RITV resumes his NRL coverage in 2025 with a report on a mixed Saturday which included a park run, a scarecrow, an athletics meet, the footy, and a date night at the Adelaide Fringe. Not bad for a single day!
Almanac Rugby League: Prop by the Sea – You Gotta Love Footy, Round 1
February 27, 2025 by 8 Comments
Prop is back for the new NRL season! The rugby league pundit formerly known as ‘Prop in the Canefield’ returns in 2025 as Prop by the Sea as he enjoys his retirement at Main Beach. (Welcome back, Prop – Ed.)
Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2025 Round 1: Let’s get this show on the road!
February 27, 2025 by 1 Comment
The preliminaries are done and dusted. It’s time to get the 2025 NRL season on the road – to Las Vegas, in fact! It’s a big weekend to kick start a seven months journey. Ian Hauser sets the scene.
Almanac Footy (Rumination): Jagga’s bitter pill
February 26, 2025 by 2 Comments
Joe Sexton ruminates on the season-ending knee injury to Carlton’s much hyped draft pick Jagga Smith.
Almanac Footy: Following Geelong 1980-88
February 26, 2025 by 18 Comments
Cats fan Paul Harman recalls his experience of following Geelong during the footy seasons from 1980 – 1988, and some life experiences along the way and later.
Almanac Footy: Sydney 2025 Season Preview
February 26, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Micky McTigger has a positive take on the Swans’ 2025 team list – with one exception.
Almanac Cricket: Our new ACS writer remembers his first summer of cricket
February 26, 2025 by 2 Comments
Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes is our new Australian Cricket Society Scholar. His articles will appear in various ACS publications and here at www.footyalmanac.com.au In his debut piece he remembers the first summer he really got interested in cricket. [Welcome Lorenzo – Ed]
Almanac Music: Vale Roberta Flack
February 25, 2025 by 2 Comments
The celestial choir is all the richer today after the arrival of one of the most beautiful voices of popular/jazz/soul/gospel music over the past 50+ years, Roberta Flack.
Almanac Music: Dylan Cover Songs – International Style: The Top 10 Aussie Chart Top 100
February 25, 2025 by 18 Comments
Karl Dubravs is back with another excellent and insightful Dylan covers series, this time featuring international covers.
The Old Baseball Player
February 25, 2025 by 6 Comments
The consequences of playing the field are reflected in the latest offering from Damian Balassone.
Almanac Books: ‘It’s in the Genes’ – Machine Team Siblings: Part 3 – The Coventrys
February 25, 2025 by 2 Comments
Part 3 of an extract from Des Tobin’s book ‘It’s in the Genes: Australian Football Families’ features famous Collingwood FC brothers Syd and Gordon ‘Nuts’ Coventry part of the Collingwood’s ‘Machine Team’ of the 1920s.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Warm Grey Silver’ – Tommy Mallet
February 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The peace of an ‘exiquisitely still night’, a sleeping child, and a vegemite sandwich help pass the time for Tommy Mallet as he awaits his next call to work.
Almanac Soccer: English Premier League – Matchweek 26 Highlights
February 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Plenty of upsets and plenty of goals scored in the English Premier League Matchweek 26 reports Ollie Wade.
Almanac (Railway) Life: Steam Rail’s Dunolly Diesels
February 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
RagingBull loves trains! He continues his coverage of rail history based on a recent day excursion courtesy of Steam Rail Victoria.
Almanac Cricket: Favelland
February 24, 2025 by 10 Comments
Michael Sexton on Les Favell’s entry into the SA Sport Hall of Fame
Almanac Teams: Debuts at Lord’s and The Oval (Part 1 – Australia)
February 24, 2025 by 4 Comments
As the cricket season winds down again, Rodney Boyd makes a last stop at two of the sport’s most famous grounds, this time to look at the Aussie blokes who debuted there.
Dying Thoughts of Dr Josef Mengele, while Having a Stroke and Drowning off the Coast of Bertioga, São Paulo, Brazil, 7 February, 1979
February 24, 2025 by 4 Comments
KD describes this week’s poem as ‘the imagined final thoughts of an infamous Nazi who died in Brazil, unrepentant, decades after World War Two ended.’
Almanac Footy: St Kilda 2025 Season Preview
February 24, 2025 by 5 Comments
St Kilda is in the spotlight as Micky McTigger runs an eye over their 2025 team list.
Almanac Music: Songs And Moments #1 – The Dugites And Lynton Luff’s Piano Shop
February 24, 2025 by 4 Comments
A car crash, a Wurtilizer organ, a piano shop, all accompanied by the song ‘In Your Car’ by The Dugites together made up a day Ian Wilson remembers well.
Almanac Footy (Legends) – Peter Singline: Singing The Praises Of Another Local Hero And Champion
February 22, 2025 by 8 Comments
Allan Barden remembers, with respect and thanks, Peter Singline from the Swansea football and cricket teams, the man whose generous encouragement set him on his life’s path. (A beautiful testament – Ed.)
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