Bill and Bob By Phil Dimitriadis Bill played forward, Bob played back, man on man, the olden days. Body hair, Brylcream, going the whack. Arch rivals these clubs remain, two young men with a bitter secret, who [Read more]
Haiku Bob: inside the arc
June 1, 2009 by 4 Comments
by Haiku Bob inside the arc half moon just the one man inside the arc first chip out wide I reach for my beer night dew the world wobbles on Swan’s kicking moon-punched sky Harry squirts [Read more]
AFL Round 10 (FPS): Pies turn it on at the Greensborough RSL
June 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Ramsdale Collingwood 17.12.114 d Port Adelaide 11.10.76 Encouraged by last week’s showing against the Eagles, the inclusion of Thomas and Didak, and the unpredictable form of our opponents, I crossed the MCG car park with some confidence for one of the few times this year. My companion, the Piesemist, was, as usual, less sanguine. [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Coach turns umpire under the Westgate Bridge
June 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Andrew Fithall Williamstown v Spotswood – Under 16Ds Dickie Fry and I have been sharing the coaching responsibilities of the Williamstown Juniors Under 16Ds. At the beginning of the year when I was first approached to be coach, Dickie was one whose name had come up but was unavailable. He still plays super-rules [Read more]
AFL Round 10: Cats just too good
June 1, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Rod Oaten Geelong 20.14 (134) d Essendon 11.4 (70) I had my misgivings about this match, first of all it’s at Docklands, I can’t recall what they call it these days and frankly don’t care either . This Docklands “Fish Bowl” is a crap ground as far as I’m concerned. Let’s face it there [Read more]
AFL Round 10: Tigers hang on in thriller
June 1, 2009 by 2 Comments
by Michael Allan Another Saturday night, another Richmond game to sit through. Fortunately tonight I don’t have to leave the comfort of the couch to do so. The parents are out tonight so it’s just my Hawthorn supporting sister Bron and I are watching ‘Before the Game.’ I need all laughs I can get before another dismal Richmond loss. Normally I’d be confident against Freo [Read more]
AFL Round 10: Port succumb to humble Pie pressure
June 1, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Nick Kossatch Collingwood 3.1 6.5 15.8 17.12 (114) Port Adelaide 5.2 7.5 9.6 11.10 (76) GOALS Collingwood: Anthony 4, Didak 3, Dick 3, L. Brown 2, Lockyer, Swan, Davis, Clarke, Sidebottom Port Adelaide: Ebert 3, Gray, Rodan, Cassisi, Tredrea, M. Westhoff, Lade, Surjan, Pearce BEST Collingwood: Swan, L. Brown, [Read more]
Jones files: High times on the back of a truck
May 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Richard Jones WHILE broadcasting sports events in Papua New Guinea was never dull, radio work hasn’t been without its moments here in central Victoria. How many metropolitan radio hacks would hoist themselves into the back of ute parked against a country footy ground’s fence? Not to mention a dairy cattle livestock truck positioned adjacent [Read more]
Putting the farm back into footy – Part 1
May 29, 2009 by 9 Comments
In the first of a two-pronged attack, 1960s “footballers” Graeme Willingham (Camperdown and Daylesford FCs) and Owen Beaton (Camperdown, Heywood, Birregurra and Colac FCs) have a plan to put the farm back into footy, real grassroots style. Secretly, they’ve always been our favourites, the ones we look out for, and indeed watch over. Because [Read more]
Speccie voting
May 28, 2009 by 4 Comments
Greatest speccie of all time voting Shaun Smith at the Gabba 45 Jezza 1970 GF 36 Gary Ablett over Pert 23 Ashley Sampi v Melb 20 Trevor Barker on the wing at teh Lake Oval 12 Gary Ablett (snr) v Melb 1989 10 Gary Moorcroft v Doggies 14 Chris Tarrant v Melbourne 2002 7 Brett [Read more]
AFL Round 9: The Cats, Tim Lane and The Bultman
May 28, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Stephen Cooke The Bultman made his way straight to me at a wedding reception after the Cats snagged the Grand Final on that one day to remember. For someone with access to an open bar for more than an hour, his eyes were surprisingly focussed. “What’s it like?” he asked. I told him seeing [Read more]
General footy writing: Carn the Arckos!
May 28, 2009 by 1 Comment
Tired of going to the Royal Park after games at the MCG? Punters looking for a more cerebral letdown after four quarters of footy might consider walking past the Royal Park and heading onto the Richmond Uniting Church in Church Street, where Tim Phillips’ Arcko Symphonic Project is putting on a Pulling the Strings recital [Read more]
In the Sheds: Not a level playing field
May 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
One of the great things about footy is that every ground is different. Unlike soccer and rugby pitches, which are uniform in dimension, footy grounds can be as big as the sky or as small as a pie, with straight wings or bulbous wings or a kink in one pocket. Another factor that sets grounds [Read more]
General footy writing: The top ten stepladders
May 28, 2009 by 8 Comments
By Paul Daffey 1. Garry Lyon The former Melbourne captain is to be commended for his habit of getting in front. But such are the pitfalls of this noble practice that it made him the ideal stepladder for some towering marks from spring-heeled teammates. In 1995, Lyon got into the spirit of the construction work [Read more]
Yarra Man: The lowdown on the elite
May 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Tavis Perry THE talk of whether Lou Richards should be inducted into the AFL hall of fame coincided with Jason Akermanis’ 300th game. Aker is undoubtedly one of my favourite all-time players. The subsequent articles on him and the hall of fame inductees made for some interesting reading on one of my favourite topics: [Read more]
AFL Round 9: Hawks do enough
May 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Steve Healy This game was never going to be a blockbuster. But how can a game be a blockbuster when it is played in a Sunday twilight timeslot? I hopped on the train at an unfamiliar time in the afternoon for the second time in five weeks. Luckily, it wasn’t a Demons home game [Read more]
AFL Round 9: Dogs may be the real deal after all
May 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Josh Barnstable I am very nervous. I’m on the phone, waiting to be introduced. As I sit there, Kathy Bedford and Peter ‘Crackers’ Keenan talk footy and are about to introduce me to the Friday Afternoon panel. Finally I’m given an introduction and my radio gig flows nicely. Asked for my tip on tonight’s [Read more]
AFL Round 9: Port blown away
May 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Nick Kossatch With the Western Bulldogs just failing against unbeaten Geelong – Port’s match against the contested-ball kings, Sydney, was a chance for the club to gain respect from afar as well as outright third on the AFL premiership ladder. It was time for the Power to show their mettle, away from the safe [Read more]
AFL Round 9: Kangas fight back
May 26, 2009 by 2 Comments
by Josh Barnstable Saturday’s are about sleeping in and enjoying a nice day at home in the warmth of the lounge room watching the footy. Not for me though. Up at seven today after a late night of watching the footy. I really don’t feel like playing footy as I would rather go back to [Read more]
Haiku Bob: poking holes
May 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Dreamtime – end to end Leon poking holes in the rolling zone real-time TV Pendlebury spots targets out of picture Anthony shoots – the moon post-high Indian summer we suddenly kick it to the hot spots [Read more]
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