sidelined

A sign of spring is the first call to pre-season cricket training. From this weekend we start preparing for the season ahead. The other sign of spring is the fight for a finals spot in the footy. The eight is not settled just yet with the Eels, Tigers and Bunnies making a play for one [...]

Better late than never, some of you may like to know about last Saturday at Henson Park.
With myself, Alan (father in law), Mungo Amanda, Bismarck O’Measles and his Poms, Chris and Lee, and Danny from work, we had a nice mob for the day out. Meeting at the Henson Park Hotel (and apologies Amanda for [...]

The Socceroos motor along at the top of their group, seven of the minimum ten points already in the bag and nine more up for grabs. After a patchy victory over Iraq we now travel to Dubai for the first of two night games played in searing 26-degree heat.
Iraq, needless to say, won’t be [...]

Sanity prevails.
Iraq’s WCQ campaign is now officially on soapie melodrama turf but tomorrow it switches to full on Sports Movie triumph-of-the-underdogs mode. “Two Teams. One Grudge. On a rainy night at a sold-out Lang Park, the universe hangs in the balance”, etc.

With the notes of last night’s cultural activities lingering in the ears, time to get serious regarding the weekend’s action.
The bye has a rest this round allowing the full compliment of games. Only four points separates 1st and 11th place so a few teams aren’t out of the race just yet. But a loss for [...]

Last night @SFS wasn’t a game for the ages, but in broader strategic terms there was a fair bit going on.

Any other Sideliners going to the Ghana match on Friday? I got my China ticket a while ago and was going to skip this one but I figure Our Harry will probably break his leg between now and then so I should grab my chance.

State of Origin I is almost upon us folks. Just one sleep to go for the big day. And what better time to give a preview of the game.

The calm before the Origin storm. A full round this week and the big questions is how the teams hit by Origin duty will fare? I’ll be heading out to the Storm v Cowboys game on Saturday night at the great Bluetongue Stadium here in Gosford. Don’t care for either team but I love watching [...]

Saturday dawned and I started to count down the hours. I couldn’t wait till 7:00pm when I would attend, not just my first A-League game, but my first ever local football fixture at Gosford. And it promised to be a beauty. The Central Coast Mariners versus Sydney FC.
One thing did seem amiss. During the night [...]