Vin M remembers his mum and aunty while having a kick with his cousin.
Dropping the Ball
October 1, 2019 by 13 Comments
Anna Sublet goes kick-to-kick with her daughter only to find her ball drop is not very effective. Patience, practise and determination is the key and maybe, just maybe, one day there’s a spot for her in a team.
Round 14: St Kilda v Gold Coast: So many points to be made
June 29, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Yvette Wroby goes to the St Kilda heartland to watch the Sharks at Peanut Farm Reserve, then Etihad to see her Saints. All her red, white and black teams won. The points (masses of behinds for both teams) are puzzling to fans and commentators alike.
AFLM Round 5 – St Kilda v Geelong: In..In..In..Win for the Girls…In..In..In..Out for the Boys
April 30, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Yvette Wroby sees the St Kilda Academy girls win their Anzac Day game, and wishes Tweety Birds (Saints boys) weren’t eaten by the Puddy Cats in the double header.
Kick-to-Kick: the committee’s annual report
December 15, 2015 by 5 Comments
For ten years a small group of former non-footballers have met on Sunday mornings for The Sherrin At The Fearon kick-to-kick sessions in Williamstown, opposite the beach. But numbers are dropping.
AFL Round 2 – Essendon v Hawthorn: Post Game Kick to Kick
April 15, 2015 by 7 Comments
With the game over, Andrew Else takes in some kick-to-kick action on the hallowed MCG turf
Kick-to-kick (from Loose Men Everywhere)
March 3, 2015 by 2 Comments
Recently Paul Daffey pointed Age readers in the direction of the kick-to-kick passage in Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North, suggesting kick-to-kick had rarely been written about. He’s right, although it seems the Almanac is home to a number of writers (like Vin Maskell) who have. Here’s a snippet from Loose Men Everywhere by John Harms published in 2002. [E. Regnans alerted Almanac readers to the Flanagan excerpt when it was first published – Ed).
Kick-to-Kick at Docklands Stadium
February 26, 2015 by 4 Comments
The [time-honoured – Ed] tradition of kick-to-kick on footy grounds after League matches is set to make a comeback at the MCG in this, the year of the fan. Yoshi makes an impassioned plea for Etihad Stadium management to reconsider the Saints request to introduce it at the Docklands for Sunday games.
Vin Maskell’s meditation on kick-to-kick (2007)
January 6, 2015 by 5 Comments
Following on from Richard Flanagan’s depiction of kick-to-kick, here’s some thoughts from Vin Maskell from a few years ago.
Celebrating Richard Flanagan’s Man Booker Prize 2014: footy
January 4, 2015 by 23 Comments
Richard Flanagan’s magnificent work: “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” was awarded the Man Booker Prize 2014 for fiction in London. This novel, of and by a Tasmanian, includes footy. To celebrate, here is a wonderful school yard scene; “and then began the magic of kick to kick…” [Great to read Paul Daffey’s reference to this Almanac thread in his Sunday Age column today (4-Jan-15)]
Almanac Kick-to-Kick: Wednesday 2 July
July 1, 2014 by 5 Comments
There’s an Almanac Kick to Kick session on Wednesday 2 July at 2pm. Brunswick St Oval. Phil Dimitriadis and Vin Maskell look forward to seeing you there. BYO boots, shorts, footy jumpers (woollen preferably), sliced oranges and bravado. Skills optional.
Local Ground
April 23, 2014 by 4 Comments
Kate Birrell is part of a dob in the park which the kids turn into far more than kick to kick. And a red moon for the walk home. [What Haiku Bob would give for a red moon – Ed]
Earlier…
March 1, 2014 by 4 Comments
Old Dog and friend are having a kick at Princes Park as the northerly picks up.
The Legend of the Brick
February 22, 2014 by 1 Comment
John Townsend (doyen of cricket scribes?) joins his mate for Sunday morning kick-to-kick outside Subiaco Oval. They are confronted by a heavenly vision. (Ed may be slightly biased)
Kick-to-Kick fixture now out
January 31, 2014 by 21 Comments
Vin Maskell has banished the AFL, NRL, ICC, CA, EPL and all the other heartless money munchers of world sport. With poetic style and grace Vin reveals the 2014 itinerary of the KKAA (Kick to Kick Association of Australia). Long may it prosper.
Friday: Kick to Kick with The Footy Almanac
April 29, 2013 by 18 Comments
The Footy Almanac has started its monthly kick to kick sessions – now in two brilliant locations. All welcome.
Off Season Odyssey – Part 33: The Real Plugger
October 19, 2012 by 2 Comments
It’s belting down rain on the highway. On the everything. I have two days to get 1,600kms, which is going to take every cent I have. I’m over music, it’s all starting to sound the same. I love driving. Even when I’m hating it, or fighting it and sleep. An open road, a purpose. [Read more]
AFL Grand Final: Half-time Legends
October 12, 2012 by 9 Comments
It’s half-time in the big one. The game’s a bottler. We’re all happy little Vegemites, excited, hairy, overgrown children, bundling out of Roland’s beat-up Grand Final shed to piss, fire up the barbie, wince at daylight, and kick the footy. “You in it, Dippa?” I ask. No idea how he got the nickname, he [Read more]
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