Almanac Music: Songs and Cars

Cars – like teenagers and high school – are a common feature in songs of the rock‘n’roll era. In this Friday’s column, KD writes about songs and cars, and, as usual, welcomes comments from Almanac readers.

Round 3 – Collingwood v West Coast: Too close to home

The night of April 6th was full of trepidation for Collingwood supporters as they entered the MCG, took their seats at the local pub or parked themselves on the couch at home, waiting for the match to begin against the West Coast Eagles. This was their chance for redemption.

Round 19 – Collingwood v West Coast: Forty Glorious Minutes

Dave Nadel admits that before this season he overestimated both his beloved Magpies and their opponents last Saturday, West Coast. He does like the look of several young players on the Collingwood list, however, and thinks that both sides can look forward to improvement in 2017.

Round 8 – West Coast v St Kilda: Double Rainbow In The West But No Pot Of Gold For The Saints

There was no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow for Braham Dabscheck. But he is sure that the Saints will not again play as poorly.

Almanac Road Trips: The Great Open Road Trip Blues

Matt Hanlon’s road trip carries an impressive batting order.

Round 23 – West Coast Eagles v St Kilda : Saints safari descends into desolation in the wild wild west but the Best and Fairest has been determined.

Far more than a match report; Jen Muirden’s travel diaries take you through the UAE and culminate at the 2015 Trevor Barker Medal presentation at Crown. Highly recommended!

SANFL – Finals: West Adelaide faces Norwood for Grand Final berth

West Adelaide came back from a 27 point half time deficit to defeat the Eagles and set up a second semi-final against reigning Premier Norwood.

AFL Round 3 – Melbourne v West Coast: Eagles start season 10 quarters late

There are a few games every year where you can tick off – with some degree of confidence – the following: a.) a blow-out; b.) not one highlight for the 2013 show reel and c.) a one-tenth-filled stadium. Saturday’s clash had promised to live up to this expectation.

The Season-Started-Last-Night-So-If-Anything-It’s-Late 2013 Preview: West Coast

Adam Ritchie gets his West Coast preview to us in the nick of time.

It’s Business Time!

As the 2011 AFL season draws towards a close, this weekend sees two massive knockout games which genuinely could go either way. Injuries play a massive part in trying to determine who will get over the line this week. There is nothing more frustrating than getting injured at key times and missing big games; I [Read more]