It is with deep sadness that we bring you the shocking news that Jan Courtin died following an accident last week. This is John Harms’s tribute.
1981 Revisited – Round 22: ‘Back in Black’, The Death of South Melbourne
August 27, 2020 by 14 Comments
South Melbourne play their last home game at the Lakeside Oval, and finals places are confirmed on largely sodden ovals. Sam Steele revisits the final home and away round of the 1981 VFL season.
Round 7 – Brisbane v Sydney: True Believers
May 6, 2019 by 3 Comments
Jan Courtin can remember previous struggles for the Sydney Swans (and South Melbourne). So she’s thankful for recent success, and looking forward to her club rising again.
War, the VFL and the South Melbourne Football Club
July 19, 2018 by 1 Comment
2018 is the centenary of the 1918 South Melbourne Premiership and Richard Davis details how its meaning rises each year set against the backdrop of the First World War and its inevitable effects upon the Victorian Football League.
Premiership Tiger Dreams of a 1967 Repeat
October 5, 2017 by 3 Comments
KB Hill looks back at the life and career of John Perry who played in Richmond’s 1967 Grand Final win. A fascinating overview of the player’s career, family connections to footy and some of the legends he played with and against.
Odd Friday Lunch: Peter ‘Wheels’ Bedford
August 21, 2017 by 3 Comments
Join us this Friday for lunch with South Melbourne legend Peter ‘Wheels’ Bedford.
Shane Morwood
April 14, 2017 by 5 Comments
Damian Balassone pens a poem to Collingwood and Sydney backman Shane Morwood.
1933 Richmond Football Club photo: who’s there?
September 8, 2015 by 6 Comments
The Richmond Football Club 1933 team photo. Who can you name? [Rhett Bartlett – Tigerland historian and son of Kevin – has filled us in on all of them and added a few snippets about them. Thanks Rhett.]
What my Footy Club means to me
October 8, 2014 by 15 Comments
Joe Moore loves his footy club, and tells us why. What does your footy club mean to you?
Footy Almanac Bloods Lunch (Aug 29)
August 18, 2014 by 2 Comments
Footy Almanac Bloods’ lunch with Peter Bedford. All welcome. [Check the Peter Bedford footy card]
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