Last week, I had a weird dream — or a nightmare, as I should call it. I was on a basket ball court and I was crying. Here’s the weird thing: there were Collingwood players there too, in their footy gear, some standing, some sunk in the ground and all of them were crying. I [Read more]
AFL Round 3: Nice weekend, shame about the footy
April 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Dan Crane It had been an action-packed weekend before I woke up on Sunday the 11th of April. My best mate Tim had flown over from Adelaide on Friday afternoon and he, my wife and I had then spent that evening drinking beautiful beer at the Little Creatures dinner hall on Brunswick Street. Tim [Read more]
Gigs Stats Round 3: A season that could come to nothing for all teams – except maybe Melbourne
April 14, 2010 by 6 Comments
Stats Entertainment – Round 3 by Andrew Gigacz WHEN AN ENTIRE SEASON COMES TO NOTHING We all know how it can be for a side that toils for an entire season before a final heartbreaking loss ends it all. Unless the team win the flag, it all comes to an end either in Round 22, [Read more]
April Almanac Lunch sponsor: Peter Lehmann Wines
April 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Footy Almanac is proud to announce Peter Lehmann Wines as the sponsor of the forthcoming Almanac Lunch, to be held at the Clyde Hotel on Friday, 30th April at 12:30pm. If you would like to attend, please contact Paul Daffey at [email protected] Peter Lehmann was born a fifth generation Barossan in Angaston in 1930, [Read more]
Round 3 – The View from Shepparton: Too many minors a key issue for Collingwood
April 12, 2010 by 5 Comments
by Peter Schumacher As I wind up my gramophone, I am sure that I must be the only footy fan preparing to put down thoughts accompanied by Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 in glorious SACD sound. True, I am not in the right room, but still, sounds pretty damned good through [Read more]
AFL Round 3 – St Kilda v Collingwood: Humble pie not on Mick’s menu
April 12, 2010 by 6 Comments
Welcome to Café Mick (“Nothin could be finer than to be in Micky’s Diner”), where every unhealthy white-man dish can be procured – except Humble Pie. Even after being humiliated by the injury-ravaged Sainters, head chef Mick Malthouse (King of the Pampered Pies) used the excuse of bad luck in shooting for goal for losing [Read more]
Crio’s Question: How did you get through a mid-match wedding?
April 12, 2010 by 46 Comments
by Chris Riordan Admit it. We’ve all found ourselves in circumstances where we need a score…I mean a footy score, but have had to institute a covert operation. Whether overseas, at a meeting or even at a wedding (!!!), in what unusual situations have you managed to get your fix?
AFL Round 1: Ah, Cats, it’s good to have you back
April 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Paul and I meet Dave and Heather, fresh from their engagement party the week before, just outside the Bunton Room. It’s about 80% full and we’ve got 10 minutes to fight our way through the crowd, get served, knock over a pot and then get a good vantage point before the season officially begins for [Read more]
AFL Round 3 – Sydney v Richmond: Radical Surgery
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by John Green How safe is it to go on a long trip after undergoing radical surgery? Richmond took to the surgeon’s knife with wild abandon at the end of 2009 and excised an astonishing total of 13 players from its senior list. For some, like the redoubtable Matthew Richardson, their bodies could no longer [Read more]
LOCAL FOOTY: Superdogs enjoy a big win
April 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
SUPERDOGS START SEASON WITH SIZZLING WIN by Nick Kossatch A new look Riverland Superdogs outfit took to the park at Lyrup Oval and demolished River Murray by 47 points in the masters AFL over 35’s season opening round. From the outset, new recruit and son of West Adelaide 1983 premiership player Ben ‘Ben 10’ Meuret, [Read more]
Chapter 6: Round 1 v Dwights Mill
April 11, 2010 by 1 Comment
The Albatross Rules (a football chronicle) It’s been a long pre-season. After the recruiting dramas and the dramas of last week’s family day finally it’s time for the season opener. Will this be the beginning of the Albertville Football Club’s resurrection, or the first game of their last season as a stand-alone club? 6. Round [Read more]
Dons score again over old foe.
April 11, 2010 by 1 Comment
I wasn’t feeling too optimistic about Essendon’s chances against Carlton on Saturday night, I had just returned from an entree at Princes Park where I saw Essendon seconds (Bendigo Bombers) get a thumping from Preston, now called Northern Bullants and when I checked the Amateurs results,I found out MHSOB got a great grandmother of a [Read more]
FPS Report: Round 3 match report and Danny Roach
April 11, 2010 by 2 Comments
Greeting Gents Floreat Pica Society continued a long Collingwood tradition by blooding youth in a big game. !6 year-old Richard Cornell wrote the match report while his 11 year-old brother Nicholas awarded the Danny Roach votes -see both below. I wonder what these young blokes are like at kicking goals?
Bombers Prevail In a Bruising Encounter Over the Error-Riddled Blues
April 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
By Damian Watson I am in the midst of another lazy Saturday Afternoon and while recovering from laser surgery on my teeth I make the observation that footy certainly has the ability to both cure and compound on the resulting pain.
GRACE AND GRACELESSENESS UNDER PRESSURE
April 11, 2010 by 8 Comments
The past week in world sport has presented leading players, coaches and teams in a fascinating array of lights and reminds us of why we react to the sporting performances with such emotion and passion. Of particular interest has been the way a number of champions have handled the limelight, adversity and pressure and what [Read more]
Numbers don’t add up for the Tiges
April 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The pub was about 1km outside the ACT border as the crow flies. Which they hadn’t done earlier in the day, as their more aquatically-inclined cousins reigned supreme at AAMI Stadium. Back in my home state, the man-made birds at Essendon had also fallen. Two other “flying” mascots of the AFL were both represented in [Read more]
Saints win bruising encounter.
April 10, 2010 by 6 Comments
Round 2: St Kilda v Collingwood It was a boring day. Sleeping in until 10, I faced a long wait until 8:30 for the footy to start on the TV (should be 7:30, I’m looking at you Better Homes and Gardens!). I got through the day by reading the Herald Sun and I started to [Read more]
To shake or not to shake…and other post-Easter randoms
April 10, 2010 by 4 Comments
Early season observations (that wise period just before round 3) And WHY SHAKING HANDS IS STILL A MUST! Sorry to disturb anyone who is agonising about their tips for Round 3 (getting 6 will win you most weekly comps I reckon), but I just wanted to bring up a few issues, one of which I [Read more]
Late starts all round as Cats eventually triumph
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Geelong VS Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground 7:40 26th March By Steven Ingham There is nothing quite like the feeling you get through your spine when the umpire holds the ball up and the siren to start proceedings on your team’s season sounds. Unfortunately for me, I enjoyed this on the radio while stuck in traffic, [Read more]
So many questions in Freo first up win.
April 10, 2010 by 1 Comment
Fremantle VS Adelaide Subiaco Oval 5:10 28th March By Steven Ingham As a football – but not Freo – lover, the Dockers polarise me. When they made a prelim a few years ago and my own team’s season finished by about Round 10, I was well and truly on the bandwagon. Their fall from grace [Read more]
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