Sal Ciardulli presents his thoughts and tips for the first week of the finals series. He also tips a few winners at Caulfield.
Finals Week 1 – Sal’s Preview: No Sympathy for the Blues (and some track tips)
August 27, 2021 by 1 Comment
Almanac Basketball: Patty Mills and the Boomers, ‘Not Bad Thanks’
August 27, 2021 by Leave a Comment
We were thrilled by basketball at the highest level with Patty Mills and the Boomers, but there’s another team proud of their exploits, the Not Bad Thanks team. [Ed -great gift idea for Father’s Day]
Almanac Music: When Will You Fall For Me?
August 27, 2021 by 5 Comments
We all have those songs that go round and round in our heads, and get stuck there – this can be for days on end. In this Friday’s column, KD writes about his current one.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 24: Off-field interference
August 26, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The Bunker provided more problems than solutions in last weekend’s NRL matches. Ian Hauser weighs in with his take on their interference and looks ahead to this weekend’s penultimate Round 24.
Almanac Music: Vale Charlie Watts
August 26, 2021 by 5 Comments
The Footy Almanac pays tribute to Charlie Watts, legendary drummer of The Rolling Stones, who has passed away aged 80.
‘A dream fulfilled for Son of a Gun…’ by KB Hill
August 26, 2021 by 1 Comment
KB Hill checked out some of the emerging talent at the recent Wang Rovers v Corowa-Rutherglen Kangaroos clash.
Almanac Footy Review: VFL season 1971, Round 22
August 25, 2021 by 3 Comments
Glen! takes Almanackers back 50 years as he remembers the final round of VFL season 1971.
Almanac Footy – Country Footy Ovals
August 25, 2021 by Leave a Comment
During his travels through Western Australia, Paul Buxton came across Mullewa, in the midst of wildflower country, and a game of footy.
Almanac Music: The Rolling Stones’ Best 50 Songs
August 25, 2021 by 25 Comments
RIP Charlie Watts, the drummer of the Rolling Stones, who passed away in a London hospital on the 24th of August. He was 80. In this article posted earlier in August, Smokie recounted his top 50 Rolling Stones songs, more topical today than ever.
Geelong’s Record Run – Round 10, 1953: Carlton v Geelong – Cats coast home
August 25, 2021 by 2 Comments
Peter Clark’s newest entry to his series sees Geelong scrape a win at Princes Park, as a fast-finishing Carlton team waste a golden opportunity. Geelong’s record run continues.
Almanac Art: Wednesday night – Disrupted
August 25, 2021 by 1 Comment
Kate Birrell’s latest, on listening to Raf Epstein during Melbourne’s latest lockdown.
Almanac Books: ‘Neil Harvey: The Last Invincible’ – Ashley Mallett
August 24, 2021 by 1 Comment
Ashley Mallett tells the wonderful story of Test great Neil Harvey’s illustrious cricket career in the recently released, ‘Neil Harvey: The Last Invincible’.
Almanac Footy: Two Saints but not Saintly?
August 24, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Citrus Bob Utber remembers a couple of former Saints, Milne McCooke and Eric Guy, and their careers in the West Gippsland Football League.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 23 Review – Well, that’s it then!
August 24, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Although it’s been a tough year for the Collingwood faithful, Cam Hooke’s analytic and insightful weekly reports are always welcome.
Almanac Life: A Covid-19 walk with Colin and a mask….
August 24, 2021 by 2 Comments
Yvette Wroby is out and about walking her dog Colin. She has created some drawings of their walk.
Almanac Poetry: ‘These Shifting Greys’ – Tommy Mallet
August 24, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The bush may be tough when there’s work to done but its natural beauty cannot be denied as Tommy Mallet’s poem ‘These Shifting Greys’ implies.
Almanac Life: Macbeth marks strongly but misses to the near side
August 23, 2021 by 4 Comments
There’s luckily no curse to reckon with for Mickey Randall as his pub preoccupation serves as the matinee for a Shakespearean tragedy…or is it the other way around?
Round 23 – Essendon v Collingwood: Pies’ annus horribilis ends with a whimper (Floreat Pica Society)
August 23, 2021 by 1 Comment
The good news is that Steve Fahey was reminded of the final round of 1987 while watching this week’s games – often considered the best round of footy in recent history. The bad news is Collingwood have inhabited a similar low rung of the ladder to that of 34 years ago…and in 2021 there were no last hurrahs, only a whimper.
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