The Footy Almanac

Almanac Travel: Travel Shorts – NYC

March 17, 2025 by [email protected] Leave a Comment

Ian Wilson recalls with fond memories the first visit he and Lynda made to New York.

Almanac Footy: The priceless lessons of history

March 15, 2025 by [email protected] 13 Comments

Andrew Fraser recalls the stories of two footy historians, Ron ‘Chooka’ Fowlie and Keith Miller, he came across while a cadet on The Canberra Times.

Almanac Petanque: On The Piste Again

March 14, 2025 by Allan Barden 3 Comments

Allan Barden introduces readers to the sporting world of Pétanque.

Almanac Music: Dylan Cover Songs – International Style #2: Thespians Do Dylan

March 14, 2025 by Moondance 12 Comments

Mae West singing Dylan – who would believe it! Incredible as it sounds but she does indeed, and she is also the only performer born in the 1800s to have recorded a Dylan song. This is one of the many amazing surprises Karl Dubravs has in store for his latest edition of ‘Dylan Cover Songs’.

Almanac Footy: Opening Round Missive

March 13, 2025 by Middle Australia 3 Comments

Middle Australia speaks! Opening Round is just not footy the way it’s supposed to be.

Almanac WA Branch: Sports books recommendations

March 13, 2025 by Barry Nicholls 1 Comment

The Almanac’s WA Branch met recently to discuss sport-themed books they hold in high esteem.

NRL 2025, Round 2: Prop by the Sea – You gotta love footy Round 1

March 13, 2025 by Almanac Admin 5 Comments

Prop covers the footy tips while his mate, The Prospector, makes some astute observations about the main difference between premier batsmen and halfbacks.

NRL 2025, Round 2: Rabbit in the Vineyard – A gritty first up win for the Rabbitohs

March 13, 2025 by Russel Hansen 6 Comments

RITV was happy to see the Rabbitohs come away with a gritty win in Round 1 of the NRL.

NRL 2025, Round 2: Not a lot of competition

March 13, 2025 by Ian Hauser 3 Comments

Our rugby league editor can’t see too many competitive matches in this weekend’s Round 2 of the NRL.

Haiku Bob: Round Zero – for better or for worse

March 13, 2025 by haiku bob 5 Comments

Haiku Bob is back with significant personal news! He mixed the personal with the ‘professional’ to take in the Pies v Giants game in Sydney. It didn’t all go to plan. (Welcome back, HB!)

Almanac Short Stories: Family Divided

March 12, 2025 by RagingBull Leave a Comment

Some challenging personal events and responses drive RagingBull’s short story.

Round 1 – AFL Season 2025 Fixture: Who, where, and when

March 12, 2025 by Almanac Admin Leave a Comment

Round 1 AFL Season 2025 commences on Thursday night. Find out who, where, and when your team is playing this weekend.

Almanac Soccer: English Premier League Matchweek 28 Highlights

March 11, 2025 by OllieW Leave a Comment

With the race for European places heating up Ollie Wade highlights three important games from Matchweek 28 of the EPL.

Almanac Golf: Dream Holes

March 11, 2025 by Pards 2 Comments

If we could play the golf of our dreams what a game we’d play suggests Pards channelling the inner thoughts of Fydor Dogski.

Almanac Festivals: Adelaide Writers Week 2025 – A fabulous week!.

March 11, 2025 by Colin Ritchie 7 Comments

It was another fantastic Adelaide Writers Week with plenty to whet any avid reader’s mind.

Almanac Film: ‘Ange & The Boss – Puskás In Australia’ – a pearler of a film!

March 11, 2025 by Almanac Admin 3 Comments

Tony Wilson and Cam Fink have produced ‘a pearler of a film’, ‘Ange and the Boss – Puskas in Australia’ featuring Australian Soccer luminaries Ferenc Puskas and Ange Postecoglou.