By John Dunne YOU can never underplay the relevance of the ladder in football. And while it may be stating the obvious, it was rammed home to me in no uncertain terms back in the late 1980s. I was domiciled in the hub of north-east Victoria in a place called Wangaratta and in the [Read more]
Footy yarn: Never under-estimate the importance of the ladder in football
June 8, 2009 by 4 Comments
AFL Round 11: And that was that, for Tiger Terry.
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by John Green After weeks of wondering when the guillotine blade is going to drop, Terry Wallace has left the scaffold and decided to go of his own accord. The Tigers’ clash with the Western Bulldogs is to be his last as Richmond coach. There is a curious irony in Wallace’s swansong. He is competing [Read more]
AFL Round 11: Magpies fly through exams
June 8, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Danielle Eid With year 11 comes the stress of VCE exams and with that comes my chocolate obsession. (Im an emotional eater) The notion of locking myself up in my room with books became a reality. My head buzzing with endless facts about the Legal system, Kristallnacht, Literature quotes and God knows what else. [Read more]
AFL Round 11: Edge of your Geelong seat?
June 8, 2009 by 13 Comments
by John Harms Geelong 15.9.99 d West Coast 11.11.77 I’m not sure I’m enjoying my footy the way I did a few years ago. Sounds ridiculous really. But it’s a different experience now. In the old days of watching from the couch I wouldn’t be interrupted. Nothing would break my concentration. It was all too in-the-balance. How [Read more]
AFL Round 11: The Dons v Tyson Edwards’ receding hairline
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by Rod Oaten Two things wrong with this game, the Dons are playing at the ground behind Spencer Street Railway Station and they are playing an interstate team, called Adelaide. This footy ground is like a giant fish bowl even more so when it started to drizzle and they closed the roof. Not my ideal [Read more]
Women’s footy: Vics win national championship
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by Leesa Catto The BIG V claimed the AFL women’s national championships today with a hard fought thirty-eight point win over West Australia in perfect conditions at Subiaco Oval. In a very tight opening term the Victorian backline was placed under enormous pressure as the W.A team pushed forward relentlessly. W.A led by seven points at quarter time, the [Read more]
Round 11: Richmond v Western Bulldogs – Tigers farwell coach in characteristic fashion
June 6, 2009 by 1 Comment
Tonight is the farewell game for Richmond’s Terry Wallace, his five year plan ending in failure with Richmond not much better off than when he came to the club. But tonight we may see even more farewells. Jordan Mcmuffin has been selected ,while Pettifer and Simmonds will get their last chance to show the new coach [Read more]
Special Feature: Bring the farm to the footy
June 6, 2009 by 3 Comments
1960s “footballers” Graeme Willingham (Camperdown and Daylesford FCs) and Owen Beaton (Camperdown, Heywood, Birregurra and Colac FCs) continue with their plan to recognise the contribution The Farm has made to today’s modern game. Naming a FoFF Farmyard Team of The Centuries is all well and good and has been done by [Read more]
Gigs’ [extra] Stats: Amazing potential ladder, if all falls the right way
June 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Andrew Gigacz Knackers I’ve just taken a break from working on the Pensky file and have come up with the following potential results for the next 12 rounds. If all 96 of those results eventuate, the Round 22 ladder will have all 16 teams on 11 wins and 11 losses. Who [Read more]
Friday preview: Plough’s last hurrah
June 5, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Dan Lonergan I’ve followed the Western Bulldogs since I was six, which stretches back to 1975, when the new cool kid came to school in grade one. He barracked for Footscray and everyone wanted to be his friend, but maybe adopting his footy team was taking it too far. At the time I was [Read more]
General footy writing: Support the [real] supporters
June 5, 2009 by 2 Comments
by Patrick O’Keeffe I don’t really hold any personal grudge against Andrew Demetriou. I haven’t met the bloke. I know that he played football, though I was too young to recall his playing days, which ended before the VFL competition had entered my consciousness. I once held open a restaurant door for him. He [Read more]
Jones files: All aboard for the South Pacific Games
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By Richard Jones BACK in the 1960s and ‘70s inter-Territory and inter-island carnivals were the high points of the sporting calendar for Pacific countries. The emerging island nations to the north and east of Australia contested a wide range of sports disciplines in the event known as the South Pacific Games. The Games were first [Read more]
Supreme Court News: Norfolk and Chance bring a class action against the Richmond Football Club
June 5, 2009 by 2 Comments
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA AT MELBOURNE CLASS ACTION LIST Court No. That Big One Please BETWEEN: RICHARD TETLEY SMITH & OTHERS Plaintiff – and – RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB LTD Defendant STATEMENT OF CLAIM Date of document: 29 May 2009 Filed on behalf of: The Plaintiff Prepared by: NORFOLK & CHANCE Solicitor’s Code: [Read more]
Local Footy: Waikerie hammer Berri
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by Nick Kossatch TOM’S TEN TAUNTS THE DEMONS – RFL ROUND SIX Tom Hyde booted 10 goals in the Waikerie Magpies 50-point drubbing of the Berri Demons in Waikerie. It was Demon Terry Bonner’s 200th senior match not the result he had hoped for. Hyde reeled off four goals in the opening [Read more]
Local Footy: Riverland Superdogs go down in Berri
June 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Nick Kossatch The Riverland Superdogs broke their ‘record-breaking’ winning stretch at Berri Oval after Gawler defeated them by 10 points on Sunday. It was a physical and hard-fought epic and Canadian exchange schoolteacher Steve Deighton (here on holidays in other words!) revelled in overcast conditions. He was in-and-under and continually ran to [Read more]
International footy: Knacker pulls the boots on for the San Jose Hornets
June 4, 2009 by 2 Comments
by James Mackay Some of you may be aware of the footy leagues in the USA. Each area has a few teams and then once a year each district sends a team to the Nationals (Colorado Springs in ’08). The district around San Francisco includes teams from the bay city (known as the knights), the [Read more]
Poetry: Twilight by Andrew Gigacz
June 4, 2009 by 1 Comment
Twilight by Andrew Gigacz Footy is not for Twilight Footy is for Highlights and Lowlights And Friday night Floodlights Twilight is not for footy Twilight is for Goths For Stephanie Meyer and Bella Swan It’s not for footy Twilight is for teenagers and Kristen Stewart It’s for [Read more]
Yarra Man: All together now
June 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Tavis Perry This year I’m playing for Yarrawonga, which is affiliated with the Ovens and Murray Football League. Like a lot of country players I’m living and working in Melbourne, which makes it impossible to get to training with the team in Yarrawonga. This is common for county footballers. Yarrawonga have 13 footballers who [Read more]
AFL Round 10: Dees’ yelp then fade away at Carrara
June 4, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Steve Healy Saturdays have always been good for footy. For me, they begin at my desk in my room when I listen to the coverage of the Saturday Afternoon match on Triple M (apart from the rare occasion when the Demons play in this time slot). This Saturday was a little bit different because [Read more]
AFL Round 10: You can’t kill Collingwood
June 3, 2009 by 5 Comments
by Danielle Eid Having cable TV is always something I take for granted until I have the pleasure of watching my Collingwood boys live in my pjs and fuzzy slippers. With Dale and Didak named in for the side and the MCG advantage it was known to be a Collingwood victory from the begging, until [Read more]
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