AFL, Commonwealth Games, SANFL, Cricket – nobody is spared in Malcolm “Rulebook” Ashwood’s latest ravings.
Killa: the Alan Killigrew years at Norwood
April 20, 2018 by 7 Comments
“After all, what is a football club? It is grass in the middle, posts at the ends, and bricks and mortar. It’s the people that give it soul. A football club is a living body”. Those reflective words penned by Alan Killigrew, say a lot about the man and his remarkable football journey that had a profound impact on so many people.
What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?
April 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Cate McGregor has written a brilliant, thought provoking cricket article in The Canberra Times. Follow the link below to read the article.
The dying art of so many things………
April 20, 2018 by 2 Comments
Sporting conversation is not the only thing to have gone missing lately
VAFA Premier C – The CY’s Preview (Rd 3): The E.H. Holden
April 20, 2018 by 3 Comments
When he played in the Under-19’s, Smokie’s mode of transport was an old E.H. Holden.
Round 5: Nine games over five days
April 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Footy over five days! Col picks his winners.
Richard Flanagan: ‘Our politics is a dreadful black comedy’ – National Press Club speech in The Guardian
April 19, 2018 by 6 Comments
Australian author Richard Flanagan addressed the National Press Club as part of the Canberra Writers Festival.
Haiku Bob – Round 4: between showers
April 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
A win on the road in Adelaide for the Pies has inspired an uplifting haiku from Bob this week.
Round 4 – Geelong v St Kilda: Falling
April 19, 2018 by 8 Comments
Yvette Wroby shares more thoughts on St Kilda, travelling to Geelong, and falling in all its meanings. Writing, she finds, gives her a ‘hand-up’.
Almanac Teams – Terrific Tens
April 19, 2018 by 27 Comments
A perfect 10 is hard to beat (unless you’re in Spinal Tap), so it goes without saying that Phil Dimitriadis’ team of 10s would give any side a run for their money
Almanac Footy – A Tipster’s Retrospective from the Smokers’ Lounge
April 18, 2018 by 1 Comment
Earl O’Neill plays free and loose with this Round 4 retrospective, coping with everything from the unorthodox orthodoxy of Whoosha to the absurdities of the latest high rotation ad from AAMI.
Outraged of Richmond
April 18, 2018 by 5 Comments
Wippet’s passionate about THAT Grand Final win and watching it on repeat until the c(r)ows come home. He has some ideas for Talking Tigers.
Round 4 – Geelong v St Kilda: Coincidence or Contagiousness?
April 18, 2018 by 5 Comments
Yoshi’s Saints haven’t performed as well as hoped and Dingoes training ramps up. Despite the trials footy has thrown his way, Yoshi is staying positive
Many AFL fans prefer a day Grand Final – AFL Fans Association report
April 18, 2018 by 4 Comments
It’s a topic that’s been floated by the AFL several times; should the Grand Final remain a day game or shift to twilight/nighttime? The AFL Fans Association has asked their members with fairly conclusive results.
VAFA Premier C – Peninsula OBFC v Fitzroy: See you later relegater, in a while Cr(OG) a dial
April 18, 2018 by 1 Comment
King George III is back in all his whirlwind, intertextual glory. A tour de force (farce) of literature and film as he tells the story, however cryptically, of the Roys’ win down on the peninsula. “Bookending the smallest library of goals” is in running for the Statistic of the Year.
The evolution of Jack Macrae
April 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Exactly five years on from the debut of Jack Macrae, Alex Docherty has written about just what makes Jack such a key cog in the Dogs’ midfield and the development that got him to where he is today.
The Dying Art of Sporting Conversation
After 3 games at the new Perth Stadium, Peter Baulderstone reviews the fan experience. His Eagles can’t be the only team or sporting stadium where shared participation is being drowned by marketing dross and din.