Long sleeved Cotton T's Choose from Swans or Footychick (red on white) or Magpies (in black on white OR white on Black). Quality 100 % cotton. $25* Want to see a Footyzine T Shirt for your team - just ask! Buy a T Shirt or Jumper and get a subscription to Footyzine absolutely free! Footy Jumpers Traditional-style Swans guer.nseys with Footyzine badge. Footyzine Subscriptions 3 issues for $10 (Please state which issue you would like to start with). Please make cheques payable to OUR ZINE CITY and send with your size and details of order to: PO Box 199 Newtown NSW 2042. *Prices include postage & handling. Please allow 21 days for delivery. cc - S--3 ell , we're deep into another great footy season and once again the AFL has been extremely Wunpredictable. Supporters of most clubs would have SAVE THE still some optimism that their sides will at least partake in September action if not play off one that 'one day'. For its part the AFL has been kept busy with the machinations of the MCC, and the bickering between Channels 7 & 9 all the while probably keep-ing one eye fixed on the impending drug tide engulfing Rugby League. SWANS FOOTYZINE #6 WINTER 1998 It seems improbable that Justin Charles is the only drug cheat in the AFL - but I suppose time will tell - but for now The proud Ocean Grove Swans are in desperate need of lssn# 1327 - 7030 pp# 241218/0047 anyway our code looks to be in much better shape than financial assistance. You can help save the Red & Whites of Publisher: Our Zine City, Thugby League. PO Box 199 Newtown 2042 Another issue that is confronting RL is the question of Victoria's Bellarine Football League by buying tickets in their club mergers - before their clubs rush headlong down that Editorial: path it would be instructive to look at the case of Brisbane Ocean Grave Holiday House Raf/le Tel: (02) 9557 7929 which has stumbled badly since merging with Fitzroy and Mobile: 0418 451 157 at the time of writing has gone from a decent finals side (2300 tickets only at $100 each) PO Box 199 Newtown 2042 (before the merger) to a serious contender for the wooden Email: [email protected] .ou spoon. The folks here at Footyzine headquarters have been Produdion: Call 1800 643 262 busy at the grass roots level as well. We've been involved Eddie Greenaway, in establishing a footy club to represent the Newtown area or send cheque payable to : Di Buckley & Angelo Greenaway once again. The old Newtown club had a proud history in Sydney football and although we've only begun as a social Ocean Grove Football & Netball Clubs Contributors: Front Cover: Ross Cornsew club, the level of membership and interest has been very PO Box 344 Braeside Victoria 3195 Inside Bock Cover: Selina Snow encouraging - over time the Red & White of Newtown may once again make its mark on the Sydney footy landscape. Irwin Hirsh, Tracy Griffen, SD Murphy, One final note - best wishes from all at Footyzine to Tracey Brunton, John Ardill, Paul Kelly our beloved skipper and the patron saint of Ross Cornsew, Dove Watson, football in New South Wales - cruel luck mate but we hope It's Bloods, sweat Neill Jones, John Sherwell, that the boys will rally round and do the good deeds in Harold Thornton, Craig Nelson, your honour. Commiseration's also to those two other Terry O'Brien, Peter Fitzgerald champs and and tears for Brownlow Thanks: medallists Aussie Rules The Newtown Fooly Crew who have Comperdown Bowling Club had their Article reprinted from Craig Wilson, Jon Satterley season's "The Glebe & Inner Western Weekly " 22 July, 1998 Peter Tunn, Evon Lee, Anne Cooper, ended Anthony Benger & The Mghty Roosters, prematurely WH EN the Newtown Bloods get said. Greenaway sa id recent years or " We 'd like to be based in th e Ross O'Donovon, Helen Meyer in 98 - Libba together for a scratch 18-a-side game, a good form fo r the Sydney Swans was a Newtown area but at th e mom ent th ere and Michael couple of garbage bins either side of the part of the game's resurgence, which are no grounds in the area," Greenaway loin Johnstone rugby league sticks serve as point posts. prompted him to form a social cl ub said. But with a couple of sponsors Voss. The Founder and Melbourne ex-pat Eddie taking the name of the disbanded already under th eir belt, Bloods vice­ Thanks for the prizes: game has Greenaway's model for promoting Aust­ Erskineville Oval-based Newtown president Angela Greenaway is looking Pon MacMillan, Penguin, Harper Collins, ralian Rules Football for young people in Bloodstone Angels."Wc're here just to to th e future. really taken the Newtown area has taken off and 50 give the game a presence again in th e The Bl oods wi ll play their next game MDS and Random House its toll on the players, male and female, are registered area and in th e longer run to give junior at Jubil ee Park on August 2. true champs for the club without a competition. · foo tball a run," he said. Those interested in signing up can Footyzine is created by footyfons for this year! " Our players range from th eir 20s to But despite local enthusiasm, the cont act Bloods secretary Eddie footyfans. 