George Grossek’s analysis in the lead-up to the first week of the finals sounded convincing. Only problem is he tipped zilch out of four. This has not dinted his confidence as he gives his thoughts on Week 2.
Finals Week 1 – Adelaide v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society): The Boys are Back in Town
September 7, 2025 by 1 Comment
Guy Fazzino, of the Floreat Pica Society, makes the trip to Adelaide (along with the convoy on the Western Highway) to watch his Pies and is not disappointed.
Round 23 – Adelaide v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society)
August 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
A brief look back on the latest game for the Pies by The Floreat Pica Society, a loss to ladder leaders Adelaide.
Round 21 – Adelaide v Hawthorn: Zoop, Zop, Zip!
August 2, 2025 by 6 Comments
Old Dog stayed up late to write about a superb game of footy played on the Adelaide Oval. [Great stuff Old Dog – JTH]
Round 10 – Collingwood v Adelaide: Haiku Bob – silent rain
May 19, 2025 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob has gone all autumn on us, as he creates the atmosphere of the Pies-Crows game.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024: Round 10 Review / Round 11 Preview
May 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024 reviews the Pies’ Round 10 match against Adelaide, and Previews their Round 11 match against Fremantle.
Round 6 – Adelaide v Essendon: Speed
April 20, 2024 by 4 Comments
In the still of the night, the croaking of the frogs around him, Old Dog is blown away by the pace the match between the Crows v Bombers was played at as he watched the game flopped in his chair after his day of toil. It was a cracking game!
AFL Round 2 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: The Parish
April 7, 2024 by 18 Comments
Gather Round has been a triumph for South Australia and Adelaide, again. Here’s a celebration of the Adelaide Oval, written by John Harms after Round 2 in 2014, the first AFL game for points at the new Adelaide Oval. {Or was there a game the season before?]
John Harms could not keep himself away from one of his favourite places on the planet. He travels to Adelaide for a significant moment in the life of the South Australian nation.
Almanac Life: Being 60. And loving it. (Especially when you’re in a pub and the Cats are firing)
March 24, 2024 by 11 Comments
Dips knows what he likes, and he likes pubs in Melbourne, old mates and Geelong winning away from home.
Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Adelaide)
March 18, 2024 by 2 Comments
Footy’s back for 2024 and so are Rodney Boyd’s footy-related teams. This time he is basing them around the theme of ‘Arrivals and Departures’; players who either came to the club after a stint elsewhere or flew the nest to find a new home. First up are the Adelaide Crows.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 15 – Review / Round 16 – Preview
June 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Cam Hooke has dissected the heartstopper over the Crows, the result of which saw the Pies stay high on the ladder. He also previews the upcoming clash with the Suns.
Almanac Book Review: Eddie Betts: The Boy From Boomerang Crescent
September 16, 2022 by 2 Comments
In his review of Eddie Betts’ autobiography The Boy From Boomerang Crescent , Braham Dabscheck explains that this is more than a ‘glory book’. [Thanks to Braham for permission to reproduce this review which first appeared in The Newtown Review of Books.]
Round 18 – Adelaide v Collingwood: They’ve won me over (Floreat Pica Society)
July 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
It’s eight-in-a-row for Collingwood, as Damian Balassone reports for the Floreat Pica Society. This team, led on Saturday by Nick Daicos and skipper Scott Pendlebury (‘glorious in his 350th’), has won him over.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – Round 17 Review, Round 18 Preview
July 11, 2022 by 1 Comment
Cam Hooke thinks the wild come-from-behind win for Collingwood says plenty about both his side and North Melbourne. He reviews the game and projects the coming clash with Adelaide as the Pies have one eye on September.
Round 10 – Adelaide v St. Kilda: A late swing in the polls delivers victory for the Saints
May 23, 2022 by Leave a Comment
It may not have been a classic, but Braham Dabscheck’s Saints claimed a mandate (for another week at least) with their win over the Crows in Adelaide.
Round 8 – Carlton v Adelaide: Mothers’ Day Becomes Daughter’s Day At Docklands
May 11, 2022 by 3 Comments
Watching his Blues defeat the Crows with his daughter was a delightful way for Matty to spend Mothers’ Day
Round 3 – Adelaide v Port Adelaide: Dawson puts Power up Shit Creek
April 2, 2022 by 5 Comments
Adelaide came from nowhere to beat Port in a Showdown that will be remembered for Jordan Dawson’s (wobbly) after-the-siren goal.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 2 Review, Round 3 Preview
March 28, 2022 by 1 Comment
Two from two, but Cam Hooke isn’t interested in talking about lids yet at Collingwood – he looks over the win against the Crows and upcoming game with Geelong.
Round 1 – Adelaide v Sydney: The touch of the unknown
August 18, 2021 by 3 Comments
Mathilde de Hauteclocque watches her Swans whilst striving to come to terms with a very different season. A year on, the Swans are contending for the flag once more – still, perhaps, in front of nowt but seagulls. (This piece was originally published in March 2020 – Eds.)
Round 17 – Essendon v Adelaide: Random Thoughts on Football
July 12, 2021 by 3 Comments
Old Dog is watching Essendon play the Crows and it gets him thinking about footy. He considers many things including a way of describing the ages of football.
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