GWS blitzed Melbourne in the first quarter and ran out comfortable winners against Melbourne. William Westerman was just happy to watch an AFL game in Canberra.
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The Pies’ most memorable wins over Brisbane (and Fitzroy) in the past 50 years
May 25, 2017 by 4 Comments
Steve Fahey looks at his most memorable Collingwood wins against Brisbane/Fitzroy. Will this weekend’s game be another classic?
The Pies’ most memorable wins against the Blues in the past 50 years
May 5, 2017 by 8 Comments
Steve Fahey outlines Collingwood’s most memorable wins over Carlton in the past 50 years ahead of the clash celebrating the club’s 125th Anniversary in Round 7.
AFLW Grand Final – Brisbane v Adelaide: Just a Girl
March 30, 2017 by 3 Comments
Trucker Slim was totally enamoured with the AFLW Grand Final: from the effort and the skills to the crowd and the passion. History was made and the revolution has well and truly began.
AFLW Round 6 – Adelaide v Melbourne: The horror of barracking for the Crows
March 12, 2017 by 7 Comments
Despite having a long held hatred of their male counterparts, Kate O’Halloran has found a lot to like about the Crows in the AFLW League,
AFL Pre-season – North Melbourne v Hawthorn: Home Sweet Home
March 2, 2017 by 6 Comments
Deakin journalism student Marnie Cohen had heard her family’s stories about Arden Street. But the last VFL game was played there in 1985. On Sunday she returned with her father to see North put in their second solid performance of the pre-season. It meant a lot. [Nice debut piece – Ed]
AFLW Round 2 – Collingwood v Melbourne: Born again Dees
February 13, 2017 by 1 Comment
Rod and his Demon loving daughter head to Princes Park and witness a game turn around. It’s another good night at the footy. Melbourne come romping home.
AFLW Round 1 – Western Bulldogs v Fremantle: Reigning premiers chalk up historic first win
February 6, 2017 by 8 Comments
Joey D, a graduate of Footscray North Primary, has moved north of the Murray. But he wasn’t missing the first game in the AFLW comp at Whitten Oval. He drove down the Hume. And it was worth the trip. tremendous piece from Joey D, with its focus on the moment, and on the footy.
AFL Round 23 – Sydney v Richmond: Miracle at the Sporting Globe (this is the Almanac’s 10,000th piece)
December 5, 2016 by 6 Comments
Part three of Paddy Suggests, Richmond’s incredible, euphoric and, yes, emotional win over Sydney in Round 23, 2014 was one of the best examples of Australian Football of all time, while Callum O’Connor’s report of the game, a rollicking tale of three Tigers following every twist and turn at the Sporting Globe, made the win all the more sweet. This was also the Almanac’s 10,000th piece (and a bloody good one, I might add).
AFL 2016 from a non-Victorian perspective
October 4, 2016 by 9 Comments
Dave Warner demonstrates a whole series of inequities in the national competition and points the finger at the Melbourne-based journalists who support them. How strong are the arguments he brings?
Almanac Books: Champions All – A History of AFL/VFL Football in the Players’ Own Words – Part 1
September 1, 2016 by 10 Comments
Matt Zurbo has a new book published called Champions All – A History of AFL/VFL Football in the Players’ Own Words . In this extract players talk about the clubs in the 2010s from Adelaide to GWS.
The 2016 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Cup – Round Twenty Two
August 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
Now is a fine time to sit back with Earl O’Neill and ponder your lot. To get you started, here is some physiology, a mugging, a brush with death, Eddie Betts and Dr Martin Luther King Jr [“Breathtaking” – Peter_B].
Round 21 – St Kilda v Sydney: Oh, to be twenty one again
August 15, 2016 by 1 Comment
Reflective and thought-provoking; it was a family night for Craig Dodson, “sitting in the back-seat of the family station wagon for the first time in about 15 years” en route to Docklands.
The 2016 ‘Pearler’ Cup – Round Twenty
August 12, 2016 by 7 Comments
Earl O’Neill deciphers his notes from a weekend of footy and other less important sports
25 Years of Crowfania
March 20, 2016 by 14 Comments
Swish recounts a quarter century of Crow memories.
AFL Round 20 – Port Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney: The Cap’s Off
August 17, 2015 by 16 Comments
Dan Hansen settles back to celebrate. Not just a Port Adelaide win, but the arrival of Dexter Dan Hansen into the world. (Congrats from all Almanackers. Well played Mrs H – Ed)
AFL Round 3 – Carlton v Essendon: An Evening with Big Nick
April 20, 2015 by 2 Comments
John Butler was there as the powerbrokers at Carlton try to reconnect with the faithful…
A Look at the 2015 AFL Season Tea Leaves
March 18, 2015 by 3 Comments
Tony Robb boils the kettle and swirls some lapsang souchong in a cup and comes up with his prognostications on how the 2015 AFL season will unfold. Good for some and not-so-good for others.
An AFL Lockout is the Only Answer
March 2, 2015 by 9 Comments
I suspect Rohan Coooper’s debut piece will generate a response. The players have too much power, he argues.
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