Still, sunny conditions met the Roys at Pirañha Park Coburg for their Men’s Senior semi final against Old Haileybury. A slight breeze favoured the Bell Street end, Father’s Day celebrations the furthest thing from the collective mindset. A huge ch...
By Fitzroy Gold Thirds coach Silvano InserraThe final siren sounds…we exhale, the season is over.Kane and I look at each other, and then look at our men. They have given their all. They are exhausted, dirty, bruised, but you get the sense that the...
Driving across the Clifton Hill hump for a 9.30am bus drop off on Saturday morning, the city was shrouded in fog. Instantly the opening chords of Van’s Into The Mystic came on the radio. “Hark now, hear the sailors cry.” It was going to be one of ...
I looked at my football-scribing notepad, the one I use to put this epistle together. I have enough pages left for another 4 or 5 games. I hope I can use it to its full extent: two home and away games, and hopefully as many finals as we can find. ...
By Fitzroy-ACU Senior Women's Coach Michael HarperAs the pain of a Grand Final loss begins to subside, the overwhelming sense of a successful season both and off the field is beginning to take its place.Congratulations to Scotch for winning the pr...
We welcomed Old Haileybury to the Brunswick Street Oval for a pair of Men’s games, the latter a twilight commencing at 4.30. I might add ‘welcome’ is probably too nice a word, football can be like war at times. Again, the Two’s were comfortable vi...
It was an awkward drive to the game on Saturday. East Malvern kind of doesn’t know where or what it is. De La Salle awaited us with good form, having defeated Haileybury the previous week. Our form had been ok, but we needed to be on our mettle an...
Dear Roys faithful, It is with sadness that I pen my last missive as the coach of this wonderful group of Women. For those watching the results of this team closely, you'll know that the Reserves Women suffered two losses totalling 150 points in R...
I can’t tell you much about the Two’s game against St Bede’s Mentone. Other than it looked like a comfortable-enough win from my spot behind the glass in the community room. Yes, even ugly old gorillas like me enjoy a solid repast from time to tim...
There was an eerie sense of dull as I entered the Melbourne University precinct for Fitzroy Men’s clash with top of the table Uni Blacks. Overcast, drizzling, a busy car park, pre-season cricket training, a hockey match, the occasional athlete hon...
