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HomeLatest StoriesWrite for usCalendar of EventsAlmanac ShopMembershipsWho we areOur EditorsContact UsSaturday @ the AlmanacThe Yeppoon Swans are on the verge of history this weekend in central Queensland. Read Sean Mortell s report HERE.AFL Finals Week 1Port Adelaide 9.4.58 d Geelong 5.12.42Brisbane 10.9.69 d Richmond 8.6.54St Kilda v Western BulldogsWest Coast v CollingwoodRound 18 scores and match reportsSend us an email and we ll sign you up for the Almanac Music and Poetry Newsletter HERE.Join the club: become an Almanac Member for 2020 HERE.Write for us: To become an Almanac contributor CLICK HERE.Register on the Almanac site and receive our e-newsletter.To get in touch, you can reach our coordinating editors here: [email protected]Twitter: @thefootyalmanac Facebook: The Footy AlmanacCopyright remains with individual authors and creators. Inquiries via email HERE.The opinions contained in posts are those of the author. They are not opinions of Malarkey Publications and www.footyalmanac.com.auhttps://www.footyalmanac.com.au/59570-2/Finals Week 1 Brisbane v Richmond: Captain s callOctober 3, 2020 by greejoh Leave a Comment John Green went into Richmond s first final confident. After avidly following the glittering career of skipper Trent Cotchin, John was let down by Richmond s loss to the Lions.Finals Week 1 Brisbane v Richmond: Welcome back Prince Harris Andrews, the Jason Donovan of our premiership hopesOctober 3, 2020 by Shane Reid 2 Comments It was a nervous time for the Lions, but Shane Reid was left passionately barracking on Brisbane as they pushed Lions to the brink in their qualifying final match-up.Almanac Horseracing: Revisiting Murtoa Cup Day 2008 Danga s got the goutOctober 3, 2020 by John Harms Leave a Comment It s Murtoa Cup day to start the Spring Carnival. And John Harms re-visits he party that was Methodical Boy s cup in 2008. [This is a version of a story first published in The Age. Ed]Almanac (Radio and TV) History: “Don’t burn down the studio” The Coodabeen Champions and Channel 7’s 1986 Football MarathonOctober 3, 2020 by Richard Prentice 14 Comments Memories! In this nicely researched piece, Richard Prentice takes us back to the first (and only) Coodabeens takeover of the pre-VFL Grand Final Football Marathon in 1986. [first published in 2020]Almanac Poetry: DeanoOctober 3, 2020 by Gigs Leave a Comment Steve Cotter, from the Clifton Hill CC, pays tribute to Dean Jones. Thanks to Steve s teammate Andrew Gigs Gigacz for alerting us to this poem.Almanac Poetry: Country FootballOctober 3, 2020 by John Harms 6 Comments Country Football by Philip Hodgins. Such a brilliant poem we quoted it in Footy Town . [This post is reprised from 2013]Almanac Poetry: The Drop KickOctober 3, 2020 by Almanac Admin 5 Comments Philip Hodgins on the glorious drop kick.Finals Week 1 Port Adelaide v Geelong: The wisdom of walnutsOctober 2, 2020 by Dips O Donnell 12 Comments Likened to a wonderful scene in The Sopranos, Cats fans are currently suffering after yet another finals loss. Dips O Donnell is the first to react.Almanac Bush Footy: The Yeppoon Swans on the verge of historyOctober 2, 2020 by Almanac Admin 5 Comments While the AFL finals begin this weekend, a little club called Yeppoon up in central Queensland will try to win a record-breaking 89th straight game when they play for a sixth straight premiership.Finals Week 1 Port Adelaide v Geelong: Yesterday and tomorrowOctober 2, 2020 by Matt Zurbo 7 Comments The first 2020 final was a brutal clash. Old Dog saw the old and the new. He observes the differing playing styles and how they stood up under finals pressure.Almanac Golf and Community: Stuck in a bunker: how the reaction to the Northcote Golf