By Tony Ward Tony is author of the recently published Sport in Australian National Identity: Kicking Goals (Routledge). Paperback ISBN 978-0415575553, published 31 March 2010 in UK – copies available: £26.99 plus shipping, from www.routledge.com/books/ $50 including shipping, from www.bookdepository.co.uk There’s been a decent tussle over the last couple of years on who can claim [Read more]
Pitch Invading
May 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Ged McMahon Last week, a pitch invading baseball fan was chased around in circles and tasered by security staff. It was grandly theatrical and I must admit that I found it highly amusing. Far more amusing than my own personal pitch invasion story. I can’t even remember the exact year, but I was very [Read more]
Momentum
May 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
The Best of Van Halen has a quote on the liner notes: “what is understood need not be discussed”. I can’t remember the attribution, but it makes a certain amount of sense. In sport, there are a few things that are known. A week is a long time. The boys on the winning team really [Read more]
ALMANAC CANBERRA LAUNCH
May 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
Better late than never they say. Holding the Canberra 2009 Footy Almanac book launch in 2010 somehow doesn’t seem odd. Appreciation has no time limit Footy fever has gripped the Kingston Hotel on a Thursday evening, two days preceding the Bulldogs and Swans meeting in what should be one of the games of the round. [Read more]
Regional Communities and Sport: A Comment
May 14, 2010 by 6 Comments
by Bill Walker One only has to only look via any of the plethora of mediums for sourcing, processing and transferring news to see that the basic values and foundations of sport today have been swept up and pummelled by fast and diversely evolving business tsunami. Either through design or chance the status quo has [Read more]
“This Is Country Footy”
May 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Michael Filosi It took just three minutes and one warm up lap before any thoughts of a glowing come back match this Saturday were dashed. Along with the addition of three extra light towers, I could have sworn the council had increased the dimensions of Tamworth’s No. 1 Oval since I had last run [Read more]
AFL Round 7 – Collingwood v North Melbourne: Powder-puff guernseys spell trouble for Kangas
May 14, 2010 by 6 Comments
by Josh Barnstable If there’s any team I want North Melbourne to beat in any year, it’s Collingwood. Not since that wonderful year of 2008 have we beaten the Pies, while not that long ago, any losing streak against Collingwood is too long. With the Roos coming off wins against Hawthorn and Melbourne, I am [Read more]
Racing: The Ramsden Day Ramble
May 14, 2010 by 10 Comments
by Chris Riordan Budget week can be an appropriate time for us to review our financial strategies; in this case revisit some of our punting maxims and the big philosophical questions and queries that need to be addressed in the search for success. Today I’m going to incorporate four dilemmas in to the discussion on [Read more]
The Pre Wrap – Round VIII
May 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by John Mosig What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Gambling is still in the headlines – this time it’s pokies: who has them & who pays what for them. Look call us Old School around here in Wrapland, but we can’t help feeling there’s a major degree of moral bankruptcy at the heart [Read more]
AFL Round 7 – Melbourne v Footscray: Demons find hope between the raindrops
May 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Steve Healy It was a freezing night, the rain tumbled down for almost the entire match. The Demons were finally playing on Friday, against the Bulldogs who have under-performed for the start of the 2010 season. I had confidently tipped the Demons, due to our incredible form (especially at the MCG) and the fact [Read more]
AFL Round 7 – St Kilda v Carlton: From Twitter to Twigley
May 14, 2010 by 6 Comments
by Tony Reed Twitter Report – St Kilda v Carlton Mon 10/5/10 6.36 pm – just made train from work at Glenferrie 6.55 pm – arrived Gate 9 at Etihad. Where’s Barb and Charles? 7.00 pm – Charles arrives with tickets. Apparently am concession ticket holder tonight 7.10 pm – Omens good. 2 pies and [Read more]
AFL Round 7 – Collingwood v North Melbourne: The pain of being bullied
May 14, 2010 by 5 Comments
Collingwood versus North Melbourne 7.10pm, Saturday, May 8 Melbourne Cricket Ground by Andrew Starkie Good teams bully North Melbourne. Intimidate and beat up on us. Chew us up; spit us out. Against a team with similar or less ability, we usually get the job done. Not so against the top teams. We’ve suffered demoralizing defeats [Read more]
AFL Round 7 – St Kilda v Carlton: The streak is over
May 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
by David Downer In the many contests (er, agon?) of both sport and life, the victor of particular match-ups can be assured well before the event. Harlem Globetrotters v Washington Generals. Federer v Hewitt. Marciano v everyone. Roadrunner v Wile E Coyote. Angelina v Jennifer. Scissors v Paper. Paper v Rock. Rock v Scissors. And [Read more]
Two out of three ain’t bad
May 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
As the big bloke with the hankie once said, “two out three ain’t bad”. Three weeks ago, Carlton were staring at a 5 and 2 loss/win ration. Finals would have been the stuff of JRR Tolkien. However, after terrific victories over the last year’s grand finalists, the ledger is now 4/3 and September action looks [Read more]
Williamstown CYMS Round 4 Review
May 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Dene Macleod SENIORS WERRIBEE 6.3 12.8 17.10 24.16.160 WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS 3.2 3.4 7.5 8.7.55 WERRIBEE Goal Kickers: A. Taylor 4, A. Panayi 4, M. Taylor 3, M. Palmington 2, A. Tedeso 2, J. McLellan 2, R. Fastuca 2, M. Dean, J. Palmer, W. Pelar, S. Callea, A. Murphy [Read more]
Ken Piesse’s favorite 10 footballers from… THE LA TROBE VALLEY
May 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
Throughout season 2010, respected sports writer Ken Piesse is writing of his favourite players from the regions of the VCFL. This week he looks at the Latrobe Valley. In the days before zoning, League clubs had their own spheres of influence. St Kilda’s stronghold was the La Trobe Valley and so many players were recruited [Read more]
Link: Sometimes the good old days are best left behind
May 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Remember when the first quarter of every grand final featured an all-brawl? As this clip from the 1990 Ovens and Murray league grand final shows, in many ways we should be glad that the good old days have been left behind. The teams are Wodonga in the maroon and white stripes and Lavington in the [Read more]
On the footy punt
May 13, 2010 by 10 Comments
We all know that given the choice between working and not working just about everyone (with the notable exception of those who are related by blood to The Handicapper) would prefer the feet comfortably up, the computer fired up, the form guide opened up, and the races on the TV. This, sustained by a barrel [Read more]
Speed Kills 2: Blues Torch the Saints’ Citadel
May 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
Since Ross Lyon took over the Saints, I’ve started to wonder if he might be a fan of avant-garde music. I’m thinking specifically of those La Monte Young-inspired minimalist drones, where the climax is delayed, then delayed some more, and sometimes barely arrives at all. They’re exercises emphasising discipline and theory rather than a quick [Read more]
Voss Rolls the Dice …
May 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Fremantle are storming through 2010, ending seasons every second week it seems. They came to the Gabba on Saturday night to break a 15 year hoodoo. They didn’t do it in style, but they did it. Inside 50 Freo were dreadful, but everywhere else they clobbered Brisbane. Michael Voss has drafted and traded for a [Read more]
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