The art of banner making, overzealous announcers and Graham Johncock's cat

Back and energised after a three-week suspension for failing to acknowledge Josh Walker's journeyman credentials, Harper Pestinger, Hamish O'Brien and Connor Buttigieg convene to call out football's linguistic rule breakers and headline makers. Can a home team take home a win? What's the most ove…

Sexy sirens, fortresses and the animal kingdom's best 22

Fresh off their best performance of the season, Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien are back to tackle the footy questions you didn't know needed answering. Why has Connor made himself unavailable for selection? What makes certain sirens great? Which members of the animal kingdom should list man…

Evangelical dominators, low-level big time and Ricciuto's handiest point

You thought the journeymen deep dives were over. We thought the journeymen deep dives were over. Anthony Hudson, though, had different plans and has thrown us the biggest, juiciest bone that we've yet chewed on. This week, Harper Pestinger, Hamish O'Brien and Connor Buttigieg reconvene to hear mor…

Evangelical dominators, low-level big time and Ricciuto's handiest point

You thought the journeymen deep dives were over. We thought the journeymen deep dives were over. Anthony Hudson, though, had different plans and has thrown us the biggest, juiciest bone that we've yet chewed on. Harper Pestinger, Hamish O'Brien and Connor Buttigieg reconvene to hear more media mis…

Al from Alberton, slugs under the roof and Hawkins Disease

Harper, Connor and Hamish are back again to over-analyse this week's critical talking points and shake up Greg Champion's tyrannical footy song monopoly. Why should Josh Schache grow out his hair? How wriggly must the score worm be for a game to be considered see-sawing? And how exactly does one…

Jack Langdon + Joe Horrigan | Goalpost thickness, satisfying sirens and scoreboard design

All the way back in November, journalism students and future media big dogs Jack Langdon and Joe Horrigan ventured north of the Yarra to detail their Things About Football with Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien. 2:30 - Sunday afternoons at Docklands 12:13 - Post-coin toss sirens when the captai…

Pill up the arse, eye-raising eye-lowering and the battle of Porn City

The Footy Dictionary is back, in a big, Elliott-Himmelberg-kick-into the-Torrens kind of way. For our debut SYN Radio episode, Harper Pestinger and Hamish O’Brien are joined by Connor Buttigieg to chew the fat on the heinous linguistic misdemeanours from the week in footy. Can teams really ‘feel …

Sarah Black | Saga-gate, train-to-game walks and seat thwacking

Sarah Black from AFL Media joins Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien at Footy Dictionary HQ to dissect and discuss footy's niches on The Things About Football. A quick debate on correct usage of the "saga" tag, and then we get into the serious stuff: 6:00 - The roar immediately following the nation…

Peter Ryan | New Sherrin smell, Frank Walker and administrative euphemisms

The Age's Peter Ryan jumps on The Things About Football to talk through the niches of footy with Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien. Before that though, the tribunal: 0:18 - Can the 52-game "milestone" be celebrated on a banner? 2:02 - Shameful in-ad footy language misuse ft. Shaquille O'Neal …

Ryan Daniels | Animalistic nicknames, numerically sequenced name reading and overeager news-breaking

Back from a post-finals bye, Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien are joined by 7 News Perth's Ryan Daniels for The Things About Football. The tribunal is first: 0:29 - What makes for a poorly abbreviated footy ground? 2:29 - Which animals have been shunned by football nicknamers?  And then Ryan…