Cam Hooke is back with the latest Collingwood wrap including a big weekend for the women’s teams with first wins in the AFLW and Super Netball.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: History made for the Collingwood women
March 2, 2017 by Leave a Comment
AFL National Reserves Competition?
September 18, 2016 by 87 Comments
The success of the Crows has Rulebook hopping mad. Yes, read on, he’s serious about AFL reserves sides compromising state leagues
Missed opportunity with disjointed AFL-VFL fixtures
August 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
Jeff Dowsing sees an opening for the AFL, for the VFL, for clubs, for players and for fans. Bring on the change.
Almanac Women’s Footy – VFL: Sinead Omahony
July 16, 2016 by 2 Comments
Melbourne Uni’s Irish recruit Sinead Omahony went from Gaelic football to VFL Women’s in six months.
Almanac Weekend Sports Results 10/7/16
July 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
If there are footy scores worth knowing about, you will find them here.
Almanac VFL Round 13 – Coburg v Footscray: Melbourne by foot, Part 1
July 5, 2016 by 11 Comments
Stranger in a strange land, Dave Brown’s Melbourne travelogue kicks off with an Odd Friday Lunch and a trip to the VFL
Almanac Weekend Sports Results 3/7/16
July 4, 2016 by 1 Comment
All the weekend football and sporting results worth knowing for Monday’s morning coffee
Almanac Weekend Sports Results 26/6/16
June 27, 2016 by 2 Comments
All the sporting results from this weekend that are fit to print
Women’s Footy – VFL: Jess Dal-Pos
June 18, 2016 by 2 Comments
Jess Dal-Pos lets us in on what it takes to make a supergroup like the Darebin Falcons.
Almanac Weekend Sports Results 12/6/16
June 13, 2016 by 1 Comment
All the weekend sporting results fit to print
Almanac Weekend Sports Results 29/5/16
May 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The latest football results from around Australia and sporting results from around the world.
Almanac Weekend Sports Results 22/5/16
May 23, 2016 by 2 Comments
All the latest sporting results fit for publishing
Almanac Weekend Sport Results 15/5/16
May 16, 2016 by 2 Comments
All the weekend sporting results worth knowing.
H.C.A. Harrison: Whittlesea’s link to a founder of the Australian game.
May 15, 2016 by 5 Comments
Glen highlights the life of an Aussie Rules founder.
‘Unification’ Rules: Attempts to Surmount the Great Divide between Australian Football and Rugby League
November 24, 2015 by 3 Comments
Pagan Maven with a well-referenced look back at former attempts to amalgamate football codes across Australia. Imagine what could have been… [What do you mean Queensland boycotted the 1933 talks? – Ed]
South Australia v Victoria State of Origin 1984 – Tuesday Night Lights
October 22, 2015 by 27 Comments
Written on “Back to the Future Day”, Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt heads back to the past. The night South Australian football was changed irreversibly. 1984 specifically, when South Australia took on the Big V in a State-of-Origin match, played at Football Park. Just before the lure of the VFL/AFL proved too much for many of the SANFL’s best. The Football Budget? Don’t ask.
Era, era on the wall, which was the greatest of them all?
October 5, 2015 by 7 Comments
Wondering how to get your footy fix until next April? In the first of a nine-part series, Jeff Dowsing has scoured the history books looking at Footy ‘then’ to understand footy ‘now’. While this series has a distinctly VFL focus, the question remains: has much really changed in footy?
It’s not easy being green
August 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Really interesting piece from an umpire’s perspective. [Excellent expose of the notion that umpires have identity, something which mainstream discourse tends to deny them – JTH]
Carn the Burgers
August 6, 2015 by 1 Comment
Glen! shares his memories of the mighty Coburg Footy Club, who certainly made their presence felt in the 1970’s and ’80’s. He also names his best team from the period [plenty of familiar names! – Ed]
Footy History: The tragic tale of Alf Dear
May 20, 2015 by 12 Comments
A story from deep in the early days of VFL, when there were no lines between family tragedy and footballing career. John Donegan writes the story that needed to be told of Alf Dear.
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