I will never forget my Year 11 retreat day. Retreats in all-girl schools usually mean one thing: crying. The retreat I remember the most was Year 9 and it was the last ‘Footsteps’ session. The whole year level was lying on the carpet in a dark hall crying our eyes out as girls made up [Read more]
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Racing: Review for Caulfield and Rosehill on 29 August
August 30, 2009 by 20 Comments
Mark “Makybe” Freeman writes: Victory was ours punters – and stick with the footyalmanac tipsters: we’re fit and in form. It started with your correspondent wagering Daff’s Monopoly money firmly on Mic Mac’s nose, who duly saluted in the Memsie in a display showing he’s more than capable of mixing with the topliners in stakes [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Ungarie junior premiership ushers in next generation of Danihers
August 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
On the eve of the Footy Almanac lunch on Friday 28 August, at which Anthony Daniher and Adam McNicol will talk about Adam’s recently released biography of The Danihers, comes the news out of the Riverina that there are some more Danihers on the way to the AFL! What would you expect when the Daniher [Read more]
General Footy Writing: The top ten finals according to Stainless
August 27, 2009 by 26 Comments
One of the few joys of being a Richmond supporter is that you can regularly attend finals matches without emotional involvement. The football purist takes over and you can sit back, relax with a quiet, reflective beer and enjoy the best of what the rest of the competition has to offer. A ripper 2009 finals [Read more]
Local Footy: How Wynyard fans made Penguin squawk
August 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Bill Walker If you believe the catch cry, “A week is a long time in football”, then two weeks must be an eternity. George’s season was over. Payments from his parents and upgrades into “the private ’elf” got him to a specialist in quick time. Day surgery for a re-break and set and he [Read more]
Local Footy: Waaia win tops off a perfect day
August 24, 2009 by 42 Comments
By Josh Barnstable I wake up early on a Sunday morning and find the sun is shining brightly. I get up, get dressed and prepare for a day of watching footy. Not AFL, though. Country footy. Finals. Yesterday I’d gone to Numurkah with Dad to see Numurkah play Congupna. Ron Barassi was making an appearance [Read more]
Fifth Test, Day 4: We’ve been stitched up
August 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The denouement to this topsy-turvy and at times indecipherable series came at 5.48 pm on Day 4 with the dismissal of Mike Hussey for 121. Australia were bowled all out for 348 and lost the deciding fifth Test by 197 runs. England’s crew of battlers and journeymen (Strauss and Flintoff excluded) prevailed 2-1 to regain [Read more]
Fifth Test, Day 2: Australia set to fall from perch
August 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Hamish Townsend All the talk of pitches and selection were put to bed by a spell of line and length by Stuart Broad that saw eight Australian wickets fall in the middle session and may have seen the little red urn returned to English hands with three days to play.
Local Footy: Good-time Tigers keep eyes on the prize
August 20, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Paul Daffey Peter Davis, a committeeman from the St Bede’s-Mentone Tigers, lets out a chuckle as he leads me towards the rooms before the senior match at the club’s home ground in Mentone. “A few of the boys have pre-game superstitions,” he says. I played with a handful of players who had pre-game rituals [Read more]
General Footy Writing: An open letter to Neil Craig (after a slap to the editors)
August 16, 2009 by Leave a Comment
John Kingsmill On the City of Churches, Adelaide Pubs, Why Neil Craig is Obstinate, and How the Adelaide Fans Have Got It Wrong for Five Long Years PREAMBLE First, more things Footy Almanac readers don’t need to know. Or perhaps they do. Not colonised by convicts but by free settlers, South Australia offered another attraction [Read more]
Fourth Test, Day 4: RavBop and The Bells: ‘Dead at Leeds’
August 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Tony Roberts This report on Day 4’s play at Leeds is perforce brief, on account of the match having been already concluded. (Unlike the three days of actual cricket, Monday’s weather in Yorkshire has reverted to type, from Balmy Mediterrannean to Nowth’n Grit i.e. it’s raining most of today – Eric Oldthwaite would be [Read more]
Ireland Correspondent: Clouds gather over future of Ireland-Australia hybrid series
August 5, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Peter Lenaghan Ireland’s weather bureau has confirmed that last month was the wettest July on record for the Dublin area. Day after day, and often several times a day, clouds rolled in across the country from the Atlantic Ocean and rain tumbled down in short, sharp bursts. About 150 millimetres of precipitation sent those [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats: Tigers, you can still make the eight; Seven, you can jump in the lake
August 5, 2009 by 68 Comments
Andrew Gigacz’s Round 18 Stat. Declaration STATITORIAL – SEVEN PLUS TEN EQUALS A PRIME TIME NUMBER How do I hate thee, Channel Seven? Let me count the ways. Too many ways to count probably, but 10 seems like a good starting number. Presented with their second opportunity of the season to show a game live [Read more]
Top 10: Australian footballers who excelled in other sports
August 4, 2009 by 40 Comments
By Damian Watson With the recent news of Brisbane Bronco and State Of Origin representative Karmichael Hunt making a shock transition from the NRL into the new Gold Coast side in the AFL, I decided to take a look back and count down the best 10 senior footballers who excelled in other codes.
The Wrap: Mrs Wrap might just be right on the Collingwood coaching deal
August 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
ROUND XVIII And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. Carlton spoilt Adam Simpson’s send off, but that was to be expected. To celebrate a new club games record holder, The Doggies tore strips off The Anchormen, and the Sleepy Hollow Millionaires got out of jail down at Kardinia Park. The Feeling Faints also [Read more]
Third Test, Day 4: Painful memories of Hollies Stand flood back on day of Rudilotto
August 3, 2009 by 7 Comments
By Peter Flynn After play was delayed by one hour due to a damp outfield, Australia finally dismissed England for 376 and were a precarious 2-88 in reply at stumps on day four. With the prospect of fine weather on day five, England will fancy their chances of going up two up with two Tests [Read more]
AFL Round 18: I think Strauchanie should have been able to replace Presti
August 3, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Josh Barnstable After contesting in two Grand Finals in a row which resulted in victory to the Brisbane Lions on both occasions, the Pies are ready to have another tilt at the flag, and defeating the Lions would go a long way towards that dream that has eluded the Maggies since 1990. After forming [Read more]
AFL Round 18: North have Delicious midfielder but Carlton taste victory in the end
August 2, 2009 by 87 Comments
Danielle Eid Is it possible to get a degree in laundry-folding? If so I should receive honors. Mums got me doing laundry all week and it’s come to the point that I don’t even bother complaining; why waste my breath? All it will do is get Mum in an angry mood.
Gigs’ Stats: Hey, 4.16, did anyone ever tell you you’re mathematically beautiful?
July 27, 2009 by 62 Comments
RIVALRY ROUND LOSERS PROVIDE A TOUCH OF NOSTALGIA With St Kilda providing stats and facts galore in their record-breaking season, it’s nice to be able to report that the beaten Blues, the down-and-out Demons and the wasteful West Coast provided some statistical news for us this week. The three sides provided us with some classical [Read more]
AFL Round 16 – Gigs’ Stats: the stuff of dreams
July 21, 2009 by 13 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz The last two weeks have had it all with several important pieces of the statistical jigsaw falling nicely into place. Last week it was the first one-point game of the year and the first 100+ point result and this week we had every stat-head’s dream: the draw! TIGERS AND NORTH [Read more]
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