Phil Hill reports on the Fitzroy-Mazenod clash in his inimitable style. [Great win for the Roys – Ed]
VAFA – Ajax v Fitzroy: We’re playing away
July 1, 2015 by 11 Comments
Fitzroy played away on Saturday. John Harms was there.
VAFA – Fitzroy v St Kevin’s: Scrubbers scare Skobbers but Coach cares for the young cobbers
June 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
King George III chronicles a classic game at Brunswick Street Oval in which the Roys nearly caused the upset of the season
VAFA – Hampton v Fitzroy: From Hampton Reserve to Hallam Fields – Marshalls march all troops to victory
June 18, 2015 by 2 Comments
King George III reports on the all round team effort that produced the good win against Hampton and conveys a few thoughts on this Saturday’s St Kevin’s match at home.
The Earlybird
June 17, 2015 by 2 Comments
A tale of a frosty winter’s morning in the Independent State of Watsonia North, trekking through ice [and almost snow – Ed] culminating in a song of victory. Ged McMahon’s love of the game is beyond question.
Junior Almanac – He bred me into the Blue and White
June 16, 2015 by 4 Comments
Happy birthday Nic Pavlou, from your daughter Anna. A wonderful memoir on family and footy and some outstanding Junior Almanac work.
VAFA – Hampton v Fitzroy: A Bloody Affair at Hampton
June 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
Phil Hill visited Hampton to witness the last quarter capitulation of the locals, put to the sword by The Roys.
VAFA – Parkdale v Fitzroy: Royboys’ clinical precision
May 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Teamwork is required in dentistry and in the clinical dismantling of a footy opponent. Dr Phil Hill reports – in his inimitable way – on the Roys victory at Parkdale.
VAFA – Fitzroy v St Bede’s: derrinalphil comes home
May 24, 2015 by 1 Comment
A classic match deserves a classicists’ report. Here is the report of I, derrinalphil, just back from Rome, where, from what he reports, he conquered Europe. He brought such hope to Brunswick Street Oval where, feeling at home, he watched the mighty Roys’ victory over the vanquished St Bede’s. [Very entertaining – as the match was – Ed]
VAFA – Caulfield v Fitzroy: Gnocc Gnocc Gnoccing on Mother’s door
May 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Not even the support of the finest body of mothers ever assembled could get the Royboys home on a day when Lorenzo Serafini and the memory of tough full forwards and his mother’s gnocchi stole the show. King George III reports.
VAFA – St Kevins v Fitzroy: A Candle For Floydie
April 23, 2015 by 1 Comment
Hopefully, the Roys have played the best two teams in the opening two rounds. Phil Hill, on the verge of a trip abroad, reports and Fitzroy’s difficult start to the season in the VAFA’s Premier B.
VAFA – Fitzroy v Old Brighton: Two Booties but no Booty at Fitzroy
April 12, 2015 by 2 Comments
The first meeting of the Tramconductors for 2014 did not go according to plan.
Melbourne Uni Blacks Win VAFA Premier Division Title for First Time in 40 Years
September 23, 2014 by 2 Comments
Quietly jubilant, The Black Hack writes a delightful report of the VAFA Premier Division Grand Final.
AFL Round 22: Sal’s Penultimate Preview
August 22, 2014 by 1 Comment
Sal chases a dollar at the footy and the races and prays for the good fortune of the Friars in their fight to stay in Div 1.
VAFA Division One Round 8 – NOBs/St Pat’s v MHSOB: Parklife
June 2, 2014 by 9 Comments
“…all the burning leaves…” A perfect autumn day is spent watching North Olds/ St Pat’s against Melbourne High School Old Boys. Suburban footy doesn’t get much better.
A Good Idea
September 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Ged McMahon is one Essendon fan who isn’t missing September action – he’s playing in it. In the VAFA. It’s 9.15am on a Sunday morning, there’s a genuine crowd, and he’s running around like a kid lost in a shopping centre. Was stepping out of his comfort zone really a good idea?
VAFA – Premier B: Fitzroy returns to the Junction
August 25, 2013 by 1 Comment
Phil Hill was there when Fitzroy returned to Junction Oval.
VAFA – Premier B: Radetzky and the Roys March over Ajax
August 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
How did Fitzroy run over Ajax? Phil Hill has a theory.
VAFA Premier B – Old Trinity v Fitzroy: Light a candle Fitzroy against Trinity
July 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Phil Hill returned from a US holiday to watch the Fitzroy forward line malfunction. He should have lit an extra candle in St Pats Cathedral while in New York.
Uni Blacks v Uni Blues – Blacks Break Through
June 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Whilst much of the pre-game talk had focused on the comeback of the opposition’s gun forward and former coach, Fergus Watts, the Blacks had one of their own returning from a hiatus – water-carrier Phil.
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