Almanac Boxing – Murray Thomson Promotion

David G reports on Murray Thomson Fight Night at Doncaster Shoppingtown Hotel

Modern Sport is a Fantasy

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

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

Sam questions the worth of umpires in this technological age.

Who’s versing? West Coast

Alex Darling continues a poetic look at the AFL sides with some Eagles’ observations

T20 has transformed Cricket and not for the better

Neil Drysdale is not a fan of T20 Cricket and the climate it creates.

When the Universe delivers: a tale of two cricketers

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

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

Neil Drysdale remembers one of Scotland’s most talented footballers, Davie Cooper

Footys4all teaching important life skills for young girls

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)

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

With the sudden death of Bulgaria’s Trifan ‘The Wolf Man’ Ivanov, Dennis Gedling applauds his achievements.

St Kilda Becoming More Attacking

Yoshi likes the look of St Kilda’s forward potential

6-0. How two games eight years apart tell the story of modern football

Hamish Neal compares two games 8 years apart and the story within.

Blondes have more fun

David P has put together a team of blondes, do you have others to add?

Heroes, Villains and Genetics

Robbo questions whether genetic engineering and testing will deliver the elite sportsperson.

School Footy Comes Alive In Wolverhampton And Beyond

Wesley Hulls sees the future growth of school footy in the UK and Europe.

Almanac Comedy: Comedians and Footballers will play for your footy club, have a shower, and then entertain you

No one who was there will forget Evan Hocking and the Nelson Twins performing the Melbourne launch of The Footy Almanac 2015. Get them involved at your club.

Winding Up Windy Wellington

Gareth Andrews sums up The Basin and the First Test against NZ

Almanac Racing – wheat or chaff?

The fields step up a notch this weekend and punters need to pay attention. There’s better to come but the racing this Saturday is pivotal to many autumn hopes.