Tag: Football
Cats $250,000 in red
GEELONG Football Club announced its first operating loss in 15 years on Saturday night.
The club blamed falling attendances and a drop in commercial revenue...
Cats face test of relevance against Roos
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S battle to defy the odds and remain a finals relevant team continues tonight against North Melbourne.
Losing to Hawthorn in last...
Comment: Footy bucks not the vote-winner Labor thinks ….
LABOR’S expensive gamble to invest $70 million in yet another upgrade of Kardinia Park’s football stadium is not necessarily the vote-winner it thinks, or...
Labor’s desperate pitch for footy vote
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG Football Club, unable to fill its grand new stadium at Kardinia Park, has been promised $70 million by the Labor Party...
Hawks face ‘real’ Cats
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT’S A quirk of human nature that equally affects sports teams: the desire for redemption, revenge or simply restoring dented pride.
It’s...
AFL, footy clubs warned for hitting members with extra costs
THE AFL and several AFL clubs have been warned about their failure to adequately disclose to consumers that attendance at certain high demand games...
Echoes of Kennedy in Cats’ coach call for action
By Paul Millar
PLENTY has changed in footy since the blood sweat and beer days of the 1970s but some things remain the same.
In the...
Sunshine for Warriors after Bendigo win
By Josip Zilic
North Geelong Warriors face an unpredictable Sunshine in National Premier League on Saturday.
Sunshine has forged a reputation for catching teams off guard,...
Bendigo challenge looms for Warriors
By Josip Zilic
North Geelong Warriors faces a tough task when it travels to take on Bendigo in National Premier League’s first division this Saturday.
Bendigo...
Warriors face Kingston as winning streak continues
By Josip Zilic
North Geelong Warriors will seek to continue its rich vein of form against Kingston in National Premier League's first division this weekend...
Cats, council, back gay marriage campaign
By John Van Klaveren
Geelong’s football club and council have waded into the gay marriage debate with supporting statements for a local campaign on the...
Coach confident on fix for Geelong Cats fade-outs
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WHILE Geelong Cats players enjoyed a nine-day break as a change from the series of six-day turnarounds they endured during the...
From the Archives
16 years ago
July 10, 2009
Residents and local politicians fear the “Leopold pong” emitting from Lake Connewarre could have a huge impact on the natural...
