Demon fan Lynda Carroll has seen the best of times, and the worst of times. She’s not calling Friday night the worst, but it sure wasn’t great.
Balcony Banter Round 22 – Melbourne v Sydney: No Demon spark tonight
August 21, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Round 22 – Melbourne v Sydney: The future right there
August 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Tom Bally on a win over the Demons that showcased some of the future shining lights for Sydney, a theme plenty of astute Swans fans have picked up on in what has been an otherwise disappointing season.
Round 21 – Port Adelaide v Sydney: Gee, I love footy
August 12, 2019 by 4 Comments
What a difference seven months makes…when Craig Dodson set aside the weekend of the Port Adelaide v Sydney encounter, he was picturing an early Spring thaw and the Bloods en route to the finals. Despite the harsher reality, perspective won out.
Round 20 – GWS v Sydney: Heartbreak, but pride aplenty.
August 5, 2019 by 4 Comments
The Swans put up a magnificent fight against the more-fancied GWS and were pretty unlucky to go down, but Jan Courtin was filled with pride by their performance. [Mark or free kick, take your pick – Ed]
Round 19 – Sydney v Geelong: 20 years on.
July 29, 2019 by 6 Comments
Two decades of cheer-cheering has snuck up on Mathilde de Hauteclocque, who came to follow the side as a young adult sans familial connection. Now Mathilde’s own youngster has taken up the mantle of an independent allegiance not once, but twice!
Round 19 – Sydney v Geelong: We can hold our heads high!
July 29, 2019 by 5 Comments
Reflecting back on a famous Swans victory over a dominant Cats side in the 1960s, Jan Courtin had hopes the current iteration in red and white could stage a similar upset against the ladder-leaders. It was not to be, but the exercise gave her pause to think about the legacies of two of our finest ever players of Indigenous background – Goodes and Farmer.
Round 19 – Sydney v Geelong: Tomahawk’s 250th
July 29, 2019 by 1 Comment
Tom Hawkins – big game player – put on a clinic in his momentous 250th. His mates in the hoops were too good for a youthful Swans outfit too. Anna Pavlou on that game and the game’s most powerful forward, Tomahawk.
Round 18 – Fremantle v Sydney: A tradition lives on
July 22, 2019 by 1 Comment
Keiran Croker on the birth of new family members and teething problems for the young goslings in red and white as they fell agonisingly short to Fremantle.
I’ve lost faith in Australia: A reaction to ‘The Final Quarter’
July 22, 2019 by 30 Comments
First year university student Sean Mortell writes that ‘The Final Quarter’ has had a big impact on him. He has been saddened by some of the reaction, especially on social media, and what that reaction suggests about Australian culture. He looks to Young Australia to lead the way in changing deep-seated racism.
Round 18 – Fremantle v Sydney: Slipping Swans See September Slip Away
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Casper McLeod reports on the one-point thriller won by Freo in Perth
Round 18 – Fremantle v Sydney: My preferred interpretation of success!
July 22, 2019 by 7 Comments
After watching her Swans lose by a point, Jan Courtin spends a restless night contemplating a number of topics, including the meaning of “success”
Balcony Banter Round 16 – Essendon v Sydney: Dour Dons do enough
July 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Almanacker and MCC member Rod Oaten saw his Bombers claw past the Swans in a dour struggle.
Round 17 – Sydney v Carlton: Oh Dear!!
July 13, 2019 by 5 Comments
Sydney’s defeat by Carlton finds Jan Courtin not at the SCG, but in the philosophical principality of St Kilda East. [Congratulations on the Lake Oval move – Ed].
Round 16 – Essendon v Sydney: Memory and perspective
July 8, 2019 by 4 Comments
Mathilde de Hauteclocque takes a moment to look back, within and outwards at her team, her city, her memories large and small… A perspective on which she gained through her friendship with an artist and colleague of Koori heritage; she reflects on this during NAIDOC Week.
Round 16 – Essendon v Sydney: A rare loss to Essendon
July 8, 2019 by 6 Comments
A circumspect Jan Courtin reports after her Swannies suffered a rare defeat at the hands of the Bombers.
Round 15 – Sydney v Gold Coast: Can we?
July 1, 2019 by 4 Comments
On a wintery afternoon Craig Dodson gathers the cygnets around to tell some fireside stories while watching the Swans win impressively against the Suns. He’s now wondering how far they can go.
Round 15 – Sydney v Gold Coast: Mea Culpa! Mea Culpa!
June 30, 2019 by 11 Comments
Jan Courtin misses her first Swans game at the SCG in 20 years but the Rising Sun Hotel in South Melbourne makes an admirable alternative for her to watch the game. Read her Round 15 report of Sydney’s clash against the Suns.
Round 15 – Sydney v Gold Coast: Not making the same mistake
June 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Swans keep on improving, the wins are coming, and things are looking up suggests Caspar McLeod reporting from the SCG for the Round 15 clash between Sydney and Gold Coast.
Round 14 – Sydney v Hawthorn: Finally
June 24, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It is a nervous night at the SCG for Tom Bally, as he rides the peaks and troughs of the Swans win over the Hawks
Round 14 – Sydney v Hawthorn: One of the pleasures of life, beating Hawthorn!
June 23, 2019 by 7 Comments
Boy, is Jan Courtin over the moon! Her beloved Swans have had a great win over the Hawks, and Jan loves to beat the Hawks. Read her report of Sydney’s win over Hawthorn in their Round 14 match at the SCG.
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