Footy is over – what did we find

FOOTBALL IS OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR. Plenty of interesting ephemera from past years to collect.

Here are some finds blowing around the MCG park and even across the road beyond the Hilton.

For the hungry

Sauce packaging and catering staff pass, 7.5 x 10. 5 cm, 2014. Collection of Mandy B.
Sauce packaging and catering staff pass, 7.5 x 10. 5 cm, 2014. Collection of Mandy B.

Is it really football without a pie?

We found: advice about how to be creative with your pie saucing and a pass for staff to get into work at the MCC. Vital ingredients for a successful day.

For the voters

Two political cards distributed by the Australian Labor Party for the state election in November 2014. Football, 12 x 21 cm and card, 10 x 21 cm, 2014. Collection of Mandy B.
Two political cards distributed by the Australian Labor Party for the state election in November 2014. Football, 12 x 21 cm and card, 10 x 21 cm, 2014. Collection of Mandy B.
Front of political advertising from the Australian Labor Party, 10 x 21 cm, 2014. Collection of Mandy B.
Front of political advertising from the Australian Labor Party, 10 x 21 cm, 2014. Collection of Mandy B.

For the kids

Inside pages from 'AFL Playground: activity book', 2014, 21 x 15 cm, 8 pages, stapled. Collection of Mandy B
Inside pages from ‘AFL Playground: activity book’, 2014, 21 x 15 cm, 8 pages, stapled. Collection of Mandy B.

This is a great page showing a completely green Australia – a rare image. The book also contains: a chance to design your own premiership cup; a maze in the shape of a footy oval; a quiz about premiership games since 2001; and a game where you have to identify all teams’ nicknames.  Here is the cover.

'AFL Playground: activity book', 2014, 21 x 15 cm, 8 pages, stapled. Collection of Mandy B.
‘AFL Playground: activity book’, 2014, 21 x 15 cm, 8 pages, stapled. Collection of Mandy B.

For those who want more footy

Advertising for a documentary 'Aussie Rules the world', 14.5 x 10.5 cm, 2014. Collection of Mandy B.
Advertising for a documentary ‘Aussie Rules the world’, 14.5 x 10.5 cm, 2014. Collection of Mandy B.

 

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