Like it or not, but the times they are a’changin’ and all because of a little bug. Earl O’Neill reflects upon the possible repercussions of coronavirus in the new world.
Back in Time – Part 2: More of the Bombers in the `80s
March 25, 2020 by 2 Comments
And still there’s more! More press clippings from Pamela Sherpa’s scrapbook from the `80s of her beloved Bombers.
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
March 24, 2020 by 11 Comments
An allegorical story by E. regnans in which the empathetic Andre identifies, describes and lives out a way of being.
SANFL Draft Dodgers – 1981: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
March 24, 2020 by 16 Comments
As if we did not need a reminder of the SANFL’s love-hate relationship with the VFL/AFL! Swish Schwerdt runs us through the ‘forgotten’ draft of 1981, and tells us who stayed and who went
Back in Time: The Bombers in the `80s
March 24, 2020 by 2 Comments
Pamela Sherpa’s scrapbook is full of footy memories. With her Bomber membership card carrying work colleagues she made the regular trek to watch the Bombers play their home matches throughout the 80s.
Footy names
March 24, 2020 by 17 Comments
What’s in a footy name? Hugh Robertson found plenty. Care to add a suggestion?
Round 1 – West Coast v Melbourne: Last Orders on the Titanic
March 24, 2020 by 4 Comments
How to make sense of the final game that never never should have been played in a season that was cancelled before it began? A show about nothing? Peter Baulderstone finds meaning in old movies, Gatsby and Monty Python.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – AFL Round 1
March 24, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Cam Hooke takes a look at Collingwood’s powerful Round 1 performance against the Western Bulldogs.
Round 1 – Hawthorn v Brisbane: 12 Monkeys?
March 24, 2020 by 2 Comments
Sasha Lennon was able to put aside the end of the world as we know it to watch the Hawks get over a slightly off-pace Lions.
Where we go from here is up in the air…
AFLW Semi Final – Carlton v Brisbane: All Good Things Must Come To An End
March 24, 2020 by 1 Comment
William Westerman watched his Lions battle the Blues as larger events swirled around them. He pays his tribute to an AFLW season cut short.
Round 1 – Western Bulldogs v Collingwood: Is this the strangest of times? (Floreat Pica Society)
March 23, 2020 by 1 Comment
In our first (and hopefully not last) edition of the FPS in 2020, Peter Butler has some thoughts on the Pies’ big win over the Dogs – and watching the footy in the current climate.
About time the inevitable happened!
March 23, 2020 by 4 Comments
Jan Courtin did manage to watch her Swans win and it did feel great…but in the larger scheme of things, she’s surprised we forged ahead as far as we did with footy in 2020.
Back in time: footy coverage at the Almanac in 2020
March 23, 2020 by 38 Comments
The Footy Almanac is going back in time. As a community of writers and readers who love history and memoir, this is right up our alley. Check out this alternative to a real-time season.
Nick
March 22, 2020 by 3 Comments
Old Dog has been tidying up his laptop. He found this piece about Nick Kyrgios, written during the Australian Open.
Round 1 – Adelaide v Sydney: Running on empty
March 22, 2020 by 7 Comments
Petrol was cheap, Mel’s cakes were welcome, but the footy was very ordinary indeed according to Citrus Bob Utber. Bob reports from Adelaide for the Round 1 clash between Adelaide and Sydney.
A Corona Cure for Cat Virus?
March 22, 2020 by 7 Comments
Waiting at Changi Airport for a flight back home, Paul Spinks had time on his hands to ponder the prospects of the Cats for the coming season. Here are his thoughts.
Round 1 – Richmond v Carlton: “Is there anybody there?” said the traveller.
March 21, 2020 by 2 Comments
On Friday night, Joe De Petro should have been at the MCG watching his Tigers take on the Blues in the opening match of the AFL season. But a nasty little bug changed all that! Instead, he watched it on TV. Here’s Joe’s report of the game.
Round 1 – Essendon v Fremantle: Commentators joke as the empty crowd cheer.
March 21, 2020 by 1 Comment
It was a tense last quarter for Bombers fans in their Round 1 match against the Dockers at Marvel Stadium as Caspar McLeod with scarf and beanie reports from his sitting room .
Half time
Oh to be a fly on the wall in Round 1 – Matt Zurbo takes us into the “fictional” inner sanctum of a club in the time of coronavirus.