Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 23-Australia Drag Out The Serbs With Them (2010)

The Socceroos finally salvage something from the 2010 World Cup tournament

AFL Round 10 – Port Adelaide v Hawthorn: Port win the battle

It’s all smiles at Alberton, but Trucker Slim reckons the Hawks were not far away.

AFL Round 10 – Collingwood v West Coast: Home Truths

Luke Reynolds tells how 3 generations of family travel from Colac to visit the Magpies ‘ancient burial grounds’ at Victoria Park and the MCG.

AFL and NRL – weekend results and ladders

All the wrap-up from this weekend’s AFL and NRL. Gold Coast are third. Take a photo of it.

My favourite footy jumper

Vin Maskell on his favourite footy jumper, which is West Geelong (not Geelong West) from 60 years ago. It belonged to a green-grocer called Bill.

Yallourn Footy Jumper: one small history

Rod Oaten tells the story of his Yallourn Football Club jumper. A teacher at Yallourn North Primary School he played at the club from 1961-64. If you have a woollen jumper we’d love to hear the story of it, and see a photo of it.

AFL Round 10 – Carlton v Adelaide: The Pogues or Paul Kelly?

It’s Christmas come early for Mickey Randall. No presents under the tree for the naughty Crows kiddies. Just the mid-winter despond of an English yuletide.

St Kilda Red pipped at the post by a point

Is momentum the most important factor of Aussie Rules at any level? Will Marcus’ Meadow become a long term game style? These questions, and more, arise as Joe Gillis casts his eye over a thrilling Under 12s epic.

AFL Round 10 – GWS v Richmond: Jack the Giant Slayer

From Benny Hill to King of the Hill! Cheryl Critchley travelled 875 kilometres to see the Jack and the Tigers get downright ferocious on the Giants.

AFL Round 10 – GWS v Richmond: Monaros running on one cylinder

Earl O’Neill cannot go with the banality of calling GWS the Giants so he has dubbed them the Monaros. He watches as they get a flogging and then finds an unlikely day’s highlight.

AFL Round 10: Scores and Ladder

The Round 10 scores and ladder.

SANFL Round 8 – Norwood v Woodville West Torrens: the drone war and around the grounds

In the absence of his young man at Friday night SANFL footy, Dave Brown finds others with whom to share some well-earned advice.

Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 24-Argentina Gives Australia Everything Except a Ticket to the World Cup (1993)

Denis Gedling recalls the two-legged play-off in 1993, featuring Maradona’s return to Sydney and a full house in Buenos Aires

Stanton and Vultures

“The trick is turn turn chaos into something crisp,” says Brent Stanton to Old Dog and the Vultures at a memorable training night. [Not a lot of love for the Bombers and Brent Stanton at the moment, but this may redress the balance a little – Ed]

AFL Round 10 – Collingwood v West Coast: From disdain to perspicacity (or footy as the Antipodia atralba butterfly)

The Almanac’s resident lepidopterist, David Wilson, awakens the Black and White Skipper from its chrysalis in time to evade the marauding Eagle.

VAFA – Premier B: Fitzroy v AJAX

Phil Hill sees his Royboys dust up the opposition by over a hundred points. There is no historical precedent for a double fish and chips victory.

AFL Round 9: All the reports

All the Almanac match reports from Round 9.

WAFL far too good for NEAFL

Les Everett profiles the WAFL’s big win over the NEAFL in interstate footy.

Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 25-Spain Finally Break Their Duck (2010)

Denis Gedling recalls the dour 2010 World Cup final in which Spain finally realised its potential

NBA Finals – My Crystal Ball

Raj Singh thinks this has been one of the great NBA playoff series of all time. His crystal ball tell him the final will come down to a replay of last year’s Spurs v Heat, but it will be tight.