The morning was reminiscent of my Under 13 footy days in the ’70s – an early start, crispness in the air and dew glistening on suburban nature strips. It’s 8.30am as I pull into the Westfield car park, and I’m pleased to spot the gleaming recently-detailed Lexus belonging to Neil McLean parked in a […]
I was convinced that I had spent many Saturday afternoons watching the football with Les “Wally” Walsh at the Junction Oval in the 1970s. We both loved Fitzroy. We’d shared some victories and many more defeats. Now I know that I was wrong; we had never met. Not once. I’m pretty sharp – it only […]
In a recent Federal Court case, Justice Bennett found that newspaper headlines are not protected under Copyright law. Footy sub-editors must have breathed a collective sigh of relief. A ruling the other way could have rendered a gem like “Power switched on” never to be repeated again – the prospect of being a very sad […]
What could Helen D’Amico, Trevor Chappell and John Kerr possibly have in common? Maybe that the mention of their name is likely to have anyone under the age of about thirty-five scratching their head. But for those of us ever-so-slightly older, these names will bring an incident immediately to mind; an incident that is intrinsically […]
With Grand Final week looming large, ready yourself for the celebrity footy supporter to come out of hibernation. You know the type. Those that are prominently positioned at one of the front tables at the Grand Final breakfast; proudly garbed-out in their “never soiled by dripping sauce from a Four ‘N’ Twenty” scarf – still […]
It’s time for me to come clean – I boo. I have booed for many years now; only ever between the months of March and September. My booing is an insidious activity that I have been able to cleverly conceal from my family, friends and work colleagues. But now is the time for me to […]
There were alarming reports of a National Geographic article having suggested that redheads would eventually become extinct. This story was later debunked in September 2007 and Geelong went on to annihilate Port Adelaide in the Grand Final; taking out their first Premiership since 1963. Less than 2% of the world’s population are redheads. By contrast, […]
The Odd Bounce of the Sherrin 