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Round 1 – St Kilda v GWS: Dear Mr Finnis…

April 9, 2015 by Yvette Wroby 1 Comment

Yvette Wroby’s match day experience for round 1 was the people she was with and the joy in being part of the St Kilda Footy Club community. You can’t commodify what St Kilda is to stalwarts like Yvette

Round 1 – St Kilda v GWS: No Easter eggs for Saints in season opener

April 7, 2015 by Braham Dabscheck Leave a Comment

There is more to football than just football as Braham Dabscheck observes after the sad passing of Nick Riewoldt’s sister Madeleine. Footballers are just like the rest of us.

Round 1 – St Kilda v GWS: Nothing’s clear yet

April 7, 2015 by GlennB 1 Comment

As the fog of disappointment lifts from Saturday’s loss to the GWS, our States-side Sainter – Glenn Brownstein – still remains unsure what season 2015 bodes for St Kilda.

Round 1 – St Kilda v GWS: Put it in the bank

April 6, 2015 by steve duffy 1 Comment

Steve Duffy, initially concerned at wasted opportunities early in the game, is happy with the Giants first-ever win over St Kilda.

Round 1 – St Kilda v GWS: Missed Opportunities

April 6, 2015 by NWeidmann 5 Comments

Nick Weidmann’s debut for the Almanac: GWS grab the points over St Kilda at the Docklands in yet another round one match where attack is the focus for both sides – fast, free-flowing footy.

Round 1 – St. Kilda v GWS Giants: The boys from the West are pests

April 5, 2015 by andythebeast Leave a Comment

Andy the Beast is listening on his iPad hoping his Saints will win. Some classic schoolboy lines (“Josh Bruce’s speccie sounded good” – Ed]. [He also just avoided becoming a Bombers fan! JTH]

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: A Winning Attitude is Habit-Forming

March 24, 2015 by Almanac Admin 1 Comment

Should we be worried True Believers? Cam Hooke searches for some reassurance following the Pies lacklustre display against the Bulldogs on Saturday evening.

Essendon and their Curiously Scheduled, Possibly Generous and Definitely Soft NAB Challenge Games

February 25, 2015 by Sean Curtain 7 Comments

The Bombers have a very ‘interesting’ NAB Challenge schedule ahead of them, argues Sean Curtain. Have the undermanned Bombers (self-imposed, it must be pointed out) been spared the rod by AFL in being drawn to meet three of last season’s strugglers in the pre-season competition?

AFL Round 23 – Western Bulldogs v GWS: The Grim Fairy Tale

September 4, 2014 by kath presdee 3 Comments

Another gripping tale of the Giants battle by the water in Melbourne. [Loving the existence of isolytes in the days of yore – Ed],

AFL Round 22- Greater Western Sydney v Collingwood: Uncontested Goals

August 27, 2014 by Earl O'Neill Leave a Comment

Earl O’Neill reports on the chemical effects of body putty, and a damp evening at the Sydney Showgrounds where G took on C.

AFL Round 22 – GWS v Collingwood: Sitting on my watch

August 26, 2014 by Damian Balassone 8 Comments

Damian Balassone gets his Pies home at the Templestow Hotel (some nice observations and descriptions which we’d expect from the poet D. Balassone – Ed)

Cam Hookes’ Collingwood life: Round 22 preview

August 21, 2014 by Almanac Admin Leave a Comment

Magpie fan Cam Hookes understates his case in previewing the GWS – Collingwood game. Injuries? The Pies have had a few. Poor games lately? The Pies have had a few. A win for the Pies? Comprehensively, with a bit of a push.

AFL Round 21 – Melbourne v GWS: In which our young heroes come of age

August 21, 2014 by kath presdee 5 Comments

Kath Presdee celebrates with her Giants as they have their first win at the MCG.

AFL Round 20 – GWS v North Melbourne: Community footy in Canberra

August 15, 2014 by John Harms 3 Comments

John Harms travels to the nation’s capital for a few days of footy culture, and watches Kevin Sheedy’s reaction to the Giants’ (brief) stirring.

Round 20 – GWS v North Melbourne: Firrito fulminates as the Roos bound away

August 12, 2014 by Peter Crossing 2 Comments

The nation’s capital is turning orange and charcoal, and the people wait patiently. Peter Crossing was at Manuka on Saturday.

AFL Round 17 – Fremantle v GWS: Dockers sink Giants

July 15, 2014 by David Zampatti 4 Comments

Trademark sparkle from the pen of D Zampatti whose muse is clearly footy (and not the world game). Nice piece on the Dockers’ untroubled win, the longer term prospects of GWS, and the possible course of Freo’s season (“Prepare the torpedoes!”).