We are down to number 2 in Dennis Gedling’s fantastic Top 100 World Cup Moments series. Number 2 recounts the infamous ‘Hand of God’ game between Argentina and England in the 1986 Mexico World Cup. Great reading except if you’re English. What will be number 1 tomorrow?
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 2-The Best (and worst) of Diego Armando Maradona (1986)
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Congrats and thanks to Dennis Gedling for his remarkable 100-day World Cup series.
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Join me in congratulating Dennis Gedling for a magnificent 100 days of World Cup story-telling. Simply fantastic. [And check out the stories – Ed]
AFL Round 12 – North Melbourne v Richmond: Extraordinary
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Rob Chanter and Sons have a great Sunday culminating with a Kangaroos comeback win and (two) hot jam donuts.
Riverina, and Red and Whites
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Glen picks a team of players from the Riverina who went on to represent the Swans (both of the South Melbourne & Sydney variety). And he will take on board any suggestions regarding players he may have overlooked.
21 Deep, Penetrating, Important, Philosophical Questions: Gospel music, Twistie Rolls and Shaun Hampson
June 11, 2014 by 11 Comments
Sean Curtain isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions. From Van Morrison to the value of St Kilda in the AFL, they are all questions worth asking. Have you got answers?
AFL Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Essendon: misfiring Monaros
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Too weary to get on his bike and get to the ground, Earl O’Neill draws a line and watches his Monaros get picked apart by the Bombers.
2014 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs vs. Miami Heat. Game 1: Fighting Heat with heat (and Game 2).
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Nursing his two-week old son whilst taking in the NBA finals. Paul Campbell reckons that it doesn’t get much better than this.
AFL Round 12 – Review: The game takes many forms
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JTH thanks Her Majesty for the celebrations.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 4 -“Two World Wars & One World Cup….”
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What do St Kilda and the English football team have in common? Dennis Gedling lets you know with this tale of solitary success in the 1966 World Cup.
Where were you when Gary Gilmour took 6/14 in the semi-final at Headingley?
June 11, 2014 by 14 Comments
Tell us where you were and what you were doing on June 18, or the morning of June 19 (Australian time), 1975, when you heard of Gary Gilmour’s 6/14 to smash England at Headingley, and get Australia into the first World Cup final.
AFL Round 12 Geelong v Carlton: Not Winning Isn’t Losing
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Damien “Dips” O’Donnell beautifully captures the tension of a nail-biting finish.
AFL Round 12 – Melbourne v Collingwood: Pugnacious Pies Defeat Defensive Dees
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Collingwood won, but even the Floreat Pica scribe Paul O’Connell struggles to find positives in a dour, defensive struggle. Somehow he manages.
Leadership Matters (reprised)
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Malcolm Ashwood runs the ‘rulebook’ over good and bad leadership in sport. [This piece has been generating comments again – so we thought we’d bring it back – Ed]
AFL Round 12 – Port Adelaide v St Kilda: Talent at and near Adelaide Oval
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Mike D saw Port Adelaide win twice on the weekend. His wife shook her head.
Five Corowa races, two protests, one OA
June 10, 2014 by 3 Comments
Glen D enjoys an afternoon at the Corowa races but needed a win in Adelaide to save the day.
AFL Round 12 – North Melbourne v Richmond: Sleeps with the Chickens
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Matt Watson may have had a glimpse into Brad Scott’s half-time address, as his son Angus shook them all night long.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 5-The Greatest (1970)
June 10, 2014 by 3 Comments
Dennis Gedling celebrates perhaps the greatest national team of all time, when Brazil rode their unique attacking flair to success in the 1970 World Cup.
Stubbsy’s Wesley Hill Woollen Footy Jumper
June 10, 2014 by 3 Comments
TR has a bit of a country footy jumper collection going. This one brings back memories of a painful defeat by a cross town rival and of country clubs that have ceased to be.
AFL Round 12 – Fremantle v Adelaide: Beautiful as Grace Kelly
June 10, 2014 by 8 Comments
Dave Brown got a BT free telecast, but oh boy, wowee, the Adelaide Crows footy factory was shutdown by the Fremantle shop steward Ross Lyon once more.
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