The Footy Almanac

NRL 2025, Round 2: Not a lot of competition

March 13, 2025 by Ian Hauser 3 Comments

Our rugby league editor can’t see too many competitive matches in this weekend’s Round 2 of the NRL.

Haiku Bob: Round Zero – for better or for worse

March 13, 2025 by haiku bob 5 Comments

Haiku Bob is back with significant personal news! He mixed the personal with the ‘professional’ to take in the Pies v Giants game in Sydney. It didn’t all go to plan. (Welcome back, HB!)

Almanac Short Stories: Family Divided

March 12, 2025 by RagingBull Leave a Comment

Some challenging personal events and responses drive RagingBull’s short story.

Round 1 – AFL Season 2025 Fixture: Who, where, and when

March 12, 2025 by Almanac Admin Leave a Comment

Round 1 AFL Season 2025 commences on Thursday night. Find out who, where, and when your team is playing this weekend.

Almanac Soccer: English Premier League Matchweek 28 Highlights

March 11, 2025 by OllieW Leave a Comment

With the race for European places heating up Ollie Wade highlights three important games from Matchweek 28 of the EPL.

Almanac Golf: Dream Holes

March 11, 2025 by Pards 2 Comments

If we could play the golf of our dreams what a game we’d play suggests Pards channelling the inner thoughts of Fydor Dogski.

Almanac Festivals: Adelaide Writers Week 2025 – A fabulous week!.

March 11, 2025 by Colin Ritchie 7 Comments

It was another fantastic Adelaide Writers Week with plenty to whet any avid reader’s mind.

Almanac Film: ‘Ange & The Boss – Puskás In Australia’ – a pearler of a film!

March 11, 2025 by Almanac Admin 3 Comments

Tony Wilson and Cam Fink have produced ‘a pearler of a film’, ‘Ange and the Boss – Puskas in Australia’ featuring Australian Soccer luminaries Ferenc Puskas and Ange Postecoglou.

Tackled at Moorabbin

March 11, 2025 by Damian Balassone 7 Comments

Beware taking on the smallest footballer on the ground Damian Balassone suggests in his poem.

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025: OR Review / Rd 1 Preview

March 10, 2025 by Almanac Admin Leave a Comment

Not the start to season 2025 the Collingwood faithful were expecting as Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025 reports.

Almanac Lunch: Sydney (March 29)

March 10, 2025 by Almanac Admin 3 Comments

The Footy Almanac community is meeting for lunch in Sydney on March 29! All welcome.

Almanac Teams: Debuts with different happenings/milestones!

March 10, 2025 by Rodney 25 Comments

Rodney Boyd has created a team made up of players who made their AFL debut based on unsual or different circumstances.

Almanac Poetry: Google Earth

March 10, 2025 by Kevin Densley Leave a Comment

Google Earth images – in particular, those of Street View – can certainly be striking, according to Kevin Densley’s poem. [Contains mild mature themes]

Almanac Music: Songs And Moments #3 – The Tuna Can On Wheels And Talking Heads

March 10, 2025 by [email protected] 1 Comment

Ian Wilson remembers another song that reminds him of a momentous time in his life.

Almanac Book Review: ‘Out of the Blue’ by Anthony Field

March 7, 2025 by RagingBull 1 Comment

RagingBull was transported back to his childhood when he read ‘Out of the Blue’, the autobiography of Anthony Field, the original blue Wiggle.

Almanac Footy: Significant Signposts As A Diehard Saints Supporter

March 7, 2025 by [email protected] 8 Comments

One premiership in 151 years leaves many St Kilda supporters in deep despair laments die-hard Saint Ian Wilson.

Audiobook Release: ‘Shootin’ Through’ by Sean Gorman

March 7, 2025 by Almanac Admin Leave a Comment

The Footy Almanac is happy to promote and support the release of Sean Gorman’s audiobook ‘Shootin’ Through’. The official launch will take place in Perth on March 27.