Deep into time-on in the second week of our Crowdfunding effort, here’s some information on our plans to expand what the Almanac offers members and supporters. We also need your help on what to name our planned eMagazine
Wool and Footy: Remembering the blue and gold
March 12, 2015 by 2 Comments
The memory of Toolibin Football Club lives on. Here Syd Martin, Heidi Astbury and Janice Sieber tell the tale of the unveiling of Geoff Sims sculpture at the old Toolibin footy ground in the sheep-wheat belt of WA.
Introducing Interchanger; Player Management Made Easy
March 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Almanacker Murray Bird and his team have developed INTERCHANGER; Player management technology that is currently being used by 10 AFL clubs is now available for your club or sports group. Read more…
Archie Calls the Grand Final Before the First Bounce of the Season – When His Gazza’s Stalking Around the Gee- Arch See’s Red, He Sees Red, He’s Sees Red
March 12, 2015 by 8 Comments
Inspired by Luke Reynolds’ ode to Shane Watson, Archie draws heavily on Eric Bogle’s ‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ for this hymn to Gary Ablett [and throws in a clever use of Split Enz’s ‘I See Red’ in his title for this post. – Ed]
The Almanackers: E is for Eid
March 12, 2015 by 9 Comments
Of all the voices on the Almanac site, Danni Eid’s may be the most distinctive. Meet Danni and some of the other E surnames who contribute.
Stawell Gift Dinner tonight (BOOK HERE)
March 11, 2015 by 8 Comments
J. D. O’Donnell (Preston) off 8 3/4 yards got the chocolates (and a fair bit more) in the 1955 Stawell Gift. He’s telling his story over dinner this coming Thursday. Here’s a taste (thanks to his son Dips)
Seasons in the Sun – Part Twenty (The Denouement (?)): The Panton Hillbillies and the Mark Marshall Fan Club
March 11, 2015 by 4 Comments
Day two of their semi-final against Lalor Stars; the Lower Plenty Third XII look to complete the run chase and progress to the competition Grand Final. Is this their season denouement?
An Almanac A.P.B : The 1978 VFA Grand Final
March 11, 2015 by 7 Comments
Almanacker Chris Bolger is trying to get hold of a copy of the 1978 VFA Grand Final, in which Prahran 21.15.141 defeated Preston 17.17.119. After contacting Channel 10, and both the Preston and Prahan football clubs, his search has come up empty. Chris is hoping the Almanac community can help him access a copy for his Dad to watch.
The Ballad of Watto
March 11, 2015 by 16 Comments
Set to the tune of the Australian Crawl classic ‘Errol’, The Ballad of Shane Watson; in which Luke Reynolds presents a portrait of Australian cricket’s most vexing selection versus performance dilemma.
2002 – The Almost (Where’s SA and Tas?) All Australian SSA Team – All Bound for Mornington
March 11, 2015 by 1 Comment
Cloke. T, Swallow. A and Deledio. B together in the same team would be a pretty awesome combination, and one that would have 17 other list managers green with envy. In the latest Almost All-Australian Team ‘Swish’ Schwerdt revisits the 2002 All-Australian Schoolboys side.
Crio’s Question – AFL Club Memberships – Why?
March 11, 2015 by 2 Comments
Crio’s sceptical – first I’ve heard of it. As PJ Keating said, always back self-interest.
The hoick, the dismissal or just taking part: What will he remember from our weekend of cricket?
March 11, 2015 by 4 Comments
This week’s episode of Boys and Balls stars Sean and Ben Curtain, exploring the fine line between the gaining and losing of your child’s respect.
ICC World Cup 2015 – Ireland v Zimbabwe, Bellerive Oval, Hobart
March 11, 2015 by 4 Comments
Mark Duffet is captivated by the passionate Irish and Zimbabwean cricketers who turn on a high scoring thriller in Hobart, and outraged by a marketing “score” board that keeps the scores a secret.
The Almanackers: D is for Dimitriadis
March 11, 2015 by 2 Comments
There are plenty of Ds on the books at the Almanac. Phil Dimitriadis is one of them.
Crio’s Racing: Cheltenham Festival 2015
March 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
A genuinely ‘time-honoured’ event, the world-famous Cheltenham Festival gets underway tonight (Australian time). Here’s a useful guide and tips from Jack de Menezes in yesterday’s The Independent, re-posted by Crio.
Greatest footballers to be associated with the wool industry (where was this all up to, March 2015?)
March 10, 2015 by 108 Comments
During last year we featured a series on old woollen footy jumpers and called for nominations for the very best team of footballers to have had an association with wool. We’re about to refine the process. We need more noms right now. And to help make sure we get all the best names I am heading to the Wool BBQ at Burra next Monday night. Details are in this article.
Almanac Music: There’s Never Been More to Adore Than in ’84
March 10, 2015 by 31 Comments
Call me hopelessly out of touch but I have an altogether borderline theory the world hit peak music in 1984. Sure, wearing your sunglasses at night was advised to protect peepers from pastel polos and assorted fashion crimes. And swallowing the ’84 vintage mush served by Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, George Michael and Stevie Wonder would make [Read more]
From Paul Kelly’s Facebook: “Sonnet to a New Sherrin”
March 10, 2015 by 1 Comment
There’s very little that compares for Aussie rules lovers than the smell and the feel of a brand new Sherrin. Paul Kelly, legend of Australian music, posted a beaut entry on his Facebook page; poetry inspired by a new season. [Poem gratefully reproduced here for Footy Almanac readers – Ed.]
Moments and Friendships
March 10, 2015 by 6 Comments
A sunburnt Old Dog just kicks back every now and then and thinks about what’s been going on and who he’s bumped in to and what’s coming up. Another footy season approaches and the oval hardness may be too much for one sprinkler. [I love a good Zurbo refelction – Ed]
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