Those that know Jan Courtin know of her passion for the Swans. Jan has published a book about her life and this passion, based around her Footy Almanac postings and with some great photos.
Almanac Olympics: Polishing Tarnished Ideals (an extract from the Griffith Review 53 – Our Sporting Life)
August 24, 2016 by 7 Comments
In this essay, extracted from The Griffith Review 53 – Our Sporting Life, John Harms remembers two wonderful months immersed in the theory and practice of Olympism at the little-known International Olympic Academy, at Ancient Olympia, in Greece.
Almanac Footy: Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – Round 23 preview
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Cam Hooke previews the final game of Collingwood’s underwhelming season and believes the Pies can cause an upset and defeat Hawthorn.
Almanac (English) Soccer: Love is in the air
August 24, 2016 by 1 Comment
John Green makes the trip from Lancashire to London to watch his beloved Preston North End take on QPR.
The Lousy Bounce – Part 3: Royboys last game.
August 24, 2016 by 7 Comments
Heartfelt Fitzroy supporters, this is for you: memories of the Royboys exit from the VFL/AFL.
Round 22 – Essendon v Western Bulldogs: Thank You Mr. Cooney
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Well done Coons! Alex fondly farewells a well-loved champion.
1981 VFL Lists – Old, New, Supplementary Too
August 24, 2016 by 16 Comments
Ever wondered who was on the VFL lists in 1981? Wonder no more. (Includes the famed Faletic-Malarkey photographic quinella)
Round 22 – Richmond v St Kilda: Take it easy
August 24, 2016 by 3 Comments
Yoshi had a long hot hard week, but did his low energy also spread to the MCG on Saturday?
Round 22 – Collingwood v Gold Coast: Witch’s hats (Floreat Pica Society)
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Despite the 71-point win, “this would have to be the first time after a big Collingwood victory that I went home feeling flat. There have to be some major changes at Collingwood before next season.”
Almanac Olympics: Sayonara Rio
August 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
The carnival is over. And as the Olympics ends, Tony Robb gives his review of the Rio games.
Almanac Country Footy – Mullewa v Northampton: Last minute
August 23, 2016 by 2 Comments
Mullewa hadn’t won a game in the Great Northern Football League all year but overcame Northampton side in the final fixture. Peter Sweeney reports.
Miss You, Dane Swan
August 23, 2016 by 28 Comments
On the occasion of Dane Swan’s retirement from AFL football, David Wilson writes him a short note, and invites us all to ‘watch’ Swanny.
Almanac League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 24, 2016
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Hamish Neal on the jockeying of positions in NRL as the finals approach. What has happened to Cronulla?
Round 22 – Carlton v Melbourne: Dreaming of September
August 23, 2016 by 2 Comments
For Joseph Ryan and his Melbourne Football Club, Sunday’s game failed to follow the dream script.
Almanac Music (and Ice Hockey): The Hip
August 23, 2016 by 4 Comments
The Tragically Hip played their last show last night. Rob Chanter is moved to paint us this wonderful picture of Canada, ice-hockey, people and place.
‘Democratised’ Olympics? The International Workers’ Olympiads
August 23, 2016 by 7 Comments
Demonymic offers this timely perspective on the early Olympic movement, contrasting it with the ideals of Spartakiad – an ongoing, international multi-sports event sponsored by the USSR Communist Party between the wars.
Missed opportunity with disjointed AFL-VFL fixtures
August 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
Jeff Dowsing sees an opening for the AFL, for the VFL, for clubs, for players and for fans. Bring on the change.
The 2016 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Cup – Round Twenty Two
August 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
Now is a fine time to sit back with Earl O’Neill and ponder your lot. To get you started, here is some physiology, a mugging, a brush with death, Eddie Betts and Dr Martin Luther King Jr [“Breathtaking” – Peter_B].
Bye Bye Brownlow, Some News For Rory Sloane
August 23, 2016 by 2 Comments
Cub reporter Aidan Hammond brings us AFL tribunal news of Adelaide’s Rory Sloane.
Round 22 – Brisbane v Geelong: On a Menegola-rolla
August 23, 2016 by 4 Comments
As a Geelong fan in Brisbane, you get one game per year. Hamish Townsend takes his daughter; who would she pick as her favourite player..?
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