Wednesday night will see Presentation Night rock the Corner Hotel in Melbourne. Cameron Ling will host Paul Dempsey as he discusses his passion for music, football and the mighty Saints. Tickets $43. Have a read of how Andy Kelly has managed to merge culture and sport and, more importantly, get along!
Presentation Night: Music and footy this Wednesday night at the Corner Hotel (Melb)
June 2, 2014 by 4 Comments
AFL Round 11- Sydney v Geelong: Swans Storm To Premiership Favouritism
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Rsingi tacks Thursday’s game at the SCG on to a business trip and watches Sydney give Geelong a fearful hiding. He is proclaiming a new premiership frontrunner (Note: contains no whingeing about Geelong’s two six day breaks – Ed).
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 16-The 1974 Pioneers (1974)
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A tale of spirit from the 1974 World Cup. Two Germanys, Chile and Pinochet. ‘Advance Australia Fair’ announces the team’s arrival in West Germany. Underdogs we may have been but, as Dennis Gedling reports, we were there playing for and with pride.
The Round 11 Post Wrap: The Bloodbath Round
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Its the Bloodbath Round for Mr Wrap as finals pretenders show their true colours, and Tigers, Blues and Eagles fans ‘fess up to the awful truth about their teams.
Another Brick In The Wall
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“If you don’t form a wall….you don’t have a hope of stopping the goal! How can ya have any hope if ya don’t form a wall?!”
VAFA Division One Round 8 – NOBs/St Pat’s v MHSOB: Parklife
June 2, 2014 by 9 Comments
“…all the burning leaves…” A perfect autumn day is spent watching North Olds/ St Pat’s against Melbourne High School Old Boys. Suburban footy doesn’t get much better.
AFL Round 11 – Essendon v Richmond: Dreamtime at the G
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The Bombers cruise to one of their easier Dreamtime victories as the Tigers stare down the barrel of being … gulp … worse than Melbourne circa 2013? Rod Oaten reports.
AFL Round 11 – Sydney v Geelong: Some questions answered
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Whose idea was it to play at a ground that “reminds you of who you aren’t” during a Round that cares little for privilege? Ian Latham asked this question as he watched a Sydney performance so awesome that Geelong wasted time even playing.
Round 11 – Essendon v Richmond: Reinvigorated
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From a hot medicinal spa in Budapest, Sam gets rid of the after-effects of the Alcoholympics while watching Essendon return life to their own season.
AFL Round 11 – Hawthorn v GWS: Hawks get the job done… just
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Did they improve (hugely)? Or were we undermanned? So asks Jeremy Hill having seen GWS give the Hawks a real scare.
AFL Round 11 – Sydney v Geelong: Welcome to the cat-aclysm
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Tom Bally enjoys a wonderful Thursday night at the SCG. He’s got the traffic jam memories, souvenir jumper and Friday fogginess to prove it.
Lost and Found
June 1, 2014 by 5 Comments
A poignant memoir from Yvette Wroby about the passing of a beloved uncle, and how footy teams like people move from flakiness to triumph to gratitude. Her Saints turn will come.
Winchelsea FC: Chris Bracher
June 1, 2014 by 3 Comments
Beaut little story from Chris Bracher (looking very Curly Austin) about how he trains in his woollen Winchelsea FC woollen jumper every week.
VAFA – Fitzroy v Ivanhoe: Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy
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Phil Hill’s Royboys discover that “life wasn’t meant to be easy” by losing to bottom team Ivanhoe.
Paul Spinks play to be staged in Geelong
June 1, 2014 by 3 Comments
Paul Spinks’ one act play will be staged in Geelong in June.
AFL Round 11 – St. Kilda v Collingwood: Pies Glide Over The Saints
June 1, 2014 by 2 Comments
“This was a curious game,” writes Braham Dabscheck. “It lacked passion.”
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 17-The Tardelli Scream (1982)
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Italy were too good for the West Germans in the 1982 World Cup final.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 18-The Durban Disaster (2010)
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Disaster in Durban. The Socceroos run out of luck and legs against a talented young German side. The new world-class stadium runs out of beer and Dennis Gedling is your unwillingly sober reporter for the entirety of the drubbing.
Pointless Ranting
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Young Paddy Grindlay is learning that life sometimes doesn’t make sense (Particularly for Tigers fans)
AFL Round 11 – St. Kilda v Collingwood: Junktime at The Dome
May 31, 2014 by 9 Comments
Ramondobb’s report on Friday night’s Pies v Saints clash, including a nice touch to mark indigenous round.
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