For those of you who've followed the podcast for a while, but don't know how I came to fall in love with Australian Rules Football. In many ways, it became a necessity. Major League Baseball here in the United States did it's level best …
Good day everyone! Last night (here in North America), I was given the opportunity to appear with Gabe Morency and Cam Stewart on the New York based Sports Rage program on Sports Grid to discuss a few of the games of Rd. 12. I was given this oppor…
Hello everyone, Craig from A Yank on the Footy here. My series of 2024 Preview episodes are all now available! I hope you will check out your club's episode, and will consider sharing the link to this blog post on your socials.&nb…
Hello everyone, When I started "A Yank on the Footy" in 2019, I started the podcast, not unlike many people who start a podcast, I wasn't exactly sure what the podcast would become. Sure, I hoped that the podcast would take the footy world "b…
Good morning everyone, In my most recent blog post, I shared my thoughts on why I believe NFL fans would absolutely love the AFL. If you've not had the chance to check out that piece, here's a link. I've done around 200 interview…
NFL and College Football fans, I'm Craig Wessels and I'm an American sports fan. I'm in my 7th decade of being a Cleveland sports fan. I grew up in the era of 3,500 people showing up to watch the Indians at Municipal Stadium, yet …
Hello footy fans, The AFL trade period is over, and the draft is coming up soon. The AFLW has had a rather successful season so far, with the final round coming up this weekend. I know that I'm not alone in being excited to see a terrif…
I'm jotting down my thoughts a few hours after the Tribunal changed their minds, and have set aside the 2 game ban for Patrick Cripps bump on Callum Ah Chee. I must admit, I'm a bit befuddled. But should I be? Willi…
Hello everyone, I wanted to take a moment and share a snippet from a recent episode of the podcast. While the podcast is most certainly focused on footy, I wanted to use episode 186 (linked above) to pay my respects to someone near and dear t…
Hello everyone, I've been thinking about something over the last couple of days, and it is something that I’ve not been able to shake from my mind. I’ve been following footy for a little ove…