In this engaging memoir, Tony Newport remembers Jack Pollard’s ‘High Mark’ a book of his Tasmanian childhood. [Terrific – Ed]
Gravel & Mud: Martin Flanagan’s introduction
July 21, 2021 by 7 Comments
Martin Flanagan recalls life on the West Coast of Tasmania with its places, and characters and its distinctive footy. This piece of fine story-telling is the introduction to Gravel & Mud, an anthology put together by Tony Newport and the Carswell brothers Chris and John.
Gravel & Mud: Chris Fagan’s Preface
July 17, 2021 by 1 Comment
As you will see over the coming days, as the Almanac publishes this series of extracts, Gravel & Mud is full of wonderful yarns.
Almanac Books: Introducing Gravel & Mud – An Anthology of Football in the Mountains of Western Tasmania
July 15, 2021 by 1 Comment
Tony Newport, John Carswell and Chris Carswell have compiled a classic anthology of footy stories from the west coast of Tasmania. Here’s some info about the book. Look out for some stories from the book to be published here in the coming days. [A ripper – JTH]
Almanac Footy Opinion: It’s time…for a Tassie team in the AFL
June 24, 2021 by 13 Comments
In this piece (first published at The Conversation),Tim Harcourt argues the case for a Tasmanian football team to join the AFL.
Almanac (Footy) History: Polly’s Folly
June 17, 2020 by 1 Comment
Graham “Polly” Farmer was many things; a revolutionary innovator of handball skills, brilliant ruck and legend of the game…he also once made a claim that with hindsight can only be described as a howler. Warwick Nolan on when WA met Tasmania in 1970.
Tom Browne, Twitter and Tasmanian Footy
June 25, 2018 by 4 Comments
Would a Tasmanian footy team attract more fans than the Sorrento Sharks? Channel 7’s Tom Browne clearly doesn’t think so.
Late 70s Tassie State Teams – Changing Times
May 23, 2018 by 9 Comments
Tasmania was not immune to the changing social mores of the late 70s, as these team photos depict. Who went on to the big time, who stayed home but could have been anything?
Almanac Satire – AFL Executive interview: Tasmania, AFLX, AFLW
March 7, 2018 by 12 Comments
David Wilson’s character Des Troyer is again joined by our anonymous up-and-coming AFL Executive to discuss all the latest AFL hot topics.
Tales of Tasmania: Noel Carter
February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Liahm O’Brien catches up with Richmond and South Fremantle premiership star, Noel Carter in another Tasmanian football profile.
Tales of Tasmania: Robert Shaw
February 21, 2018 by 4 Comments
Liahm O’Brien tells the tale of fellow-Tasmanian Robert Shaw, well known to all in the footy community.
Footy in Tasmania: Picture This
February 8, 2018 by 29 Comments
Some more on Tassie footy – from Swish Schwerdt, first published late last year.
Swish brings us a brief pictorial overview of Tasmanian football in the 1970s, thanks to Ken Pinchin and Allan Leeson’s “A Century of Tasmanian Football. 1879-1979”
State of the footy nation: time to address a few issues about good ordinary football at the second tier.
September 23, 2016 by 5 Comments
Terry Logozzo’s comment on Rulebook’s recent piece about second tier comps is worthy of being a post in its own right. So here it is.
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