By Ben Footner Adelaide vs Gold Coast – Saturday 14th May 2:40 pm A chilly but fine day greets us as we catch the ‘Footy Express’ down the Adelaide Hills and across town to West Lakes. The crowd is in a pensive mood as they mill about the outer. “Surely not?” is the question on [Read more]
Gazza should take a leaf out of the Pav book
January 31, 2011 by 2 Comments
By Tristan Taormina Mathew Pavlich is a Docker, and will be for life. The speculation around the Captain’s future was finally put to rest when the 29 year old signed a three year deal that will see him end his illustrious career in the West. Whispers have circulated around AFL ranks that the South Australian-born [Read more]
Queensland Gazza
October 9, 2010 by 10 Comments
John Mosig provided this scan of the Courier Mail, to let Cat fans know the version of events Queensland readers are getting. The WrapI’m an Aussie Rules tragic who can remember, as a four year old, shaking the hand of Captain Blood in the rooms just before he ran out onto the ground after half [Read more]
THE ABLETT SAGA: BE AFRAID
September 30, 2010 by 35 Comments
It is often said that there is a lot more than meets the eye in every saga. I have no doubt that there is heaps more behind the Ablett move to Queensland than we will ever know. There was plenty for a Geelong supporter to be despondent about when we all saw Gary sitting at [Read more]
Goodbye Gary, Au revoir Ablett
September 29, 2010 by 40 Comments
Sure, we all knew that it was going to happen. But now that it has happened, how do we feel about it? And with Bomber Thompson on the edge, what does this mean for Geelong in the short and long term? Please share your thoughts. Almanac Admin
Almanac Lunch- 30th July
August 2, 2010 by 34 Comments
Not many people realized that a meeting of some of the nations all round great minds took place, fittingly enough, at the All Nations Hotel in Richmond last Friday. It was lost in the fantastic whirlwind that is the Federal election. I must admit that I do marvel at the pace that these political Party [Read more]
Why ‘Gaz’ will be the ‘God-sun’
July 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The long lasting debate about whether Gary Ablett will head north to the Gold Coast rages on and will continue to rage on until the day he signs a contract, to which team is still unknown. We all know Gary Ablett is one of the best players of the modern era, there is no doubting [Read more]
An Open Letter To Gazza
March 27, 2010 by 13 Comments
Gary let me start by saying I am a Geelong supporter so I am obviously going to tell you not to go to Queensland. But I would appreciate it if you could take a minute to read my reasons, many of which are, I think, compelling. 1 – Queensland is higher up than Victoria (as [Read more]
AFL Round 9: The Cats, Tim Lane and The Bultman
May 28, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Stephen Cooke The Bultman made his way straight to me at a wedding reception after the Cats snagged the Grand Final on that one day to remember. For someone with access to an open bar for more than an hour, his eyes were surprisingly focussed. “What’s it like?” he asked. I told him seeing [Read more]
This Geelong Life
May 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Ed Harcourt “You don’t know what love is until you’ve learned the meaning of the blues.” It was June 16 1991. A typical Melbourne day at the MCG. Round 13 of The Australian Football League’s season was my first as a member of The Geelong Football Club. We sat on the wing [Read more]
Cats Play Keepings Off in the Cold
May 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Dan Lonergan When Brisbane won those three flags in a row, they relished playing anywhere including what had previously been one of their least happy hunting grounds, Kardinia Park. They smashed Geelong there in 2001 and 2002 on their way to premierships and it was a case of men against boys in those two [Read more]
Ablett on Fire in Milestone Match
April 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Julian Morison The ‘milestone game’ effect is much debated – are there benefits or otherwise for the player and team involved? Regardless of the actual impact, it invariably adds conviction to the expectations of a winning team and offers a thread of hope to a struggling combination. Before heading to Footy Park, I watched [Read more]
Ablett on Fire
April 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
From the comfort of an armchair in front of the box, we get to see the occasional remarkable thing. Today, I got to see two. I’d been quiet on the punt during the Sydney Easter carnival. But, with some cash in the bank and form to make a mug of Deane Lester, today was the [Read more]
Rotting Leaves by Haiku Bob – Round 3
April 15, 2009 by 1 Comment
40 point turnaround – in good times and bad we are gathered here balmy night Cox effortlessly runs too far haiku bobRob Scott (aka Haiku Bob) is a peripatetic haiku poet who calls Victoria Park home. He writes haiku in between teaching whisky and drinking English, or something like that.
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