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AFL Round 4 – Gold Coast v Hawthorn: Haughty Hawks hark back

Sasha Lennon and family head to Metricon where he kids have to listen to some serious reminiscing until (thankfully for them) the game starts and the Hawks are mighty again.

AFL Grand Final: Riding the bumps with a grin

Well, it took a prod and a push, but it had to come eventually folks. Sasha Lennon gives the unexpurgated Hawthorn view of the Grand Final. [He tries hard to be generous, but it’s very difficult for them – Ed]

Ross Glendinning: Good as gold

Sasha Lennon spoke to Brownlow medallist Ross Glendinning and found a very humble champion.

Gender and reporting in the AFL

Sasha Lennon looks at the complex issue of gender and footy reporting in the AFL.

AFL Round 15 – Geelong v Hawthorn: Like David Bowie and Queen

The argument that the 2008 premiership matters more than the matches the Hawks have lost to the Cats since then is beginning to wear a little thin, writes Hawks fan Sasha Lennon.

AFL Round 4 – Hawthorn v Fremantle: We talked about Dad

Sasha Lennon’s daughter, Molly, reminds him of her Grandad when they’re at the footy. They raised a glass to him, and the mighty Hawks, after their annual trip to Tassie.

AFL Round 3 – Collingwood v Hawthorn: Smart-Bomb

Hawthorn’s well-drilled infantry, led by its indomitable general in Luke Hodge, reminded anyone interested in the fate of the 2013 season why Hawthorn should be rightful premiership contenders, writes Sasha Lennon.

Missing out on a flag

Sasha Lennon wants to profile former players who have missed out on playing in a premiership side and he needs your help.

Footy Town: an experiential book review

Henry Ballard’s attitude to reading changed over the duration of his recently completed Bachelor of Communications degree at Deakin University. “Footy Town” was an integral read for him in the final stages of his course as his review of the book reveals. [Henry was an intern at The Footy Almanac during 2019 – Ed]

The Women’s Footy Almanac 2018 Launch: What a night!

The Women’s Footy Almanac 2018 is officially launched!
Relive a great night at the North Fitzroy Arms on Tuesday night and buy your copy today!

Update on The Women’s Footy Almanac (attention all AFLW contributors!)

Assistant editor Stephanie Connell gives us the latest on the road to publishing The Women’s Footy Almanac.

The Doggies Almanac 2016: a Story of the Year of Wonders, The Year of the Dog

Ian Swan receives a mysterious parcel from a friend. It contains The Doggies Almanac. Here’s his own Doggies story (with thanks to Spider Phillips) – and a little more about great days of Hallora-Strzlecki in the Ellinbank District League. [This is what footy’s about – Ed]

Round 14 – Hawthorn v Gold Coast: Three-peat (Lunching with Huddo)

Continuing the annual Tasmanian pilgrimage, Sasha and Molly Lennon met with Peter Hudson and the Suns wouldn’t set in a closer than expected game for Hawthorn.

The Almanackers: L is for Latham

  Ian Latham has been writing for us for quite a few years now. A Sydney barrister, his words first started popping onto the site a few years ago, as each week he found a way of applying a Greek myth to a footy situation from the weekend’s matches. These pieces were very popular. He [Read more]

The Almanackers: H is for Holt

H is for Holt (all four of them) and for quite a few other Almanac writers. Read about the Hs and think about supporting our campaign.

The medal that never was

Who deserves a premiership medal? In the third part of his Grand Final trilogy, Rick Kane shows how the 2014 Hawthorn squad shines a light on this issue. [You just can’t stop thinking about the 2014 flag can you Trucker Slim? – Ed]

A couple of snippets from The Footy Almanac 2014

Late nights are made easier for The Footy Almanac 2014 editors by some very fine writing, as John Harms explains.

Grand Final Eve Lunch: Lunch was the winner

It was all happening at the Almanac Grand Final Eve lunch on Friday.

If you were there, give us your Brownlow votes for the day.

Almanac Rugby League – The Rugby League Almanac 2013 on-line: Round 4

The Almanac Rugby League writers capture all the action in Round 4, 2013.

Journalism, Gender, Feminist Theory and News Reporting on the AFL

This article reports on a review of selected theory and practice in sports journalism to determine if the prominence of female journalists reporting the news of the AFL could be attributed to a feminist response to the traditional domination of male values in the sports media complex.