Place of Birth: Philadelphia, PA Current Residence: Hoboken, NJ Profession: Hedge Fund Manager Favourite Footy Team: The Magpies (NY & Collingwood) How did you get involved in footy?: Brother-in-law talked me into it. What do you like most about footy?: Teammates–The men and women of the Pies are individually and collectively an amazing group of […]
Monday I had my first training session with Prahran AFC, where Rob Oliver is the reserves side coach. The wind blew relentlessly, but the skills were impressive. We did a large chunk of half ground ball movement after doing some handball and ground ball skills. We finished off with a goal kicking competition. I narrowly […]
After suffering their first loss of the season a few weeks ago, New York didn’t have to wait long for their chance at redemption. The Magpies had a few key players returning and were primed to start well and that’s exactly what they did when their Captain, Andy Brennan, kicked the opening goal in the […]
Dan Lehane is a 17 year old New York native who is in his fourth season with the New York Magpies. Dan has been selected in the World 18 team that will compete in the 2011 NAB AFL National Championships in Sydney, Australia during the week starting July 11. As part of his preparation Dan […]
Last Wednesday saw the Lady Pies with special guest Brett Kirk hosted Aussie Fare For Freedom. The wine tasting and dinner at The Australian helped raise money for the Lady Pies representatives from the USA Freedom team competing in the International Cup in August. The delicious five course meal included delicacies such as crumbed shrimp, […]
As part of his duties of being an AFL Ambassador, Brett Kirk is travelling across the world promoting the AFL International Cup (to read about his adventure go to www.brettkirk.com.au or follow him on twitter @brettkirk). Part of that trip landed him in New York for a week and the NY Magpies were more than […]
