The Dickensian festive season footy fan (Part 1): The ghost of footy past

November 2, 2017 by 8 Comments

Jarrod Landells has emerged as a supporter of a number of teams as he explains in this thoroughly engaging piece of memory and contemplation which draws on a little Dickens too.

The Lousy Bounce – Part 2

July 4, 2016 by 2 Comments

This is the second part of Adam Muyt’s 1996 diary extracts, which were originally published in ‘Maroon & Blue – Recollections and Tales of the Fitzroy Football Club’

The Lousy Bounce – Part 1

May 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Twenty years on from Fitzroy’s last unmerged season in the AFL, Royboy Adam Muyt shares some of his diary entries from that eventful year.

2016: A year of high and low anniversaries for Fitzroy Football Club supporters

March 13, 2016 by 6 Comments

Philip Mendes reflects on the significance of this year’s anniversaries for Fitzroy Football Club – the good and the not so

A night when all the stars aligned

June 14, 2012 by 1 Comment

Last night many of the biggest names in football gathered to honour the latest AFL Hall of Fame inductees and the elevation of Barry Cable to legend status.  It’s one of the heartwarming aspects of football that through this event and the Brownlow Medal, past greats of the 1960s-’70s-’80s vintage still regularly keep in touch. Looking at the [Read more]