September is one of my favourite months of the year. Full of high quality football matches and no Richmond thrashings. Dad and I always get full use out of our AFL memberships by going to as many finals as possible. This year we’ve got off to a good start as on Saturday we were at [Read more]
Local Footy: Benalla and District league’s demise is a sad event in country footy
September 8, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Hamish Cameron This September, spare a thought for Victoria’s smallest football league. After years of conjecture and a recent review by the Victorian Country Football League administration, the Benalla and District Football League has been deemed unsustainable. Therefore, following the finals, the league will disband – after more than 60 years of blood, sweat, [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats: Saints primed to put their number in the frame
September 8, 2009 by 12 Comments
Andrew Gigacz’s Finals Week 1 Stat. Declaration IT’S PRIME TIME FOR THE SAINTS While none of this week’s final scores were prime numbers, if you add them all together you get 761, which IS a prime number and it seems to me the Saints are primed to take their first flag in 43 years. 43 [Read more]
AFL Finals — Week 1: Saints have Pies’ measure
September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
It’s Sunday afternoon, and it’s slightly overcast. I’m home alone (which is good, because I won’t have to turn the sound way up and I’ll be able to hear the commentary) and the Saints are playing the Pies in a blockbuster Qualifying final at the ‘G. There are no changes to either team. I watch [Read more]
AFL Finals — Week 1: Comeback kings on top after one of the great finals finishes
September 7, 2009 by 1 Comment
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.
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
September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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
September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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
September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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
September 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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
September 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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
September 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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]
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