By Nathan Ryan The difference in community outrage between bad behaviour from sportspeople to musicians is astounding and one that I’ve never been able to fathom. Rock stars are lauded for their extravagant, live-on-the-edge lifestyles. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimmy Barnes, the Gallagher brothers … they’re all open about their current or previous drug use. […]
General footy writing: Sports stars should have no more expectations on them than rock stars
June 15, 2009 by 1 Comment
Local Footy: Steve Armstrong — a man for all footy seasons
June 15, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Pamela Sherpa When Steve Armstrong isn’t busy with football and family, he’s busy with football. In the city of Goulburn, NSW, Australian football exists alongside the larger organisations of rugby, soccer and hockey. Steve isn’t involved at one level of footy: he is involved at every level. He organises the footy team at the […]
AFL Round 11: Pies smash the hapless Dees
June 15, 2009 by 299 Comments
by Steve Healy Queen’s Birthday games between these two teams are always great to watch, where one of the game’s great rivalries between Melbourne and Collingwood battle it out on a Monday afternoon in the middle of the season. The Demons had won the last four out of five after just losing last year‘s game. […]
AFL Round 12: Lights, Camera, Cousins!
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by Michael Allan As I walk through the turnstiles looking around for the absent Record seller, I notice something unusual, West Coast supporters are everywhere. How could I forget? Tonight, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Cousins” (I was drafted under exceptional circumstances) crosses another plot in this gripping saga as Ben faces his old club West Coast. […]
AFL Round 12: Saints hit the dozen
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By Damian Watson All week, in the words of the Easybeats I had “Friday On My Mind” as I had a long four days completing my Year Nine exams. Friday was also on the minds of everyone involved at Carlton and St.Kilda as they prepared for a Friday Night blockbuster at Etihad Stadium. As I […]
Jones files: My top ten in the Bendigo footy league
June 12, 2009 by 9 Comments
THE Almanac’s Paul Daffey asked me recently whether I’d considered compiling a list of the best players I’d seen in three decades of reporting on the Bendigo Football League. That got me thinking. My first season of writing about Bendigo footy was way back in 1977 — 33 years ago. Is it fair or reasonable […]
AFL Round 10: Pies and Power spark thoughts of AC/DC
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By David Enticott There is nothing better than hearing AC/DC on the radio. In the midst of countless tiresome oldies their music stands out like granite in a swampy morass of easy listening. AC/DC reminds me of factories near my childhood home in Cheltenham in the 1970s- all grease and sweat and industry. These were […]
Mid-season review: from Josh Barnstable
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by Josh Barnstable So, after Round 11 and approaching the mid-season break, just how does each club stand in the Premiership race that is hotting up by the round? And what about the very close Coleman Medal? Ladder: 1st St Kilda Played=11 Won=11 Lost=0 Points for=1160 Points against=633 %=183.25 Points=44 2nd Geelong Played=11 Won=11 Lost=0 […]
Channel 31 Local Footy Show: Big show planned for Friday night
June 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Ian Bennett www.localfootyshow.com.au On this week’s LOCAL FOOTY SHOW shown on C31 Friday Night at 7.30pm for one hour and again on Saturday Morning starting at 9am for the full hour and a half show. This week’s match for highlights, interviews and presentations from the Worksafe Country Championships between MPNFL Vs WGLFL played […]
Memoir: The McInerney Rule
June 12, 2009 by 7 Comments
by Dips O’Donnell I bet every Primary School has at least one kid who was much bigger, stronger and faster than everyone else. At my Primary School his name was McInerney. He could run, jump, throw, fight, and play football like a man, at the age of nine. There was no […]
AFL Round 11: Carlton sneak home
June 12, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Josh Barnstable This match will be an absolute cracker. A gun up one end of the field, and quite a controversial one (Brendan Fevola) while the twin towers await the Blue defence up the other end (Jonathan Brown and Daniel Bradshaw). A different role has presented itself to Bradshaw in recent weeks though, with […]
Understanding Richmond: How Helen D’Amico caused the demise of a once great football club
June 12, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Andrew Gigacz Putting a finger on the cause of Richmond’s woes over the last quarter of a century is no easy task. There are myriad variables that could have had an influence on the Tiger down-turn. Could there have been a single pivotal moment in the Tiger time-line that can be pinpointed […]
AFL Round 11: Thank God for the Queen and her birthday
June 11, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Josh Barnstable I awake on a Monday at 10:30am. “Uh-oh, I’ve overslept”. I think to myself. Then comes the excitement you get when you realize you haven’t overslept, you’ve just enjoyed a good sleep in on a day off school. With that excitement, I bury my head into my pillow for a further 15 […]
AFL Round 7: Freo break their Queensland duck
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Carlton versus Fremantle 7.10pm, Saturday 9 May 2009 Carrara Oval (Gold Coast Stadium), Gold Coast, QLD By Dianne Waddingham A quick scan of the 2009 fixture had Fremantle’s first away game outside Victoria in the glitzy, high-rise world of the Gold Coast (and Warwick Capper). Carlton sold their souls for the mighty dollar to play […]
Yarra Man: Rugby league origin games go all right
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By Tavis Perrry As an avid sports lover, I really enjoyed watching the rugby league state-of-origin clash between NSW and Queensland, in particular the maroons’ star-studded and highly formidable defensive end. With AFL being my footy code of choice, I couldn’t help but compare the differences that I see between the AFL and NRL. The […]
AFL Round 11: Hawks home on a gloomy Sunday afternoon
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Hawthorn V Sydney by Steve Healy It was a lazy Sunday Afternoon on the long weekend. I sat down and watched the Sunday Footy Show. Dean Bailey was on and he was being asked the usual questions and giving the usual answers. At one o’clock I took the laptop into my room and listened to […]
Coach speculation: On Mark Williams
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John Kingsmill One of the curious aspects of the Port Adelaide/Mark Williams engagement is that the more victories Power stacks up this year, the harder it will be for Port to afford to retain him. If, for example, the Alberton waters split asunder and Power wins the 2009 premiership, suddenly Williams will […]
AFL Round 11: cloudburst by Haiku Bob
June 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
cloudburst Queen’s Birthday the number one pick rubs shoulders with the best this day looks no different yet eight unanswered goals dark clouds and Presti shut out any light cloudburst – goal sharks spill over themselves for […]
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