WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The round started with The Bluebaggers come from behind win against the dogged but ragged Tigers on the Thursday night. Friday night’s clash between two September contenders droned on until the time keeper could stand it no longer and rang the bell with [Read more]
Harms on Round 1
March 28, 2011 by 16 Comments
Thursday evening. I am thankful for football. Football takes Anna and me to the North Fitzroy Arms where we join the footy tipping comp, and catch up with the grey-haired wits who gather there. Anna has a lemonade-Coke (as we call it on our household). We head home. An hour off the opening bounce. Fish [Read more]
Better your own socks…
March 28, 2011 by 13 Comments
I have no better description of Geelong’s win over the stodgy Saints than to say it was a bit like smelling your own socks; not a particularly pleasant experience but better than the alternative which would be smelling someone else’s. The game had a peculiar feeling about it right from the start. The crowd was [Read more]
Round 1 Geelong v St-Kilda: Winning Ugly
March 28, 2011 by 10 Comments
Tennis journeyman Brad Gilbert penned a ripping book called Winning Ugly. His tome details all manner of methods used to conquer more talented opponents. He concentrates on the mental rather than the physical. He details myriad ways to finagle. Gilbert didn’t have the panache of a McEnroe (although after beating him in three sets at [Read more]
NT Grand Final: a run and gun affair
March 27, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Peter Argent Uniquely Territorian and full of all the dynamic aspects of our national football code, the NT Football League Grand Final day, held at TIO Stadium, in Darwin, on March 19 was simply a festival of all things good about the game. Because of the big wet up north had been bigger and [Read more]
Frank Yamma at Brunswick Music Festival
March 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Frank Yamma plays at Brunswick Music Festival East Brunswick Club 8pm Sunday 27 March Also playing: LJ Hill Come and support Wantok artist Frank Yamma as he plays a rare Melbourne concert this Sunday as part of the Brunswick Music Festival. Frank Yamma is a traditional Pitjantjatjara man from Australia’s central desert and speaks five languages. [Read more]
A grand Friday night of Cats and Caviar
March 27, 2011 by 1 Comment
THE bride aside, the two greatest joys in life are watching the equine athlete in battle and investing on the outcome (the punt), along with watching the mighty Cats in full flight. As the Geelong faithful enveloped the stands at the G on Friday night and belted out We Are Geelong The Greatest Team Of [Read more]
CATS SHAKE OFF SAINTS TO WIN BY ONE POINT AT MCG
March 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
26 March 2011 By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery AFL ROUND 1 GEELONG CATS V ST KILDA SAINTS GEELONG overcame a twenty-one point deficit late in the third quarter to defeat the Saints by just one point at the MCG tonight in front of a disappointing crowd of 42,869, thanks to a goal from ‘super sub’ Darren [Read more]
And the footy is back on…
March 27, 2011 by 6 Comments
Whilst I would like to preface with stating I am not usually a whingey person, at this point that just ain’t true. Though able to recognize the trials of Libya under Gaddafi, Queensland’s struggle after the terrible floods, New Zealand’s earthquake troubles and the mass of misfortune currently going on in Japan are far more [Read more]
I’m sick of footy
March 26, 2011 by 20 Comments
I’m sick of footy. I’m tired of 24 hour, 365 days a year media saturation. Hirdy on the front page in January. Fev playing the pokies in February. Ricky Nixon and a teenage girl. Sordid, seedy, eploitive, embarrassing, boring. I don’t need to hear and read about that stuff. I don’t frigging care about [Read more]
Camerooned
March 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
My friend, Michael, is soon to rejoin the Aussie foreign legion. It consists of expats spread throughout the earth who need to rely on the internet to keep up with the footy scores. The connection is none-too-reliable in the far north of Cameroon in Africa. Michael barracks for Carlton and is working with his [Read more]
FPS: Pies open campaign without pain
March 26, 2011 by 8 Comments
Pies open campaign without pain Round One (now known by the AFL as “Opening Round”) is a time characterised by hope, expectation and over-interpretation of results. Supporters head off expectantly to see their club’s new chums and gauge their team’s prospects for the coming season. Round One, 2011 was unique for me in that [Read more]
Middle East Grand Final Preview: the one day in March
March 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Today (Friday 25th) )is the biggest day of the year for AFL in the Middle East. The Abu Dhabi Falcons have made it through to the last Friday in March (LFIM, apologies Mr. Mosig!) with no defeats although have been put under pressure at times during the five round games. The Doha Kangaroos have earned [Read more]
Tragedy inspires comeback for an old stager
March 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
OK, so I did lie a little, my retirement lasted slightly shorter than an Australian swimmer but I guess the bug hits some people earlier than it does to others. Don’t ask why I’m doing this (I’m about to tell you anyway!), but unfinished business actually has nothing to do with it. I am typing [Read more]
Cats home in a Friday night scrap
March 26, 2011 by 12 Comments
“Today I don’t feel like anything I just wanna lay in my bed” Those lyrics taken from The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars was the perfect way to start the day for me. Hearing the song as my radio alarm switched on at 7:05am, I agreed with the chorus as the lure of spending [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND I
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Footballs perennial losers are in the news still – Old Chicken Lips and The Fev. But Our Great Game isn’t about scandal. Unless of course it’s about the shameful way Matty Knights was treated out at Whingy Hill. In a presentation to [Read more]
The Match Committee Episode 2
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Check out the second episode in the life of The Roosters FC. www.thematchcommittee.com
Daff’s Plea
March 25, 2011 by 1 Comment
You may not have noticed Paul Daffy’s letter to the Tigers over at AFL.com. Decide for yourself whether they heard it. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/109872/default.aspx
Burning Down the House (or ways fans celebrate sporting success)
March 25, 2011 by 6 Comments
One of my favourite stories of fans celebrating a premiership is what Parramatta fans did in 1981 after the team won its first premiership in the old Sydney Rugby League comp: they burnt the old home ground down! Parramatta’s rickety, old, ‘country showground’ home, Cumerland Oval, was slated to be replaced by a new ‘stadium’…that night, the jubilant fans decided [Read more]
The Hawks Reviewed, Analysed, Grilled and Put on the Rack
March 25, 2011 by 6 Comments
Late last year Hawthorn looked like it was ripping itself a new one. For two years the Hawks had struggled to even seem like the team that won (not stole) the 2008 Premiership. At times they played like a premiership team. Interestingly, every time they played the Cats they brought their Vegas game. But by [Read more]
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