28. Preliminary Final, Albertville v Nambool (at Hellenswood): Jimmy’s Gone A Fishin’ On the Monday afternoon following the semi-final win the people of Albertville, past and present, came together to celebrate the life of ‘The Tiger’, Jimmy Hyde. Among them were most of the players from the club’s golden era. During the seventies, with Tiger, [Read more]
Floreat Pica Report- Premiership Edition
October 7, 2010 by 2 Comments
PART ONE – Game 1: “Weird” is definitely the word from last week – thanks Steve, perfectly worded yet again. For me it was doubly so – as I’ll explain! For any of you who subscribed to the Hot Pies Fanzine from 1999 – 2004, you may recall a “page filler” on page 26 of [Read more]
Vive la Revolution
October 7, 2010 by 6 Comments
Sources within the football world have disclosed that for twelve months discussions have taken place within the cloistered walls of AFL House, and out of earshot in Gosch’s Paddock, regarding the expansion of the league’s ‘no loyalty policy’ beyond the fertile breeding ground of just players and club officials to achieve the Holy Grail. Fuelled [Read more]
Rd 21 2010: Conflict of Interest
October 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
SWANS V BULLDOGS ROUND 21. SCG. 21ST AUGUST 2010 By Neil Jackson Let me declare that I have two passions in life, AFL football and politics. There both right up on top of tree, no challenges from any others, joint gold medals. Like my children, my love and passion for both is a dead heat. [Read more]
2010 Trade Week Discussion
October 6, 2010 by 121 Comments
The annual football meat market is open for business once again. The proceedings of this week should always be borne in mind when clubs subsequently try to play the loyalty card. Supporters, on the other hand, look at this all very differently. Some favourites will be moving on, other departures may be celebrated. What do [Read more]
Exhibition Launch – Living City
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My Grand Finals
October 6, 2010 by 7 Comments
They are My Kids and I Love Them I was born in 1970, the year Collingwood finished on top of the ladder and should have won the flag. I began following Collingwood in 1977, the year Collingwood finished on top of the ladder and should have won the flag (after an agonisingly close draw). Although [Read more]
In A League Of Its Own 11
October 6, 2010 by 3 Comments
Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League In another week of the A-League, the 5 matches on offer continued a very good theme this season: open, exciting, attacking football with plenty of goals. Not only is there more excitement this year, but the standard is improving every week. The midweek game came to us from the [Read more]
Magpies in Spring
October 5, 2010 by 2 Comments
Tribute or St Kilda masochism? Yvette Wroby ‘s final comment on the Grand Final.
Crio’s Question: POST-MORTEMS AND WISH LISTS
October 4, 2010 by 20 Comments
2010 is finished. What can your team learn from it and what needs to be done? 2011 starts this week.
Thumbs down to Grand Final telecast
October 4, 2010 by 23 Comments
As a recent inductee into the Floreat Pica Society, I am thoroughly enjoying the writing of the various members and sharing the joy of the occasion. I am celebrating the win in a very understated way, and very much looking forward to the dinner this Saturday night. I feel privileged. However, those of my family [Read more]
The View From Shepparton- Final Grand Final Edition
October 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
For Sale. One redundant St Kilda Football Club flag, brought in the heat of the moment 10 days ago to counter balance a neighbour who had for some reason or other purchased the Collingwood Football flag. And there it had been, protruding out of his mailbox, in all of its ghastly glory. I spent $20 [Read more]
THE FINAL WRAP FOR SEASON 2010
October 4, 2010 by 6 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a Season it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Mighty Magpies took The Flag and left TLSJOF staring through their Jelden Window, wondering when Opportunity would next come knocking on their Jelden Door. The drawn Grand Final replay once more proved to be an unequal contest. This time it [Read more]
Eid rides roller coaster- manages not to fall off.
October 3, 2010 by 26 Comments
Thursday- 30th September 12:35am I’m at that point where my brain is going to either melt or explode. As Damo Watson pointed out to me the other day- at the start of the season I had said that I didn’t want Collingwood to win the flag during my year 12 VCE year. The reason for [Read more]
The Healing Power of Song and Love
October 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
My final words for 2010. My love Zamir and I went to Moorabbin this morning with a few thousand others. The sun was out, the world goes on, there was a good band playing good music. There were many families, young and old, all happy to be in the new day and encourage our boys [Read more]
Roos season that was
October 3, 2010 by 4 Comments
Here’s my take on the season that was for the Rooboys: Season highlights: Our best win of the season came against Carlton in round 12. Friday night, big crowd, season on the line. I sat with a couple of typically arrogant Blue mates behind their interchange bench and rejoiced with every Lindsay Thomas goal and [Read more]
Geelong season summary
October 3, 2010 by 3 Comments
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS- The 11-goal 3rd quarter against Port in rd 4 was history making, and very amusing. The rd 20 game against the Bulldogs was good, as Daniel Menzel debuted (He’ll be my next fave player when he starts playing the games he should be playing), and we beat them after they looked like having [Read more]
RICHMOND 2010
October 3, 2010 by 7 Comments
By Howard Kimber A wise man once said, “there is nothing as over-rated as bad sex, or under-rated as a good shit,” and while some may argue the truth in that statement it none the less seems to perfectly sum up Richmond’s 2010. While Collingwood, St Kilda, Geelong and the Bulldogs are seen as clearly [Read more]
Prayers Not Answered for Saints.
October 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s a good thing tomorrow is my birthday and that I know we’re doing something nice to celebrate. I can hardly bear to look back and try and understand yesterday at the G. Collingwood were magnificent, clinical, confident, fast and deserved premiers. I SMS’d and congratulated my walking friend Kate and my cousins on their [Read more]
That was just a tragedy
October 3, 2010 by 3 Comments
“That was just a tragedy”. Last year at this time I wrote about my then 6 year old son and his apparent adoption of St Kilda. Having watched Nick Riewoldt dominate the season, in the Grand Final, and for the first time in his young footy supporter’s life, he managed to sustain his support for [Read more]
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