Friday 30 March PERTH FOOTY ALMANAC DINNER
Join John Harms in conversation with Sean Gorman author of Legends: The AFL Indigenous Team of the Century.
Where: The dinner is in the Brickworks Garden Bar and Café of the Oxford Hotel (368 Oxford Street in Leederville – down the Mt Hawthorn end away from the crowds). Dining is from the a la carte menu with full wine list and bar service (individual tabs).
When: Friday 30 March (first AFL round) for dinner at 8pm. Almanackers and friends can join us in the bar from 5pm where there will be a special section reserved for us with two big screen TVs to watch Collingwood vs Hawthorn live on Foxtel.
No cover charge or event fee. Pay for your own food and drinks. Our aim is to encourage a Perth Footy Almanac community with regular speakers and events as in Melbourne.
DINNER CONFIRMATION ESSENTIAL BY MONDAY 26 MARCH TO:
• John Harms ([email protected] or 0417 635030)
• Peter Baulderstone ([email protected] or 0435 965982)
• Les Everett ([email protected] or 0439 923 304) •John Harms – Sporting and social commentator on ABC Radio and TV's Offsiders; raconteur; bon vivant; Geelong tragic; Footy Almanac co-publisher and editor with Paul Daffey; and author of: Loose Men Everywhere (footy), Memoirs of a Mug Punter (racing), Confessions of a Thirteenth Man (cricket), The Pearl (biography of Steve Renouf the great Broncos and Queensland rugby league winger).
•Sean Gorman – Fremantle supporter, Curtin University Research Fellow and the author of Brotherboys which was recently adapted into the successful play Krakouer. THE INDIGENOUS TEAM OF THE CENTURY
Backs: Chris Johnson (Fitzroy, Brisbane) Darryl White (Brisbane) Bill Dempsey (West Perth) Half-backs: Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon, Port Adelaide) Adam Goodes (Sydney) Norm McDonald (Essendon) Centres: Peter Matera (South Fremantle, West Coast) Maurice Rioli (South Fremantle, Richmond) Michael Long (Essendon) Half-forwards: Nicky Winmar (South Fremantle, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs) Stephen Michael (South Fremantle) Syd Jackson (East Perth, Carlton) Forwards: Chris Lewis (Claremont, West Coast) Michael O'Loughlin (Sydney) Jim Krakouer (Claremont, North Melbourne, St Kilda) Followers: Graham Farmer (captain) (East Perth, Geelong, West Perth) Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) Barry Cable (Perth, North Melbourne, East Perth) Interchange: Michael McLean (Footscray, Brisbane) Byron Pickett (North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Melbourne) Michael Graham (Sturt) David Kantilla (South Adelaide) Ted Kilmurray (East Perth) Peter Burgoyne (Port ! 1 Adelaide) Coach: Barry Cable (Perth 1972-73, North Melbourne 1981-84 and East Perth 1978) Umpire: Glenn James.