Sunday morning. Grey. It’s summer in London. A hostel-quality fry-up at the Hampstead Heath YHA sits comfortably in my belly. It’s about to hit checkout time, and the hallways are thick with typical backpacker buzz. The forwarding destinations will be varied. Some are Paris-bound on the Eurostar, some the ferry to Calais, others are off [Read more]
TEAM OF DECADE BOASTS WONDERFUL HOUSEHOLD NAMES
May 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
THERE was a tremendous air of anticipation in the room at the All Seasons Quality Resort at the end of October last year. Not only were 10 new people for the BFL’s Hall Of Fame to be inducted, but also the Team Of The Decade for 2000-2009 was to be unveiled. Members of the BFL’s [Read more]
Deconstructing Collingwood, part 2
May 19, 2011 by 1 Comment
Is an old VFL footy ground still a fair dinkum footy ground if it doesn’t have a fair-dinkum old-fashioned scoreboard? The Collingwood landmark what was the 1966 Victoria Park scoreboard was pulled down last January, as part of turning the ground into a community space.
Classic Passages:The Best of the Footy Almanac
May 19, 2011 by 3 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis Rounds 2 and 3, 2007 “A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.” Umberto [Read more]
Manchester dreaming and other football stories
May 19, 2011 by 6 Comments
By Roy Hay It has been a good year for both halves of Manchester, with City winning the F A Cup and qualifying for the European Champions League next season while United has won the English Premier League for a record 19th time and has a European Champions League final against Barcelona to come on [Read more]
James Gilchrist in Conversation
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The View from Shepparton – Round 8
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by Peter Schumacher OK so Brisbane lost again, this time to Essendon. At the Gabba. My daughter and son in law and grand daughter who are rabid Dons’ supporters didn’t say anything as they rushed into the local Lutheran Church service on the morning after the night before. They accompanied an organ as they played, [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A personal journey through rugby league in Brisbane from the 1950s to the 1990s
May 18, 2011 by 31 Comments
by Greg Mallory ‘’Doubles on the main game! One of the most enduring memories of going to rugby league in Brisbane was the sight of the double sellers assembled at the gates. At Lang Park they were the most vocal and theatrical — as you passed through the turnstiles you were confronted with about [Read more]
One hundred Years Ago: Round 3, 13th May, 1911
May 18, 2011 by 6 Comments
A perfect autumn day greeted footballers and barrackers alike as they travelled to their appointed grounds for the third round of the 1911 season. Increasingly, Melbournians benefited from the Saturday half-holiday, freeing them to pursue the leisure of their choice. More and more were choosing football. It’s doubtful the sunshine made the streets and gutters [Read more]
Demons up – then down
May 18, 2011 by 3 Comments
North Melbourne v Melbourne by Steve Healy What a season for the Demons, so many ups and downs- the pattern had been a fantastic effort followed by coach-threatening loss. On this afternoon at Docklands I was convinced that pattern would continue. The sun was shining, the sky was mostly blue, so I wasn’t surprised to see [Read more]
Desert Ovals
May 18, 2011 by 6 Comments
People go two ways over Easter. They lift the city off its foundations and dump it on the coast, or go to the footy. Especially footballers with the Easter bye. You can spot them in an Anzac Day crowd by the way they barrack. The AFL suporter will call: “Kick it, kick it, kick it!” [Read more]
Trouble at The Cave
May 18, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Eric Ellis THERE’s a place, on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, that Demetriou should induct into the AFL Hall of Fame, a sod in his sacred turf of the competition’s haollowed places, a place Where Magic Happens. Its my mate Alex’s basement den, The Cave. We’re drawn – a hard core five of us, Asia lifers [Read more]
AT THE FOOTY…this weekend
May 18, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Chris Riordan The advent of billion dollar television rights has changed AFL fixturing forever. Increasingly it is becoming a TV supported competition. If you want to get to your team’s games, you need to be very flexible with your weekend schedules. We do otherwise – finding a timeslot that suits us and then looking [Read more]
Bobby Davis Photo Tribute
May 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
Alex Wadelton has placed a black arm hoop to this famous image, in way of tribute to The Geelong Flyer.
GIGSTUFF 54
May 17, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz 8.17.1 Who do Geelong and Collingwood think they are, fighting out a dour, low-scoring, every-play-counts kind of a game? St Kilda? Shame on them. But good on Geelong for scoring less goals than Collingwood and still beating them, meaning that Collingwood STILL haven’t beaten the Cats three times in a row [Read more]
Seven-zip tells me the Cats should stop searching for their new Messiah
May 17, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Sasha Lennon Now that Geelong is the undisputed competition leader after accounting for flash-in-the pan Collingwood last Friday night, Cats fans can stop badgering the rest of us about the emerging brilliance of Travis Varcoe and refocus their attention on the cup that beckons. With the departure of ‘Bomber’ Thompson and Gary Ablett [Read more]
Kew Hockey Club Debate
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every good move
May 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
fallen leaves the ground they cover chasing Joel Selwood just like old times every good move contains Buckley rain holding off the forwards can’t get near it chilled to the bone the felled player motionless cloud blocked moon — a good chance the ball is where Selwood is entering time on a goal down — [Read more]
DA’s Clue of the Round (9)
May 17, 2011 by 2 Comments
DA’s Clue of the Round (9) The task of any selector Is to pick an inspiring director, Or ideally two near the sticks Despite his height of 176. To which rookie do we refer A strange case of auteur a deux? Please don’t post the answer if you get it. We’ll publish the solution next [Read more]
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