THE FINAL WRAP Where Life Imitates Sport What a year it’s been in Footy Eddie. First we must congratulate The Geelong FC for their 2009 Premiership win. They hung tough when they had to, and were able to find that bit extra when the contest was there to be won. In the words of the [Read more]
The Wrap: In the words of the Velvet Fog, they stood up in the tackle
September 28, 2009 by 1 Comment
AFL Grand Final: Cats prevail on my favourite day of the year
September 27, 2009 by 385 Comments
By Damian Watson It is in my opinion the most exciting day of the year, the last Saturday in September. After a week filled with traditional events, pre-game TV shows, anticipation and hype surrounding the big match, the city, or indeed the nation, comes to a standstill. The biggest game of the season has arrived [Read more]
AFL Grand Final: Cats win and Riewoldt loses. YEAHHHHHH! WOOOOOOOO!
September 27, 2009 by 29 Comments
Ahhhhhhhhhhh, the Grand Final. Yes, I was disappointed that my boys were not about to run out on Grand Final day, but having your two-month-old and even younger baby cousins around you can only make you happier to forget. I spent Grand Final day in Sydney where I spent the week at both cousins’ christenings.
AFL Grand Final: Post-siren concern for Saints suggests a moment that could last forever
September 27, 2009 by 6 Comments
By David Bruce I don’t know for certain, but I imagine that the day you somehow lock down your lifetime football allegiance must be a keystone day. There is certainly enough research into the psychology of supporters to surmise that the club you end up being passionately but non-influentially entwined with must have some influence [Read more]
Racing: Country cups offer great post-footy fun
September 27, 2009 by 14 Comments
By Chris Riordan This Thursday we flick our calendars to October and focus on the spring carnival and racing’s brief visit to the forefront of Australian sport. Before Flemington and Randwick elbow in with their magnificent meetings next Saturday, I do want to highlight three wonderfully Australian cup meetings that are taking place in the [Read more]
AFL Grand Final: Well done, Geelong
September 27, 2009 by 7 Comments
It’s the night before the Grand final. I need to get to sleep, but I’m still tossing and turning on my bed. I’ve set my alarm for 8am, but since my alarm clock has been knocked many times with the batteries flying everywhere, I could wake up at half-time tomorrow. I wake up to a [Read more]
Local Footy: You never know what to expect in a grand final
September 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
As I walk into Elsternwick Park for the Victorian Amateur Football Association’s A-section grand final, the biggest day of the Ammos season, I expect an Old Xaverians victory. They’re playing De La Salle Old Collegians, the team they beat by 92 points in the second semi. Xavs are finals hardened. This is their twelfth grand [Read more]
Women’s Footy: Debbie Lee wins Football Woman of the Year award
September 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Leesa Catto Congratulations to Victorian Women’s Football League president Debbie Lee on being named the 2009 Football Woman of the Year. The award, presented by the Essendon Women’s Network, offers recognition to women who have made a significant contribution to the game of football.
State Footy: Phil Cleary plays big part in glorious VFA Grand Final memories
September 25, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Rod Oaten Oh, for the nostalgia of the good old VFA Grand Final. It was an unsophisticated, grass roots event, full of tribal loyalty and tension between the supporters. No corporate boxes, but then I guess corporations didn’t get involved with what really was working-class footy. You would often see a club president or [Read more]
The Pre-Wrap: Gownlow count goes down a treat
September 25, 2009 by 3 Comments
THE PRE WRAP – THE LAST SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER Where Life Imitates Sport What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Gownlow was a raging success and the running scoreboard kept everyone in the picture. At last we were saved the quivering of Football’s most famous bottom lip and didn’t Lauren look an absolute [Read more]
Footy Weather: Grand Final conditions to resemble Kardinia Park in July
September 24, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Brett Dutschke Strong winds are not only transporting soil to other parts of the country they are also making some places feel quite foreign. Just three days after a dust-blown Sydney resembled Coober Pedy, the Melbourne Cricket Ground this Saturday will be cold, wet and windy – more like Kardinia Park in July.
AFL Prelim Finals: Dogs battle to hold out Saints while I face challenges of my own
September 24, 2009 by 300 Comments
By Josh Barnstable It’s Friday night in the Northern Territory. The sun is down, the sky is a light grey colour, yet I can feel no atmosphere compared to what I would be feeling back in Victoria. To get me in the mood, I go for a walk with a couple of mates and pat [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Watch out for the termite mound!
September 24, 2009 by 1 Comment
I’ve recently moved to Galiwinku, which is the second largest Aboriginal community in Australia. It is based in a place called Elcho Island, which is a part of Arnhem land and situated about 500 kilometres east of Darwin. There are only 3,000 people in the community, but surprisingly there are eight football sides that make [Read more]
Racing: Sometimes, just sometimes, they change a race name for the better
September 24, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Chris Riordan Many of us old-timers lament the name changes that devalue feature races. But none, I suspect, resent the old Freeway Stakes being renamed in honor of Moonee Valley Champion , Manikato. Tonight’s 1200-metre weight-for-age race is a great tribute to Manikato, who won this race twice as well as recording five consecutive [Read more]
Racing: Mic Mac change of plans worries us
September 24, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Mark “Makybe” Freeman Interesting meeting at the Valley on Grand Final Eve, punters – but the heathens from Sin City continue to run their Group 1 George Main Stakes in the middle of The (actual) Premiership Quarter . . . even after they’ve won a flag. Punting-wise we’re all gearing up for the Grannie [Read more]
Harms: Cats crush cockroach with sleight of hand and weight of boot
September 23, 2009 by 1 Comment
SATURDAY night and I’m at the Punt Road end of the MCG. Behind glass. Thanks to a kind invitation from Bruce Houston and the Tatts Group who are obviously working their way through the share register. My portfolio is made up exclusively of Tatts shares, 231 from memory, a wedding gift from Bimbo Read and [Read more]
In the Sheds: Saints and Cats jumpers fail to offer a guide to AFL fortunes
September 23, 2009 by 3 Comments
WITH all the focus on St Kilda and Geelong this week, In the Sheds combed through last weekend’s results to see if any portents could be gleaned from the clubs that wore Saints and Cats jumpers in local footy grand finals. Of the clubs that wore Saints jumpers, Koroit (Hampden league) and St Kilda City [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Wayward kicking provides just one of several twists in dramatic 1948 Grand Final
September 23, 2009 by 4 Comments
Most footy fans are familiar with the epic VFL drawn grand final of 1977. It was televised live into millions of loungerooms and has been replayed constantly since. Television has allowed us to relive the drama of that sun-drenched afternoon at the MCG, and fans too young to remember can still experience the historic moments [Read more]
Local Footy: Oopy’s oration stirs players and supporters to score win for the ages
September 23, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Darren Dawson Almost two weeks on from my old club’s stunning grand final victory, it is only now that the hairs on the back of my neck have begun to settle down. Having been comprehensively defeated by D1-section rivals Peninsula Old Boys in the second semi, Willy CYs had fought back through the preliminary [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats: Cold reception suits Saints and Cats just fine
September 23, 2009 by 6 Comments
Andrew Gigacz’s Finals Week 3 Stat. Declaration SAINTS CAUSE FAINTS WHILE CATS PILE UP STATS Now that it’s all over bar the shouting, it remains only to be seen who’ll be shouting the bar – Saints supporters or Cats clappers. Let’s see what could be gleaned from the two games. LAKE, BLAKE AND DOGGY HEARTACHE [Read more]
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