What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. THE TIGERS exit Season 2009 in pretty much the same way they entered it – with an embarrassing thumping, this time at the hands of next years’ big improver. The Hoopers got back on the winners’ list with an impressive win in the wet down at The [Read more]
VAFA: De La replace Tigers in second spot on day of Ammos drama
August 31, 2009 by 5 Comments
There was only one change of note on the A- and B-section ladders after Saturday’s final round, but there was a lot of drama before what turned out to be little movement. In A-section, De La Salle earned the double chance after replacing St Bede’s-Mentone Tigers in second place with an 87-point victory at Waverley [Read more]
AFL Round 22: The only thing worse than a humiliating Carlton defeat is the feedback from cocky Crows supporters who’ve ventured across the border
August 31, 2009 by 2 Comments
The incomparable element of Round 22 is the excitement surrounding the matches that will shape the finals series. The best example is final round of the 1987 season when Steve Kernahan’s wobbly helicopter punt after the siren against North Melbourne at Waverley gave the Blues top spot and of course the hysteria surrounding the Melbourne [Read more]
General Footy Writing: A word of thanks for Glenn Manton
August 31, 2009 by 19 Comments
I will never forget my Year 11 retreat day. Retreats in all-girl schools usually mean one thing: crying. The retreat I remember the most was Year 9 and it was the last ‘Footsteps’ session. The whole year level was lying on the carpet in a dark hall crying our eyes out as girls made up [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Musings from a Swans fan on the Eade factor
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Although raised as a diehard South Melbourne supporter, I was euphoric when they moved to Sydney in 1982. Finally, I thought, I am going to be able to experience the feeling of seeing my poor, humble, working-class team win a flag.
General Footy Writing: As curious as it might sound, I’m a Crows supporter and I love my club
August 31, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Richard Arrowsmith A little while back I quoted Mark Bickley when he said on his retirement: “I have a club that I love, and it loves me back”. More recently, I wrote of Patrick Dangerfield: “… if I have anything to say about it, Danger Mouse is going to love his club, and his [Read more]
AFL Round 22: Arrrrggghhhh!!! Magpies force me to attack Nutella jar with a spoon
August 31, 2009 by 22 Comments
On Friday night I decided not to watch the footy after hearing that my favourite actor Colin Firth’s movie Nanny McPhee was on the TV. By the end of the movie I felt so very annoyed, I said: “Be damned Colin Firth! Why do you have to be 49 years old AND married?” Colin is [Read more]
Round 22: Tigers find a fitting way to end the season
August 31, 2009 by 1 Comment
At the start of the season this game was going to mean a lot. It was going to be Richmond’s victory leading into its first finals campaign since 2001; it was hopefully also going to be the homecoming and celebration of Ben Cousins returning to Subiaco to face his old club. Twenty-one rounds later and [Read more]
AFL Round 22: Bombers charge down home straight towards the finals
August 31, 2009 by 2 Comments
So it all comes down to this. We must beat last year’s premiers to make the eight. Them or us. Desperation is the name of today’s game. The Bombers have made hard work of trying to make the finals. Winning thrillers against top teams but failing to consolidate against lower placed teams has placed us [Read more]
Local Footy: Loxton win through to Riverland Grand Final
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By Nick Kossatch The Loxton Tigers are through to the RFL A grade Grand Final after their fighting 14-point win against the Waikerie Magpies in the 2nd Semi-Final at Loxton North oval.
AFL Round 22: We are Collingwood
August 31, 2009 by 3 Comments
The equation for this game was incredibly simple, even for Collingwood. All we had to do was not lose by more than twenty-two points. A loss by less than this amount would give us a game against the Cats next week (possibly minus Chapman and S. Johnson) and would also mean that we avoided Adelaide’s [Read more]
AFL Round 22: Eagles end season with a walk in the park
August 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The last round of the season has come upon us, which is always sad for supporters, especially the ones who barrack for bottom eight sides. This game is one that means nothing: 12th v 15th.
Racing: Review for Caulfield and Rosehill on 29 August
August 30, 2009 by 20 Comments
Mark “Makybe” Freeman writes: Victory was ours punters – and stick with the footyalmanac tipsters: we’re fit and in form. It started with your correspondent wagering Daff’s Monopoly money firmly on Mic Mac’s nose, who duly saluted in the Memsie in a display showing he’s more than capable of mixing with the topliners in stakes [Read more]
The Pre-Wrap, Round XXII: Buddy appeal a strange one for family club
August 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
For the Philosophical Marngrook Follower What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Hawks’ appeal against the one week suspension of Big Buddy (Fast becoming Bad Boy Buddy – Ed) was always doomed. And one can only surmise why they wrote out the cheque. Reminiscent of Black Jack’s war of attrition on the Artful [Read more]
Racing: Now’s the time to place your cups double bets
August 28, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Chris Riordan Doubles bookies always promote their dire liabilities, neglecting to mention the stream of lost bets that line their coffers. They, and we, queue up each year in the battle- them for a consistent earn and us, not just for the riches, but the bragging rights that accompany a long-range plonk.
Racing: Preview for Caulfield and Sandown on 29 and 30 August
August 28, 2009 by 11 Comments
Mark “Makybe” Freeman writes: Punters, it’s all on again with a huge card at the Heath , while at Rosehill it’s the first Group 1 of the season, the Golden Rose for the three-year-olds. If you’re having a punt this spring, make sure you have a squizz online (bigpond is free) or on TVN at [Read more]
General Footy Writing: A gap in the script
August 28, 2009 by 1 Comment
By John Kingsmill 5.20pm, Monday 24 August 2009 5AA drivetime sport radio -o- Graham Cornes: An email from John Kingsmill: “Every night, now, you two have a domestic squabble on air.” Stephen Rowe: Yeah? What about? GC: Oh, because you said something off air about Port Adelaide and I said… SR: Because I said it [Read more]
Jones Files: Golden nuggets found in 1949 Football Record
August 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
IN LATE winter 1949 I watched Geelong play Footscray at Kardinia Park. Other matches on the VFL schedule that weekend were all played at suburban venues: Princes Park, Windy Hill, Punt Road, Victoria Park and the Junction Oval. The competition had 12 teams, a number that had stayed intact from 1925 right through the Depression [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Ungarie junior premiership ushers in next generation of Danihers
August 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
On the eve of the Footy Almanac lunch on Friday 28 August, at which Anthony Daniher and Adam McNicol will talk about Adam’s recently released biography of The Danihers, comes the news out of the Riverina that there are some more Danihers on the way to the AFL! What would you expect when the Daniher [Read more]
Fifth Test: A good night spoiled as Punter’s exit sums up series
August 27, 2009 by 4 Comments
by John Harms I’m feeling really ripped off. About the cricket. Even more ripped off than I felt in 1975 when those activists dug up the pitch at Headingley and McCosker and Walters didn’t get the chance to chase the huge total England had set for them. They would have got `em. My 13-year-old mind [Read more]
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