There’s a game on tonight ? Who’s playing? Dips, Phantom, do you happen to know? This promises to be a great round of footy, so tell us what’s on your mind Knackers.
Zen and the Art of Football
May 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I recently bought a copy of ‘Skills of Australian Football’. It’s a good looking book, full of photos and useful advice for budding players on how to work on key aspects of their game, such as marking, kicking and hand skills, evasive tactics – even how to spoil, shepherd and smother. Each section features a [Read more]
Unsaintly behaviour
May 13, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Ged McMahon The Match Review Panel copped it this week. Jack Trengove’s 3 match penalty for his tackle on Patrick Dangerfield triggered a very emotional response from many lovers of our game. A number of Demon’s players upset the AFL for critical comments they made on Twitter. I was equally upset about a different [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: BT Cup 2011
May 13, 2011 by 5 Comments
Ever wish you could time travel to see the mighty Bernborough send hats flying, or their beloved Gunsynd bow to the parochial Queenslanders? The closest they might get to such iconic moments is this winter when the Banana-benders reclaim local boy Peter Moody. His remarkable mare, Black Caviar, heads north of the Tweed on her [Read more]
Rotunda in the West: John Harms & Daniel Giansiracusa
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In Praise of Trent Cotchin
May 12, 2011 by 2 Comments
“Who’s your favourite player, dad?” It’s a question that stumps me. “I don’t have favourite players, mate”, I say, rather sheepishly. “Royce Hart was my hero as a kid, but I’ve never had favourites since then”. Billy gives me a glare and I hastily mutter something about admiring Lenny Hayes. But it’s clear my hesitant [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 2, 6th May, 1911
May 12, 2011 by 11 Comments
If the VFL hoped to put one area of controversy behind it with the decision to permit player payments, it was to be rudely reminded that certain sections of society remained implacably opposed to the very notion of professional sport. On the eve of the season’s second round a scathing public attack by a prominent [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The Goodna Footy Floods of 2011
May 12, 2011 by 2 Comments
THE GOODNA FOOTY FLOODS of 2011 by Tony Caswell (or TC, The Goodna Gunna) The river came up, and the rain came down A playing field of green, became a slush of brown The footballs are gone, along with tackling bags All the teams jerseys, are now muddied rags Gary, the President, he carried the [Read more]
Classic Passages 1: The Best of the Footy Almanac
May 12, 2011 by 4 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis “Everybody knows that you live forever, when you’ve done a line or two” Leonard Cohen The Footy Almanac is now into its fifth year. Many things have changed since early 2007, some have stayed the same. One constant has been the inspired, prophetic, deluded and passionate pieces that come from the writers [Read more]
27 May: Manangatang Lunch
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Geoff Raines
May 11, 2011 by 3 Comments
Football Fact No. 1,000,000,002 Geoff Raines. Geoff Raines was the crispest player to ever pull on a boot. I don’t care that the father of Andrew was a pretty boy, or that the umps didn’t like him, or that he chased the dollar. Not a bit. In his days at Richmond he would take the [Read more]
Great footy matches which have made it into your family mythology
May 11, 2011 by 20 Comments
In the Harms family mythology there are many footy matches which are remembered. Not all fondly I might add. Almost all of them involve the Geelong Football Club. Many involve the despised Pies. Which footy match has made it into your family’s mythology; a story which is told and re-told.
From now on every loss just makes it harder for Voss
May 11, 2011 by 5 Comments
By Sasha Lennon As a Victorian living in Brisbane, Saturday night’s inaugural ‘Q-Clash’ between the hapless Brisbane Lions and the exuberant Gold Coast Suns was a mouth-watering affair. But for Lions coach Michael Voss, I imagine the result left a particularly foul taste. Voss must be nervous. A Brownlow medallist, three-time premiership-winning captain and without [Read more]
Sporting achievements to be proud of
May 11, 2011 by 1 Comment
by Jill Scanlon Sport – It’s part of being an Australian. In saying this, I mean no disrespect to those who prefer the Arts, music, literature and the like – not that these are mutually exclusive to sport. But Australians by-and-large truly are brought up with a healthy respect and enthusiasm for sporting endeavour and [Read more]
How I got to see the Cats game
May 11, 2011 by 15 Comments
by Damian O’Donnell If you spell Daniel Menzel’s surname backwards you get “Leznem”. But Leznem is not a Geelong name. A bloke with that surname might play for St Kilda or Brisbane or Fremantle, he wouldn’t play for the Cats. No, the Cats have Menzel. I was thinking this as I strolled around a nursery [Read more]
Saturday in Geelong
May 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
by Marcus Holt When I was growing up Saturday in Geelong was always synonymous with footy. Saturday mornings saw me running out in the resplendent yellow and red jumpers of the Terrifics in the Geelong West YMCA Little League under 9’s. Each week we’d line up against similarly named opposition: the Dazzlers, Rippers, Corkers or [Read more]
Heart-stopping Swans
May 10, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Tom Bally The Sydney Swans are trying to kill me. There’s no other explanation for the last four weeks, a feverish run of breath stoppers and general all out frenzies of matches. A desperate hold out from an Eagles attack was followed by three soaking hours watching Geelong overrun us. To be fair my [Read more]
Stanhope
May 10, 2011 by 4 Comments
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