pre-match the dressing room fills with smoke Community Cup – decked out in team colours the family dog in the clinches beer guts hold right of way burly rover streams forward way up ahead his former self rain comes the crowd on the hill unmoved [Read more]
State-level Footy: Clarence player flashes into Tassie footy folklore
June 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Bill Walker With the current Ute Gate affair taking national headlines away from Tasmania, where a Labor minister recently fell on her sword simply for employing her mother and two sisters without considering due process, a southern Tasmanian footballer has taken the initiative to steal the headlines back where they belong — and flash [Read more]
Local Footy: University of New England footballers spread the word
June 22, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Rod Gillett Most uni footy clubs are renowned for getting up to some hi-jinx. The Bushpigs based at Charles Sturt University’s Wagga campus claim to be “Australia’s most socially innovative football club” while the University of Queensland’s Red Lions took the their nickname from the Glencoe pub – an historic hotel on the New [Read more]
General Footy Writing: The ultimate Cats man has an inexplicable flaw
June 22, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Damian O’Donnell I’ve got a mate who barracks for Geelong. I hadn’t seen him for a few months, but bumped into him at a house-warming function on Saturday afternoon. Describing Bunter as a barracker is completely inadequate. Words like “supporter” or “member” or even “Cats man” also fall a long way short. These describe [Read more]
AFL Round 12: The Wrap
June 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Mosig What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. A short one, true, but full of drama. Firstly The Bombers risk a fine for bringing THE GAME into disrepute with a thorough spanking of The Wretched Redlegs. The Pies run hot for Coach Brewery’s 600th and put a bit off pressure on the [Read more]
VAFA: Round 9 wrap
June 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Daffey Old Xaverians and De La Salle have stamped themselves as clearly the best two A-section teams at the season’s halfway mark after notching further impressive victories at the weekend. Xavs demolished Collegians by 100 points at Toorak Park in a match that said as much about the losers as the winners. On [Read more]
VAFA: Williamstown CYMS v Old Westbourne
June 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
SENIORS WILLIAMSTOWN 8.6 9.6 13.8 14.10-94 OLD WESTBOURNE 0.0 4.1 4.2 7.5-47 WILLIAMSTOWN Goal Kickers: T. Wheeler 4, W. Cooper 2, Z. Read 2, J. Reid 2, S. Barlow, B. Gray, N. Walsh, B. Lethborg Best Players: J. Hynes, S. McGuinness, Z. Read, J. Connors, B. Hynes, T. Wheeler OLD WESTBOURNE Not available Williamstown CYMS [Read more]
AFL Round 12: Sydney v Collingwood: Victory is determined by whether I record the game or not
June 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Andrew Fithall Given every supporter controls the outcome of every match, it is amazing there are ever outcomes at all. Some people affect the result by attending the game, some by not attending. Listening to the game live on radio when the telecast is delayed has also been known to directly affect the performance [Read more]
AFL Round 12: Shaw, the slipping Swan
June 22, 2009 by 7 Comments
by Danielle Eid Ahh, can it get any better? Exams are over and my family is happy to have the ‘normal’ Danni back. I was able to ace my Literature, History and Media exams (haven’t got my English back yet) However to my dismay I produced a Rhyce Shaw by slipping on my accounting exam. [Read more]
General Footy Writing: How teenage girls choose a footy team
June 22, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Danielle Eid My friends can never understand, and will never understand, my attachment to footy. They don’t see a reason to fuss over a key player getting reported, or to cry over a rivalry thrashing. At school I’m known for two things: 1. My obsession with the Jonas Brothers (my favorite boy band, especially [Read more]
AFL Round 12: Sydney v Collingwood: Pies make Shaw of strong win
June 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Fahey One of the unfortunate consequences of the draft has been the frequency with which siblings end up at different clubs. Let’s call it the Selwood phenomenon, if it doesn’t already have a name. While the father-son rule has been great in helping maintain and build family traditions within clubs, siblings ending up [Read more]
Middle East Correspondent: Riverina review puts Farrer clubs in danger
June 21, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Rod Gillett There will be no forced mergers of club, according to the Review of Australian Football & Netball in Southern NSW released in Wagga on Friday. It’s a review that proposes a blending of the current Riverina and Farrer football leagues into a new competition to be known as AFL Riverina. In a [Read more]
AFL Round 12: Richmond v West Coast: Tiger Kop barely moved to song by humdrum win
June 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Sam Steele They’ve got a Kop at Richmond these days! Rushing into Docklands just as the ball is bounced, I’m expecting a new dawn of sorts as the Tigers start life under new coach, Jade Rawlings. He’s dropped all the old-timers in the team apart from Cousins, and is expecting our youngest team in [Read more]
Round 12: Carlton v St Kilda: Even a Tigers fan admits the Blues deserves praise
June 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Sam Steele I’m home alone – a rare event in the Steele household. Older son Tom has gone to the game with some university mates. Younger son Billy is at a party. My better half, the non-footballing Yang to the football-mad Yin of the three boys in the family, is having a family reunion [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats: Mega mid-season stat declaration
June 20, 2009 by 2 Comments
Forget all the other mid-season reviews. Here are the four most important things so far gleaned from this season: 1. FOOTY TIPSTERS TIPPING TIP – WHEN TO PICK CARLTON So many factors come into play when deciding which team to pick on a Friday afternoon. Is player X in this week? Is player Y carrying [Read more]
The Wrap: Part 2 of Round 12
June 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Mosig What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The big question is out there in The Burbs, at The Family Club. Is the Football Department about to be Jeffed? They’re certainly playing as though they already have been. The news came in the form of an apology from The Prez, to the [Read more]
Jones Files: The day Moresby fight fans heckled Smokin’ Joe
June 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Richard Jones SMOKIN’ Joe Frazier, one-time world heavyweight boxing champion, landed in Port Moresby in late March 1975. Joe and his entourage flew in from Melbourne where Joe had beaten a top rated opponent in Jimmy Ellis in a scheduled 12-rounder. In fact Frazier won on a ninth round TKO with Ellis unable to [Read more]
AFL Fans: Curse You Harms, You’re Right (about Crows fans)
June 18, 2009 by 8 Comments
I could tell from the opening words of John Harm’s article on Patrick Dangerfield that there was trouble ahead.
AFL fans: A Crows fan is a Crows fan is a Crows fan
June 18, 2009 by 13 Comments
by John Harms I am worried about Patrick Dangerfield. He seems like such a nice boy. He’s from the Geelong area. Innocent. He knows the country air, the surf and the sea of Moggs Creek, the smell of freshly mown fairways, and the sound of new-born lambs feebly bleating. He was born under the reign [Read more]
The Wrap: Round 12 and a bit
June 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
THE WRAP – ROUND XI THE LADDER ST KILDA 12 0 173.62 48 GEELONG 11 0 153.00 44 FOOTSCRAY 8 4 125.89 32 BRISBANE 7 5 101.40 28 ADELAIDE 7 5 100.19 28 CARLTON 6 6 114.52 24 CARRINGBUSH 6 5 107.79 24 [Read more]
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