Cheyenne’s first impressions inside the G eerily echoed the end of the day. (Cheyenne and Running Dear had purposely avoided the horrible INXS coverband, sitting on the lawn outside the ground, only entering the Shrine at 2.10pm. The real INXS were bad enough, but this reincarnation had to be missed.) Our seats were near where [Read more]
Hird it through the grapevine
September 28, 2010 by 11 Comments
Matthew Knights is now a distant memory. James Hird is not a naughty boy but, apparently, the Messiah for the Bombers. And it sounds like he is assembling a support cast of thousands. The Almanac would love to hear your thoughts on this matter.
’77 revisited
September 28, 2010 by 5 Comments
by Darren Dawson Last Saturday’s epic draw brought the memories flooding back. I had not revisited the 1977 game either via my old VHS tape in the cupboard or the fuzzy images in my mind for some time. But as an impartial supporter watching the confused reactions as the siren blared to signal the 2010 [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Who are/were the coach’s pets?
September 28, 2010 by 18 Comments
by Chris Riordan THE “WATER COOLER.” ANYWHERE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, THIS WEEK. “Will Leon Davis get picked?” “Yeah, Malthouse loves him!” Teacher’s Pet apparently. Kevin Walsh carried the same banner for years. Vindicated or not…supporters reckon some players get a charmed run.
THE FINALS WRAP – WEEK IV
September 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. As Collingwood prepare for their 3rd GF in a row in 2010, down at Moorabbin they’re getting ready for Round XXVII. But for all those who believe in the Devine Nature of Our Great Game, the Football Gods have spoken. The Collywobbles are [Read more]
That which I most feared has come to pass.
September 27, 2010 by 4 Comments
By Stephanie Holt For 43 years I’ve had one dream – or, at least, one that’s endured unchanged. A St Kilda premiership. And for almost as long, I’ve had one dread. Meeting Collingwood in a Grand Final. There are two ways to rewrite the script of ’66, and only one bears contemplating. It doesn’t help [Read more]
The View From Shepparton: Grand Final Pt 1
September 27, 2010 by 2 Comments
The human mind is fallible of course for example, I reckon that this has been the coldest spring in a decade, but it probably hasn’t been. The Grand Final is the social event of the year in our household. Largely because of this I recently purchased a 63 inch 3D TV. Pity that the arrival [Read more]
Suffering in Silence at the Bowl.
September 27, 2010 by 5 Comments
TO FOLLOW COLLINGWOOD IS TO SUFFER; it is to make friends with a person who keeps on letting you down; it is to have grief as a constant companion. All week I repeat the same mantra to my wife Melissa the Saint- “If we win it will be by a lot, if you win it [Read more]
Haiku Bob: grand final draw – nowhere to be seen
September 27, 2010 by 7 Comments
September morning – a magpie’s song pierces my brain Spring clouds – the teams gather in their huddles first warm day players clutching and spilling a hot ball blood pouring from the full-back’s nose – spring heat glare of the sun – the path to goal nowhere to be seen Spring breeze – Davis goals [Read more]
Grand Final: Collingwood vs St Kilda – The greatest game I’ve ever seen
September 26, 2010 by 3 Comments
I’m normally pumped for Grand Final day; absolutely pumped and excited for the game, but today a different feeling has taken over. This feeling has been with me since Friday night’s preliminary final and has not gone away. It’s fear. Fear that Collingwood will actually win the premiership. All year I conceded Collingwood had the [Read more]
Fixing the national anthem problem for the replay
September 26, 2010 by 12 Comments
I know a lot of people probably don’t agree, but I reckon Advance Australia Fair – when it is sung well (and only then) – can be great. I can never hear it anywhere without adding the MCG siren sound at the end and 100,000 people yelling in my head. The GF anthem is one [Read more]
In the Year of Waiting, we await a result
September 26, 2010 by 17 Comments
weird a 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural. 2. Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange. 3. Archaic Of or relating to fate or the Fates (this one unnerves me a bit). In a world in which everything and everyone seems to be in a hurry, surely 2010 will [Read more]
Everyone is being nice
September 26, 2010 by 1 Comment
That’s what I’ve come away with from yesterday’s Grand Final draw. Both St.Kilda and Collingwood players and fans were so stunned at the result, that it was quiet, reserved, polite. Collingwood fans and St.Kilda fans TALKED to each other, shared their shock and disbelief, shook their heads at each other, laughed. Said “See you next [Read more]
Extra time is the way to go
September 26, 2010 by 20 Comments
Imagine epic music, TV preview style, in the background as you read this paragraph. The anticipation builds in the moments leading up to the first bounce in the last match of 2010. In just under 3 hours, we will know who will hold aloft the premiership cup at the end of this long, grueling 2010 [Read more]
Football the winner
September 25, 2010 by 4 Comments
This was it. After 25 long weeks of pain, sweat and tears, the Grand Final was today. The premiership cup was going to either Collingwood or St Kilda, and it was being decided today. It felt like yesterday that I was telling my teachers to hurry up and finish with parent/teacher interviews so I could [Read more]
The Draw
September 25, 2010 by 27 Comments
Seeing as the grand final did not have a traditional ending, a rather awkward one infact. I have decided not to bore you with the details but provide you with what I saw as the good parts. First off, I woke up feeling rather ill, not sure if it was from nerves of the three [Read more]
2010 Grand Final- Part 1
September 25, 2010 by 52 Comments
Cooligwood 9.14.68 St Kilda 10.8.68 The Grand Final has been drawn for the 3rd time in history. In a truly epic encounter, Collingwood led for the majority of the game, only to see St Kilda snatch the lead late. The Magpies then regained the lead, only for a St Kilda point to tie the scores. [Read more]
2010 Almanac Grand Final Lunch
September 25, 2010 by 7 Comments
It’s not a drive to Melbourne without seeing a bit of roadkill on the way. And on this particular trip, just one day out from that One Day In September (ODIS), isn’t if fitting that Dad and I see a couple of dead magpies on the side of the roads? An omen perhaps? Of course, [Read more]
A change can be good for you
September 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Rina Reiss “I am very new to being a footy fan. I came from actively hating football altogether, to taking my Swedish lover to a footy match for him to experience an Australian sporting pleasure. I actually became entranced with the atmosphere and the theatre off the field as well as the sporting prowess [Read more]
Nervous Anticipation: Friday 24th September 2010
September 25, 2010 by 1 Comment
Nervous anticipation. From going to bed until waking up and in between. I’ve living, breathing, eating, football. Today is the Almanac lunch and I will meet and put faces to all the welcoming group of other footy tragics. When did I get this bad? When did I turn from enthusiastic to obsessive?
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