What is a 14 year old to make of ‘fogs, amphetamines and pearls? Vin Maskell writes about Bob Dylan’s performance of Just Like A Woman at the 1971 Concert For Bangla Desh.
Finals Week 1 – Richmond v North Melbourne: The Tigers of old – for the vanquished
September 17, 2015 by 2 Comments
Matt Watson enjoyed North’s win over the Tigers, but with close family ties to Richmond, he was more than able to empathise with the LSPRF (The Long Suffering Punt Rd Faithful – to borrow from The Wrap).
Round 23 – West Coast Eagles v St Kilda: The Eagles fly off with the Saints in their talons
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Yvette Wroby’s season-long journey following St Kilda winds up in Perth, where she discovers passionate Sainters are everywhere.
Reflections On Another Wasted Year
September 17, 2015 by 6 Comments
Dr Cruel is maintaining the faith. Sarah Black’s tried but can’t hate the Tigers (not even a little), while Paddy Grindlay just sees another wasted year…
Footys4all: Fundraising walk
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Paige Cardona, a lifelong Collingwood supporter, has volunteered to walk the Nepean highway to raise money for the Michael Long Learning and Excellence Centre in hope that kids can have better sporting opportunities. She will be walking in a footy jumper of course, but not her teams.
Lunch (Sep 18): VAFA Grand Final shindig
September 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Always a cracking affair.
Featuring Leigh Matthews, Barrie Cassidy and Greg Champion.
Dear Richmond: I hate the way you…
September 16, 2015 by 4 Comments
With a little help from the film ’10 Things I Hate About You’, Sarah Black summarises how she feels about the Tigers as the Army deal with yet another Elimination final exit.
Finals Week 1 – Western Bulldogs v Adelaide: Don’t Dream It’s Over
September 16, 2015 by 4 Comments
Kerrie Soraghan reaches into her reserves of “defensive pessimism” as she reflects on the ending to the Bulldogs’ 2015 campaign. Resilience and hope.
Junior Almanac: Winning is a plus, good footy is a must
September 16, 2015 by 11 Comments
Abby Lennon (11 years old) played in a Grand Final last Friday night, for the Wests Bulldogs. It was the first Brisbane Juniors Under 13 Girls Grand Final ever. [Terrific stuff Abby – Ed].
AFLBJ Under 14 Div 1 Grand Final – Sandgate v Wests: That’s the siren
September 16, 2015 by 6 Comments
The siren sounded in the Brisbane Junior Under 14s Grand Final, and then this happened…
[With thanks to Glenn Wagner – Ed]
Junior Almanac: Sandgate Hawks Give Father and Son a Day to Remember
September 16, 2015 by 10 Comments
Luke Smith (13-years-old) had the taste of Grand Final nerves ahead of playing in last Saturday’s big one. Could he and his Sandgate Hawks do it?
57 Mt Pleasant Street (part 5): World Cup Australian Football (The Now)
September 16, 2015 by 5 Comments
The AFL finals are our World Cup. This year we have Adelaide exuberance, West Coast alacrity, Fremantle relentlessness, North Melbourne randomness, Hawthorn force and Sydney graft. We have particular styles of play played by each team. We have stereotyped characteristics of each team and club, all playing the same game, governed by exactly the same rules. And E. Regnans says footy is now, not next year, but right now.
Northcote Park Reserves through to the big dance after impressive Preliminary Final win over Eltham
September 16, 2015 by 1 Comment
The fortunes of the Northcote Park Cougars club rest with their Reserves this weekend, Stephen Marson reports.
100% For 100 Minutes
September 16, 2015 by 5 Comments
The Almanac’s Farrer League correspondent, Josh “The Hot Gospeller” Pinn brings us all of the heartache of the East Wagga-Kooringal Hawks tilt at a long-awaited flag.
Finals Week 1 – Richmond v North Melbourne: The raw of the Tigers
September 16, 2015 by 5 Comments
A model of empathy, Tim Pegler personifies the maxim that ‘discretion is the better part of valor’ as North play their role in breaking the hearts of the Tiger army in yet another Elimination final.
Crio’s Q? Finals don’t matter if you’re not involved
September 15, 2015 by 4 Comments
An embittered Crio wonders why anyone – other than supporters of remaining teams and the always desperate punters – would give a “rat’s tossbag” once their side is out. Does anyone else struggle with this sentimental rubbish of picking a team for the finals?
Finals Week 1 – West Coast v Hawthorn: Some things are more important than footy
September 15, 2015 by 9 Comments
An important piece of reflective beauty from Matt Quartermaine.
Richmond, you breaks my heart, but I still love you
September 15, 2015 by 4 Comments
DrCruel73 is down but not out, in this open letter to Old Tiger.
This is Australia: Melrose footy ground and surrounds
September 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
This is Cameron McCallum’s drone video taken at the Northern Areas Football League Grand Final at Melrose FC in the Southern Flinders in South Australia.
That’s Mt Remarkable in the background.
They’ve had rain. The season looks promising. Check the canola (yellow) in the background. And the colour of the grass generally. God bless `em.
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