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.
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Round 1 – Western Bulldogs v Collingwood: Is this the strangest of times? (Floreat Pica Society)
March 23, 2020 by 1 Comment
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.
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 .
Round 1 – Richmond v Carlton: Following the Tiges in the gleam and cold shadow of Nature’s sensational Aurora Borealis
March 21, 2020 by 1 Comment
The Almanac Arctic representative Richard Marlow between listening to the Richmond and Carlton game, and trying to obtain photos of the Northern Lights, updates life in a chilly Arctic.
Round 1 – Richmond v Carlton: The AFL stops for no-one
March 20, 2020 by 2 Comments
Gill should have be watching Richmond unfurl their second premiership flag in three years at the MCG. Instead, like everyone one else, Gill had to watch the game on TV as her report explains.
The Odd Friday Lunch: Glenn James (27 March) Postponed
March 20, 2020 by 2 Comments
The next Odd Friday lunch (March 27) has been postponed.
Round 1 – Richmond v Carlton: Nando’s, Tigers, other things, and the Season For Beanies
March 20, 2020 by 1 Comment
In unprecedented times, a new footy season starts, some things remain the same but this year it’s so different as Paddy Grindlay explains.
‘Boy from Cheshunt who mastered the punt……’ by KB Hill
March 19, 2020 by 1 Comment
KB Hill changes focus to bring us a story from turf racing as he traces the career of Eric Connolly.
Scandinavia’s finest pontoon gin bar
March 19, 2020 by 6 Comments
Mickey and the missus are out and about in Sweden having just crossed over ‘The Bridge’. Bucolic days abound! (We hope you get home safely, Mickey! – Eds.)
Super Rugby 2020 – Round 7 Ruminations: The Final Roundup
March 19, 2020 by 1 Comment
The 2020 Super Rugby competition has been cancelled. Brian the Ruminator ponders what might have been and fears for what might be as we look ahead.
Sal’s Round 1 Preview and Racing Tips
March 19, 2020 by 1 Comment
Sal’s on the lounge to share his thoughts on the new AFL season’s Round 1 and where it might all go. He also provides his insights into this weekend’s turf highlights. (Welcome back, Sal!)
AFL 2020: We have a decision (for now)
March 18, 2020 by 9 Comments
The AFL Commission has finally reached a decision on Round 1 for the men, and the future of the AFLW season. (Now with AFLW update! – you really need to be paying attention – Ed).
Season 38
March 18, 2020 by 9 Comments
Saddling up for footy season 38, Old Dog has road trips on the mind, along with a few other matters.
Coronavirus and professional sport: The financial effects on major codes
March 18, 2020 by Leave a Comment
An ABC analysis of the potential financial effects to professional sport of an extended shutdown.
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.