Trucker Slim ventured down the highway and was unconvinced with the Cats convincing win against the Eagles
Collingwood’s new recruit
Collingwood has a new recruit to deal with, A Schadenfreude and opposition fans love him.
Round 7 – Sydney v Essendon: Dynamic Duo
History and entertainment are littered with partnerships that just work, Tom Bally suggests the Swans have added the Buddy and Heeney Show.
Round 7 – St. Kilda v North Melbourne: Saints Lose In An Arm Wrestle On Mothers’ Day
For Saints fan Braham Dabscheck, Petrie’s 300th was a top game with a sad result for the Saints and while the signs are good, a win would be nicer.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – Round 7 Review
Collingwood’s True believers are struggling but Cam Hooke continues to keep the faith
Almanac Rugby League: Five Metre Gap – May Representative Weekend May 2016
Hamish Neal’s 5 Metre Gap assesses the representative round Rugby League.
Almanac Weeekend Sports Results 9/5/16
All the weekend’s sporting results worth knowing.
Round 7 – Collingwood v Carlton: I Hate Footy
For Luke Reynolds, his sporting passion comes in black and white, Collingwood and Newcastle United fan and neither are delivering the goods.
VAFA B Section – Hampton v Fitzroy: Donuts, Sausage Rolls and Free Hot Dogs
Roy Boys endured a tough game against Hampton Rovers and the presence of Dr Phil at the game ensured one player was grateful for a dentist in attendance.
Round 7 – Sydney v Essendon: Gratitude, Mindfulness and Empathy on a Saturday arvo at the Footy
Jan Courtin questions her empathy to Swans’ opposition on game day while mindful they should kick at least 20 goals against this Bombers team.
Round 7 – Richmond v Hawthorn: Decoding Damien
John Harms is tryng to make sense of something he heard in Damien Hardwick’s press conference last night.
Round 7 – Richmond v Hawthorn: Oh Cyril
Gareth Meyer is inspired to leap into song (think Australian Crawl) by Cyril’s deeds in the Hawks win over the Tigers (mullet alert – Ed).
Almanac Racing – looking both ways
Only at Warrnambool do you watch a race pass by from the right and then have it finishing anti-clockwise. Little wonder the universal reaction to each instalment of the Grand Annual is a collective shaking of heads, smile and a “How bloody good was that?” If you’ve been, you’ll know. If you haven’t, that’s your [Read more]
Almanac Lunch: Poignant pauses utter gems
As we prepare for another fine lunch today – to celebrate the Tasmanian nation – Steve earl looks back on last week’s lunch when the Almanac crew merged with Percy Jones’s Odd Friday Lunch crew at the North Fitzroy Arms. [Not too late to get down there today – Ed]
Buddy – one of the all time greats
Jackson Clark on how Buddy Franklin could be considered as one of the all time greats.
Haiku Bob – Round 6 – Still clings slowly
Haiku Bob his take on the Pies loss against the Eagles.
The Lousy Bounce – Part 1
Twenty years on from Fitzroy’s last unmerged season in the AFL, Royboy Adam Muyt shares some of his diary entries from that eventful year.
SANFL Round 6 – Central District v Norwood: nothing to Bragg about
Dave Brown mulls over songs taken out of context (and does quite a bit of it himself) on the road to Elizabeth with a Billy Bragg obsessed four year old











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