We are all totally devastated by this terrible news. From the moment Col first arrived at the Almanac, as a writer in 2012, and as an editor from soon after, Meryl has been there, someone to whom Col ...

Do you recall anything of the time we spent together? We were inseparable, you were my best friend. Those two years are just a blur, tiny droplets which fleetingly form in my thoughts unbidden.

Michael had booked a beer garden table at the ‘Maid and Magpie’ hotel. However, it was now formally known as ‘The Maid’. Walking around the beer garden there was no booking for them. There was also ...

The story of the game has been well told – Roosters too strong, valiant Knights fall just short of a miracle win, Teddy leads from the rear, Ponga’s best not quite enough…Read the stories elsewhere. I ...

And just when you thought the NRL’s Grand Final day was the end of the season, along comes the 2026 Rugby League World Cup! Starting next Thursday night and running through until its finals on ...

Your host for the kukai, Rob Scott, was inspired by attending the annual Footy Almanac Grand Final lunch, bumping into a few of his Collingwood supporting mates who were scattered around the room in ...

The ‘Maynard’, my age, had been stomped on by a horse, several times, sometime earlier, bitten, fell off, bucked off and in high school was kicked in the leg by his horse, so hard, it numbed it, the ...

Paul Allott was a Lancastrian who played 13 Tests, as well as 13 ODI’s, for England in the 1980’s. As a medium pace bowler, he scored an inaugural half century on his Test debut. His career was injury ...

Yesterday was a visit to what’s left of the Twelve Apostles. The cliffs and Apostles themselves are still spectacular despite the erosion and the lookouts are awesome. This morning was the Port ...

Epilogue: Games are won in the centre of the ground. Best midfields usually dominate finals.

The last time North Melbourne were playing in a finals series, I was in year 12, beginning my exam preparations and playing the Tenor Saxophone. In those 10 years since the Kangaroos last played ...