Malcolm ‘Rulebook’ Ashwood considers the life and career of a tenacious Geelong (and Redlegs, of course) champion
1966 and all that: Round 1 – Melbourne v St Kilda
April 8, 2020 by 3 Comments
Harold Holt was in Vietnam visiting the troops as Melbourne and St Kilda stepped onto the MCG in front of a big Round 1 ANZAC Day crowd. Peter Clark continues his account of the 1966 VFL season.
The Footy Almanac 2007 Round 2 – Essendon v Fremantle: Dockers struggle to find their feet
April 8, 2020 by 1 Comment
From The Footy Almanac 2007, Les Everett reports on the Round 2 match between Essendon and the Dockers. The Bombers 2 from 2.
Almanac Rugby League – Convent Kids in Clydesdale country (Part 1)
April 8, 2020 by 6 Comments
In our continuing series on rugby league stories, Damian Roache sets the background to his childhood days playing in the Convent Schools competition in Toowoomba. His story concludes tomorrow.
The Footy Almanac 2007 Round 2 – Port Adelaide v North Melbourne: How many Burgoynes can a team have?
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From The Footy Almanac 2007 publication comes the Round 2 report by Sam Pang and Brendan Murray of the match between Port Adelaide. The Burgoyne brothers star for the Power.
Book Review – Women in Boots: Football and Feminism in the 1970s
April 7, 2020 by 2 Comments
“Heather Reid and Marion Stell have combined to tell the stories of a generation of Australian and New Zealand women who took up Association football in the 1960s and 1970s”. Roy Hay reviews a book about some early Australian women’s sporting pioneers.
The Game of the Century
April 7, 2020 by 27 Comments
Seeing Roger Lowrey has brought up the famous District Cricket Final of 1965/66, we thought we should reprise this great Mic Rees’ piece on the very same game.
Cricket: On this day (or thereabouts) 54 years ago
April 7, 2020 by 4 Comments
With no live cricket currently being played, Roger Lowrey encountered a piece on one of Bill Lawry’s finest hours, the 1965/66 District Cricket Grand Final, between Northcote and Essendon.
Play On (includes Loose Men Everywhere)
April 7, 2020 by 2 Comments
Play On is the omnibus edition of John Harms’s first three books: Loose Men Everywhere, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, and Confessions of a Thirteenth Man. Read what the critics have said about them here. And copies are available through the Almanac Shop.
The Footy Almanac 2007 Round 2 – Carlton v Geelong: On the board.
April 7, 2020 by 5 Comments
A couple of notable debutants for the Cats, on a night that reinforced for John Harms how much people crave meaning in footy.
The Footy Almanac 2007 Round 2 – West Coast v Collingwood
April 7, 2020 by 2 Comments
The Pies ventured West to tackle the Eagles. Matt OÇonnor’s interests were torn between fictional political drama and real-life midfield battles.
Bruce Dawe RIP – the Larrikin Laureate
April 7, 2020 by 14 Comments
Australia’s Everyman poet Bruce Dawe died on April 1st. His words and sensibility live on in thousands of hearts that have laughed, cried and nodded on reading his words over 60 years. His footy poems “Life Cycle” and “High Mark” are embedded in the heart of the game.
Back in Time – Part 3: More of the Bombers
April 7, 2020 by 2 Comments
More clippings from Pamela Sherpa’s Bombers scrapbook from the 80s.
Vale Bill Withers
April 7, 2020 by 7 Comments
You may not have known the late Bill Withers by name, but you probably knew some of his songs.
“Covid-19 and regional clubs” from The Saturday Paper
April 6, 2020 by 1 Comment
An institution in the social livelihoods of everyday Australia, local footy clubs have been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. The Saturday Paper has the details from the ground by a few from those very clubs.
Should parents get their children into swimming lessons from a young age?
April 6, 2020 by 1 Comment
An in-depth look at the merits of teaching swimming at an early age for survival reasons from Shannon Cole.
Coronavirus Crisis: A challenge and opportunity for country clubs
Roger Spaull expresses his concerns for country footy clubs in this time of Covid-19. He also suggests there may be opportunities to be accessed as he outlines in his letter to The Weekly Times.