The prospect of being home alone appealed to me. Listening to music loudly, playing my favourite radio station instead of 95.3 that Dad insists on listening to and watching a bit of TV. With Mum away in Adelaide and Dad at the footy in Waaia (I’m a week away from playing again), I would be [Read more]
Sunday Roast
July 27, 2010 by 4 Comments
by Tom Bally Turning on the TV at the start of the third quarter on Sunday was like coming home to find my girlfriend gone and apartment on fire. I’d ducked out to satisfy a Sushi craving secure in the knowledge the game was being recorded. The plan of consuming raw fish then reviewing the [Read more]
Dees Romp Home Against the Swans
July 25, 2010 by 2 Comments
Enjoying probably the last sleep in for quite a while, I woke up to the realisation that the previous night’s events weren’t a nightmare. Essendon really did beat North Melbourne by three points, and it was the topic of the Sunday Footy Show. If Daniel Wells had of played, I dare say North would have [Read more]
A victory worth celebrating
July 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Tom Being turfed out of a Fitzroy pub early Sunday morning for ‘excessive celebrations’ over a pool game win did not bode well for the long awaited matchup between Sydney and The Enemy that afternoon. How would Etihad’s ground staff respond to my antics when the Swans won? Would I be tarred and feathered [Read more]
Swans lose in O’Keeffe’s 200th
July 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Swans returned to the MCG on Sunday to take on the Tigers, with Ryan O’Keeffe playing his 200th game for the Bloods. Last time we played Richmond here we got in by a lazy 10 goals in Mickey O’Loughlin’s 300th game. I am hoping for a similar result to last year however the Swans [Read more]
Tigers’ win just as good on replay
July 8, 2010 by 3 Comments
Obviously, I was at St.Kilda V Melbourne when this match ended. Fortunately, I taped it so I could watch probably the equal best match of the round in full. A lazy afternoon in the holidays was the perfect time to view this game. Sydney won the toss and kicked to the city end. As the [Read more]
Glitz and Glamour
July 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
by John Green Is it possible to be the glamour team of the competition and yet be sitting in last place on the ladder? Suddenly, after three wins in four games, Richmond is the flavour of the month. Ranked number one in clearances, scoring from clearances, individual clearance winner (Shane Tuck) and individual goalkicker (Jack [Read more]
Tiger’s keep getting up
July 4, 2010 by 14 Comments
RICHMOND vs. SYDNEY – ROUND 14 “Ooh, bugger!” The replay looked ugly. Deledio’s arm bent at a very awkward angle, pinned between the tackler and the turf. As he went off clutching his arm in pain, it looked like Deledio might miss weeks, and our chances of winning against the Swans would be severely depleted. [Read more]
Tigers rise to the occasion
July 4, 2010 by 15 Comments
I couldn’t sleep at all. I sat in bed at 1:00AM, and slowly, it crept to 4:00AM, where I finally closed my eyes for a couple of hours of shuteye. I had so many things on my minds, for some reason I was thinking about all these mathematical situations, the game between North Melbourne and [Read more]
Floreat Pica Society: Round 13 v Sydney
July 1, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Tony Scully There are two things that make me nervous, One is when the word ‘Bunny’ is bandied about, the other is when the word McBurney is running about. Thus I went into Saturday night with fear and loathing. How can a side keep the sort of dominance, over another, going (home or away), [Read more]
Bloody noses for Swans and me
June 27, 2010 by 3 Comments
On the 20th of June 2009, I was in the middle of the Shepparton East ground late in the day, running water in a high-scoring match between Waaia and Shepp East in the seniors. The heavens had opened, and the rain was pelting down. I loved it though. Waaia sadly lost by seven goals in [Read more]
A romantic Black and White win in Sydney
June 27, 2010 by 17 Comments
I normally watch ‘Before the Game’ every week, but I never thought I’d run into a panel member. On my way out from the last Almanac Lunch I was walking out through the main bar where I spotted Mick Malloy. At first I was a bit confused, I thought I had was mistaken, but when [Read more]
WHEN THE DONS PLAYED THE SWANS IN SYDNEY
June 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I felt the sniffle coming on when I woke up on Saturday morning. My throat was sore, my head was beating, my eyes were slightly watery and my nose was running wild. It was only the fact that I couldn’t possibly be sick that made me discount the fact that perhaps I was coming down [Read more]
Swans win the proverbial drought breaker
June 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Neil Jackson SWANS VS ESSENDON 6TH June 2010 The headlines for this game will probably read: “An arm-wrestle on a raining afternoon”. From a Sydney Swans fan’s prospective it should read: “From the dark clouds comes the bright light-finally a close and important win. ‘ Swans-Bombers games have for eight years honoured the “Marngrook” [Read more]
Dogs bureaucratic processes prevail at Manuka
May 20, 2010 by 9 Comments
When footy reports focus on the day, the weather, and the strength of the sunshine, the trees and the colour of their foliage, the state of the oval and the scoreboard, and the food and beverage preferences of those in the reporters’ company, you can usually draw a pretty good conclusion regarding the quality of [Read more]
AFL Round 4 – North Melbourne v Sydney: Memories of old Swans collide with visions of new
April 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Keiran Croker The Swans are back in town for the first time this season. It’s Round 4 and we are off to see them play North Melbourne at the Docklands Stadium. This is the lot of loyal southern supporters since we headed north to Sydney. Particularly since the inclusion of the other interstate teams [Read more]
AFL Round 3 – Sydney v Richmond: Radical Surgery
April 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by John Green How safe is it to go on a long trip after undergoing radical surgery? Richmond took to the surgeon’s knife with wild abandon at the end of 2009 and excised an astonishing total of 13 players from its senior list. For some, like the redoubtable Matthew Richardson, their bodies could no longer [Read more]
The Swans offer hope
April 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Keiran Croker “There’s always next year”. That’s what my Dad used to say. And growing up a South Melbourne supporter in the 60’s, the hope of the next footy season was what you held onto. That and perhaps a glimpse of seeing Bobby Skilton play. In those days as kids we were only ever [Read more]
AFL Round 1 – Sydney v St Kilda: The Swans offer hope!
March 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Kieran Croker “There’s always next year”. That’s what my Dad used to say. And growing up a South Melbourne supporter in the 60’s, the hope of the next footy season was what you held onto. That and perhaps a glimpse of seeing Bobby Skilton play. In those days as kids we were only ever [Read more]
AFL Round 1 – Sydney v St Kilda: Swans lose the toss again
March 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Neil Jackson As a devoted Swans supporter of 14 years, I was so excited about this Round 1 clash. Sydney had had its best preseason since 1856. Then there was the appearance of no less than 6 new recruits on board, (Bradshaw, Mumford, Seaby, Kennedy, McGlynn and Jetta), plus the return of the prodigal [Read more]
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