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WET WEATHER WOMEN’S FOOTY AT ITS BEST

At times the rain in yesterday’s Carlton Vs West Coast AFLW elimination final was close to torrential:

That did not stop the players from showing some magnificent skills. For i:tance there was this great mark and rapid play-on from Ella Roberts:

Impeccable ballhandling from Carlton lead to a great goal for Dayna Finn:

A goal slotted from well outside 50 lead to a type of joyous dancing celebration that men’s footy cannot match:

Three Carlton players in a row took very good wet weather marks. Ruck Breann Harrington. Midfielder Brooke Vickers. And finally forward Mia Austin.

Australia is supposed to be a fair first world society.

There is no excuse for not giving women who are as good at football as these ones are a 12 game season when the men get 23.

A 17 AFLW game season in 2026 must happen.

Geoff Fox, November 9, 2025, Melbourne, Australia

Ben Brown Backs A 17 Game AFLW Season

Ban Brown played 175 games of AFL football and kicked 350 goals.

He was North Melbourne’s leading goal kicker 4 times and kicked 3 goals in Melbourne’s 2021 premiership victory.

He gives the 17 game AFLW season concept a double thumbs up:

Ben knows football.

He is a kind, thoughtful man.

I hope lots more people support this idea.

Geoff fox, November 8, 2025, Melbourne, Australia

GIVE THE GIRLS MORE GAMES BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THEM

Last nights performance by North Melbourne at Icon Park was a powerful arguement for more womens’ football.

The crowd roared again for Emma King’s powerful pack mark:

Savour the spectacle of Irish star Blaithin Bogue almost simultaneously kicking the ball AND bumping her opponent.

Bella Eddey’s teammates get around her after a great goal.

It is an absolutely ridiculous injustice that the wonderful football of these women can only be seen in 12 regular season games a year while the men are on show for 23.

Geoff Fox, former midwife, November 8, 2025, Melbourne, Australia,

SONS OF THE SEA – RED WHITE AND BLUE

The lyrics below are a rewrite of Sons Of The ‘Scray, the longtime theme song of Footscray Football Club. Sons Of The ‘Scray was a rewrite of Sons Of The Sea by Felix McGlennon who died in London in 1943 aged 87. As far as I can tell no one knows who rewrote Songs Of The Sea for Footscray.

The aim of this rewrite by me is to celebrate Australia’s victory with essential American help over Japanese imperialism in 1945 at the end of World War Two. My dad saw his friends die in July that year in the final battle of that war – the second Battle Of Balikpapan. 229 Aussies died in a decisive Allied victory.

“SONS OF THE SEA – RED WHITE AND BLUE

Sons of the sea, red, white and blue/They came out fighting/Good folk through and through.

Aussies turned & Yankees roared/To give their very best.

Old Japan lost to them/With America/The team of The Mighty West.“

Lest We Forget.

Those who died so we could be free.

Geoff Fox, July 25, 2025 (the 60th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s liberating rock and roll performance at Newport Folk Festival.)

Melbourne, Australia