Sunday morning, while listening to a favorite radio sports program, I heard the question posed … “what does he actually do that’s so wrong?” The question was being posed in reference to the eventful Saturday night meeting of reigning premiers Geelong and the perceived lesser of the western lights, Fremantle. The ‘he’ in question is Hayden Ballantyne – [Read more]
Le Tenia
April 1, 2012 by 18 Comments
This morning the sunlight awoke me and I immediately felt uneasy. I was too rested- had I slept through my alarm? Ah. Daylight savings. Then it crept through, that splinter in the ribcage. That splinter that sticks when you roll over on it in bed and remember that your sweetheart has left you or your dog has [Read more]
Why Freo will win the premiership
March 8, 2012 by 12 Comments
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART SIX. By Alex Wadelton WHY FREMANTLE WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP By any measures Fremantle have the most successful history in all of Australian Rules football. A perennial powerhouse, they have claimed 42 senior premierships in the WAFL, shared between East and South Fremantle. Sadly, however, this is a [Read more]
Wrap Wrath: Heave Ho, Way To Go Freo
September 17, 2011 by
Far be it for us to offer comment outside our normal allotment of your precious time, but the recent tsunami of pontification has drawn us early from our cave Wrappers. Last night, for the first time in the history of television broadcasting, the half time entertainment outrated the match. It even outrated Helen D’Amico’s famous run [Read more]
Go Harvey, go!
September 15, 2011 by 114 Comments
Mark Harvey has been sacked as Freo’s coach. Early rumours were that Ross Lyon might get the gig. Slightly less early rumours now suggest that Rocket Eade is in the frame. STOP PRESS!! Even less early news is that it IS Ross Lyon who will be announced as the new Freo coach. Gerard Whately [Read more]
Saying goodbye to the Dogs: 2011
September 6, 2011 by 10 Comments
by Kerrie Soraghan It’s the second last week of the season, and we’re at the ‘G’, watching the Dogs take on the Hawks. We’ve gone along, not thinking we’re a chance to win, but because that’s just what you do when you’re a Dogs fan. You turn up with stoicism, switch on the self-deprecating humour, [Read more]
Pies say no to derailment of finals aspirations and why purple doesn’t make black or white
August 29, 2011 by 1 Comment
By George Habib As I said goodbye to many Melbourne supporters at Mt Hotham on Friday afternoon I decided that a blanket ban on football columnist is a necessity over the next six weeks. Could there be more of a focus on the ‘kirribilli’ agreement between Malthouse and Bucks? I don’t read the Hun but [Read more]
Jack Attack pride
August 28, 2011 by 10 Comments
That awkward moment when Freo names my Jack Anthony to play against my Collingwood boys. Friday, half time during my sports media Kerr lecture, chatting to the guys in my sports development group i admit my nervousness. – “i think i may have a heart attack tonight.” The guys probably assumed i was overexagerating, but [Read more]
North v Freo preview
August 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I’m thrilled to be writing my second blog of the year for Footy Alamanac, after previously writing just before Round 2. It has been a year of ups and downs for both Fremantle and North Melbourne. The boys in Purple started strongly but have slipped as the season goes on; in their [Read more]
More Pillaging Please (Mer plundring vänligen) – the Viking Saga Continues
August 7, 2011 by 2 Comments
Yvette Wroby took some visiting Vikings to the footy.
The Footy Gods: an introduction
July 19, 2011 by 25 Comments
by Ian Latham In millennia past, the Greeks believed that the gods could determine our future. At times they would act with justice. At times, they would punish you just to prove that they could. But there was little that humans could do to influence them. To make matters worse, they sometimes took human [Read more]
Dees Yo-Yo Continues
June 24, 2011 by 4 Comments
Almost every one of my reports for Dees games open with an excessively kind comment directed towards the MCG, but this wasn’t just any old day. A 6:30 start to the airport to see my brother off to America was the main differential from my average footy-going day. There’s something I love about the Airport [Read more]
Oh Cyril
June 6, 2011 by 13 Comments
As a Hawthorn supporter who owns and still listens to every Australian Crawl album, I love it every time Cyril Rioli kicks a goal and the Hawks supporters break into song with “Oh Cyril, I would do anything just to be like him”. It’s a tongue-in-cheek take on the classic song Errol from 1981’s Sirocco, [Read more]
Saints run the Heave Ho ragged
June 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
I was nervous but excited going into a Patersons stadium match with my beloved Saints taking on the loathed Dockers. I was skeptical about the fact Blake was starting in the ruck, McEvoy being an emergency, but then again the giant 7 foot Docker Sandilands was out with turf toe, an injury usually occurring in [Read more]
Winning and losing at the same time.
May 30, 2011 by 4 Comments
Is there such thing as winning without casualties in 2011? It’s Sunday night and we’re watching my sister’s team, the Doggies, being pummelled the Hawks. It’s awful to watch and I know the feeling of suffering. Her first sms was: Sigh. Her second was: I should write for the Almanac too so that I can [Read more]
Eagles v Fremantle – The Footy King’s Speak
May 16, 2011 by 3 Comments
Eagles V Fremantle – The Footy Kings Speak “Selwood. Selwood.” I understand that the editorial policy of the Almanac (revised as of Friday evening) – now requires all articles to commence in this manner. Apparently it is commonly heard among alliterative Geelong stammerers. Had George VI lived this long, he could frequently have been heard [Read more]
AFL in South America
May 15, 2011 by 3 Comments
In late 2010, I packed my bags and flew over to South America to take part in what I hoped would be the most rewarding and life changing experience of my life – Volunteering in South America. The project that was assigned to me was in a small, remote village, 45 minutes North of Cusco [Read more]
The Tigers come of age
May 8, 2011 by 5 Comments
Last week, I saw Matthew White kick a goal. It wasn’t an overly pretty one, more of a helicopter off the inside of the boot. But it did the job. I expected maybe a subtle waggle of the finger or perhaps a loving embrace with Benny Nason, who was nearby. But he did neither. Instead [Read more]
Three in a row for the Tigers
May 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Going into this game, I was unusually quietly confident of a third successive victory for my beloved Tigers. Unusual, in the fact that I’m always hoping for a win, but never believing that we could actually pull it off. This attitude is a reflection of the Richmond players at the moment, as Damien Hardwick noted [Read more]
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