The ACT Government has signed a 10 year, 4 games per year contract with GWS. The deal worth approximately $26M will have the new boys from the ‘burbs playing one pre season and three competition games each year. While I struggle to embrace anything relating to Kevin Sheedy, it is a big boost for footie [Read more]
Almanac Racing: Sandown Classic 2010
November 12, 2010 by 3 Comments
No matter how impressive a line-up they gather – and, it must admitted that this is a good meeting – Sandown’s premier day is a bit like a penny bunger after the fireworks display. Sportslovers have turned the page on their “Calendar of Events” – two GFs segued in to the Carnival; the golf’s on [Read more]
Footy Almanac Melbourne Launch 2010
November 12, 2010 by 9 Comments
Spraying the mist onto my face and arms, I could feel the soothe of the sunburn I acquired umpiring cricket all day. Stupid me, I should’ve applied more sunscreen. Now I’ll face the consequences. And it didn’t help that it was a stinking hot night. It felt like Christmas Eve, the warm air of the [Read more]
Art Show: Ochre Ground
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Martin Tighe, who painted Chappy for the 2007 Almanac, has a show opening on Wednesday.
Football hero’s homeless grace
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Just because you’re down doesn’t mean you have to be out. Brian Doyle tells a beautiful story of a struggling ex footballer who returns to the place where things worked well for him. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=21978 Courtesy of Eureka Street
BART
November 11, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Sam Duncan It is a widely known fact among those who knows me that I love Bart. Rarely is there a horse in the Spring, trained by JB, who I’m not on. I was on Bart when I was eight years old, sitting on my Grandmother’s knee cheering home Let’s Elope to victory in [Read more]
THE ELCHO BOYS LOVE THEIR FOOTY!
November 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
I’ve lived in the remote aboriginal community of Galiwinku, Elcho Island for well over a year now and am still astounded by how much they love their AFL. Last year we had a really successful senior season, with 7 teams competing in a gripping battle for the premiership. With 3 rounds to go all 7 [Read more]
The Almanac 1950
November 11, 2010 by 1 Comment
I came across Mullen’s Australasian Footballers’ Almanac during a tidy-up of my footy bookshelf. It was part of a collection of treasures given to me by my cousin Gil Farmer a couple of years ago. Gil was making room on his shelves and I was happy to take possession of copies of Ross Elliot’s West [Read more]
English Hope Springs Eternal
November 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This Guardian piece from Mike Selvey shows that even some of the more level-headed English pundits are starting to get their hopes up. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/nov/04/england-australia-ashes-phoney-war
In A League of its Own: Episode 16
November 10, 2010 by 4 Comments
Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League Gameweek 13 in the A-League certainly wasn’t one of the goal-filled entertaining weekends that we’ve become accustomed to this season, but instead, it was a round where 4 out of 5 matches finished 1 goal to nil. These weren’t necessarily boring games of football, but just games where both [Read more]
Caught Behind 1/100
November 10, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Steve Ingham An opinion piece on Australia’s favourite summer sport THE SOUND OF SUMMER While every commentator and fan in the country is ringing the alarm bells about the state of the national cricket team- and I will address that later- I want to focus on my favourite sounds of summer: ABC Grandstand Cricket, [Read more]
Blues in Strife
November 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Carlton Football Club was thrown into a state of high uncertainty after this week’s release of the BRW 100 richest Australian business people. There was a glaring omission of the Blue’s redeemer, Richard Pratt, from the list as well as concern over the rising number of claims against his estate by aggrieved mistresses. A [Read more]
Grand Final wash-up: is that all there is?
November 10, 2010 by 9 Comments
When asked by a reporter why he had decided to visit Canada, the Irish playwright, Brendan Behan, is said to have replied “I saw a picture at the Airport saying “Drink Canada Dry” so I thought I’d come here and try”. My more modest intention, following a Collingwood Grand Final win, was to line the [Read more]
Crio’s Question: Notable Growths
November 10, 2010 by 44 Comments
Chances are that you’ve either chucked out the razor and/or got an inbox clogged with sponsorship requests. As a Movember tribute, let’s highlight some notable growths and maybe put together some teams and lists. No Arantxa Sanchez gags please!
Wood On You
November 9, 2010 by 4 Comments
A few weeks ago, I had an idea. I want to find out some things about wood. Not wood as in Colling – wood. I know all about that ‘cos I’m one of them. No, I’m talking about the other kind of footy wood. I ran my idea past Daff and he asked me to [Read more]
TOP CATS ALL CLASS AND BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING
November 9, 2010 by 2 Comments
It isn’t often that one gets the opportunity to spend time with some of the top people in the AFL. Fortunately my trip to Ireland with the International Team gave me a rare treat As a 60years plus Pivotonian man I was delighted to spend time with two of the top cats in Geelong’s great [Read more]
Collingwood Newsletter
November 9, 2010 by 8 Comments
Well Magpie fans, can you believe it’s already been 38 days since our glorious victory. Incredible as it seems we are already beginning to mount the premiership defence for 2011 with the players recently returning from altitude training in the penthouse at Crown. The excitement amongst the group in palpable and there seems to be [Read more]
A Well Oiled Oaks Day
November 9, 2010 by 14 Comments
Have you ever looked really closely at a well oiled machine? When you were younger did you ever take the head off a Holden 186 motor and marvel at the shiny mechanical thingies, all oiled up and tuned to perfection, ready to propel the Kingswood along? No? Me neither. But when I arrived at the [Read more]
Book Review: A Prodigious Tome for an Epic Tale
November 7, 2010 by 4 Comments
A Prodigious Tome for an Epic Tale Book: The Red Fox: The Biography of Norm Smith Writer: Ben Collins Publisher: The Slattery Media Group, 2008. Contemporary football biographies continue to fill a lucrative corner of the sports publishing market place. Rarely does a champion seem to retire without the close accompaniment of a publishing deal. [Read more]
Jack Anthony leaves Danni (and Collingwood)
November 6, 2010 by 36 Comments
Sat –Nov 6th 11:26PM- a confirmation on the Herald Sun website reveals Jack Anthony has left Collingwood and will nominate for the pre-season draft. — Take a glass, throw it to the floor and smash to a billion pieces- that’s what happened to my heart. I had no awareness of anything around me, Jack left, [Read more]
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