The ball comes in on the bounce. I’ve been killing it in the air for ours. The bald No. 13 has been killing it on the ground for his. When I squint I can imagine Martin Pike. We reach for it at the same time, knocking it on, then, in heat of moment and snap [Read more]
Simpson’s Fine Line
April 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
A long drive home from Tungamah was on the cards. After a 67-point victory over the Bears, Waaia had one win and two losses, and I was feeling happy. Another reason to be happy? A massive blockbuster clash at the MCG. I don’t know why, and it is puzzling, because I dislike both teams, but [Read more]
Waaia v Tungamah
April 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
It has been well documented on the Almanac website that the Waaia Under Seventeens aren’t a good side. We’re a good team, but the quality of some of the players is questionable. So the feeling of walking into the changerooms, knowing that you’re a massive favourite to win comfortably, it was a nice change. The [Read more]
Friday night footy provides the only moment of normality in sad Numurkah
April 16, 2011 by 1 Comment
School holidays are meant to be fun. It gives us a break from the tedious and strenuous amount of work, a chance to sleep-in, a chance to hang with your mates and catch up on a lot of sillyness. Sadly, a group of Numurkah boys took that a bit too seriously last Saturday night. [Read more]
GIGSTUFF 51
April 15, 2011 by 21 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz MEATLOAF The bad news is we didn’t get the draw were hoping for last week and we are no longer on target for 24 drawn games in this year’s home-and-away rounds. The good news is that we are still on a “2 out of 3” schedule, meaning we will still get a [Read more]
My favourite drop kick, part 6
April 15, 2011 by 7 Comments
Vin Maskell continues his whimsical series. Moggs Creek, on the Great Ocean Road near Lorne, doesn’t have a footy oval. The creek doesn’t even have much water. But I’ve got an old football down there, in the three-generation family beach-house. Its scratches are not from backyard trees or goal posts or the streets of the [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 15, 2011 by 9 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Campbell Brown proves he’s a chip off the old block. I’ll do what I wanna do, when I wanna do it, any place, anywhere, any time. So stick that in your pipe and smoke Guy McKenna. But that’s the Metermaids’ problem. The [Read more]
Almanac Racing: MORE JOY(ous) AS GREAT RACING GRABS THE LIMELIGHT…
April 15, 2011 by 26 Comments
There’s a real buzz around racing at the moment, with Black Caviar proving that genuine Champions are the best marketing tool for the industry. A lacklustre atmosphere in the crowd at Docklands last Saturday, for a personal example, was transformed at the ground’s TAB venues in to which people crammed to watch, cheer and applaud [Read more]
Tiger Trouble
April 15, 2011 by 6 Comments
For Christmas of 2010 my younger sister Mia, who is 13, requested a Tiger suit to wear to footy games. She specified it was to be an American mascot type costume, not a skimpy Halloween tiger-striped miniskirt with midriff-baring top and tail ensemble so popular among teenage girls. This was a little surprising as Mia’s [Read more]
Christensendom
April 15, 2011 by 3 Comments
Christensendom noun – the worldwide body or society of Christensens. – the Christensen world : the greatest church in Christensendom. Damien was born, Marty rose, Allen has been dropped – but will come again! Ahhh, we all love a father-son combo, no less an uncle-nephew trinity. And what better way to celebrate the return of [Read more]
Round Three Double
April 14, 2011 by 1 Comment
Pubs, clubs and hubs across the city have been brimming with chatter about what the sub rule has brought to season 2011. So far it seems that games will often come down to the kind of last-man-standing contest, where kicks ‘down the line’ to the players who ‘don’t get any shorter’ which cause folk to [Read more]
The Poet Laureate of Old Fitzroy
April 14, 2011 by 16 Comments
Old Fitzroy, club and suburb, are long gone, except in the memories of those who played there or grew up amongst its pokey houses and grimy streets. One person who pops up in reminisces about those days and times is Norm Byron, who played a couple of games for the Maroons back in 1918. But [Read more]
Port no match for the Cats at Kardinia
April 13, 2011 by 12 Comments
Sunday afternoon. I am in the position; the same position I’ve been in for almost a fortnight. In bed, leg up. I have a maroon plaster cast from toe-to knee. I am feeling very Queensland and very Fred Flintstone. And pretty sore. A bowtie-wearing surgeon has put my right foot back together. He is a [Read more]
Time for a change, Andrew
April 13, 2011 by 1 Comment
by Bob Utber After spending an enthralling 10 hours (yes, I watched the replay just in case!) watching the final round of The Masters at Augusta I believe that Andrew Demetriou must make some urgent changes to this year’s Grand Final. We already have one momentous change playing the big game in October but I [Read more]
WHITEFRIARS OLD COLLEGIANS CELEBRATE 25 YEARS
April 13, 2011 by 23 Comments
He made his way towards our table dodging through the bustling gathering of blokes all cheerfully engaged in conversation about footy and old school day memories. “Choofer!” We called out his nickname. “G’day Choof” He shook hands with us, smiling like a bloke who’d just backed a long shot. G’days were swapped around. He took [Read more]
A rivalry for the ages
April 13, 2011 by 4 Comments
by Jake Stevens With so much talk about the Collingwood & Carlton rivalry this week, Richmond & Collingwood and Carlton & Essendon next week, it reminds me of, in my opinion, the most thrilling and closely contested match-ups of recent times. Ah the memories! It was the 2nd September 2005 and West Coast was playing [Read more]
Enough is enough! Boycott the AFL website!
April 12, 2011 by 16 Comments
by Rick Newbery I know cyberspace is supposed to be infinite but that doesn’t excuse the wanton waste of it. And that is precisely what the AFL continues to do. I am sick and tired of losing use of my net connection for five or ten minutes while the bloated AFL site loads. It [Read more]
Rain in Tasmania, but training might still be on
April 12, 2011 by 23 Comments
I’d spent two days in Hobart drinking with a mate who has nothing to do with football or the bush, which was great. By the second day, though, I was champing to get back to the mountains and hard work. To the rhythm of small waves from every ute I pass and the chubby clucks [Read more]
Jermaine’s story
April 12, 2011 by 4 Comments
by Tavis Perry Last Friday was a really proud day for myself and the people of Galiwinku. Jermaine Wunungmurra, who had literally just celebrated his 18th birthday, had made the plunge and moved from one of the remotest communities in Australia, to Melbourne. Old Carey, who have been one of the shining lights in the [Read more]
Three out four ain’t bad in Round 1
April 12, 2011 by 1 Comment
Williamstown CYMS Round 1 Review by Dene Macleod 4 matches, 3 wins, with just the Ressies going down on the weekend. The Seniors had a terrific win against Parkdale, in what was an intense and brutal match. Watching it made you glad to be on the sidelines, with the final injury tally being 2 x [Read more]
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