Write. From the Heart.
Given the Citrus Bob Utber challenge of recent days, we’re reprising this piece from 2016.
There are so many elements to cricket. John Harms looks at the multi-initialled player throughout history. You probably have a favourite. A piece first published in The Cricket Monthly.
Imagine an Adrian Mole-type character thinking back over the childhood competitiveness of two brothers supporting rival teams. Actually, Paul Connolly has already done it for you!
Adam McNicol tipped an upset win for the Tigers before they proceeded to lose by their greatest margin ever! The good news was that the coach said that things would be better in three years.
“As if the Dees didn’t have enough problems with dodgy draft picks, why did the umpires have to give them a hard time, too?” Mark Freeman may well have asked. Why indeed?
A new writing challenge for those who are Twitter inclined, or for those who just value brevity. But hurry! This comp closes 6pm Thursday.
Even during Covid-19 Mickey Randall finds an opportunity to purchase a sausage roll; here’s his review, is it hit or miss?
The Last Dance has captured the world’s attention. But there are local equivalents. Steve Earl presents a terrific short film ‘This is Yarra’ about the Yarra Wild Beasts, a community basketball team with quite a story.
Fitzroy great, Kevin Murray is paid a fitting tribute by David Leydon to celebrate the 65th anniversary of his first game of VFL football.
It’s Round 5, and the confident Saints travel to the Lakeside Oval to take on Bob Skilton’s in-form South Melbourne. Peter Clark’s look back at 1966 continues apace.
Roy Hay reviews a fascinating new release, ‘On The Take: The 1910 Scandal That Changed Australian Football Forever’ by Tony Joel & Mathew Turner. This book is sure to generate much interest for aficionados of football history.
Dips has had enough! Airing his frustration in satirical verse, it’s time to re-open the pubs and let the good times roll he urges. [Ed: We’ll drink to that!]
Swish has opened that other box of SA themed videos. Maybe he shouldn’t have. [But we’re glad he did – Ed].
Dips muses on the push to bring back footy (prematurely?) and the nature of the AFL beast that demands a conversation be had on the merits of the spectacle and its perhaps seedier underbelly.
Brisbane Lions had a convincing win against Fremantle, touted prematch as a season predictor for both teams in their Round 6 2007 match. Andrew Stafford’s report was published in The Footy Almanac 2007.
Collingwood scored 7 posters in their Round 6 2007 win against Adelaide suggests the winning margin could have been much higher. John Kingsmill reported on this game as published in The Footy Almanac 2007.
In the second of his Grand Finals series, John Harms tells the story of the Maroons premiership amid the push for Federation in 1899.
John Gordon remembers the late Graeme Watson, who was a big early influence during his teenage years in Perth.
John Campbell remembers the day his Dad took him and his little brother Lonno to the 1965 Sydney rugby league Grand Final. Caught up in the massive crowd, John and Lonno didn’t see much that day but their experiences, real and imagined, left a huge impression.
‘Jovial Jack Fergie……’ by KB Hill
KB Hill tells us about Jack Ferguson, the Wangaratta Magpies champion full-back and, later, 3NE radio commentator extraordinaire. He was a pretty good shoe salesman, too!