Dave Warner of the suburbs has completed his opus: the last 10 years of AFL free kick counts examined and analysed. Do umpires always favour the home team? How do Victorian teams fare when playing at home against non-Victorian teams? Trends, biases… all is revealed.
Why The Footy Almanac 2016 (traditional version) is being published this coming March and The Doggies Almanac is out now
November 28, 2016 by 23 Comments
News about The Footy Almanac 2016 and The Doggies Almanac. You can’t have two of your own titles competing for major honours in the one calendar year.
Preview – Australia’s Autumn Triple Crown
November 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Sandy Platini, based in south-east Asia, explains the Autumn three year old season to his international readers.
Almanac Season Review: Top 50 AFL Players 2016
November 28, 2016 by 9 Comments
lucasj_lm has put together his best 50 players for 2016. Who would you include or remove, what would your top 50 look like?
Australia v South Africa – Adelaide Test, Day 4: Phoenix or dead cat?
November 28, 2016 by 15 Comments
With a favorable result, Day 4 restored some pride to Australian Cricket while John Butler can now look towards the series against Pakistan with more expectation than a week ago.
Local Footy: The club where Blunnies mattered
November 28, 2016 by 6 Comments
Matt Zurbo’s first footy club (many years ago) was a suburban club where the blokes worked hard and played hard. Young Matt Zurbo was made welcome because of his Blundstone boots. Not footy boots. His work boots.
Australia v South Africa – Adelaide Test, Day 4: The newbies get the chocolates
November 27, 2016 by 6 Comments
Citrus Bob Utber gets the revamped Australians home and analyses the performance of the new chums. [Well played Citrus Bob – JTH]
Australia v South Africa – Adelaide Test, Day 3: Debuts
November 27, 2016 by 3 Comments
Day 3 of an intriguing Adelaide Test and Dave Brown is thankful for Faf du Plessis… and electronic devices
Australia v South Africa – Adelaide Test, Day 3: Not bad, this Test cricket
November 26, 2016 by 1 Comment
Citrus Bob Utber describes yet another day when Test cricket has shown itself to be the king of cricket.
Blind Deaf and Clueless: Hold on to Their Hat
November 26, 2016 by 1 Comment
Phil Hill lives up to his reputation with this next look into the life of the umpire. It seems, in some cases, it’s a matter of volume, and hat-holding.
Chris Rogers – Ugly Duckling No Longer
November 26, 2016 by 4 Comments
Reggie came through the ranks of junior and grade cricket in Perth with Chris Rogers. He has watched Chris’s career closely. Here he gives some insight into the development of Chris as a cricketer, and now a broadcaster (and possible coach). [Lots of first hand observations here, and a comment on the culture of cricket – JTH]
Australia v South Africa – Adelaide Test, Day 2: Usman leads as Australia takes command
November 26, 2016 by 2 Comments
Our very own debutant, Scana, made it through to stumps on a day dominated by Usman Khwaja.
Australia v South Africa – Adelaide Test, Day 2: Good, tight Test cricket as Ussie holds it together
November 25, 2016 by 2 Comments
Citrus Bob Utber is loving the Adelaide Oval precinct, and the cricket. The Australians, with Ussie the sheet anchor, take the lead in a hard-fought Test. While Citrus picks his side of best players not to have played in a Test match.
And don’t forget Saturday brunch.
Almanac Soccer: Tasmania Gaining Large Support To Join The A-League
November 25, 2016 by 1 Comment
Will Tassie have an A-League team? Tony Samboras assesses the situation.
The Ilfracombe scoreboard
November 25, 2016 by 3 Comments
Scoreboard Pressure welcomes aboard Sasha Lennon, whose first contribution to the unofficial national register of scoreboards is the rugby league scoreboard in Ilfracombe, central west Queensland.
Would you like to write a book review? I have a couple of good ones up for grabs.
November 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
We’ve got a couple of excellent books to hand over to reviewers.
2016 AFL Draft Preview
November 25, 2016 by 1 Comment
Paddy Grindlay has put forward his round 1 top 20 picks for the AFL Draft. What are your selections and has Paddy nailed them?
Almanac Rugby: No Rest For The Wallabies Ahead Of Ireland Clash
November 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The Wallabies have surprised a few and now face Ireland in Dublin on Sunday in what should be a terrific Test match writes Farris Garrison.
MCG Memories – The 1956 Olympics
November 25, 2016 by 1 Comment
This week is the 60th anniversary of the start of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Ann Rusden tells about going along to watch, not knowing she would later be friends with one of the athletes in action.
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