In this Friday’s column, KD writes about the unusual and typically amusing phenomenon of mondegreens – those mishearings/misinterpretations usually associated with songs and poems. [Thanks to ‘Swish’ Schwerdt for using the word in a response to a previous post of mine; it inspired this piece – KD]
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Almanac Footy: 1968 Victoria v SA – Never in it
South Australia had reason for hope leading into their 1968 clash with Victoria. Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt relives what happened next in his inimitable style.
Almanac (Radio and TV) History: “Don’t burn down the studio” – The Coodabeen Champions and Channel 7’s 1986 Football Marathon
Memories! In this nicely researched piece, Richard Prentice takes us back to the first (and only) Coodabeens takeover of the pre-VFL Grand Final ‘Football Marathon’ in 1986. [first published in 2020]
SANFL 1987 Grand Final – North Adelaide v Glenelg: Amayzing
Swisch Schwerdt remembers 1987, in all its 1987-ness, culminating in the North Adelaide – Glenelg Grand Final in the SANFL. [The Ricky May national anthem is a must-see – Ed]
Almanac Flashback – Bowled (Canna) Lily: Park Cricket in 1970s Elizabeth
Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt revisits the battlefields of childhood, and the characters that made those informal test matches forever memorable in a story from 2014 reprised from the Footy Almanac archives.
Almanac Cricket – A comeback for the Sheffield Shield?
What did we learn from the first Round of the Marsh Sheffield Shield competition last weekend? Ian Hauser found that it left him with more questions than answers.
The Eagles Almanac Launch – photos
Some photos taken at the launch of The Eagles Almanac at the North Fitzroy Arms on Wednesday night.
The Ashes – Fourth Test, Day 4: A Spot of Gardening
Citrus Bob Utber reports on the truncated Day 4, with some news on the Richie trivia front and another tricky question.
Elizabeth High 1977 – Class 12.2: Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?
It’s now 40 years since Swish and his cohorts from Elizabeth High faced their Matriculation year. How’d they turn out?
1986 – A Year With The Blacks Round 15: Eaton, Cheatin’, Unbeaten (was that Keg?)
Everyone is allowed an off week. Gordon Agars was making a habit of it back in 1986. Here’s his perfunctory assessment of Round 15, including a Keg sighting.
1986 – A Year With The Blacks Round 12: Sechs on Legs
The Lutherans were kaput, The Ones won but the Glamour Side were put off by some lippy Catholics. Gordon Agars sent also young Gucci around the teams for the 1986 Round 12 AUFC report.
1986 – A Year With The Blacks Round 11: Fey St Peters
Gordon Agars was the unfortunate victim of vandalism at the Queen’s Head this week. It didn’t stop him from filing this bumper recap of AUFC Round 11, 1986.
1986 – A Year With The Blacks Round 10: Revolutionary
Where did Gordon Agars spend his grant money after preparing his Round 10 1986 AUFC match reports?
25 Years of Crowfania
Swish recounts a quarter century of Crow memories.
South Australia v Victoria State of Origin 1984 – Tuesday Night Lights
Written on “Back to the Future Day”, Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt heads back to the past. The night South Australian football was changed irreversibly. 1984 specifically, when South Australia took on the Big V in a State-of-Origin match, played at Football Park. Just before the lure of the VFL/AFL proved too much for many of the SANFL’s best. The Football Budget? Don’t ask.
Round 10 – Carlton v Adelaide: Melbourne by foot, Part 1
Part 1 of Dave Brown’s trip to Melbourne on the weekend.
AFL Round 23 – Collingwood v Hawthorn: All Over
Luke Reynolds looks at the Magpies final thrust at a finals birth and watches hard-nut Luke Ball give it one last crack.
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