Phil Hill travels as far west as Werribee to watch his Roy Boys pull off their first win of the year.
VAFA: Fitzroy at Glenhuntley
May 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Fitzroy fan Phill Hill is discontented. This B grade is our winter of discontent. Last year was a “glorious summer”.
VAFA – Fitzroy v Old Brighton: Fitzroitis breaks out
April 30, 2013 by 1 Comment
Fitzroyitis has broken out again.
VAFA – Fitzroy: I want another divorce!
April 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
I have said this before but I will say it again; a new season is like getting a new girl friend. I have already divorced Brisbane this season and it was with eager boyish enthusiasm that I travelled down Punt Road to Garry Smorgan Oval to watch the Roys take on AJAX in B Grade.
Grand Final bliss as Blacks jump the Shark
September 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Black Hack awakes from a dual premiership celebration-induced slumber to post his recollections of a memorable day for the Melbourne Uni Blacks in the Ammos Grand Final.
Local footy: A Black day in the Ammos
September 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
More Grand Final football stories were etched over the weekend as plenty will continue to develop over the coming weeks. A story just as big as any other is the dual premiership glory of the University Blacks in the Victorian Amateur Football League (VAFA).
Two out of three ain’t bad
September 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
Down to Sandi again for us “Boys from Old Fitzroy” and the morning off for derrinalphil; “bugger all” sleep on Friday night. Did any Fitzroy supporter have a good night’s sleep? It was a relief to get up at six, get the paper and have a cuppa. Young master derrinalphil also hit the kitchen early. [Read more]
Let it B Let it B
September 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
We are the boys from old Fitzroy. We wear the colours, maroon and blue. Happy days are here again, dah dah dah d dah, happy days are here again dah…. Let it B, Let it B “When I find myself in times of trouble, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate loses to me.” There were some [Read more]
VAFA Div 1 – Grand Final Preview: A Clash of Two Titans
September 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In what seems like the blink of an eye, we have arrived at the season’s denouement. Was it really six months ago that the ten Division 1 clubs were winding up their pre-season programs, full of hope for the year which lay ahead? The season has whisked past us so quickly. Preliminary Final review: [Read more]
Blacks Clinch ’12 GF Spot and ’13 A-Grade Berth
September 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
NO PROBLEM FOR OLD MEN AS EXPERIENCED BLACKERS GET THROUGH TO GF They say that love can make music sound sweeter and food taste better. Whilst your narrator is not normally prone to such sentimentality, a similar feeling came over me as I carved through my sweet and sour pork whilst Rose Tattoo’s ‘We Can’t [Read more]
VAFA: History counts for little as Drysdale exposes ‘Hoers Tail
September 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With Melbourne Uni Blacks progressing steadily towards the grand final in both grades, the Black Hack gets misty at memories of previous close finishes.
Were they this good in 1944?
September 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
“It was just an ordinary shellacking of a bottom side … then the dam wall burst!” Almanac Admin
Ammos Division 1: All roads lead to Elsternwick
August 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the weather taking a decidedly spring-like turn for the better, in the air around town we can suddenly detect whiff of finals. The hard slog of eighteen rounds of preliminaries is over, and now we have arrived at the big show. Let’s be honest: for a number of weeks now the final four has [Read more]
Local footy: Off on the Rabbito Express
August 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Mrs Derrinalphil and I decided to make the big trip and go out to the Rupertswood game. The “trouble and strife” asked “how do we get there?” Not by the “Rabbito Express” unfortunately. Up until the late fifties a steam train would leave Spencer Street station very early on a Sunday morning and travel up [Read more]
Ammos: No walk in park for SKOBs as Blacks post victory
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Regular readers of this column would probably be aware that its author is a creature of habit when it comes to his days at the footy. Like the pensioner who pays his bills at the post office or the ticket inspector who goes straight to the students, your narrator is one who likes to stick [Read more]
Blacks spin a win as Pitt rises from the mud
August 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
BACKS SOLID AS A ROCK LOBSTER After a final week of Olympics-gazing, your narrator was thoroughly looking forward to his Saturday ritual of following the Black and Blue (and black shorts and socks) across Melbourne. As I began my journey, I began to consider all of the venues I’ve visited and the feelings that each [Read more]
Kempo pulls the driver out as Blacks stretch lead from Rosehill to Belmont
July 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
ROBBO DOES IT ALL AS BLACKS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS For not the first time this season, my trip to the Uni for the curtain raiser was an alluring one. With marquee names like Foster and Lacey having donned the Black and Blue at 11:40 in previous weeks this year, it seemed like the depth [Read more]
VAFA Round 11: Pirates on shaky ground
July 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
One could almost feel the seismic shift in the competition last week when North Old Boys – St. Patrick’s comprehensively defeated Peninsula Old Boys at Gillon Oval. That rumbling was not tectonic plates shifting beneath us; indeed, it was the sound of the Pirates being dislodged from their perch at the top of the table [Read more]
Blacks fail to bounce back as Bloods loss cuts deep
July 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
BLOODS SPEARED BY RUSTY NAIL AS BLACKS GRAB INFECTIOUS VICTORY Although most local footy fans in Melbourne would have been rejoicing at the sight of brilliant sunshine last Saturday morning, your correspondent was unfortunately feeling the pinch. After a heavy week of overnight sports viewing including Tour De France, Australia v England cricket and Wimbledon, [Read more]
VAFA Div 1 – half-yearly report
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
V.A.F.A. DIVISION 1 “HALF-YEARLY REPORT” Something which has always stuck in my head was the approach an old coach of mine had toward the football season. He would divide it into four parts: pre-season, rounds 1 – 9, rounds 10 -18, and finals. I did not entirely agree with him because, more often than not, [Read more]
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