All you need is one other person and a footy. Is there anything better, other than the game itself, than a bit of kick-to-kick? Eureka Street’s Margaret McCarthy shares her experience at the link below. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=22174 And the “Vin” Margaret refers to in her piece is none other than Almanacker and drop-kick connoisseur Vin Maskell.
AJC Derby – a special day at Randwick
April 8, 2011 by 11 Comments
by Chris Riordan It is not my habit to sneak a midweek look at Webjet, eyeing a throwaway fare to Sydney, but the AJC Derby meeting is on my Australian racing bucket list. Alas, finances determine that I’ll watch the main races, the T.J. Smith and The Derby from a bar at Doglands – dragging [Read more]
James Gilchrist book launch
April 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
If you weren’t lucky enough to be at the launch of Almanacker James Gilchrist’s book, Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic, you can catch James’ launch speech at the link below. Then do yourself a favour and buy the book. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF68JeP8trw
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND III
April 8, 2011 by 7 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN by John Mosig What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Home bodies & gardeners are up in arms that their favourite show has had to make way for the Collingwood-Carlton Blockbuster. Handy for the kids of course, but what’s the problem? Doesn’t everyone tape the match, stay away from [Read more]
Legs ‘n’ Leggins
April 8, 2011 by 1 Comment
by Anne Fedorowytsch The Norwood Football Club has made SANFL history by becoming the first club to launch an exclusive female membership. The move comes off the back of a successful 2010 season under new coach Nathan Bassett where the league side finished runner up in the grand final. So far 80 women have signed [Read more]
A game of two halves
April 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
Hawthorn V Melbourne By Steve Healy The thing that pains me the most (apart from the actual result) about this game is the fact I want to write about it. To be honest it was an insipid performance from the Demons in the second half. We played like the 2008 Demons with a hint of [Read more]
Gary’s Gold Coast fails to glitter, so Bluey give me a run
April 7, 2011 by 5 Comments
By Sasha Lennon Having recently surpassed the age of the great Michael Tuck the day he retired in September 1991 (he was 38 years and 95 days old), I have finally conceded that Hawthorn will not be phoning me any time soon with an invitation to come down to training on a Thursday night. But [Read more]
haiku bob – the far corners
April 7, 2011 by 5 Comments
spreading butter to the far corners of my toast Swan everywhere bright sun Pendlebury’s smoothness across every blade the crowd awakened by Didak’s first autumn gust the midfield changes direction sun slips through clouds Krakouer snaps one over his shoulder low sun Swan jabs one into the pocket autumn clarity thinking the unthinkable
Torn Thighs and Golden Boys
April 7, 2011 by 8 Comments
I tore my thigh muscle in a practice game a few weeks ago, nursed my way through Round 1, couldn’t really train, but rolled out for Round 2, where the opposition ruckman split the injury back open at the first bounce. I played through. With about ten minutes left, I flew for a pack mark, [Read more]
Black Magic? White muddle more like it
April 7, 2011 by 16 Comments
Sean Gorman believes the notion of indigenous footballers possessing a certain “magic” denies the hard work that they put in. Click on the link below to read Sean’s article from The Conversation website: http://theconversation.edu.au/articles/black-magic-white-muddle-more-like-it-706
Parisian Melancholy
April 6, 2011 by 9 Comments
Round 2 StK v Rich By David Downer A soul-funk singer of Gen-Y disposition yet old world charm, the eclectic Paris Wells featured as this week’s AFL pre-match gift to the “loyal fans”. A melodic reward for those of us venturing in on a Friday night, resisting the lure of Better Homes and Gardens and [Read more]
GIGSTUFF 50 – The score on the draw
April 6, 2011 by 5 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz The statistical planets are clearly aligned at the moment folks. Another draw last Friday means that, as mentioned in GigStuff 49, we remain on world-record pace for 24 draws during the home and away season, three finals going into extra-time and ANOTHER drawn Grand Final. And the events of Friday night [Read more]
Giga Bites 7 – Director’s Cut
April 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Below is an extended version of Giga Bites, which appeared in the Saturday Age on 19th March, 2011. by Andrew Gigacz TIGER TRENDS (1) Depending on which trend-line one follows, the news regarding Richmond’s Round 1 prospects is either bad or worse. If a line is drawn through the Tigers’ last two season-opening clashes against [Read more]
Golan Filly Share
April 6, 2011 by 30 Comments
By Angela Pippos The bye brought back memories of going to the high school social and not being asked to dance, which happened a lot in my teenage years. There was something about my tracksuit top and matching bottoms that turned the boys of Adelaide off in those days. But despite the lack of Crow [Read more]
A rushed point for an April Fool
April 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Michael Viljoen The morning of April 1st I received an alert from one ‘Yellow and Black’ football blog uncovering the surprise news that the iconic Richo (following the trend of Geoff Huegill, Ian Thorpe, and Pauline Hanson) was preparing his own comeback, to hopefully act as a foil for Jack on the Tigers’ forward [Read more]
ANU Footy Club 50th Anniversary
April 6, 2011 by 3 Comments
We invite any ANU players to share an anecdote or two in the comments below.
Round 2: St Kilda vs Richmond – A Formal way to watch footy
April 6, 2011 by 2 Comments
I hate missing Richmond games. It’s bad enough not being at the ground, but to not even be able to watch the game on tv is just torture. Sadly this is my situation tonight. The school’s year 12 formal is being unthoughtfully held on the same night as my beloved Tigers, I have no choice [Read more]
The best game I never saw
April 5, 2011 by 4 Comments
Rotten, Gnawing, Lime-Green Jealousy. There had been record rainfall. You hear that a lot, but sometimes it’s true. My team didn’t make the finals, so, fuck it, a mate and I went for a drive. The car was facing east when we got into it, so we drove east. It was that simple. No plans, [Read more]
Blues Love The Suns
April 5, 2011 by 16 Comments
It was undoubtedly an historic night, in case you’d missed the point the previous fifteen thousand times the marketing approved mantra had been chanted. Although by night’s end the Gold Coast players and coach may have been thinking that some history was best left unrecorded. What it wasn’t at any stage was a contest, which [Read more]
Falcons triumph in the Middle East
April 5, 2011 by 2 Comments
The Abu Dhabi Falcons were tense in the sheds before the game. A few were attempting banter but it was difficult to get much more than nervous laughter out of anyone. Uncertainty over what the Doha Kangaroos were capable of was the main concern. That and the fact we were missing three blokes who were pretty handy. Coming [Read more]
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