Will the Northern peak be higher?
New Zealand v Australia – Christchurch Test, Day 1: BB McCullum Day in pictures from afar
February 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
Good grief. BB McCullum’s turns on the ultimate farewell. At stumps on Day 1, DJ Wilson attempts to report via phone screenshot pictures and photos from afar.
So you want to be an umpire?
February 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hugh Jones provides an insight to the trials and tribulations of umpiring cricket at grass root levels.
Almanac Boxing – Murray Thomson Promotion
February 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment
David G reports on Murray Thomson Fight Night at Doncaster Shoppingtown Hotel
Modern Sport is a Fantasy
February 21, 2016 by 2 Comments
Dam identifies the true meaning of sport as he wades into the murky waters of fantasy footy. His locks may surprise – would recommend getting a hold of his league code
Please Sir – Schoolteacher Footy Players
February 20, 2016 by 14 Comments
Swish asks for any of your stories about school teaching footy players, using the 1986 VFL lists as a starting point.
Day Zero: The Karl Liebenberg Incident
February 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Sam questions the worth of umpires in this technological age.
Who’s versing? West Coast
February 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Alex Darling continues a poetic look at the AFL sides with some Eagles’ observations
T20 has transformed Cricket and not for the better
February 20, 2016 by 1 Comment
Neil Drysdale is not a fan of T20 Cricket and the climate it creates.
When the Universe delivers: a tale of two cricketers
February 20, 2016 by 4 Comments
Tess Pryor says the Universe has spoken. Just when it needed to. The story of B. McCullum and M. Clarke. [Liking the gentle sledge – Ed]
Swans 2016: What Comes Before Pre
February 20, 2016 by 1 Comment
Rejoice. Mathilde is back for 2016. “It’s easy at the start of the season to take up the obvious, reassuring footy narrative. Positive thinking, the best of sports science mindfulness, confidence and pre-emptive strength. But the fact is, that the intra-club is the very beginning of something, the plan before it’s even hatched and we don’t know what will come. It can’t ever be truly mapped or pre-prepared. And it cannot be hurried. This is true light heartedness…”
Davie Cooper – A Kind of Magic
February 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Neil Drysdale remembers one of Scotland’s most talented footballers, Davie Cooper
Footys4all teaching important life skills for young girls
February 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Footys4all teaching important life skills for young girls
Hidden Local Hero Competition: Help Michael Gallus from Footys4all provide 700 new balls to kids (and get some much deserved recognition)
February 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Michael Gallus from Footys4all has been nominated in the Hidden Local Hero competition. Here’s your chance to help recognise Michael’s tireless efforts and help an Almanac favorite deliver more balls to disadvantaged kids.
Almanac Soccer: Vale Trifan ‘The Wolf Man’ Ivanov
February 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
With the sudden death of Bulgaria’s Trifan ‘The Wolf Man’ Ivanov, Dennis Gedling applauds his achievements.
St Kilda Becoming More Attacking
February 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Yoshi likes the look of St Kilda’s forward potential
The Summer that Time Forgot
Peter Baulderstone takes advantage of the Almanac’s recent disappearance from cyber-space to suggest that sports history should really have ceased last September. You know it makes sense.