40s and I think th at's a refl ecti on of Bloods have not been able to secure a Greenaway on 9557 7929. home. Games float between Picken Oval Cheer Cheer, seeing a lot of people ki cking a foo ty -=---....- ...........................__ ~ •• around· when you didn't used to," he in Croydon and Jubilee Pa rk in Glebc. All published material reflects the views af contributors and are not necessarily those of the Eddie publisher. Greenaway ,__~~~~~~~....L..._~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- Q) By Eddie Greenaway worst St. George Team of All Time", Loosehead investigated another aspect of Rugby league's troubled relationship with its supporters and found that very few clubs have a traditional MIGHTY membership based club structure in which fans Reviewed by Eddie Greenaway can have a say in their clubs acti vities and future. It would be intersting to see if the AFL The Capital Bomber June 98 clubs are heading in the same direction - The ROOSTERS The newsletter of the Canberra Bombers Swans for instance are a 'membership based supporters group. Features in this issue include club' but have suspended members rights to The Dockands move and its ramifications, vote until some unforseen time in the future Wearing my old 70's North Adelaide guernsey I ambled up to the ticket booth at the Ken Farmer Gates end of injuries to Prior and Hird, player milestones, when the club has financially stabilised? Prospect Oval, duly paid my $7, grabbed a copy of the Footy Budget & a raffle ticket (in the likeness of Chris Ladhams) supporters group, club and membership info Barbara Davies writes on Au ssies for the ARL, and I was all set. It had been a long time , I think the last time I saw the Mighty Roosters was when Johnny Platten was and upcoming events. there's a great interview with Harry Edgar the playing for Central Districts (the first time) and before that I remember the great days of Barrie Robran. One game that publisher of UK fanzine Open Rugby and the sticks in my mind was the occasion of Paul Bagshaw's 300th at Unley Oval - unfortunately I think the Double Blues Canberra Bombers info: PO Box 3375 Weston first of a two part article by Peter Pritchard on won that time, but anyhow that was then and this was now. Creek 2611 ACT the history of Rugby League and popular Our opponents today didn't exist the last time I fortifying Ales during the Two's - I mean it was mid NSW Bomber News July 98 recording. Rebecca Filipczyk looks at women's saw the Roosters play - or rather they did exist but winter ya know ... I made a mental note to drop rugby league, Glenn Dwyer traces the history of The NSW Bombers supporters group as two separate entities - now they were Woodville back after the main game. Tumbarumba RLFC, there's an article on Paris newsletter. Contains match wraps and club and-westlorrens cornbmed - 1he SA Eagles--1 St. Germain,-zine & boGk-Hiviews-and contact The big match news. This issue has the Docklands verdict, suppose it was a bit of realism on the part of these info and Tracy Lee Baglin looks at players state of origin info, a rave on Sheedy's record clubs to merge - they weren't going anywhere on The warm up for the big clash was the weirdest associations in league. All in all Loosehead is a breaking coaching history and the tragic death their own as I recall. O ne unfortunate drawback of version I have ever heard of C humbawumba's great read for all sports fans but a must for fans of Darwin talent scout Graeme Smith - the merger seems to have been the Eagles jumper - anthem while the girls of the North Adelaide of Rugby League. Rockettes - god love em ... did their cheerleader responsible for unearthing Michael Long. a h ideous concoction of lime green, go ld and blue Subs are $10 fopr 3 issues cheques payable to stuff. Then out came the boys to a rousing rendition with a very surreal looking Eagle sp lashed across the NSW Bombers info: Mark Hobson 213 Kairawa C.Wilson PO Box 219 Newtown 2042 front.