Almanac Footy: Go Suns – building the (vital) mythology.

August 27, 2025 by 5 Comments

Matt Webber flies the Gold Coast Suns’ flag. There from the outset, he helps build the mythology of an emerging club. [Timely, Matt – Ed]

Essendon v Geelong, 1989: The mud and the glory

June 15, 2025 by 2 Comments

Paul Spinks wrote this piece on the eve of the Round 14, 2025, Geelong-Essendon game. He looks back to the moment in history when the same two teams playing off in the wet of 1989 – a memorable winter. [Timely reminders of a different time and some great memories for Cats and Ablett fans – JTH]

Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Gold Coast)

May 27, 2024 by 2 Comments

The glitter strip is widely known for having a fairly transient population, and in Rodney Boyd’s sides this week he looks at that factor as it applies to the local AFL club.

Almanac Teams: Number 35 Obscure (1980- )

May 23, 2022 by 3 Comments

The second of Rodney Boyd’s Number 35 sides features some of the more interesting names to have donned the jumper – including a Tigers captain, Geelong all time great and former West Coast coach.

Grand Final – Richmond v Geelong: Dynasties

October 27, 2020 by 21 Comments

Old Dog reviews the Grand Final from the rainswept Otways. With Bourbon.

Grand Final – Richmond v Geelong: Unprecedented

October 26, 2020 by 2 Comments

It wasn’t the best lead up for Gill Dite – an unprecedented solitary couch viewing and choruses of Geelong praise on the radio for starters – but with the rain cleared and the lights on, the unprecedented big finals player himself, Dusty, stood up.

Goodbye Gary, my hero

October 25, 2020 by 4 Comments

Anna Pavlou has a deep connection with the Geelong Football Club. She pays tribute to Gary Ablett and conveys her heartfelt gratitude.

Finals Week 3 – Brisbane v Geelong: The Catters smash the Lions and go through to the Grand Final

October 24, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Brisbane-based Cats fans, the Townsends, head to the Gabba for the preliminary final against the local side. Dad, Hamish Townsend, tells the tale of the night, and of the impressive Geelong win.

The Footy Almanac 2007 Round 16 – Geelong v Bulldogs: A Cat-attack for a languishing town

July 14, 2020 by Leave a Comment

After the 2007 partial closure of Ford factories in Geelong, John Weldon revelled in a wonderful Cats win that set premiership aspirations into full motion.

The Footy Almanac 2007 Round 12 – Geelong v Brisbane: A blustery day at the Cattery

June 17, 2020 by 1 Comment

Tony Roberts followed his Lions down from Queensland to play Geelong in 2007. Despite holding fond memories of his team’s previous successes, the Cats brought him crashing down to reality on a miserable Sunday.

Almanac Book Review: 1989 – The Great Grand Final

April 24, 2020 by 3 Comments

Roger Lowrey reviews Tony Wilson’s new book 1989: The Great Grand Final. It’s a tough job for a Geelong fan Like Rog, but he shows a fair deal of good grace.

“Best Kick I Ever Saw…….” by KB Hill

September 5, 2019 by 1 Comment

What would the week be without a KB Hill tale of a local sporting identity from up Wangaratta way? Today his focus is on Ray Thompson, the man with ‘hands the size of meat plates’ who knocked back offers from no less than five Melbourne clubs. Classic KB!

Henry and the Jets: a win and some strings

August 8, 2019 by 2 Comments

Holding on desperately in defence, Henry Ballard tries to keep the game at a physical level to block out the mental stress of a close match before he orchestrates a symphony of strings which have gone ‘ping’.

Round 12 – Richmond v Geelong: Constantly Moving On

June 9, 2019 by 2 Comments

The air of apprehension gradually gave way to the sweet smell of satisfaction — and a good feeling about the future — for Anna Pavlou as she watched her Cats on Friday night.

Round 12 – Richmond v Geelong: For the love of Patrick Naish

June 8, 2019 by Leave a Comment

The only positive for Richmond on a tough night against the powerful Geelong side was the debut of Ivanhoe local (and son of Chris) Patrick Naish, writes Tiger fan John Green.

Almanac (Post) Modern Life: Interpreting Likes

May 23, 2019 by 3 Comments

“What does it mean to like a post?” asks Edward P. Olsen. This piece on the nature and influence of social media takes the recent Folau-Ablett situation as its stimulus. It’s a piece in that fine tradition of ‘Thinking Out Loud’ as EPO tries to make sense of it all for his own understanding. Maybe others can offer some thoughts.

Honestly…

May 16, 2019 by 16 Comments

Old Dog has had a gutful of the haters in the peanut (comments) gallery. Herein lies his opine on D.Rampe, characters and missed opportunities…

Round 7 – Geelong v Essendon: Dips, I’ll fill you in.

May 10, 2019 by 7 Comments

For Dips – some notes on Geelong’s win last week. Can anyone else help fill Dips in? [Busy week – JTH]

Round 7 – Geelong v Essendon: Cats and cup cakes

May 6, 2019 by 10 Comments

Dips O’Donnell is a man of impeccable manners so when he is caught at a birthday party with the footy on the TV in the next room he finds himself locked in battle with his own conscience.

Almanac Footy Teams: A team of Jeffs/Geoffs

February 10, 2019 by 35 Comments

Hallelujah! Some decent Jeffs/Geoffs have donned an AFL/VFL guernsey over the years. Anyone “jeffed” and left out of the team? Phil Dimitriadis has come up with a cracker!