Brisbane v Carlton. What a game it should be. Nothing separates these two sides betting-wise. It should be a great game. I’ve tipped Brisbane, by six points, but when I hear that Drummond and MacDonald are out my mind changes a bit. Hawksley and Hooper are coming in to replace them.
AFL Finals — Week 1: Comeback kings on top after one of the great finals finishes
September 7, 2009 by 1 Comment
General Footy Writing: The Sydney footy club has a much longer history than you might think
September 7, 2009 by 4 Comments
When did the Sydney Football Club play its first game? a) 1877 b) 1881 c) 1903 d) 1983 If you answered b) you were correct. The first recorded game of Australian football was played in Sydney in 1877 when Carlton visited to play the Waratahs Rugby Club in both rugby and “Victorian Rules”. The Sydney [Read more]
AFL Finals — Week 1: Siren beats Bullies as Cats earn Preliminary Final spot
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By Josh Barnstable This couldn’t get any better. A nice spring day, two of the best teams in the league are battling it out on the grand stage of the MCG on a Saturday afternoon. It’s the Second Qualifying Final. The Bullies and the Kitties. The Dogs have their full side in minus Tom Williams, [Read more]
AFL Finals — Week 1: Lions get up no thanks to Zach Zoomer
September 7, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Josh Barnstable I’ve got the same feeling I had 13 weeks earlier. In Round 11, Brisbane played Carlton at the Gabba, and I tossed and turned on whether I should watch the match. I decided I would, and what a game it turned out to be. High scoring, close, and Brendan Fevola in magic [Read more]
AFL Finals — Week 1: Essendon need to pull socks up after Adelaide demolition
September 7, 2009 by 505 Comments
By Josh Barnstable It’s that time of the year again. It feels like only yesterday when Buddy Franklin toyed with the Bulldogs’ defence, when Collingwood came from the clouds to pip Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, when the Swans ended Shannon Grant, Nathan Thompson and Jess Sinclair’s careers, when Geelong saw off one of their main [Read more]
View From Shepparton: Lions pull off heist in most astonishing game I have ever seen
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Well sorry, Carlton supporters, but it doesn’t get any better than that. The Lions’ comeback in the final quarter at the Gabba has to be one of the best in finals history and it was the old crocks who inspired it. Bradshaw, Brown, Black, how do they do it? How can they rise above searing [Read more]
VAFA: CYs thrash Therry to move into Grand Final
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SENIORS WILLIAMSTOWN 2.3 7.10 7.15 16.19-115 THERRY PENOLA 1.2 2.3 5.4 8.9-57 WILLIAMSTOWN Goal Kickers: Z. Read 4, B. Gray 3, T. Wheeler 2, J. Reid 2, T. Hynes, M. Cini, M. Lishman, B. Lethborg, C. Richards Best Players: B. Gray, Z. Read, S. McGuinness, N. Walsh, T. Hynes, M. Cini THERRY PENOLA Goal Kickers: [Read more]
VAFA: Uni Blues turn tables on St Bede’s with extra-time triumph
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ST Bede’s-Mentone Tigers defeated Uni Blues both times during the home-and-away A-section season. But the Blues had the last laugh when they booted clear of the Tigers in extra time of a dramatic first semi-final at Elsternwick Park yesterday to win by 18 points.
AFL Finals–Week 1: Yes we lost, but that’s all I know!
September 6, 2009 by 10 Comments
Father’s Day! To all the Almanac’s fathers: Happy Father’s Dday! I dedicate this entry to my Daddy, who I love so much that I cannot express just how much! As much as I love my Mum there’s always a part of me that loves Dad just that little bit more. I searched the net for [Read more]
Crio’s Question: What can you do to help your team in September?
September 6, 2009 by 5 Comments
I’m converted to the fatalist view, but all around me at the MCG are Doggies fans taking the blame for our latest puncture. Katrina bought her new Bulldogs fleecy top before the West Coast game and hasn’t been to a match since. What’s more, she’s never seen the Doggies beat the Cats. When Cat’s Whisker’s [Read more]
AFL Finals–Week 1: Carlton capitulation leaves me stunned
September 6, 2009 by 10 Comments
We have finally reached the month of September and of course in AFL circles this signifies the finals series. September brings out the best and worst in all involved with the football world as the Top 8 teams strive for that elusive premiership cup. Two of those sides, the Brisbane Lions and Carlton, are to [Read more]
AFL Finals — Week 1: Cats steady to keep Dogs at bay
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I woke up on Saturday morning, eagerly awaiting the game between the Cats and the Dogs, for the second time in two weeks. At one o’clock I turned it on the VFL, Casey Scorpions v Collingwood. The Scorpions came out and got thumped; they were down 0-21 when I turned it off to watch a [Read more]
Local Footy: Late Paringa goal extends Bulldogs’ premiership drought
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By Nick Kossatch Paringa won a nail-biting Independent Football League grand final against gallant Wunkar by six points at Moorook Oval on Saturday when forward Anthony Lippis drilled truly after the final siren.
AFL Finals — Week 1: Cats’ victory completes family circle
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By Roy Hay It was never a problem hitching one’s wagon to a Geelong star in 1977. Having supported provincial losers all my life, specifically Ayr United whose trophy drought in Association Football in Scotland exceeded that of Geelong in the AFL until 2007, I was always a gimme. For years I sat in the [Read more]
Racing: Reviews of Flemington, Randwick and Warracknabeal on 5 September
September 6, 2009 by 2 Comments
Mark “Makybe” Freeman writes: Ten thousand and one, ten thousand and two… gidday Daff, we’ve nailed the quaddie!!!! Pipe-dreaming on those amounts, punters, but we pushed firmly into the black with some wins today. One of the Little Lonhs saluted in the Chelsmsford, O’lonhro, and gave us a collect of $145 for our pineapple on [Read more]
AFL Finals — Week 1: Top End memories take edge off a Bomber fan’s pain
September 5, 2009 by 1 Comment
I made a great discovery some 12 weeks ago: the best way to meet your indigenous brothers in the Top End is to wear an Essendon cap. I reckon I had at least 4 conversations a day in Darwin and its surrounds by people calling out, “GO BOMBERS!”. I really enjoyed the chance to chat [Read more]
AFL Finals — Week 1: Crows crush Bombers and I pocket small sum
September 5, 2009 by 2 Comments
Yes! The finals have arrived. After a long week at school (that old cliché) I am jumping around my house in celebration. The finals, for me, means momentarily forgetting about your team and concentrating on the best eight teams of the comp.
AFL Round 22: Everyone’s a winner when Saints squeeze past Dees
September 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Margaret Duncan It is the last match for Melbourne in the 2009 season, a team with the dubious honour of being on the bottom of the league ladder. St Kilda are on top. But after two losses in the previous two weeks, and after 19 straight wins before that, they are a bit rattled. [Read more]
Sports Science: Why most speed training drills are a waste of time
September 4, 2009 by 9 Comments
By Clint Youlden So what do all these ‘innovative’ sprint-training drills do for a footballer? I emphasise innovative there because the most common form of sprint drills is mostly a series of exercises I can only label as ‘time wasters’, by ‘experts’ who’ve read a few textbooks in the acquisition of speed. A good example [Read more]
Poetry: From the Bounce by Michael Viljoen
September 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
From that first cherry plucked when Adam was small To when suburban clan rivalries divided us all Words mêlée and fight as our poets recite The deeds and the lore of football Though others assume this most sacred name As rugby, and gridiron, even soccer may claim Of feats gazed upon in sport’s pantheon From [Read more]
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