By Domenic Favata 2007- 2009 Everyone had thought that it was the end of Matthew Richardson. That he would just be goalsquare-bound and kick the odd 2-3 goals. But those who thought that he was gone had their words shoved right back down their throat. Richardson continued to lead the Tiger brigade as he showed [Read more]
Footy: It’s back! Well, sort of. Here’s my NAB Cup tips
February 10, 2010 by 571 Comments
By Steve Healy Finally, after four and a half months with nothing for fans to enjoy, footy’s appearing above the horizon. Many supporters don’t take the NAB Cup seriously, but I for one do. It means more footy, not as long a wait to see your team play and it also helps communities around Australia [Read more]
American Football: The Saints finally march in
February 10, 2010 by 12 Comments
By Cade Lucas. It was gonna be great. I had all these grand pretensions of getting right into the swing of the Superbowl. It was gonna be all buffalo wings, cheese fries and Budweiser. Instead it was gluggy porridge and black coffee as I staggered out of my bedroom just in time for the kick [Read more]
Footy: My favourite night footy/pre-season cup moments
February 9, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Damian Watson After a long, arduous four-month wait the Pre Season competition is finally upon us! In this five-week period, players will begin to regain their football prowess in a competitive nature after a gruelling summer out on the track. Coaches will experiment with methods and young hopefuls emerging from the draft. Despite the [Read more]
Footy: Billy Miller at the Glenferrie Oval
February 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Well, here’s the third of our series on Billy Miller Goes to the Old VFL Grounds. This time it’s the Sardine Can, better known as Glenferrie Oval. Just don’t think Huddo, and especially not Round 1, 1972. The pain, the pain!
Crio’s Question: What sports buzz words or phrases annoy you?
February 9, 2010 by 92 Comments
By Chris Riordan I don’t want to bag particular commentators, but I’m peeved at how a certain word or phrase can suddenly become commonplace in the sports world and then, soon afterwards, intensely annoying. I’m not so much thinking of Bruce when he says “arches his back”, which is just a term he overuses, but [Read more]
WANTED – the look of a future sports journalist
February 8, 2010 by 23 Comments
By Danielle Eid Firstly, a note to all adult and full licensed Almanackers- PLEASE DO NOT BEEP at Learner drivers! The BIG YELLOW L means that we are LEARNING and we don’t know what we are doing! I’m doing my Ls and have been driving to school and stuff with my instructor. On one occasion [Read more]
Footy’s Coming
February 8, 2010 by 5 Comments
Footy’s Coming To the tune of Johnny Cash’s ‘Busted’ By Phil Dimitriadis Cricket and tennis aren’t my kind of drugs. Hauritz and Federer don’t inspire group hugs. Footy’s Coming. Serena took off, along with her bling. Caro and Wallsy are still hibernating. But,Footy’s coming. My daughter brought home a boy from school. I got sunstroke, [Read more]
Country Footy – A golden heritage: how Square’s ground has changed
February 8, 2010 by 5 Comments
by Richard Jones REIGNING Bendigo Football League premiers Golden Square have used the Wade Street ground, now known as Country Vet Oval, since the 1930s. But how and why did the Wade Street Oval become Square’s home? Well, the site in the Bendigo Creek where gold was first discovered in the district in 1851 is [Read more]
Fantasy Footy: A goldmine of websites for the tragics
February 8, 2010 by 11 Comments
by John Butler Dreamers, following on from my fantasy footy piece last Friday, these are the main fantasy footy websites I’m aware of. Serious fantasy tragics flock to these sites because the Dream Team coverage on the official AFL site is positively lame.
American football: Clear-eyed Colts stand in way of Saints’ Superbowl fairytale
February 7, 2010 by 8 Comments
By Cade Lucas Well it’s almost that time of year again. You know the one. It’s a Monday morning in late January or early February. You switch on the TV and, ‘Oh yeah, that Superbowl thing’s on.’ And so you lounge on the couch in your pyjamas till mid afternoon, trying to work out what [Read more]
Racing: Good things as far as the eye can see on Awe Stakes day
February 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The meeting at Caulfield on Saturday lived up to its promise. Emphatic winners and good formlines to follow. The Blue Diamond Preludes were terrific entrees to the main event in a fortnight. Tony Vasil’s debut filly, Psychologist, blitzed her opponents to scream to the top of the betting markets. Stories had leaked on Friday that [Read more]
FOOTY: Life and times of the bush Bartel
February 7, 2010 by 26 Comments
By Paul Daffey Terry Bartel was still 15 when he announced himself to North East Victoria as a serious sporting talent. A slip of a kid with deceptive strength through his shoulders, he opened the batting for the Beechworth senior team and plundered 227 to break the Ovens and King Cricket Association record. In a [Read more]
FOOTY: Diesel and dust, and desert footy
February 7, 2010 by 15 Comments
By Sue Currie I hear it before I can see it. A rowdy mob of wild-looking Aborigines surges into the clinic a minute after I open the door. I could be scared of them if I did not know them all as individuals and families. Men of all ages with red headbands; handsome, husky youths [Read more]
Footy: A solitary leaf opens gates of anticipation
February 7, 2010 by 8 Comments
By Damian O’Donnell By rights when the leaves fall off the trees they should “fall” up into the sky; after all, that’s the way the trees are facing. Fortunately the mysteries of gravity make the leaves drop to the ground. This may not sound like a very significant issue to concern oneself with, but I’ve [Read more]
Racing: Plenty at Caulfield for occasional and dedicated punters alike
February 5, 2010 by 16 Comments
Even if you don’t have the time, inclination or bank to invest into Caulfield’s Orr Stakes formguide, the replays and stewards’ reports will be compulsory texts for anyone with an interest in the Autumn Carnival. These fields cover the whole gamut! Spring punters will have heard of Cup stalwarts Viewed, Shocking, Zipping and Littorio, all [Read more]
Footy: North’s best matches of recent years
February 5, 2010 by 663 Comments
By Josh Barnstable After reading a couple of stories on the Almanac about rivalry and how teams stack up against others in terms of a rivalry, I decided to dedicate this piece to some of the great games that North Melbourne have played against the other teams in the league over the past few years.
Exhibition: A day at the footy starts at the gates
February 5, 2010 by 24 Comments
By Paul Daffey Many of my boyhood memories revolve around local footy, from matches played on wind-blown ovals in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne or on lonely ovals in the Mallee. I can still hear the “phhhsh” sound of air being pushed from a player’s lungs as he absorbs an unexpected tackle, or the sweet [Read more]
Fantasy Footy: My dark secret
February 5, 2010 by 10 Comments
I have a sordid confession to make. On the surface, I’m a middle-aged, middle-class, middle-brow guy from a middle-sized town. Nothing special here folks, move right along. But I have a secret life. A life consumed by dark obsessions and manic compulsions. A life ruled by unholy urges and perspectives warped. A life that leads [Read more]
Cricket: Gayle receives ultimate gift after Canberra clinic
February 4, 2010 by 11 Comments
Chris Gayle issued an invitation to the kids of Canberra to turn up at Manuka Oval at 4pm on Wednesday for a hit and bowl ahead of the Prime Minister’s X1 match, which starts on Thursday. I happen to be in the area so I go along and have a look. Boys with monstrous cricket [Read more]
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