By Steve Healy Some things stay the same, and some things change. For the second week in a row I am off to watch the Dees play with my friend Damo. But it’s a bit different going to the footy this afternoon, knowing that my beloved dog might not be with us when I get [Read more]
Haiku Bob Round 2: waiting for the moon
April 6, 2010 by 3 Comments
warm up – Leon practices kicking opportunistic goals my entire life coming here not knowing what will happen waiting for the moon – we can’t get it out of the middle daylight savings ends – Collingwood whittles away the light approaching dusk… the moment between winning and losing shades of pink in the ghost gum [Read more]
AFL Round 2 – Collingwood v Melbourne: Magpies Made of Steele
April 6, 2010 by 16 Comments
by Danielle Eid Let’s cut to the point shall we. That was the worst I think I have seen these boys play, I mean seriously! After last weeks performance I was excepting a big BANG! Something that would make me parade down my street with my flag. I was wrong, very, very wrong. Danielle EidIm [Read more]
AFL Round 2 – Collingwood v Melbourne: Pies juggle form without dropping the game
April 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Steve Merry It has been said that there are no easy wins in football. In the lead-up to this clash between Collingwood and Melbourne, however, the football world seemed to have forgotten the old cliché, with even club stalwarts Garry Lyon and David Schwarz conceding that Melbourne had no hope of winning. The only [Read more]
AFL Round 1 – Collingwood v Melbourne: Melbourne have a Jolly Ball
April 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Paul Harkin (with Danny Roach votes by Phil Cornell) I was looking for some positive omens before the big match and found one in a most unusual place. My new 2010 Collingwood cap told me to wash it in “luke warm water” (without a capital “L”). Despite Darren Jolly having an ordinary game last [Read more]
Haiku Bob – AFL Round 1 – the cackle of magpies
March 31, 2010 by 2 Comments
first game of the year arriving at the ground too early early lead recalling last year’s early lead so humid the defensive line fans out windless afternoon – Harry’s dreadlocks still swinging one more drops into the hole Barry fills no sweat Medhurst plucks the ball from the muggy air wherever he goes Johnno [Read more]
A Pie feast on several levels
March 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
The pre-season has brought many good things to Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs. For the Pies the acquisition of Jolly and Ball will give further grunt and skill to an already accomplished midfield. For the Dogs the NAB Cup gave them some long-awaited silverware, while the recruitment of Barry Hall was an inspired choice. On [Read more]
Pies triumph on a day of firsts
March 30, 2010 by 3 Comments
It has been 197 days since I’ve experienced the warm inner glow and sweet sweet taste of a Pies’ victory and it feels as good as I remember it. As Foreigner sang all those years ago “It feels like the first time, it feels like the very first time.” Speaking of first times, a Round 1 [Read more]
Round 1 – Footscray v Collingwood: Magpies win but Jack fudges up
March 29, 2010 by 19 Comments
by Dannie Eid Ahh, finally I get to see my men in black and white show me their stuff as a possible foreshadowing of the rest of 2010, the year of Scott Pendlebury. Big Bad Barry has the first shot on goal, turns out to be a shocker, pheww! Daisy whacks the first goal of [Read more]
NAB Challenge: Point-fest at Visy Park
March 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by David Enticott I like pre-season games. They tend to be played at traditional, old VFL venues that give spectators a much closer view of the action. This match against Richmond at Visy Park also offers the chance to see a few young players for each team and to look at the tactics that will [Read more]
You can never go back: Football returns to Princes Park
March 2, 2010 by 2 Comments
by John Butler It seemed like a good time to revisit the old girl. Admittedly, a stinking hot February afternoon doesn’t exactly scream footy, and it was only another edition of the pre-season Hit and Giggle Cup (sorry, Challenge), but you never know when opportunity will next present. Besides, whispers had it that a certain [Read more]
Footy: A Magpie childhood
March 1, 2010 by 6 Comments
Bu Sue Currie I have always been an outsider. It started when I was three months old and my parents bought our house in Chadstone. We were a nest of Magpies in a suburb of Tigerland. I’ve remedied this now as a Magpie living in black and white Northcote! That was a long time ago. [Read more]
Poetry: Black and White
February 27, 2010 by 11 Comments
By Andrew Gigacz – It used to seem very easy To “footy fan” categorise You barracked for us, or barracked for them Or (GASP!) maybe even the Pies! – GigsWell, here we are. The Bulldogs have won a flag. What do I do now? www.australianfootball.com
A Family Day affair of the heart
February 22, 2010 by 536 Comments
by Danielle Eid Who knew that such a moment would leave my heart beating so hard and fast that it felt as though it would rip out of my body? That I would smile so much I could feel my body fill with happiness. This was the effect meeting Jack Anthony had on me. Danielle [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: A few observations on the early Pies
February 22, 2010 by 6 Comments
By Steve Fahey Pre-season so no match report, but a few observations : – Middle of Feb, 32 degrees at game start, all other observations need to be considered with that in mind. – Middle of Feb, 32 degrees at game start, very thoughtful of Etihad Stadium management to have us think that we were [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Saints and Pies worth the wait
February 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
After getting my first dose of football for 2010, I eagerly await my next fix. It seems to be the longest week of my life from the final siren of Western Bulldogs v Brisbane from last Sunday to the opening bounce of this match, yet it was a very quick and enjoyable week. The week [Read more]
Footy: The best birthday present in the world
February 17, 2010 by 8 Comments
ANTHEA ABELL ‘Open your eyes you white maggot!’ The only place I was allowed to talk like this was at the footy. It was the Grand Final 1990. Collingwood were on the cusp of breaking a thirty-two year premiership drought. It was also the day after my fourteenth birthday. I was supposed to be having [Read more]
Poetry: Footy Time
February 1, 2010 by 3 Comments
by Sue Currie We’ve sent the Pakis packing The Open now is shut The hot cross buns are in the shops And school is going back. The silly season’s ended The NAB Cup’s nearly here It’s time to meet our new boys And bag the umps again. Pre-season’s nearly over We’re members once again It’s [Read more]
Twenty-first Century Names
January 18, 2010 by 6 Comments
by Dave Nadel There’s no footy and the cricket is one sided and so lying on the beach I wrote the following piece of doggerel. I stress that it is doggerel, it doesn’t even scan. It should not be classed as poetry – there is a Magpie supporter who writes poetry for the almanac but [Read more]
Barney’s 2010 AFL Crystal Ball Part 2: Carlton and Collingwood
January 3, 2010 by 45 Comments
By Josh Barnstable Carlton: After such a promising season, it seems it could all go down the drain with the loss of Brendan Fevola. The two-time Coleman Medalist departed during trade week after the Blues were angered by his performance at the Brownlow Medal. Getting Lachie Henderson for Fevola was a dud deal, but a [Read more]
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