May 26, 2012

Fitzroy d Collingwood

Paul Roos 1994

Here’s a YouTube video of the final moments of Fitzroy v Collingwood from 1992 when Paul Roos booted the winning goal with the final kick of the day. That’s one of my favorite football moments. I was living in Ceduna at the time and heard the result on the radio. I’ve watched the full-length video [...]

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You know you’re getting old when …

Getting old

I should probably give this entry some thought and come up with something insightful and witty. Instead its motivation is rather more poignant. Today I considered a job applicant who was born in 1984. That’s the year I finished high school. More recently I appointed a cadet journalist who was born in 1990. I didn’t [...]

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Fitzroy’s last grand final

I finally got around to exploring YouTube today and discovered to my pleasure a clip of Fitzroy’s last premiership, the 1989 reserves grand final: Tweet Pin It

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Hate the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Tigers

The football season has begun. Here in WA the supporters of West Coast and Fremantle are strutting and fretting as the case may be. Delayed coverage from Victoria and South Australia tells me the Lions are in demise, the Kangaroos are jumping and the Cats are looking good. Do I care? Not really. 2006 is [...]

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Memories of 1986

Halley's Comet in 1986

ABC Radio in Melbourne is inviting listeners tonight to describe their memories of 1986. That’s a long time ago! Two things stand out for me. Fitzroy made the VFL preliminary final. It was the club’s last finals appearance before extinction 10 years later. Halley’s Comet flew past the earth that year. I was a member [...]

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