I remember once making a bet in year 6 for the Collingwood v Essendon game. My mate Sam was a Bomber; he was also a left hander. I remember the nudge fights we’d have when our elbows would smack. You see, I was the right hander sitting on the left and he was the left [Read more]
SATURDAY NIGHT NOSTALGIA
August 15, 2010 by 19 Comments
I’ve always been one for nostalgia. As someone who can’t help but accumulate stuff, I basically collect my childhood: Little Golden Books, old footy cards, records and furniture from the 60s and 70s. Even old footy records. And as I walked along the concourse towards Etihad Stadium on Saturday night, the Record seller also seemed [Read more]
No Real Sign of a Contest
August 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s hard to know where to start when you try to write e report about such an incredibly one sided game as we witnessed on Friday night. At least it started off on a positive mood when I attended the Asylum Seekers rally at the State Library. An enthusiastic crowd supporting such a just cause [Read more]
YASS UNDER 10s MATCH REPORT – 7TH AUGUST 2010
August 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Once the fog lifted, players and punters were afforded a beautiful day when the Yass Under 10s Junior Roos took on Ainslie Red in an awesome game of football. Ryan Payne and Jordan Hudson opened up the game with some beautiful clearing kicks, whilst George Elliot and Kobi-Dean Price took some spectacular marks which resulted [Read more]
The Albatross Rules: Chapter 23- Whatever it Takes
August 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
23. Round 11, Mt Desperate Desperados (home): Whatever it Takes Percentage was looming as a big issue for the team. The finals race seemed to be taking shape. Mt Logan looked safe in top spot. That was no great concern. Albertville had already shown they could match it with them and the animosity between the [Read more]
Harms Election Watch- Round 3
August 14, 2010 by 8 Comments
So Julia Gillard looks at the numbers and sees she’s caught a snake. It’s like watching Norman at Augusta. She sees Action Tony on the ladder. So Julia says she’s going to throw the rulebook out. Why did she subscribe to it in the first place? Julia Gillard sees that people have been reading the [Read more]
Have the Changes Been for the Better?
August 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In February 1992, the clubs in the English Football League’s First Division decided to ‘break away’ from the then ‘Football League’ and form the English Premier League (EPL). The League continued to consist of the same number of clubs (20) that were present at the end of the 1991/1992 season. The decision was made to [Read more]
Bombers well and truly belted
August 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
I wasn’t sure whether to go to school or not. Friday the 13th, who knows what could happen in the schoolyard on this black, spooky date. Something did happen, but not to me. Four year 12 students lost all the hair on their head’s in our yearly ‘Shave for a Cure’ fundraiser, while the teachers [Read more]
The View from Sheppaton- Round 19
August 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
More accurately this could be styled as “The View from Moree and Beenleigh en route to the Gold Coast” Samantha Lane on the ABC footy program titled “The Inquisition” (I think) which runs on Sunday afternoons mentioned recently that in the previous week on the Friday night she had found herself in overnight accommodation at [Read more]
Almanac Racing: J. J. Liston meeting
August 13, 2010 by 19 Comments
A fascinating day’s racing is in store for those who venture to Caulfield this Saturday with some seriously good horses returning only to be confronted with a heavy track and some strong winter performers. The punt, therefore, looks a tricky prospect but my advice is to study the parade ring, look at the racing pattern [Read more]
Election Harms Round 2- The Debate
August 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Sunday evening used to be for watching Disneyland. You would always wonder which land the story would come from: Adventure Land, Fantasy Land, and the other Lands which have drifted from my memory. Then came Big Brother, and Sunday evening footy, and now Master Chef. I watched the end of Master Chef last night just [Read more]
Forsakenness
August 13, 2010 by 7 Comments
From my blog, www.theterrace.com.au forsake |f?r?s?k; fôr-| verb ( past -sook |-?so?k|; past part. -saken |-?s?k?n|) [ trans. ] chiefly poetic/literary abandon (someone or something) : he would never forsake The Gary Ablett Terrace | [as adj. ] ( forsaken) figurative a piece of concrete at Kardinia Park. renounce or give up (something valued or [Read more]
Crows: Capable of Obstruction but not Government
August 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
I tipped Western Bulldogs to beat Adelaide yesterday and bet on them to get over the line. And they did, but, sitting in the rain in that lonely park I only wanted Adelaide to find a method, any method, to kick a couple of goals in the last quarter and to stay in front. In [Read more]
The Albatross Rules- Chapter 22, Spirit
August 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
22. Round 10, Hellenswood Saints (home): Spirit Rumours of ructions on the committee had started circulating during the Professor’s absence. On his return he received a few stony-faced stares in the main street. Edie had to handle the puzzled inquiries of those who felt an allegiance to the Secretary and the Treasurer. But the situation [Read more]
Round 19: Richmond v Melboune – Debt not the only thing the Dees demolish
August 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Michael Allan Another week, another opponent, unfortunately for Richmond another Victorian opponent. Richmond have only beaten interstate teams this year but as I head off to the ‘G’ I feel that the drought will break. Today I’m particularly looking forward to the much anticipated match-up: Riewoldt v Frawley. Both emerging stars have had fantastic [Read more]
Harms’ Election Watch- Part 1
August 12, 2010 by 25 Comments
As Director of Manning Clark House in Canberra, I am obliged to have a good grasp of Australian History, and at least pretend to have a good grasp of contemporary Australian day-to-day politics. I reckon I’ve got the nuts and bolts of the first one covered, but I’m less confident about the other. Not because [Read more]
Redheads to Become Extinct?
August 12, 2010 by 7 Comments
There were alarming reports of a National Geographic article having suggested that redheads would eventually become extinct. This story was later debunked in September 2007 and Geelong went on to annihilate Port Adelaide in the Grand Final; taking out their first Premiership since 1963. Less than 2% of the world’s population are redheads. By contrast, [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats Round 19: Statistic Fantastic
August 11, 2010 by 31 Comments
Stats Entertainment – Round 19 by Andrew Gigacz TOPIC I don’t claim it as my own stat; indeed, it seems that everyone is talking about it. But it’s one worthy of mention, particularly if you barrack against Collingwood. Which statistic is it? This one: for the past eight years, the team that has won the [Read more]
Raiders of the Lost Goal
August 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Tom Bally Flicking through the new AFL photography book ‘Our Great Game’ I’ve been thinking a lot about actually being there at historical points in time. The tome, a 300 page hardback slab of glossy pics, serves both as a fantastic archive and as a tool to bludgeon Thugby League supporters with. However it [Read more]
Local Footy: Lucas kicks goals as ex-AFL players land in Bomber territory
August 11, 2010 by 2 Comments
After being controversially delisted by Essendon after last season, Scott Lucas signed on with Essendon District league club Greenvale. On the first night of training, Lucas started an hour late because every under-16 and under-18 player at the club wanted to shake his hand. Greenvale president Bruce Kent said Lucas had been a popular addition. [Read more]
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