Joe Moore loves his footy club, and tells us why. What does your footy club mean to you?
How Mum finally fell in love with Football
October 8, 2014 by 4 Comments
Vaughun Menlove’s mum never cared for football. And then along came the A League, Melbourne Victory and Danny Allsop.
American Football Week 5: Boyhood memories of the Minnesota Vikings
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Prof Bruce Bergland remembers Monday Night Football as a boy in Minnesota. Bruce is the editor of The Allrounder, an American Sportswriting site (mentioned by Peter Baulderstone in Crio’s Question this week). The Footy Almanac and The Allrounder will be looking out for each other. This piece was first published at www.pigskinalmanac.com our new American football writing site.
No Sporting Life
October 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten has a tale we can all relate to – what to do once the footy is over?
Wanganeen Wizardry
October 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
Thanks to Peter Argent, we can see that Gavin Wanganeen can still turn it on at 41.
AFL Grand Final – Sydney v Hawthorn: I got a golden ticket
October 8, 2014 by 4 Comments
When is too much Hawthorn Grand Final celebration never too much? When the writing is as good as Crash Thompson’s memories of grand finals recent and distant.
M. Goodyear. Let’s Hope It Is.
October 7, 2014 by 1 Comment
Paddy Grindlay’s school mate Matty Goodyear is waiting on the AFL Draft. Paddy has his fingers crossed for Matt (and hopes he ends up in a Tigers jumper).
Two Grand Finals too many
October 7, 2014 by 3 Comments
A despondent Les Everett ruminates on the WAFL and AFL Grand Finals and, briefly, the fun of the Footy Almanac Grand Final lunch.
The All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final (Replay) 2014: Kilkenny v Tipperary
October 7, 2014 by 5 Comments
Braham Dabscheck always thought that Australian Football was the fastest and most exciting team sport of them all. Not any more. Hurling, he says, is a game that has no truck shillyshallying.
Crio’s Question: What other floozies do you visit?
October 7, 2014 by 5 Comments
Now that footy season is over a young Almanacker’s eye drifts to other sports. Crio asks what other sporting websites and information sources do you visit for entertainment over the coming months?
AFL Grand Final – Sydney v Hawthorn: Everything is turning to Gold – With the ‘Hand of Rioli’
October 7, 2014 by 1 Comment
Its the gift that keeps on giving for Hawthorn fans. Paul Campbell has now returned from Cloud Nine to deliver his report on the finest day in Hawks history.
Almanac Rugby League – Tom Brock Lecture to be delivered by John Harms in Sydney
October 7, 2014 by 1 Comment
John Harms will deliver the Tom Brock Lecture in Sydney on Oct 8. All welcome.
Gone Girl/Guy: What movies tell us about Essendon and ourselves
October 6, 2014 by 6 Comments
Peter Baulderstone saw a great movie on the weekend, and wonders who is the ‘Gone Girl’ in the Essendon saga? And what does each of these modern fables tell us about how we choose to understand our “truth”?
NTFL Week One Wrapup
October 6, 2014 by 2 Comments
Jackson Clark lets us know who were the winners and losers in the first week of footy in Darwin.
The Creation of the 2014 Almanac: Matt Spangher breathes life into this year’s back-to-back edition
October 6, 2014 by 10 Comments
A blessing! [Well that should help – Ed]
Trade week: what place the ‘I’ in team?
October 6, 2014 by 6 Comments
Some things to ponder, from E. Regnan’s reading of the newspaper, and the moment. Team and individual? Community? [This piece invites some thinking. Great use of the word ‘fussily’ as well – JTH]
The Boys of Summer are Back
October 6, 2014 by 2 Comments
It was the first day of a new cricket season for Callum O’Connor. Plenty of time for inventing new player nicknames and contemplating whether sibling rivalry trumps team success.
Schrödinger’s club: an experiment on the duality of James Hird
October 5, 2014 by 6 Comments
Heads up Nobel Prize panel; Dave Brown fires towards Stockholm with his allusion to Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment. The original presented a cat that may be simultaneously both alive and dead. So of course, that means the coach at Essendon is… wait…
Tulip
October 4, 2014 by 10 Comments
A sad Matt Zurbo spent time getting to know Robbie Flower. Here he offers some observations of a much-loved man.
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