Almanac (Local Footy) Travel: Postcards from Hay

Three members of the NSW Australian Football Heritage Association visited the Riverina recently to honour the oldest football club in NSW, at Hay. Their travelogue describes the rewarding journey.

Almanac Travel: Highway 39 Revisited (with apologies to His Bobness)

Almanac editor Ian Hauser loves a road trip. He’s just back from a Noosa to Melbourne jaunt, retracing a path from 18 months ago. He and wife Anne saw a very different countryside this time around.

Advice to innocents Down South regarding the terminology of footer

John Harms prefers accuracy in the language which describes football codes and offers a basic explanation for those Southerners who are struggling.

Celebrating Essendon’s Back to Back Flags

Ahead of their 30th Anniversary and reunion celebrations later this year, Wesley Hull recalls a time of great joy for many Essendon fans: the back-to-back years of 1984 and 1985. [I still tear up in joy watching Leon Baker’s blind turn goal in the last quarter that starts the comeback avalanche! – Ed]