Polonia Melbourne celebrate their 75th Anniversary in September and the club seeks photographs of former players, Ricky Lipiarski, Tadeusz Rachwalski, and Jan Gawlik.
Almanac Soccer: Polonia Melbourne’s 75th Anniversary – Can you help?
August 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Almanac Cinema: John Clarke – A Trans-Tasman Treasure
August 19, 2025 by 3 Comments
The much-loved satirist, comic, writer and actor John Clark is remembered by his daughter in ‘But Also John Clarke’, a film produced by her. Ian Wilson recently viewed the film which he thoroughly enjoyed bringing back many memories for him.
Almanac Music: The Real Thing: Russell Morris in Geelong
August 19, 2025 by 10 Comments
Roger Lowrey and Jill were amongst the many at Costa Hall in Geelong enjoying Russell Morris performing all his hits and more as part of his The Farewell Tour.
Round 23 – Adelaide v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society)
August 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
A brief look back on the latest game for the Pies by The Floreat Pica Society, a loss to ladder leaders Adelaide.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025: Round 23 Round-up / Round 24 Preview
August 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025 reviews the disappointing Round 23 loss against the Crows and previews the Pies Round 24 clash against Melbourne.
Almanac Teams: A galaxy of Rising Stars
August 18, 2025 by 2 Comments
The burst out of the blocks and into history as the best young talent the AFL has seen since 1993, Rodney Boyd has put together sides from Rising Star winners and noted nominees this week.
Almanac Poetry: Mitchell Library, Sydney, 1997
August 18, 2025 by 2 Comments
This week’s poem is a previously unpublished one from KD’s archives, dating from his last visit to Sydney in 1997, when he was in his thirties. [It is quite the location – Ed.]
Almanac Footy (History) – The McHale (and Dan Minogue) V/AFL Premiership DNA Coaching Game
August 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Grand Final History’s second contribution to The Footy Almanac invites you to play a game that links Premiership coaches to two of the best, Jock McHale and Dan Minogue. [Very creative – Ed]
Almanac Footy (History): The story behind the iconic Roy Cazaly image
August 18, 2025 by 3 Comments
An historian at work: Carolyn Spooner used Trove and the other tools of discovery at her disposal to track down the story behind one of the iconic images of Australian football – Roy Cazaly’s one-handed leap.
Round 23 – Sal’s Preview: Reigning at the G
August 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Sal reckons that the performance of the non-Victorian teams at the ‘G this year is a useful guide to their finals fortunes. Has he found a smoky this week?
Almanac Footy: Men of mud!
August 15, 2025 by 7 Comments
Old Dog’s photos express so admirably the feelings of what there is to love about footy, especially country footy. [Cracking photos Old Dog, someone should make a book out of them! -Ed]
Almanac Footy: That’s Fyfe by Les Everett
August 15, 2025 by 1 Comment
With the announcement of Nathan Fyfe’s retirement from AFL football, Les Everett reflects on a great career.
The Worst Record I Ever Bought
August 14, 2025 by 22 Comments
While flicking through his collection recently, Smokie stumbled upon the worst record he ever purchased.
AFLW Round 1 – 2017: Revisited
August 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This post includes the list of articles we published at the time of AFLW’s Round 1, 2017 – the inaugural round. The significant moment inspired many pieces. It also includes some information about The Women’s Footy Almanac 2017, the book we published to celebrate that first season.
NRL Round 23 – RITV: A win is a win is a win!
August 14, 2025 by 4 Comments
RITV is basking in the glow of a rare South Sydney win where the enigmatic Latrell Mitchell was his truly enigmatic self! Glory! Glory!
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