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Almanac Footy: Close to a perfect season – North Melbourne Football Club’s outstanding 1998

January 18, 2025 by pmendes 2 Comments

After the demise of the Fitzroy FC Philip Mendes decided to follow North Melbourne. Philip presents an in-depth review of North Melbourne’s 1998 AFL season when they finished runners-up to premiers Adelaide.

Almanac Footy: Another great Football Rivalry: Fitzroy v North Melbourne 1979-1986

December 31, 2024 by pmendes 9 Comments

Philip Mendes presents the next instalment featuring the Fitzroy Football Club participating in pivotal seasons, this time matches against North Melbourne 1979 -1986.

Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (North Melbourne)

July 8, 2024 by Rodney Leave a Comment

Rodney Boyd has collected teams of Shinboners who either came to Arden Street from elsewhere or went on to new locations after a stint at the Roos.

Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Carlton)

April 1, 2024 by Rodney 2 Comments

Rodney Boyd’s latest ‘Arrivals and Departures’ sides are made up of those who either packed their bag(ger)s at Prinny Park for greener pastures or joined the crew after starting out elsewhere.

Almanac Teams: From Push Ups to Lay Ups; Obscure 46s (1980- )

October 24, 2022 by Rodney Leave a Comment

The follow up to the best of Number 46 side from Rodney Boyd contains some (literal) high flyers, sons of guns and a cricket/media icon.

Almanac Teams: Dirty debut, 32 (1980- )

April 11, 2022 by Rodney 4 Comments

Rodney Boyd takes another dip into Number 32, this time with perhaps a little less ability and class, but plenty of interesting characters – like the club nomad who only made relatively few appearances on the big stage, but managed to snag two flags in a week.

Almanac Teams: Players in 31 flavours (1980- )

March 21, 2022 by Rodney Leave a Comment

It might be a tough ask for Rodney Boyd’s Number 31 side to compete, but as long as they hit their talls lace out and the immortal words of their coach fire them up, who knows what could happen?

Almanac Teams: Any Kicks? 26 (1980- )

January 17, 2022 by Rodney 6 Comments

Rodney Boyd has another crack at Number 26, this time with some names you might have forgotten, but with interesting tales no less.

Almanac Teams: The (not quite so) Famous Fives (1980- )

February 8, 2021 by Rodney 3 Comments

Back onto the more obscure names this week, Rodney Boyd’s team for the bearers of Number 5 has some excellent footballers who’ve done interesting things.

Switching football loyalties: Transitioning from the Fitzroy Lions to the North Melbourne Kangaroos, 1997

January 6, 2021 by pmendes 4 Comments

Following Fitzroy’s demise at the end of 1996, Philip Mendes switched allegiances. Here he gives a round-by-round account of his first season supporting the Kangaroos.

Almanac Teams: In Two Minds (1980-)

December 7, 2020 by Rodney 4 Comments

We’ve had his top side in Number 2s, now Rodney Boyd shares his cult heroes and generally interesting names who played wearing the number in the past 40 years.

Almanac Teams: Return to sender

November 9, 2020 by Rodney 9 Comments

Here’s a new Almanac Team from Rodney Boyd, it’s his best list of players who returned to a former club (from the 1980s onward). [A surprisingly long list of fine players! Ed.]

AFL 1998 – Twenty Years On: North Melbourne Kangaroos (2nd)

September 27, 2018 by Mark 'Swish' Schwerdt 7 Comments

Like North did at half time of the 1998 Grand Final, Swish has hit the wall. Help him out with your reflections of the nicer members of this list.

Almanac Memoir: Cold mornings, clearing torps and the limitations of lankiness

April 20, 2017 by Matthew Naqvi 7 Comments

Matthew Naqvi gives an account of his childhood footy experiences demonstrating that having meat on the bone is an under-rated footy attribute.

Kanga Kings : North Melbourne’s Best 22 (1997-2014)

December 16, 2014 by pmendes 5 Comments

Phillip Mendes submits his best North Melbourne side from the years of Kanga glory; 1997 – 2014. Who’s in, who’s out? Blakey? Longmire? Schwass? Did C or B Sholl get a guernsey?

It’s Footy Time Again

November 17, 2013 by pmendes Leave a Comment

Missing the footy? Cast your mind back to the start of the season, when everything seemed possible, and old Fitzroy supporter Philip Mendes was musing on the experience of changing team allegiance. It’s not too early to get excited about anticipating next year…

Obituary: Season 2013

July 23, 2013 by ironmike20 6 Comments

The Shinbone Spirit carried North Melbourne through pitiful decades and into defining eras. Matt Watson says Brad Scott has tried to kill it.

It’s Business Time!

September 17, 2011 by Corey McKernan Leave a Comment

As the 2011 AFL season draws towards a close, this weekend sees two massive knockout games which genuinely could go either way. Injuries play a massive part in trying to determine who will get over the line this week. There is nothing more frustrating than getting injured at key times and missing big games; I [Read more]

The true key to AFL premiership glory

September 7, 2011 by Rob McLean Leave a Comment

What is the biggest guide to which club will achieve premiership success in the AFL this season? Most people would suggest winning form is the key. While those more superstitious might say that luck on the day is all that is needed? Well, it is neither of the above, nor is it anything else that [Read more]

North v Freo preview

August 19, 2011 by Corey McKernan Leave a Comment

I’m thrilled to be writing my second blog of the year for Footy Alamanac, after previously writing just before Round 2. It has been a year of ups and downs for both Fremantle and North Melbourne. The boys in Purple started strongly but have slipped as the season goes on; in their [Read more]