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Plucky! Bentleigh Greens 1 South Melbourne 2
The scoreboard has an existential crisis. Photo: Gains.First things first: this was a pretty damn good game to watch. Secondly, the home team were very stiff not to get at least a point out of this...
View ArticleMild Self Promotion
Apologies to the people who visited today expecting NPL commentary. Life got in the way, so here's something I prepared earlier.A couple of weeks ago I had the minor thrill of being published in a peer...
View ArticleNews on Thunder and Richmond games
There are doors that open by themselves / There are sliding doors / And there are secret doorsThom Yorke at his usual illuminating best. In other words, confirmation today from the club that this...
View ArticleI Knew Him Before He Was Famous!
Now I don't make a habit of listening to South Radio, but this week I was bombarded by people telling me to listen to episode 3 of South Radio 2013. Our very own Steve from Broady makes an appearance...
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Kiss of Death invents annual leave for bloggers
Artist's conception of the Kiss of Death (pictured here with acrappy hat) in a Vietnamese POW camp. Where is the Kiss of Death? Did the KOD die from one too many Northcote City kranskies with BBQ...
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Back To Earth - Dandenong Thunder 3 South Melbourne 0
And now we cross to our man in Dandenong for match reports on both the senior and under 21 matches against Thunder.Steve from Broady's senior match review South Melbourne played at a soulless George...
View ArticleThis is what I get for being away from the internet for more than five minutes
I am Gabriel, the messenger, the teller of astonishing truths. Now I am dying, my temperature soaring, my hands and memory tremoring: perhaps I should be held accountable for everything I say.Gabriel,...
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Kiss of Death preview of round four Dockerty Cup match
In response to numerous abusive emails, I can assure my readers that I have not given up the KOD segment. Last week's hiatus was due to Anzac Day. Lest We Forget, but that’s one weekend I don’t gamble...
View ArticleCrazy over capitalised press release on recent SMFC/Melbourne Heart argle bargle
Poorly phrased as well I reckon. Also, these people seem determined to both steal the Kiss of Death's thunder and interrupt my dinner this week. MEDIA RELEASEFollowing yesterday’s media reports on SBS...
View ArticleOakleigh forfeit cup match
As seen here. And as demanded by the Kiss of Death, here. So South get a 3-0 forfeit result in their favour, and porgress to the next round of cthe cup. And for the second season ina row, Orthodox...
View ArticleMark Bosnich gives us the thumbs up - but should we actually care?
A whole two years ago now, we had a jersey presentation night at Kinisi. Among the guests on the footballing panel was that was a part of the event, was one Mark Bosnich, of Socceroos, Aston Villa,...
View ArticleOn Australian soccer's multicultural paradox
We normally never visit The Roar wesbite, let alone promote it, but Joe Gorman's piece South Melbourne saga shows the divisions in our football family iscertainly worth a look, and not just because I...
View ArticleSMFC TV to cover A-League bid shenanigans tonight
Cripes, normally I forget to tune into the channel 31 show, but it might be worth checking it out tonight. Apparently board members Tom Kalas and Andrew Mesorouni will be on the show to discuss the...
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Kiss of Death, Round 5, 2013
Friday 10th May @ Bentleigh Greens @ 8:15pmBentleigh Greens vs Oakleigh CannonsA derby somewhat. Second placed Bentleigh entertains eighth place Oakleigh. Bentleigh is looking good, and should be good...
View ArticleVale Tony Toumbourou
This was a bit of sad news. Toumbourou had reportedly been ill for quite some time. I never met the bloke, nor any one of his family, but the donation he made along with Chris Christopher when we were...
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The Thing That Would Not Die - South Melbourne 3 Richmond 2
What a week. Even if it was only in the world of pretend - and who knows where reality ends and fantasy begins at South Melbourne - it was nice to feel like we were genuinely alive again, instead of...
View ArticleNPL Victoria - damned if you do, damned if you don't?
This is the first part of a two part look at the FFV's NCR/National Premier League reforms. The second part, written anonymously by one one of readers, will follow soon. I'm hoping that together these...
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The FFV, National Premier Leagues and You
This post was submitted to us by one of our readers, a passionate, non-South Melbourne affiliated supporter of the game. The contributor has been involved in football for most of his life, as a player,...
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Kiss of Death, Round 6, 2013
Oakleigh Cannons vs Dandenong Thunder @ Jack Edwards @ 8.30pm FridayOakleigh has hired Miron Bleiberg as its interim coach according to media reports. It just didn’t work out with the previous coach...
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The Late Report - Hume City 3 South Melbourne 2
This isn't going to be much of a match review, even by my standards.There's only so many times you can give up two goal headstarts and expect to get the chocolates at the end of the match. Defensively,...
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