Round 9 2018 – Essendon v Geelong

With the Bombers playing the Cats in Round 1, Citrus Bob Utber thought Essendon fans may like to relive their victory over Geelong in 2018 with his report from the match.

Round 21- Essendon v St Kilda: Out

Yvette Wroby has been busy and for the first Melbourne game all season, chose the couch. It ended up being a great decision. She has no words left to describe the game.

Round 19 – Essendon v Sydney: No Magic Wand

Joe Moore weaves a tale of footy, friendship and other wizardly things, even though his Swans have a tough night in Melbourne.

Almanac Art: Dreamtime for a Canadian

Artist Kendra Heil has had an opportunity to further her understanding of indigenous culture, which has inspired two fine pieces. She explains how it all came about.

AFLM Round 17 – St Kilda v Essendon: When all is said and done

ABBA and Yvette Wroby’s extended family help her through a tough footy week, as well as the loss of her beloved Uncle Marcel. Her drafted grand-daughter Sienna and many Saints stories help lift her spirit. It’s the people in our lives who matter most and help heal the footy bruises.

Round 3 – Port Adelaide v Essendon: Wise words from a Port legend

Port great John Cahill’s perspective reminds all of the value of four premiership points

Round 19 – GWS v Essendon: Game Plan Broken. Please fix?

Bombers fan Sam wonders whether it’s his TV signal or Essendon’s game plan that’s not working. Probably the latter…

AFL Round 16 – Western Bulldogs v Essendon: Bulldogs hang in (again) but Dons do enough

Much like their history as a club, the Bulldogs hung in there but it wasn’t quite enough for success, writes Rod Oaten.

AFL Round 11 – Essendon v Carlton: A Report Card

Schoolteacher Sam presents Essendon’s mid-year report card. The Bombers have demonstrated the ability to use formulas to problem-solve, most recently applying the following function: (R + C + H) + CC + 3MG = EV.

AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Essendon: Tigers caught snoozing in Dreamtime game

A sluggish Richmond took the Dreamtime concept literally, writes Domenic Favata. Both sides were flat and lazy initially, but it was Essendon that woke up thanks to the brilliant efforts of Jobe Watson.

AFL Round 8 – Essendon v Brisbane Lions: What a day

Lions fans can relive the magic of Saturday afternoon through Donal Wilson’s blow by blow account of Brisbane’s fighting win.

Round 8: Essendon vs. Brisbane – Mayday! We’re going down!

See the Bombers fly up! Hang on, looks like they could crash – again!

AFL Round 3 – Fremantle v Essendon: Another close call

Early misgivings turned into feelings of elation for Max Wiggins.

AFL Round 1 – Adelaide vs Essendon: A pep in their step

Bob Speechley and his Essendon comrades celebrated the 30th anniversary of their coterie on the eve of the season. Safe to say the Bombers weren’t the only ones with a pep in their step after the game.

Late season blues

Everything is falling apart for me. Early Saturday, the first time in three weeks we played tennis, it got washed out when we were playing our third set. To make it even more annoying, we had to drive 45 minutes to get there for one set. At least we got something. Our big rivals, who [Read more]