Almanac Teams: Joined a team for a premiership that year

This week Rodney Boyd selects a team of players who changed clubs to join a team that would win a premiership that year. He goes back to 1980 with his selections.

Almanac (Creative) Footy: In the lockers with the small forward pockets

Carolyn Spooner continues her creative take on footy playing positions. This time Carolyn looks at some of the small forwards and resting rovers who have made their mark on the position, and she identifies the appropriate apparel each should wear.

Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Fremantle)

Some got the old heave ho, others were taken in by the purple haze – this week Rodney Boyd’s arrivals and departures sides focus on Fremantle.

Almanac Teams: 100 goals for two clubs

In response to a suggestion by Glen!, Rodney Boyd has cobbled together a side made up of the cream of the goalkicking crop at two clubs. The results may surprise…

Almanac Teams: 100 gamers at two clubs

A hundred games is a ton of fun, but to do it again for another mob is twice as nice. Rodney Boyd has put together a stellar side based on players who ran out 100 times for more than one club.

Round 4 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: Nightmare redeemed!

Past nightmares haunted Andrew Starkie and his mate, about whether the Roos could overcome the Crows in their Round 4 match. In the end, they had little to worry about!

7 burning questions (and 7 charred answers) as we approach the second week of finals.

Adam Ritchie with 7 burning questions, all beautifully answered, from the first week of the finals.

Round 20 – North Melbourne v St Kilda: The Traianidis factor in the ancient city of Athens

Athens, an old Saints favourite and Talking Heads all feature as Jennifer Muirden sees St Kilda marching in, in the not too distant future

Players who leave and come home

It seems the Dockers have a relatively high incidence of players who return to the club, as players, after leaving – Peter Bell, Brad Wira, Heath Black, and Adam McPhee to name some. John Barnes did it with Essendon and Geelong. Can anyone think of other incidences, particularly in the past 20 years?