Dips O’Donnell pays tribute to the attacking, joyful footy that Ken Hinkley has embraced at Port Adelaide.
Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch – overflow spots available
September 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Just letting you know that we have seen the overflow room at The Royal Melbourne Hotel and it works OK. You can still book, enjoy your lunch in the room (with closed circuit TV) or pop into the main room (literally metres away) for the interviews and other frivolities. Details here.
AFL Preliminary Final – Hawthorn v Port Adelaide: This one’s for Gibbo
September 21, 2014 by 3 Comments
Players take no solace from a loss – Josh Gibson explained this sternly to Trucker Slim back in May. Port Adelaide played with speed, ingenuity and sublime skill, but did not quite do enough.
Pharmacy 101
September 21, 2014 by 3 Comments
Phil Hill shares his professional opinion about the use of drugs in sport and the dental needs of Port fans.
AFL Semifinal Reports
September 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
All the reports from the second week of the 2014 finals.
The people of Melbourne respond to Justice Middleton’s ruling
September 20, 2014 by 31 Comments
Justice Middleton, now being sought as a BBC dramatist for his ability to give clashing signposts in his narrative, has ruled against James Hird and Essendon.
Here is how Melbourne responded. How did you respond, wherever you may be?
Ruck-a-Muck
September 20, 2014 by 24 Comments
Matt Zurbo on the significance of ruckmen and their influence on games. [Top stuff – Ed]
As featured the the Age sports section today.
American football: a Green Bay memory
September 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
Rod Oaten has wide interests in football and they extend to American football. Here’s his piece about the Green Bay Packers from www.pigskinalmanac.com
Dear Sando: a letter from the Crows’ board
September 19, 2014 by 21 Comments
Dave Brown unearths a letter, written three years ago, from the Board of the Adelaide Football Club to newly-appointed coach Brenton Sanderson.
AFL Season Review – Sainters: What’s the frequency, Lenny?
September 19, 2014 by 7 Comments
Patrick O’Brien brings a revolution to Shoreham Beach and considers the Saints season; a season which makes him think of floods, rainbows, Lenny Hayes, the petulant strops of Supreme Beings, Cormac McCarthy and Will Self, Zac Dawson and our own Saint Yvette. [Classic Almanac stuff – JTH]
2014 Finals Diary: when time steps out of its regular gait
September 19, 2014 by 9 Comments
Each year Swans’ fan Mathilde de Hauteclocque tries to feel the joy of finals, the renewal of September, the luck bestowed on her by supporters of teams not so lucky. [Exquisite – JTH]
Preliminary Final Preview – It’s People’s Round
September 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Our Foreteller of fates, Sal Ciardulli, tips a Silent Achiever on the weekend (Kangaroos omen?) and Happy Trails for the Hawkers on their way to another Grand Final.
The 2014 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup: Finally, Four
September 19, 2014 by 2 Comments
There’s plenty of ways to turn punters away and off, and the AFL has the knack of discovering them. Earl O’Neill (with a great line about 1977) on his Preliminary Finals plan.
1975 NFL Championship Final – A Dim Recollection
September 18, 2014 by 15 Comments
Swish Schwerdt cannot remember attending the 1975 NFL Championship Final at Football Park between South Australia and Victoria. But he has the evidence to prove he was there.
Sydney v North Melbourne – akin to what cliché for the Roos?
September 18, 2014 by 4 Comments
In looking at North Melbourne’s chances against Sydney, Kangaroos fan Matt Watson draws inspiration from boxer Buster Douglas, singer Kenny Rogers and Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, among others.
Almanac Podcast – Episode 18: Crunchy Granola
September 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson joins Matty Q, The People’s Elbow and Stone Cold as this week’s guest on the couch for the view from Arden Street as the ‘Norfmentum’ continues to roll deep into September. With his beloved CY’s winning the division one VAFA flag over the weekend, we also get some first hand experience on [Read more]
Tasmanian State League: only the Grand Final remains
September 18, 2014 by 2 Comments
E.Regnans our man about (many a) town was in Hobart last week and updates us on an exciting and unpredictable finals series in the Tasmanian State League. How are Wynyard going in the North West, Phanto?
Retirement for the Weekend Warrior
Vaughan Menlove shares the difficult decision facing the competitive athlete about when to quit. The heart and mind are willing but the body chooses to differ.