Damian Balassone has come up with an Asia-Pacific team to be reckoned with. Do you agree with his selections?
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Positional Change
August 12, 2025 by 8 Comments
Where do you go when you’re having a bad match? It’s easy explains Damian Balasssone in his poem ‘Positional Change’.
Almanac Poetry: Poets’ Lunch Reviewed
June 17, 2025 by 5 Comments
Poems about first love, lost mothers, aviator glasses, footy haiku, and much, much more, were all part of a very successful first Footy Almanac Poets’ Lunch last Friday.
Almanac Poetry: Poets’ Lunch – Meet our poets
June 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Meet the poets featured in the upcoming Footy Almanac Poets’ Lunch on Friday 13 June at the All Nations Hotel in Richmond.
Almanac Lunches: The Footy Almanac Poets’ Lunch
June 7, 2025 by 2 Comments
Join the Footy Almanac for lunch and a wonderful afternoon featuring poets who publish on our website, as we hear them read some of their poems, and discuss and dissect the role and importance of poetry in the world today. Friday, 13 June at The All Nations Hotel, Richmond.
Almanac (Last-minute) Gifts: So what would I like for Christmas?
December 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
John Harms has his own wish-list for Christmas. The thing he most wants is to go secondhand T-shirt shopping with son Theo, but he’s also on a few other possibilities. [Hint kids – Dad]
Revisiting The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch: Bruce Dawe’s September greeting
December 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The poetry vibe was strong at The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch where John Harms read this greeting from Bruce Dawe.
Revisiting the Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch 2024: Interpreting the signs
November 25, 2024 by 2 Comments
When Adelaide Auslan interpreter, muso and lyricist, Glenn Butcher came to Rick Darling’s book celebration at the Adelaide Lutheran Football Club in early 2024, he mentioned he was hoping to get across to Melbourne for an Almanac Lunch, and if things worked out for his footy club, maybe the Grand Final Lunch. Well, his footy side did make that Grand Final and he made the trip. He wrote a little poem in anticipation of the following day.
Almanac Lunches: The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch – another cracker!
September 28, 2024 by 12 Comments
It was undoubtably another cracking Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch as Col Ritchie’s photos and story tell.
Almanac Footy: The agony and the ecstasy of Collingwood Grand Final experiences
December 7, 2023 by 10 Comments
Usually a man of a few, well chosen and poetic words, Damian Balasonne recounts in detail his experience of the 2023 Grand Final with glimpses from previous deciders thrown in to highlight the significance of this year’s sweet victory.
Mark Philippoussis
October 11, 2022 by 6 Comments
Casanova and Kournikova, a little something from Balassone!
The Old Migrant
January 25, 2022 by 1 Comment
Damain Balassone’s poem ‘The Old Migrant’ suggests thoughts don’t always reflect what is shown.
Almanac Poetry: Country Football
October 3, 2020 by 10 Comments
‘Country Football’ by Philip Hodgins. Such a brilliant poem we quoted it in ‘Footy Town’. [This post is reprised from 2013]
Almanac Father’s Day
September 6, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Some writing by fathers and about fathers.
Round 4 – GWS v Collingwood: Two big losses in one night (Floreat Pica Society)
June 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Andrew Fithall has the FPS report for this week, as he laments Jeremy Howe’s horrible injury and a stop-start effort from his Pies.
A Relaxing Sunday and The Womens Footy Almanac
October 24, 2018 by 2 Comments
With long weekends and holidays approaching, Kate Birrell highly recommends The Womens Footy Almanac 2018 as a terrific read to both reflect upon the season that was and to contemplate that which lies ahead.
Almanac Book Review – The Women’s Footy Almanac 2018: Women still doing it for themselves
September 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Women are doing it for themselves, writes Cheryl Critchley in her review of The Women’s Footy Almanac 2018. Kudos to the whole Almanac community who helped realise this project, with a special shout out to editors Kasey Symons and Yvette Wroby and publisher John Harms.
What’s in The Women’s Footy Almanac 2018?
September 5, 2018 by 1 Comment
Here’s some information about The Women’s Footy Almanac 2018 which was launched on Sep 4. Copies are now available – free postage.
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