Archive for August, 2014
Richmond – Missed it by that much
Richmond has a habit of making footy harder than it should be. If they don’t beat Sydney on Saturday they won’t play finals. It doesn’t get harder than that. They won’t beat Sydney.
Richmond will miss the finals.
Tucker’s cursed wooden spoon
Dale Tucker introduced me to his wooden spoon during my first year of senior football in Rockhampton, a central Queensland town about 650 kilometres north of Brisbane.
Tuck was heavy, bald and moustached. He was gruff and blunt with hurtful hands. Having been around football for decades in Victoria and Queensland, he didn’t tolerate bullshit. He was a club stalwart, an irreplaceable man who had to be talked into coming back each year, for one more season.
