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LatestA Day at Country Footy
by Ian Wilson | Aug 24, 2024 | Football | 2 |
I once had three years of experience as a playing coach in the WA bush in the late 90’s. My job at...
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LatestMy Favourite 300 Gamers
by Ian Wilson | Jun 17, 2024 | Football | 4 |
Dustin Martin’s 300 game celebration on Saturday was one for the ages. I can’t remember a build up...
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LatestModern Footy Versus The Olden Days
by Ian Wilson | Jun 5, 2024 | Football | 10 |
My two ‘millennial’ daughters will occasionally accuse me of being a grumpy old fossil. I’ve been...
A Letter to Ross Lyon
by Ian Wilson | May 12, 2024 | Football
Dear Ross I’m sure you’re aware that Saints supporters are a unique lot. For diehards such as...
Read MoreBleeding Red, White and Black
by Ian Wilson | Apr 19, 2024 | Football
As a resident of Melbourne for thirty odd years there was a huge benefit of being a St Kilda...
Read MoreThe VFL/AFL’s Blunt Team
by Ian Wilson | Mar 30, 2024 | Football
Essendon coach Brad Scott has come out deliberately with his team’s mantra, ‘The Essendon Edge’ in...
Read MoreSydney Swans – The Black Knight of the AFL
by Ian Wilson | Mar 16, 2024 | Football
The term ‘high percentage’ in sport, especially in AFL footy is something clubs talk about but ...
Read MoreThe AFL’s Ginger Wildcats
by Ian Wilson | Mar 10, 2024 | Football
My youngest daughter Mia has a cat named George who has three legs and a serious attitude. It’s...
Read MoreWith Genius Can Come Flaws
by Ian Wilson | Jan 26, 2024 | Football
There is often a strange symbiosis between natural talent and unacceptable behaviour when it comes...
Read MoreThe Saint’s Department of Youth
by Ian Wilson | Oct 3, 2023 | Football
After fifty years of supporting the mighty Saints, I finally was able to attend the 2023 Best and...
Read MoreWhy Winning Isn’t Everything
by Ian Wilson | Sep 25, 2023 | Football
I met Mick Malthouse once. Purely by chance of course but what started out as an unmitigated...
Read MoreThey’re The Boys From Werribee
by Ian Wilson | Sep 16, 2023 | Football
There’s a statistic in footy that can never be measured but it’s arguably the most important....
Read MoreThe Joy of Reunions
by Ian Wilson | Jul 18, 2023 | Football
Getting old now, crossing sixty and I’m finding myself thinking more in terms of mortality and my...
Read MoreA Homage To AFL Defender’s IQ
by Ian Wilson | Jul 12, 2023 | Football
This title may appear on the surface as an oxymoron, however the defenders in our game are cruelly...
Read MoreBemoaning Today’s AFL Commentary
by Ian Wilson | Jun 30, 2023 | Football
Being a St Kilda FC tragic, I recently received a youtube video of the Team of the 70’s. It was,...
Read MoreA Homage To Footy IQ
by Ian Wilson | Jun 27, 2023 | Football
It can be assumed that the term IQ isn’t normally associated with the majority of beefcake running...
Read MoreMissing in Marvel Stadium
by Ian Wilson | Mar 20, 2023 | Football
I’ve been working in the Mental Health sector for a couple of years now having completed thirty...
Read MoreWerribee FC’s Class of 1993 – 30 Years On
by Ian Wilson | Jan 8, 2023 | Football
2023 marks the 30th anniversary of Werribee FC’s first VFA/VFL premiership, so I thought I would...
Read MoreThe Best and Worst of Crowd Behaviour
by Ian Wilson | Dec 22, 2022 | Football
Image: Alamy stock photo Last week’s appalling crowd invasion at AAMI Park raised a number of...
Read MoreWillow’s Top 10 Most Talented Coorparoo FC Players 1984-1986
by Ian Wilson | Nov 12, 2022 | Football
Gary Becker Greg Page Jason Dunstall Kevin O’Keeffe Terry O’Neill Michael Gibson...
Read MoreThe Peerless Joel Selwood
by Ian Wilson | Sep 28, 2022 | Football
Picture this for a moment. It’s sometime in the late 90’s and its dinner time in the Selwood...
Read MoreTo Spray or Not to Spray…..
by Ian Wilson | Jul 30, 2022 | Football
L to R – Ray ‘Slug Jordan, Ron Barassi, Tom Hafey, John Kennedy Snr, Des Tuddenham...
Read MoreThe Loneliness of the Sacked Coaches Club
by Ian Wilson | Jul 12, 2022 | Football
I always feel uneasy watching a sacked coach’s press conference. Regardless of their performance,...
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