Category: Footy

Lunchtime Footy

I hate driving my kids to school, especially given the proximity of our home to their schools and local train stations. However, these trips in the car do open up unique opportunities for one-on-one chats that you may not have so easily if you are walking.

Hot Winter’s Night

Thursday was strangely warm; the hottest July day in Melbourne at 23.2 degrees. Hottest ever. 5 pm Footy Training. Wind, rain and a stormy atmosphere gave way to colourful skies of pink, orange, red and turquoise. Play on.

Sundays Game

Yesterday it was my eight year olds last Home and Away game for this, his first season of Under 9 junior footy.

Missed Game

A certain young man declared he was too ill to play yesterday morning. Yes, he had been afflicted with the never ending night time cough throughout the week, and yes, he had sustained an injury in last weeks game resulting in a self diagnosed ‘broken rib’, and yes, there was a late night had the […]

Red Socks

Having both a game of basketball and a game of footy on this morning, I thought I would quickly slip up to the local shopping strip for a loaf of sourdough, two takeaway lattes and a hot chocolate.