The St. Pat’s First XVIII entered season 2010 with twelve of the previous year’s Shield Final team including sublime marking talents Nick O’Brien, Hayden Walters, Jake Dunne and Matt Twiggy James. Coach Howard Clark had added to this mix, an effective and mobile ruckman with the ability to push forward in Tom McDonald and the [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats – Round 18: North falls just short of target
August 2, 2010 by 10 Comments
STATS ENTERTAINMENT – ROUND 18 by Andrew Gigacz GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SLIPS THROUGH KANGAROOS’ FINGERS North Melbourne will be lamenting missing a golden opportunity that slipped through their fingers on Sunday afternoon. A win over the Bulldogs by 257 points (depending on the scoreline) would have been enough for the Kangas to grab a spot in [Read more]
Almanac Lunch- 30th July
August 2, 2010 by 34 Comments
Not many people realized that a meeting of some of the nations all round great minds took place, fittingly enough, at the All Nations Hotel in Richmond last Friday. It was lost in the fantastic whirlwind that is the Federal election. I must admit that I do marvel at the pace that these political Party [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XVIII
August 2, 2010 by 5 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Feeling Faints slip dramatically in the polls as Tony Abbott becomes the Number 1 ticket holder at John Pascoe Fawkner Reserve. The Miseries can expect some comings and goings around at Visy Park after The Magpies, with the Whole Football World looking [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games- Rd 18
August 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Round 18 Essendon versus St. Kilda Etihad Stadium, Friday, July 30th. “The coach is an oaf.” Thus spake Zarathustra, aka Thomas Hubble, the dramatic effect compromised by a blob of cumquat marmalade on his chin. “You going to shred your membership, oh wise one?” “No, seriously Peter, hear me out.” “You provide me with food, [Read more]
Roos confirm doubts
August 2, 2010 by 2 Comments
I wasn’t feeling good about this game during the week. North Melbourne weren’t a chance to end a three-game losing streak against the ‘Scray. Talking with the local butcher, who goes for the Bulldogs, he asks if I want to make a wager on the game, like we always do when these two teams play. [Read more]
Swan Dive
August 2, 2010 by 2 Comments
“Put the whole team on Ablett!” The throaty plea in the third did not emanate from Paul Roos in his Zen garden calm of the managers bench but from some bloke behind me. He’d been screaming at the top of his lungs all game raising questions on a wide range of topics. From The Enemy’s [Read more]
Numbers just don’t add up for the Blues
August 2, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Tony Reed Like most of you out there, I just love my footy, especially the anticipated leading up to the first bounce. It’s even better when you have a big game against traditional enemies, and it just so happens that over the next 3 weeks, Carlton plays what I consider our traditional rivals. It [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Geelong vs Collingwood
August 2, 2010 by 28 Comments
AFL will be abuzz this week with anticipation for the BLOCKBUSTER Cats and Pies match on Saturday night. The game is coined “Match of the Season”. Fair to say that these sides have delivered in the past. Is this the most important Home and Away game in years and will the result really have any [Read more]
Floreat Pica Report- Rd 18 Collingwood V Carlton
August 1, 2010 by 7 Comments
irresistible a too strong, convincing, delightful etc. to be resisted One of my favourite match reports in the 2009 Footy Almanac came from a North supporter called Andrew Starkie. Andrew’s report started : “I hate Carlton; despise them. My loathing is limitless, my contempt physical. It causes my forehead to burn and a deep pain [Read more]
Karma Curses Carlton
August 1, 2010 by 10 Comments
“Arrghhhh F*cking Collingwood!!!! OH-MY GOSHH LIKE I sweeear Carlton better f*cking win this time! F*cking Collingwood are on top of the laddaaahh…” Ahh, what a great start to my Monday morning. This is exactly what I want to hear. Not one to normally take a cheap shot like that I decide to let it go, [Read more]
Dees hang on in Brisbane
August 1, 2010 by 2 Comments
A quiet Saturday night at home. I knew I wouldn’t be able to watch the game. I opted to listen to Brisbane V Melbourne on the radio instead of watching the other game on TV. It would be an important game- a must-win one to keep our ever-so-slim finals chances alive. Mind you, being put [Read more]
Cats Overpower Swans
August 1, 2010 by 2 Comments
The prospect of being home alone appealed to me. Listening to music loudly, playing my favourite radio station instead of 95.3 that Dad insists on listening to and watching a bit of TV. With Mum away in Adelaide and Dad at the footy in Waaia (I’m a week away from playing again), I would be [Read more]
Bombers maintain grip over the Saints
July 31, 2010 by 5 Comments
Essendon v St Kilda As my alarm went off at the usual time of 7:07am, I groaned at the thought of another cold morning at school. But then I remembered. I wasn’t going to school; I was going to the Almanac lunch, so I sprung out of bed and had a spring in my step. [Read more]
Almanac Racing- 31-7-10
July 31, 2010 by 1 Comment
Tomorrow’s meetings (Saturday 31/07) are the last of the 09/10 season with the official horses’ birthday following on August 1. From then the slow build-up begins to Spring with the better horses beginning to reappear. To access the fields I went to the “Racing and Sports” site, though I thought that I’d mistakenly found a [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XVIII
July 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. It’s hardly been a slow news year has it? This week’s no different. But you’d have to wonder at the wisdom of Handy Andy’s Great Big New Tax wouldn’t you? We all saw what happened to the last bloke who tried to [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats Round 17: The final word on Aker
July 30, 2010 by 17 Comments
STATS ENTERTAINMENT ROUND 17 by Andrew Gigacz NEVER IN DOUBT If anyone out there, who considers themselves a knowledgeable person on footy, had any doubt that Friday night’s match between the Hawks and the Saints was always going to be a draw, let me tell you, they were kidding themselves. There were so many pointers [Read more]
Italian Team of the Century- Charles Pettiona
July 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you wish to see the whole Italian Team of the Century, it’s available at: http://www.italianteamofthecentury.com.au/final-team.php By Tony De Bolfo Charles Joseph “Laddie” Pettiona Alma only saw Charles on a handful of occasions after she married into the Pettiona family. That was when Charles paid a call to her then address at 69 Poolman Street, Port [Read more]
The Much-Maligned
July 29, 2010 by 15 Comments
It’s hard to find an article covering the woes of the Etihad Stadium surface without the term “much-maligned” being front and centre. I must admit to having been a “much-maligned” enthusiast for many years – dating back to the early days of Corey McKernan when he, much like the Etihad surface now, appeared to have [Read more]
Local Footy: Berry leads Victorian teammates on merry dance
July 29, 2010 by 4 Comments
The Australian Country Football Championships can be a serious affair. Over the first two days, the seven teams play six games of 17-minute halves. After a day’s rest, a full-scale game is held between the top two teams to decide the winner. This year’s championships were in Canberra. The Victorian major-league team (there was also [Read more]
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