Earl O’Neill covers the 4 games of the first week of the finals, admiring the work of a star Swan, two long haired gun young forwards and and a singer with a voice of gold.
AFL Finals- Week 1 Review: The End of The Kennett Curse, Wharfies and Tom Jones
September 10, 2014 by 2 Comments
AFL Round 6 – Richmond v Hawthorn: Hoodoo Schmoodoo
September 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Take a trip back through time – all the way back to Round 6 when the autumn sun through the yellowing elms has no strength in it but creates a serene and timeless scene on a calm and mild day. And Cyril Rioli plays a beauty.
AFL Round 22 – Hawthorn v Geelong: Game of Groans.
August 25, 2014 by 13 Comments
The Hawks beat the Cats in a vicious second half knockout…. and with finals so close, will the Cats be able to pick themselves off the canvas?
AFL Round 18 – Hawthorn v Sydney: the threads of life, and footy
July 29, 2014 by 1 Comment
The company of good friends, an enthusiastic French exchange student, and a fine game of footy. Ian Latham coped with the Swans losing.
AFL Round 16 – North Melbourne v Hawthorn: Go for the throat
July 9, 2014 by 4 Comments
Rob Chanter doesn’t know what to make of North Melbourne at the moment. Is he pro Brad Scott or one of the Anti-Scottists? Ask him at the end of the season.
Not Bad or how the Hawks walk the talk
June 25, 2014 by 5 Comments
Trucker Slim sees his Hawks as only improving from here. After having the dark clouds of injury look like derailing Hawthorns season 6 rounds ago , the opposite may be in the making.
AFL Round 11 – Hawthorn v GWS: We Giants will fight until the end
June 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
GWS devotee Kath Presdee, and Young Master, take great heart in the Giants’ narrow loss to the Hawks.
AFL Round 10 – Port Adelaide v Hawthorn: Chaddy Wingard and the Deathly Handballs
May 28, 2014 by 6 Comments
With his 6 year old son watching Harry Potter on the big TV, Dave Brown retreats to the bedroom to watch the Power continue their great form at a packed Adelaide Oval. While Harry could well be a Power fan, Chad Wingard is a wizard in his own right.
AFL Round 10 – Port Adelaide v Hawthorn: Port win the battle
May 26, 2014 by 8 Comments
It’s all smiles at Alberton, but Trucker Slim reckons the Hawks were not far away.
Round 8 – Sydney v Hawthorn: No magical evening for the Good Wife
May 11, 2014 by 6 Comments
Paul Campbell is a Hawks supporter experiencing the usual diffidence of watching the ex-wife, the good-wife and the new-wife all on the same stage at the same time. Time for some ‘conscious uncoupling’?
AFL Round 8 – Sydney v Hawthorn: Worth The Wait
May 10, 2014 by 5 Comments
Joe Moore has been waiting for a lot of things this season. Will the expensive recruits fit in? Is the Bloods culture a living thing? He found what he was waiting for against the winged Hawks.
AFL Round 7 – Hawthorn v St Kilda: Hawks Soar Over Saints
May 4, 2014 by 3 Comments
They are stoic folks these Saints supporters. Braham Dabscheck surveys the wreckage of the Hawthorn game and expects a ‘character building’ season for fans and players alike,
AFL Round 7 – Hawthorn v St Kilda: Remember This….
May 4, 2014 by 3 Comments
Yvette Wroby takes the lemons from her Saints heavy defeat by the Hawks, and makes typically “Yvettian” lemonade. E Regnans has now elevated “doing an Yvette” to proper noun status among all Almanackers.
AFL Round 6 – Richmond v Hawthorn: Hoodoo Shmoodoo
May 1, 2014 by 1 Comment
Aussie80s reports on a morning spent researching the history of Box Hill, followed by an afternoon watching Cyril put in a performance that may catch a historian’s eye in years to come (presuming they can bear standard definition)
The First Wonder of the 2014 Season
April 17, 2014 by 14 Comments
Step right up. Easter Monday’s clash between the Hawks and the Cats under the big top promises all the fun of the fair. [slightly bizarre and other worldly but I think I get it – Ed]
Footy as remedy
April 2, 2014 by 4 Comments
Matt Watson explores the healing powers of football in times of ailment and hardship.
Top End Hawks return to their roots
October 30, 2013 by 3 Comments
Jackson Clark reports on a visit by Hawks Cyril Rioli and Jed Anderson inspiring young Indigenous students in the Top End.
An Innocent Abroad
October 21, 2013 by 4 Comments
Jason McNeil journeyed down from Brisbane for a sporting weekend. He got both the Cats and the Storm beaten within 24 hours. Harms has had him deported and Dips has withdrawn his passport. Jason is a welcome addition to Almanac ranks.
AFL Grand Final: Docker’s best year in history for no reward
October 20, 2013 by 5 Comments
Mickyo bleeds purple for his beloved Dockers, as he revisits the best and worst day of his life.
AFL Grand Final: I went the Corp; 14 days on, Beautiful-Ugly, 11.11 Heaven, Tears, Redemption and Elvis.
October 14, 2013 by 6 Comments
Paul Campbell’s body goes corporate for the big game; but his mind is elsewhere. Think you can’t stand another Hawthorn gloat? Think again.
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