Adjusting to life after professional sport ends is a struggle for many former players. Rohan Cooper charts the trajectory of former Hawk and Tiger, Billy Nicholls.
Gideon Haigh snags a flag – at last
March 24, 2015 by 9 Comments
The Almanac congratulates Gideon Haigh on his role in the Yarra Thirds’ premiership win last Saturday. But Jim Young has some serious concerns. [Leave Gideon a message – Ed]
Hometowns and Upside Down Frowns
March 24, 2015 by 9 Comments
Josh Pinn celebrates 25 years since deciding to follow the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Can one’s choice of team be rationalised? Josh makes a good fist of it; there’s been a lot to enjoy. Bring on 2015.
ICC World Cup 2015 – Semi Final time: limits stretch only so far
March 24, 2015 by 14 Comments
E. Regnans identifies a crash or crash through, high risk high-rewards approach from teams in this World Cup, He thinks India might be the one. But I suspect he will be happy with contests where the ball talks and wickets matter.
The Almanackers: M is for Mosig
March 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Our M writers are prolific. See who they are and enjoy some of their words.
Almanac Music: On Record
March 23, 2015 by 2 Comments
Everything old is new again. As the demand for music on vinyl experiences a resurgence in the digital age, Keiran Deck interviews Phil Place from Dynamite Records in Canberra
Crio’s Q? Game Abandoned
March 23, 2015 by 8 Comments
The remarkable conclusion to yesterday’s Brisbane Roar vs Wellington Phoenix game in the A-League has sent Crio down memory lane for some of the most bizarre conclusions to sporting contests you’ve seen or been involved in – nature enforced, or otherwise.
Pure XTC
March 23, 2015 by 21 Comments
All the world is football shaped, so why didn’t XTC kick that ball well and truly into space? Jeff Dowsing looks at a band who should have been one of the biggest groups of the U.K’s New Wave movement in the early 80s
Wool Team: Riverina nominations
March 23, 2015 by 5 Comments
Here’s some noms for footballers who come from a wool background in New South Wales and especially the Riverina. We haven’t got a team yet. Please add local champions as well.
A Footy Almanac Yarn about Writing Footy Almanac Yarns
March 23, 2015 by 12 Comments
“Singapore’s only no repeat work day;” Words that could only be found in a Mickey Randall yarn for the Footy Almanac. From downtown Singapore, the day when Mickey heads back to the Adelaide Oval via Glenelg looms. Go Tiges!
WAFL kicks off for 2015
March 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The WAFL season has begun with four pretty one-sided results. Les Everett wraps up week one of footy in the west.
Fitzroy and a New Girlfriend
March 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
As the streets and gutters fill with leaves, this time of the year is like getting a new girlfriend for Phil Hill. If the weekend’s practice match is any indication, things are looking good for their relationship.
NAB Pre-Season – St Kilda v Hawthorn: A Funny Thing Happened… Again.
March 22, 2015 by 3 Comments
Yvette celebrated the start of the 2015 season by meeting new Sainters.
The Almanackers: L is for Latham
March 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Ian Latham has been writing for us for quite a few years now. A Sydney barrister, his words first started popping onto the site a few years ago, as each week he found a way of applying a Greek myth to a footy situation from the weekend’s matches. These pieces were very popular. He [Read more]
Harmes and Harms: a story of industrial relations, bacon and egg burgers and VFL premierships
March 21, 2015 by 3 Comments
John Harms remembers how an E Harmes and an E-less Harms spent the 1979 Grand Final. [Memorable – Ed]
The Bloody Brutality of Boxing – Brayden Smith
March 21, 2015 by 7 Comments
Matt Watson’s passion for the sweet science comes to the fore in this considered piece on what the future holds for Boxing in the wake of Queensland boxer Brayden Smith’s untimely – and shocking – death earlier this month.
NAB Challenge 2015 – St Kilda v Hawthorn: Tough Roads
March 20, 2015 by 6 Comments
If you thought a new tourism-based job in the Japanese town of Kyoto could separate Yoshi from his beloved Saints, think again.
The Almanackers: K is for Kane
March 20, 2015 by 2 Comments
Here’s a look at Rick Kane and his K-colleague contributors who write for the Almanac.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: And They Still Won by Seven Points?
March 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
NAB Challenge or not – Cam Hook needs one of the faithful to explain to him how the Pies could dominate the stats sheet against Carlton at Bendigo and still lose by seven points? With his eyes now firmly fixed on round one, Cam wants to know what you’re looking for from the Woodsmen in Saturday evening’s match against the Bulldogs.
Ready Reckoner: Where Do the Western Bulldogs Fit Amongst Recent AFL ‘Scandals’?
Avoid knee-jerk reactions and mis-directed, energy sapping, screaming-banshee hysteria on social media or in refined company with Dave Brown’s handy guide to the appropriate level of outrage you should invoke when it comes to AFL ‘scandals’.