In Part 2 of Swish’s 1964 SANFL Mobil Card series, four Glenelg Football Club stalwarts were featured, Doug Long, Colin Richens, Brian McGowan and Harry Kernahan.
Almanac Football: 1993 Revisited
August 24, 2018 by 9 Comments
Stainless takes a fascinating trip down memory lane as he recalls the 1993 AFL season. [With a nod to the Brettig-Collins-Gill podcast – Ed]
Round 2 – Adelaide v Richmond: Welcome Home Bryce Gibbs
March 31, 2018 by 5 Comments
Michael Sexton remembers Bryce Gibbs as a 17-year-old from Glenelg with a drop punt that made you purr, and a Zen calmness that defied his age, and has watched him with pride in becoming the champion footballer he is today.
Almanac Teams: Great Number 4s
November 16, 2017 by 18 Comments
A cracking, attacking team of #4s from Phil Dimitriadis.
In the fast lane with the centre half forwards
November 2, 2016 by 14 Comments
Following the post on her preferred full-forwards, Carolyn Spooner provides a list of the standout centre half forwards. Can you add to it?
Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Bryce. Amen.
October 14, 2016 by 9 Comments
For Carlton fans, Bryce Gibbs has been an unrequited talent, Father Rooster sees his potential departure as manna from heaven.
South Australia v Victoria State of Origin 1984 – Tuesday Night Lights
October 22, 2015 by 27 Comments
Written on “Back to the Future Day”, Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt heads back to the past. The night South Australian football was changed irreversibly. 1984 specifically, when South Australia took on the Big V in a State-of-Origin match, played at Football Park. Just before the lure of the VFL/AFL proved too much for many of the SANFL’s best. The Football Budget? Don’t ask.
I’m with Stupid: A Modern History of the Carlton Board
April 13, 2015 by 32 Comments
John Butler, passionate Blue, argues the case for good governance. This is a calmly explained, clearly thought-out piece of analysis that all Carlton fans should read. [And then you might consider getting behind the Elbow Ticket for Carlton presidency – Ed]
A Blue day in the outback
August 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Callum O’Connor Deny sleep long enough and it will ignore you when you need it. I’m aboard a bus that has been faithfully lurching and wheezing its way up from Melbourne for 30 hours since 7 am on Wednesday morning with the thirty of us who are on the 2012 Eltham College /school Central [Read more]
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