Course proposal exposes golf’s need to sell itself to the communityOctober 2, 2020 by Joseph Ryan 2 Comments In many of our major cities, there is a push to repurpose public golf courses as parks. Joseph Ryan engages in a constructive discussion to assess the future options for golf courses and golf clubs.Almanac Poetry Reflection: A Poem with Personal Significance (Discuss)October 2, 2020 by Kevin Densley 5 Comments Kevin Densley invites Almanackers to share poems which have had an abiding presence in their lives, just as one by Gerard Manley Hopkins has stayed with him over the decades.Finals Week 1 Sal s Preview: Taking it up a notchOctober 1, 2020 by Sal Ciardulli 1 Comment It s a big weekend on the footy field and at the racetrack. Sal has been busy working out the odds for you and presents his selections.Week 1 Finals preview: A long weekend of exciting clashesOctober 1, 2020 by Sean Mortell Leave a Comment Our regular AFL analyst, Sean Mortell, weighs up the chances of each team as we enter Week 1 of the 2020 Finals series.Almanac (Footy) Memoir: Hanging up the boots after 34 yearsOctober 1, 2020 by Almanac Admin 6 Comments Roger Collins-Woolcock has hung up the boots after 34 wonderful seasons. This is his tribute to footy. [Well played Roger JTH]Almanac Pub Review: In which our heroes discover that the Victoria Hotel is victorious and the Terminus Hotel is terminalOctober 1, 2020 by Mickey Randall 9 Comments Claire and Mickey Randall took in a couple of pubs in Strathalbyn and encountered contrasting experiences. It seems like the names of the pubs matched their prospects!Almanac (Cricket) Obituary: Keep Smiling, Dean Jones by Jarrod KimberOctober 1, 2020 by Almanac Admin 2 Comments Jarrod Kimber reflects on the influence of Dean Jones on his life. It s a love story as well as a warts and all homily to the cricketing genius who provoked such strong responses over several decades. (Raw, gutsy and achingly beautiful Ed.)Almanac Music: The greatest guitar solo never in a movieOctober 1, 2020 by Alex Darling 3 Comments Alex Darling contends that across modern cinema and in particular the nineties guitar solo soundtracks have made film scenes iconic . He sets out, with considerable success, to demonstrate his point.Almanac Rugby League NRL 2020 Finals Week 1 + NRLW Round 1 preview: A great weekend in prospectOctober 1, 2020 by Ian Hauser 2 Comments NRL finals time at last! A top flight opener, two elimination finals and the return of the NRLW what a weekend for fans of the greatest game of all ! Ian Hauser offers his thoughts on all the clashes.Almanac Rugby League: Redfern All Blacks – keeping the ball in motionOctober 1, 2020 by Patrick_Skene 1 Comment Patrick Skene provides an in-depth essay on the Redfern All Blacks, the long-established home for Indigenous rugby league footballers in Sydney.1231121Next Page Recent CommentsMark 'Swish' Schwerdt on Almanac Bush Footy: The Yeppoon Swans on the verge of historyDaryl Schramm on Almanac Bush Footy: The Yeppoon Swans on the verge of historyjan courtin on Finals Week 1 Brisbane v Richmond: Welcome back Prince Harris Andrews, the Jason Donovan of our premiership hopesjan courtin on Finals Week 1 Brisbane v Richmond: Welcome back Prince Harris Andrews, the Jason Donovan of our premiership hopesPeter_B on Finals Week 1 Port Adelaide v Geelong: Yesterday and tomorrowSean Mortell on Almanac Bush Footy: The Yeppoon Swans on the verge of historyPeter_B on Finals Week 1 Port Adelaide v Geelong: The wisdom of walnutsjan courtin on Almanac (Footy) Memoir: Hanging up the boots after 34 yearsjan courtin on Almanac Bush Footy: The Yeppoon Swans on the verge of historyKevin Densley on Almanac Poetry: The Drop Kick

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