Crio thinks the best racing this week is in the UK, with leadup races for the Cup invaders. Moonee Valley has the last vestiges of winter, while the class resumes in Sydney but the big wet intervenes. Tips please.
AFL Round 21 – Sydney Swans v St.Kilda: In a Buddy-dream daze
August 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Writing from her sick bed, Saints fan Yvette Wroby is still optimistic. There is always something to look forward to, she says, even if it is just the end of the season.
Obituary: “…But first, here’s the classified results with James Alexander Gordon”
August 20, 2014 by 17 Comments
James Alexander Gordon turned a broadcasting chore, announcing the British football results on BBC Radio, into an art form. No one could say ‘Wolverhampton Wanderers’ quite like JAG. Dennis Gedling pays tribute to the late Scottish broadcaster, and to childhood memories.
Teapuhoo – Not all the guys at the top are skateboarders
August 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
Epic Chopes http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/billabong-pro-teahupoo-claims-casualty-as-mick-fanning-charges/5681176?section=sport
AFL Round 21 – Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide: The Best Laid Plans
August 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
A monsoon makes a mockery of Jamie Simmons plans to showcase footy to new friend Mel.
Poignancy personified: a postscript from Gerry Both
August 20, 2014 by 4 Comments
Gerry The Torp Both with a poignant postscript to his earlier piece on his old woollen Adelaide Uni Blacks jumper.
PNG in International Cup Grand Final
August 20, 2014 by 5 Comments
Out (visa problems) is something you don’t usually see when the teams are announced on a Thursday Night. Murray Bird keeps us up to date with the PNG Mosquitoes’ sometime rocky path into the Grand Final of the 2014 International Cup.
Wallabies Strive to Break Bledisloe Drought
August 20, 2014 by 2 Comments
Tim Ladhams reminds us of the good old days when Australia last held the Bledisloe Cup and our repeat spoiling of the Kiwi chase towards a record winning streak.
AFL Round 21 – Review: Choose a plot-line
August 19, 2014 by 3 Comments
JTH on the movie that is the 2014 season.
AFL Round 21 – Carlton v Geelong: Don’t bring me down Blues
August 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
When Dennis Gedling hears ELO he thinks 1995 Grand Final. Thankfully things turn out for the better on this footy trip.
Charles Brooking Hannah – God’s footballer
August 19, 2014 by 1 Comment
Carlton’s Charles Brooking Hannah abandoned football for the perilous life of a Christian missionary in China at the turn of the 20th century. Tony De Bolfo reports.
AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v Adelaide: a Patong bar, a sunset lobster, a Magpie loss
August 19, 2014 by 1 Comment
PJ Branagan sandwiches a Round 18 match report between drinks at Bar Funk 3 in Patong and lobster while overlooking the azurian Andaman Sea.
Victorian bias in free kicks – who’d have thought!
August 19, 2014 by 21 Comments
Is there home-team bias in umpiring? Dave Warner, armed with stats and capital letters, blows the whistle on this contentious issue.
WAFL: Tigers keep it shining
August 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Tigers are finishing the season with a wet sail – both in the AFL and the WAFL. Les Everett fills us in on Round 21 and Claremont’s surprise win over second placed Subiaco.
AFL Round 21 – North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: September dance
August 19, 2014 by 5 Comments
Look out; Andrew Starkie is polishing up his dance shoes at Coburg City Oval. No lurking around the edges of the dance floor this year.
AFL Round 21 – Collingwood v Brisbane: Roll on 2015
August 18, 2014 by 2 Comments
Cam Hooke chose watching the Bledisloe Cup over his Magpies on Saturday night (wise choice). He offers his usual calm, dispassionate analysis of where Collingwood are at.
AFL Round 21 – Collingwood v Brisbane: Bali in September is nice – where is my tropical shirt?
August 18, 2014 by 3 Comments
Paul Taylor drew the short straw for the Floreat Pica Society watching his Magpies succumb to injuries and Brisbane. He’d rather be sunning himself in Bali or at Victoria Park watching the ressies.
AFL Round 21 – Adelaide v Richmond: Nice sizzle, Adelaide…
August 18, 2014 by 6 Comments
The Adelaide Oval is a magnificent venue, says Stainless Steele, but it may mask some inadequacies in the local teams. Richmond managed to get the points – against the tide of the final quarter.
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