In preparation for Saturday’s season decider, let’s go back to the last time this year’s Grand Finalists clashed for the flag – 1954 – and revisit how that match unfolded.
Memories of Bob and the Mighty Blues: Tony De Bolfo with John Menzies
September 21, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Carlton Media’s Tony De Bolfo shares the thoughts of John Menzies, lifelong Carlton supporter and also the nephew of the former Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies. It’s a journey back to a different age.
Almanac Footy: Screw the Brownlow
September 20, 2021 by 27 Comments
Old Dog just cannot abide the Brownlow as it is these days. And, while he has the floor, he has a crack at a few other contemporary elements of AFL footy on the way.
Sausage Roll Review: The Port Elliot Bakery
September 20, 2021 by 14 Comments
Mickey Randall took on a titan of the SA bakery industry for the first time. Was it worth the wait?
Almanac (Cartoon) Footy – AFL Grand Final 2021: What a MARVEL-ous game it may be!
September 20, 2021 by 1 Comment
Yvette Wroby is reliving every Marvel movie this lockdown; it has inspired her cartoon insights into this year’s Grand Final. May the best team win, and may the game be spectacular and marvel-ous!
Almanac Teams: Twenty-one gun salute (1980- )
September 20, 2021 by 3 Comments
There might not be a hidden ace up the sleeve in Rodney Boyd’s best of Number 21 team, but this side has plenty of solid depth in important areas of the ground.
Almanac Politics and Footy: Who else was in government when your team won the flag…and a winner in 2021!
September 20, 2021 by 5 Comments
Following hot on the heels from her last take on politics and footy, Anne Cahill Lambert adds further layers in reponse to queries and comments.
Almanac book review – Nick Richardson’s ‘Chadwick: a man of many parts’ by Roger Lowrey
September 20, 2021 by 1 Comment
Roger Lowrey reviews the biography of one of the most influential figures in Victorian sports, business and administration history, Sir Albert Chadwick.
Almanac Rugby – The Rugby Championship: Round 4
September 20, 2021 by 2 Comments
After Quade turned back the clock last week, the Wallabies backed it up with a performance over the Springboks that has Brian the Ruminator very excited about their possibilities at the next world cup.
Almanac Footy: A Grand Final week postcard from the Tiwi Islands where a whisper of history is at play
September 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Mention the Tiwi Islands and you immediately think football, and haven’t they produced some greats! Michael Sexton presents a postcard from the islands in the lead up to the Grand Final.
Almanac Politics and Footy: Who was in government when your team won the flag?
September 19, 2021 by 8 Comments
Anne Cahill Lambert lives in Canberra. By her own admission ACL’s life revolves around footy and politics. Here she considers which party was in power at the time teams have won the flag. [It’s a bit of fun – Ed]. And she night be fishing for a prediction.
Almanac Footy: Why Grannies ain’t what they used to be
September 17, 2021 by 3 Comments
Prominent sports journalist Ron Reed, ponders the question of how much footy has changed since the last time the Demons and the Bulldogs played off for the flag. Beyond recognition he suggests, and so has the way it is written about – and by whom.
Grand Final – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: Bulldogs Anonymous
September 17, 2021 by 8 Comments
Neil Anderson channels the great work of AA inputting together this personal Bulldog admission based on years of not getting to the big dance and then suddenly in the last few years, ‘the chance to take your partners.’
Almanac Racing: Sal’s Preview – So we are off to the races!
September 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli picks a few winners for punters from the fields racing at Randwick and Caulfield this weekend.
Almanac Footy: WAFL finals thrillers
September 16, 2021 by 2 Comments
Great weather, good crowds, and two very close finals matches were played in the WAFL last weekend reports Les Everett.
Balcony Banter – The Preliminaries
September 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Lynda Carroll shares the whole range of emotions she experienced as her Dees took on the Cats in the Preliminary Final last weekend.
Almanac (Footy) Musing: On Footy Commentary
The Muse is musing on footy commentary, and boy oh boy, wowee, he doesn’t miss, as he passes the time until his beloved Bulldogs play in their second grand final in six years.