Last Saturday, North Melbourne Football Club opened its doors of its dilapidated old facilities for the last time (and make no mistake, dilapidated is at the generous end of descriptions). Rev. Shinboner wandered down and got way more than he bargained for! Keep reading →
30/11/2009
Slide Show: Old Arden St
Take a close up and personal tour of the old Arden St headquarters of North Melbourne Football Club, due for demolition this week. Even for the most ardent fan, it was an eye-opening experience!
26/11/2009
Superfooty vs Realfooty
If you’d asked me twelve months ago which news outlet has the superior AFL football coverage, I would’ve said The Age. But is it still the case? Keep reading →
29/10/2009
2010 Fixture
The official 2010 fixture for North Melbourne Football Club has been released (which differed from the leaked fixture): Keep reading →
06/10/2009
Is Brad Scott the Hottest AFL Coach?
North Melbourne’s recent appointment of Brad Scott as senior coach has been almost universally applauded. Pundits across the board have praised Scott for his youthful enthusiasm, his ‘tough’ brand of footy, his fresh approach … the list goes on. But as yet, none have recognised a key asset of Scott’s: his looks.
Word around the campfire has it that Brad Scott may be the hottest AFL coach. Decide for yourself …
The Contenders (click image to enlarge)
Brad Scott: Hot. End of story.
Mark Thompson (Geelong): hot-ish, in a steal-your-girlfriend kinda way
Paul Roos (Sydney): hot-ish, in a family-man kinda way
John Worsfold (West Coast): hot-ish, in a tough-guy kinda way
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05/10/2009
NMFC enters politics: WTF?
Not so long ago, I received an email update from my beloved North Melbourne Football Club informing me that current NMFC Board member, Trevor O’Hoy, is up for re-election to the RACV board. I thought it was a little odd, but got over it.
Roos eNews extract promoting O'Hoy
24/09/2009
Spinning Out
I knew North Melbourne’s proposed Learning and Life Centre was nothing more than a cunning ruse, even before they appointed Andrew Demetriou’s brother to lead it.
It was all clear in my head: label the club’s redevelopment plans as a ‘local community investment’ and the State will chip in a few mill. Spin it as an ‘innovative educational facility’ and the Dept of Education will cough up another couple. Throw in some ‘multicultural youth’, ‘underpriviledged schools’ and a few other random buzz words and the philanthropists will be eating off your plate. All the while, Arocca and co. get the state of the art training facility they always dreamed of, with a fresh angle on converting every school kid in the area! Then they appoint James Demetriou to lead it.
“He’ll bludgeon ‘em all ’til they bleed blue and white!”. I can hear the NMFC Board room laughing from the next suburb.
10/09/2009
North vs St Kilda, Rd 21
It’s 10.45 on a Sunday morning and I’m on holiday in Exmouth, a prawning and tourist town next to the Ningaloo Reef in WA. There seem to be more emus than people in town today – it’s probably because the Exmouth Eagles won the local grand final the day before. I walk into the Potshot Hotel.
Potshots, as the locals call it, looks the goods: plenty of screens, TAB and no grey nomads (just some grey punters). I ask the bartender if they’re showing the game.
“It’s on Fox. We don’t have Fox … as much as I’d like to see St Kilda fucking flog North.” The pained tone tells me he’s a North supporter. He suggests the Novotel.
04/08/2009
Killing the Game
An AFL player has been charged with possession. The cops found one ecstasy tablet in a search on his house.
WTF?!?
Fairfax get the 'exclusive'
I am appalled at the lack of discretion the cops have shown. And I am outraged, but not surprised, at the media’s blanket coverage of the issue.
Irrespective of innocence, the young man will forever be tarnished. And our game takes another hit.
04/08/2009
Journalism 101
When researching details on current issues, best to check with the horse’s mouth before publishing. This is called fact checking.
Further comment on today’s “news” can be found here.
