Throughout its 11 years of existence, the Sydney Olympic Stadium located in the western Sydney suburb of Homebush, has served as the backdrop to many of Australian’s finest and memorable sporting moments of the 21st Century. Many would argue that this venue has captured the hearts and minds of the Australian public and has conveyed [Read more]
BLUES ROUNDABOUT
June 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Well, I’d been looking forward all week to my Saturday night. Yes, according to my friends and colleagues I live a fairly staid lifestyle but in my little world – a winter’s night in on the couch watching my AFL team followed by the national soccer team at the World Cup IS an enjoyable evening. [Read more]
Daughters of the West
June 24, 2010 by 6 Comments
Wow Who would have thought that Australia’s predictable elimination from the WC would cost the PM his job. We certainly take our sport seriously down here. Good news for the Doggies however as they now have another forward option with Julia freeing up Bazza to run further up the ground with the new PM in [Read more]
Cleaning out the augean stables
June 24, 2010 by 7 Comments
A couple of weeks ago I published this article: As the results of last week’s Morgan poll regarding preferred Labor leader showed, Julia Gillard is right on Kevin Rudd’s hammer. When asked by some wag if she would be seeking the captaincy, Gillard postulated the chances of that happening were as likely as her playing [Read more]
Changes
June 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Watching little of the World Cup ( it’s on at work so it hard to avoid ) has got me thinking about how a few changes would enhance the spectacle, not only of soccer, but many other sports as well. So I’ve put a couple of ideas down for your degustation outlining what I feel [Read more]
The Albatross Rules – Chapter 16: Running Hot
June 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Richard Holt Before the bye Con had called the boys together to talk about the team’s progress. Three wins from six games and an ordinary percentage suggested they were nowhere near where they wanted to be. On the positive side they’d played strongly in recent weeks with close losses to both last year’s finalists. [Read more]
Steve and Damo’s Ground Trip: Part 2
June 23, 2010 by 2 Comments
by Steve Healy Last holidays, me and Damian Watson set off on an expedition to conquer all the former VFL suburban grounds (bar Geelong) in one day. Unfortunately, we fell terribly short and still had Princes Park, Arden St, Brunswick St oval, Windy Hill, Glenferrie and Whitten Oval to conquer. We picked this particular Friday [Read more]
Ken Piesse: Favourites sons of the GOULBURN VALLEY
June 23, 2010 by 11 Comments
KEN PIESSE: FAVOURITE SONS FROM THE GOULBURN VALLEY Years ago I was interviewing an old Australian cricketer, one-Test wonder George Thoms, when he stopped in mid-sentence and said: ‘Ken… you’re a good listener.’ ‘George,’ I said, ‘I just love hearing all your stories.’ Footy or cricket, I have been a sucker for a good yarn [Read more]
Local Footy: The day the Murray league beat the Saints
June 23, 2010 by 21 Comments
This Friday marks a special occasion for the Murray Football League: it’s the 50th anniversary of the day a hastily cobbled-together team of Murray league players became one of the few country teams to defeat a VFL visitor. Practice matches between country teams and VFL teams were common from footy’s earliest days right up until [Read more]
World Cup: Welcome to The Big (horror) Show
June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Dan O’Sullivan The Socceroos World Cup campaign thus far has had all the hallmarks of every horror film ever committed to celluloid. The opening match defeat at the hands of Germany was a genuine bloodbath. Little in the way of plot, but a devastating body count. Jason Voorhes could have been leading the line [Read more]
haiku bob: what’s left of the light
June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
winter dusk… the pleasant gloom of a drawn game the cold – not enough on the kick blustery wind – Leon switches on and off deep winter – Fraser’s dropped mark takes us deeper bare stems – our brittle lead grows by a point another behind leaves me chuckling in the chill air deep in [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Who are our favourite flairs?
June 22, 2010 by 23 Comments
by Chris Riordan Flairs are always in fashion! Almanac legend Gigs runs a popular Ladderist comp, the gist of which is to forecast the AFL teams’ order at season’s end. This can be very difficult. My dilemma this year was exemplified by a form-frustrated declaration that “only 5 teams can make the 8!” The identity [Read more]
Somethings off in the Kitchen
June 21, 2010 by 14 Comments
After attending the debacle which was last Friday night I felt I would be better watching the Blues from the safety of the lounge in tropical Canberra. Still emotionally and physical scarred from the mid season trip to the home of sport it was with some trepidation that I switched on the box on Saturday [Read more]
Contrasting Maestros Perform Their Magic
June 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s 6pm on Friday night and Swan Street Richmond is abuzz with excitement. The street is littered with footy fans scurrying to meet their possie before wandering over to the lights of the MCG. There’s a particular feeling in the air tonight. It’s the anticipation and edgy feeling you get when there’s a big game [Read more]
Dockers Steady the Ship, but no Kreuzing for Blues from here
June 21, 2010 by 3 Comments
As the physical demands of the AFL season continue to grow, the period around the mid season break has become increasingly significant. All teams appreciate the respite for sore bodies, whilst those for whom the season hasn’t gone to plan get a chance to take stock and relaunch. For young sides that have been early [Read more]
North on the right bus again
June 21, 2010 by 5 Comments
Going to the footy is special to me. I’m not like some of those city kids that go every weekend (you know who you are) but this year I’ve been fairly fortunate to go to four matches, and it’s only Round 13! This game would be my fifth match, with more to come hopefully. An [Read more]
THREE SOUTH PREMIERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS RETURN TO QEO
June 21, 2010 by 2 Comments
TWENTY years on, South Bendigo’s three premiership-winning teams from 1990 will celebrate their QEO successes on Saturday, June 26th. The Peter Bradbury-coached seniors downed Golden Square by 22 points in a classic grand final, Brendan Francis’ reserves accounted for Eaglehawk by 27 points, while in the under-18s the Brian Teasdale-mentored Bloods beat the Square by [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XIII – part i
June 21, 2010 by 4 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Family Club made it six on the Stewie Trott as they saw off Arch Rivals Essendon in a match worthy of a Line In The Sand Contest. The Barry Crockers snapped a two game losing streak to place a huge question mark [Read more]
World Cup week 2 – tide turns (sort of)
June 21, 2010 by 2 Comments
When I clicked the drop menu on the address bar of the hotel’s computer, I realised that I had been held up by prolonged web searches for ‘prostitutas en pretorias sudafrica’ and so forth. Our hotel in Pretoria has been overrun by hordes of Argentinian soccer fans. Whilst some of the few women involved with [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games- Rd 13
June 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
ROUND 13 Hawthorn versus Essendon Friday, June 18th., M.C.G I honour my promise to drink wine with Elaine Sidebottom when the Richmond Tigers next win. It happens very quickly, and emphatically. In Round 12, they flog the West Coast Evil and “her boy”, the new Royce Hart, Jack Riewoldt, bags a cool 10 goals. I [Read more]
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