoc and confusion in the Geelong District League where communications went badly amiss for previously undefeated Chilwell. On the advice of [Read more]
God Said
June 22, 2011 by 7 Comments
Somewhere between last week’s snow, and this week’s constant rain, the hard, grey weather that floods or buries roads, God put his finger over our oval, leaving a blue sky that lasted six hours, and whispered “Bloody oath. Play.” There was no wind, no mud. Just cold air and sun getting in our eyes. Our [Read more]
Time Shifted Thrills
June 22, 2011 by 1 Comment
That week, Round 13, I was not going to be able to watch my Tigers battle the Lions at the Gabba that week, due to the fact that I was scheduled to keyboard St Kilda vs Geelong at the same time through my job with Champion Data. It goes without saying that it is an [Read more]
GigStuff 55
June 22, 2011 by 26 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz THERE’S TONS TO TALK ABOUT Over the past few days I haven’t been able to get the Crowded House song, Four Seasons in One Day, out of my head. But as I’ve been singing it, in my mind and occassionally (to the great annoyance of my sons) out loud, the first [Read more]
Harmony Sainters’ style
June 22, 2011 by 12 Comments
Love and death. Or on the hip side of the Yarra: sex and death. That would be the St Kilda side. (Of the Yarra) Love and death. It’s the sum total of it all. Saturday night and I am in the kitchen dealing with kids. I have been occupying them, entertaining them, playing with them, [Read more]
There’ll be plenty of beers after the game
June 22, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Glenn Harris You know I remember it like one of those things from your childhood that is ingrained into your brain and will never leave you. It was a few months before my 43rd birthday. I was tired, bruised and on my way home. As we drove down the long straights [Read more]
Sat’dy arvo footy – June 25th
June 22, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Chris Riordan It’s not just AFL players who anxiously awaited tribunal calls this week. There have also been some celebrated, even unfortunate cases in suburban and country comps. The comical one was down on the peninsula where a player got a week for dropping his dacks and saluting the crowd! Less amusing [Read more]
Saints March In, Coober Pedy Style
June 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
Will the Coober Pedy Saints march in with their first win of 2011? They look smart in their red, black and white strip. At least as smart as St Kilda look half the time. It’s the eighth round of the Far North Football League (FNFL) season so it’s been a piss-poor start. Hornridge, the [Read more]
The Most Beautiful Kicks
June 21, 2011 by 38 Comments
by Matt Zurbo The most beautiful kick I’ve ever seen on a football oval was a torpedo by Andrew Levi. The third most beautiful kick I’ve seen was a goal in a VFA/VFL Grand Final by Ian Rickman. His Williamstown were 42 points down at the start of the last quarter, then, [Read more]
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