By Peter Schumacher I reckon the the games in Sydney and Adelaide prove that footy is the best code of all. A few years ago Kevin Sheedy asked why people would be bothered watching a game where one or two goals might be scored when they could watch our game and see many goals being [Read more]
Gigs’ stats: Round 8: Unbeaten pair in line for record
May 18, 2009 by 2 Comments
Andrew Gigacz’s Round 8 Stat. Declaration It appears that these are days of Dual Dominance. Last year, for the first time since 1936 and only the second time in history, we had two teams undefeated after eight rounds (Hawthorn and Geelong). It’s happened again in 2009, with St Kilda and Geelong both on eight wins. [Read more]
AFL Round 8: (FPS) Haiku Bob – gathering gloom
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
gathering gloom before and after defeat piles of dead leaves colour my thoughts old rivals enter the fray – dark clouds all our perfect passes during the warm up leaves twist and turn we fall under Judd’s spell drifting clouds Anthony pulls another shot for goal dappled light all our short passes too short autumn [Read more]
Local footy: VAFA report: Xavs grind out win
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Daffey In the final round last year, Old Xaverians defeated Old Brighton in what many spectators said was the best game of amateur footy they’d seen for years. Yesterday’s A-section match at Elsternwick Park didn’t quite reach those heights, but it did have a similar intensity to the 2008 classic at the Brighton [Read more]
Local footy: Williamstown CYMS, Round 5: Willy too good at Yarra Valley
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
SENIORS YARRA VALLEY 2.1 4.3 5.4 8.8-56 WILLIAMSTOWN 6.4 11.9 16.10 18.13-121 Williamstown CYMS returned to the winning list with a resounding 65-point away win against the Yarra Valley Bushrangers at Domeney Reserve on Saturday. Still smarting from their embarrassing defeat at the hands of Eltham the week before, the CYs got away to a [Read more]
AFL Round 8: Freo: a tipster’s nightmare.
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Josh Barnstable I am in three footy tipping competitions at the moment. One at home, one at my dad’s work and one at my mum’s work. I picked Fremantle in each competition, I also used my ‘wild card’ at my mum’s work, where the amount of tips I got correct for this round, I [Read more]
AFL Round 8: Worth a $5 dabble?
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Josh Barnstable I am not very confident about this match. None of the other 14 teams would feel confident either. Geelong at Kardinia Park. Seems impossible. The odds are outstanding for the Cats. Mum put $5 on the Roos last night, even though she knows there is little hope. But things can happen in [Read more]
AFL Round 8: (FPS) I’d rather not be in Philadelphia
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Fahey I was bruised and battered and I couldn’t tell What I felt I was unrecognizable to myself I saw my reflection in a window I didn’t know My own face Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen I’m not sure whether this applies more to the team or to we supporters. [Read more]
AFL Round 8: Hawks too good for Freo
May 17, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Sasha Lennon Fremantle: 9.11 (65) Hawthorn: 13.9 (87) Round 8 and we’re three wins and four losses. Hawthorn’s premiership defence was officially looking shaky and I was concerned. I knew this for certain after I found myself preparing for the game – donning the Hawthorn socks, making sure I had the 2008 [Read more]
Weekend Memoir: Round the grounds
May 16, 2009 by 7 Comments
by John Harms During the past week the scheduling of AFL matches has been a topic of discussion. Monday night’s match between Collingwood and St Kilda, despite being an ordinary game, seems to have been a reasonably successful experiment. However many feel that football has hijacked yet another day of the week. Spreading [Read more]
Weekend read: John ‘Pa’ O’Keeffe – a true football person
May 15, 2009 by 4 Comments
by Patrick O’Keeffe Pa taught me how to kick a stab pass, torpedo and drop kick. I think that I might have been about 6 or 7 at the time. I remember it being an overcast day, in a park not too far from Glenelg Oval. I was eager to impress my grandfather. Unfortunately [Read more]
Jones files: After sixty years, I’m still yelling for the Pivots
May 15, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Richard Jones GROWING up in Geelong in the late 1940s and early 1950s there was no way I could have been anything but a supporter of the Hooped Marvels. My father was a Welshman who had migrated to Australia in the mid-1920s, ostensibly to escape possible employment in the coalmines of south Wales. So [Read more]
Middle East Correspondent: Branch’s grassroots work honoured by Sydney clubs
May 14, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Rocket Gillett There has been a proliferation of cups and medals and even sporting venues and facilities named in honour of former club heroes or officials in recent years. I reckon that has been a good thing. It’s great to see people recognised for their contribution to the game. Personally I like to [Read more]
AFL Round 7: The View From Shepparton
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Peter Schumacher What The View wonders about at the end round 7 is how Neil Craig maintains his popularity in Adelaide. The Crows haven’t really done anything much during his tenure, and once again lost at home to a team that had had 3 successive losses. What with Mick and Terry increasingly appearing to [Read more]
AFL Round 7: (FPS) Buffalo Gals go round the outside
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Ramon Dobb Ouch! I’m not sure who had the tougher debut, Steele Sidebottom or myself. But I’ll do my best in the spirit of our new Ironman who can hold his head high after a good debut in very difficult circumstances. con?fu?sion – noun 1. the act of confusing. 2. the state of being [Read more]
Local footy: In the Sheds: Big clubs in unfamiliar territory
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Paul Daffey Essendon’s win over Hawthorn on Friday night has a lot to answer for. Not only did it end David Parkin’s career on ABC Radio (as detailed in The Age yesterday), but it set in train a weekend of madness in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Vermont, Balwyn, Noble Park … these are the powerhouse clubs [Read more]
FPS: bottom falls off by Haiku Bob
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
bottom falls off more than once this love has pushed me into misery monday night football white collared footy jumpers brittle night the bottom falls off our game plan the moon outside many of our kicks go [Read more]
AFL Round 7: Paddy Ryder has legs like springs
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Richard Holt Paddy Ryder has legs like springs. He’s one of those rare players who doesn’t so much climb opponents shoulders when he takes a screamer as land on them. From the time he leaves the ground, to when he returns, ball in hand, somewhere in the world someone has taken their first breath [Read more]
AFL Round 7: Dees just the same at the Bentleigh Club
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Steve Healy There is always something to look forward to in footy. Whether it’s analysing the eight games in the coming round, or deciding what games you score or the release of the teams on Thursday at five. There is always something to look forward to. On this particular day, however, I was looking [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats: Gigs’ Round 7 Stat Declaration
May 12, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Andrew Gigacz They say a week’s a long time in footy but what about 100 years? It was about this time last century that Geelong and St Kilda were the embarrassment of the VFL, becoming two of only three teams in history to lose to University by more than 50 points. Now, [Read more]
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