With only one round left in the 2007 season, cast your eye over the ladder and familiarise yourself with who should make finals action.
Almanac Horseracing (Yarns): The Sport of Kings and Paupers
August 22, 2020 by 5 Comments
Having stumbled home from the 2018 Caulfield Cup, the fertile mind of The Muse (Hayden Kelly) turns to the characters of his youth up the bush. [There’s a bit of Garrison Keillor about this – JTH]
Almanac (Indigenous) Footy History: Syd Jackson and the 2020 Sir Doug Nicholls Round
August 22, 2020 by 8 Comments
It’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round and this post includes links to various articles and videos about Syd Jackson and the broader history of Indigenous football and footballers in Australia. (Articles by Sean Gorman, Roy Hay, Mike Sexton, Rod Gillett)
Almanac Life: A postcard to Life
August 22, 2020 by 14 Comments
E. regnans has written this postcard to Life. It’s a patchwork of moments and more moments, thoughts and feelings and observations and descriptions. It rolls and drifts all the way to a reassuring conclusion.
Round 13 – Essendon v Richmond: Dreamtime Made In Darwin
August 22, 2020 by 2 Comments
K N Dole has followed his Tigers Australia wide to watch them play and would dearly love to be in Darwin this weekend for the Dreamtime match against the Bombers.
FEARLESS 2020 Round 12: The end of the Festival of Footy round 1…Now for the Doug Nicholls Round…
August 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
FEARLESS 2020 presents his thoughts about the final leg of the festival of footy with his review of the Round 12 matches .
Round 12 / 13 – Review and preview: Cats get the cream, and a great Sir Doug Nicholls Round ahead
August 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Sean Mortell reviews the Round 12 matches before presenting his thoughts and tips for Round 13, a make or break round for many teams.
Round 13 – Sal’s Preview: Tell ’em they’re Dreaming
August 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli presents his previews and tips for all the Sir Doug Nicholls Round games. Sal also casts his eye over the Moonee Valley races for a winner or two.
Almanac Life: ‘Chilla’ Porter, Colac, and childhood memories
August 21, 2020 by 8 Comments
The death of Olympian ‘Chilla’ Porter rekindled many memories for Peter Fuller of the Melbourne Olympics and growing up in rural Victoria around that time.
Almanac Life: An Innocent Man
August 21, 2020 by 8 Comments
Smokie muses on the wrongful arrest of one of his mates at the 1985 Boxing Day Test match.
1981 Revisited – Round 21: ‘De do do do, De da da da’
August 20, 2020 by 4 Comments
Stainless recounts Round 21 of the 1981 season which set the scene for a final round to determine every ladder position for the looming finals series.
Almanac stalwart Yvette Wroby to ‘star’ on Fan Zone this Sunday
August 20, 2020 by 4 Comments
Exclusive to the Footy Almanac: Yvette Wroby takes her footy idiocy one step further with Channel 7’s Fan Zone on Sunday 23rd August at 3.35pm for Brisbane v St Kilda. Fan Zone, here she comes.
‘Whispers……’ by Simone Kerwin
August 20, 2020 by 2 Comments
There’s nothing like a local derby, regardless of the status or standard of the clash. Simone Kerwin laments the absence of the Wangaratta v Rovers clash this year in the O & M League.
Round 12 – West Coast v Hawthorn: Ryan keeps flyin’ and a defender kicking goals
August 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
There’s not much to cheer about in Melbourne’s iso-winter but Cathi Johnston found a tonic when her Eagles took on the Hawks in the battle of the winged predators.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 15 Preview: It’s all about incentive
August 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Some call it incentive to win; others might call it the fear of failure. Round 15 of the NRL has it all, regardless of which interpretation you favour.
Almanac Country Footy: The Dam Buster Ball (now with derby photo)
August 20, 2020 by 3 Comments
Tony Newport tells the story of a cracking derby between Rosebery and Toorak in which his astute coach started him at full forward where the result was decided by the rarest of kicks: the dam buster ball. [Brilliantly described – Ed]
Almanac Footy History: ‘Albert “Pompey” Austin: A man between two worlds’
August 19, 2020 by 13 Comments
Roy Hay has released a new book. ‘Albert ”Pompey” Austin: A man between two worlds’ is Roy’s follow up to his highly successful ‘Aboriginal People and Australian Football in the Nineteenth Century: They Did Not Come from Nowhere’, where he first introduced readers to Pompey Austin. Roy has provided readers with an introduction to his new book.
In search of The Reverse Torp
Vin M ponders the past and the future of The Reverse Torp. A real kick? A party trick? A furphy? His quest takes him to Woodville, Norwood, North Melbourne, the MCG, Birregurra…