Aaron’s comment and a discussion I had today made me think about the state of country football. You read and hear about the success stories and sometimes about the total failures, but you don’t often learn about the clubs that are struggling. And there are many of them. I’m now in Mount Gambier, which has [...]
AFL Celtic idea abandoned
I thought it curious last Saturday The Age ran with a front-page lead story on the possibility of an Irish-theme team being established in Sydney. The story was also prominent on Fairfax websites. Today there is a story online, which is far more realistic, headlined West Sydney ground zero. It talks about building a broad-based [...]
Lions lose the marketing plot
The Western Bulldogs thrashed the Lions by 63 points today at the MCG. I’m glad I didn’t travel to Melbourne for the game. It’s one I might have gone to if circumstances had permitted. I want to comment on the ugly jumper the Lions wore. Why did they wear that white guernsey with strange stripes [...]
The centre square in Australian football
There’s a great yarn by Jon Anderson in the print edition of the Herald Sun about the introduction of the centre square to Australian football, including a terrific photo. It was June 5, 1971 when Carlton and Fitzroy played at Princes Park they experimented with a one-off trial using the centre square. The concept was [...]
Country footy
Country football is an important part of the social fabric in many communities. Young men have a social and physical outlet, women get involved through netball and supporters barrack for their local clubs, invariably their town. I went along to Vansittart Park in Mount Gambier today to watch North Gambier play Hamilton in the Western [...]
