The Footy Almanac

Grand Final 2016 – Giving in to a moment of kindness

October 4, 2016 by dantooms 5 Comments

Dan Toomey is awake to the power of kindness. He saw it on Saturday.

Bendigo and Shepparton: Queen Elizabeth Oval or Deakin Reserve?

October 4, 2016 by Almanac Admin 3 Comments

Peter Sweeney has always loved Bendigo’s Queen Elizabeth Oval. But watching Kyabram v Rochester at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve had him wondering – which is the best footy ground? [Leave your Australia-wide nominations].

Images from the Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch

October 4, 2016 by Almanac Admin 3 Comments

Check out these images captured by Yvette Wroby at the Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve lunch 2016.

Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: We’ll All Be ‘Rooned

October 4, 2016 by Peter_B 10 Comments

An epic Footy Almanac Grand Final Lunch topped only by an epic Grand Final. Can the Bulldogs drop their hangdog persona? Peter Baulderstone adapts classic Australian verse (apologies to John O’Brien) to record the events of recent days.

Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: The best type of exhaustion

October 4, 2016 by Mick Jeffrey 1 Comment

Mick Jeffrey of Gladstone (Queensland) took plane, train and automobile to see his Doggies in the Grand Final. And he’ll be back at the MCG in two weeks. [Epic – Ed].

AFL 2016 from a non-Victorian perspective

October 4, 2016 by davesuburban 9 Comments

Dave Warner demonstrates a whole series of inequities in the national competition and points the finger at the Melbourne-based journalists who support them. How strong are the arguments he brings?

Grand Final 2016 – The mystery is that there is no mystery

October 4, 2016 by E.regnans 15 Comments

E. regnans is on a couch in Geelong West, with friends and family, moved to tears, aware that he is in the midst of something profound, reminded of words which speak to him in a similar (the same?) way.

Grand Final 2016 – The case for no Jock McHale medal duplicate

October 4, 2016 by bod 7 Comments

bod argues the case that no duplicate medal should be struck, following Luke Beveridge’s selfless act on Saturday.

Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: We gave it our best shot

October 4, 2016 by Keiran Croker 6 Comments

A reflective Keiran Croker, on his traditional post-Grand Final trip to the Rising Sun Hotel, finds gratitude in the emptiness of Grand Final defeat.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Grand Final 2016

October 4, 2016 by Hamish Neal Leave a Comment

Hamish Neal, as he has throughout the rugby league season, brings us a wrap of the weekend’s plays. NRL Grand Final, Interstate Championship and NSW Koori Knockout.