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Comeback (ahem) Kings - South Melbourne 2 Port Melbourne 1
Jesse Daley's shot flies past Port's keeper for the equaliser.Photo: Rob Cruse.If you're in the mood for jokes, copious Simpsons references, and the usual sorts of hilarity, this week's post will...
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There were some rumours about fixtures being changed and such, and somewhat surprisingly, they've all turned out to be true.Here are the details of those changes, some of which you can check on the...
View ArticleOne (more) thing that was bothering me
Despite having largely overcome the seven year ordeal of not having a social club, South Melbourne Hellas continues to face many obstacles in its day to day existence. These obstacles include, but are...
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A post-Roberto Carlos VIP Dinner Night cigarette with Savvas Tzionis
My attempt to get Roberto Carlos to attend South of the Border'sexclusive dinner event failed to achieve its goal.Last week some of you may have noticed that South Melbourne Hellas were involved in all...
View ArticleTicketing and entry info for tomorrow's match
Of course you should all know by now that tomorrow's WNPL and NPL double header is on at AAMI Park and not at Lakeside. Here are the rest of the details as per FFV sources and some other stuff I've...
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A rare treat - South Melbourne 3 Heidelberg United 0
The SettingEvery now and again, when a good crowd turns up for what might be considered by a neutral as a meaningful affair of a South match, I like to note in these pages that the occasion 'felt like...
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Original Bingate artefact Wednesday
Apart from the main goal of (re)presenting) and presevring these materials, the words in this post is mostly me trying to fill out a page with text when the entries themselves - including the teacher's...
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Showboat - South Melbourne 8 St Albans 1
Nearly impossible to understand in-joke placed here for my own amusement.We'd left the Bubbledome behind, but our fine form and the seagulls followed us back to Lakeside.Yes, when you approach games...
View ArticleThe Dockerty Cup as unloved middle child - South Melbourne 0 Bentleigh Greens 2
It needn't have ended up like this, but the way things were set in motion, what happened last night was the most likely outcome. That no one seems too bothered by the result seems to me on one level to...
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Is anyone here not a doctor? - South Melbourne 1 Oakleigh Cannons 0
Before that incident midway through the second half with Oakleigh goalkeeper John Honos and Perry Mur and Gus Tsolakis and Aki Ionnas and Lakeside's security and seemingly whoever else happened to be...
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Class bit of glass artefact Wednesday
Anyone that knows me well enough knows that I have a certain - admittedly mostly ironic - fondness for Greek-Australian kitsch. And this glass is pure Greek-Australian kitsch.Strangely though, I'm...
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Coming up short - South Melbourne 1 Green Gully 2
Luke Adams puts in a cross during injury time. Photo: Cindy Nitsos. It's a good thing we've hit the month leading up the FFA Cup proper, and people have stopped caring about our league form. If the...
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Warriors, come out to play! North Geelong 1 South Melbourne 5
Gains and my ride to the ground underestimated how long it would take him to get to my place. No matter - all the more time while waiting for him to talk about the Russian literature on my shelf both...
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Pumpkin Seed Eater Origins artefact Wednesday
Way back in the mists of time, the NSL was still dead, but the A-League had not yet officially begun. In those days, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth, as well as trepidation - and...
View ArticleMaking people happy - Melbourne Knights 0 South Melbourne 2
In the match report for the last time these teams we played each other, I noted that it fit almost perfectly into Knights fans' ideas of how they always lose to us - that is, after dominating and...
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Notable Greeks of Melbourne artefact Wednesday
Well, lest one think that because we spoke earlier in the week about one South Melbourne Hellas president that we have some sort of perverse agenda against our current nightmarish regime, here is a...
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Prelude to madness - Hume City 1 South Melbourne 2
Roganovic, Norton, Adams, Eagar, Foschini, Pavlou, Millar, Schroen, Daley, Epifano, Lujic.That was the starting line-up against Hume last night; full-strength, taking no chances, and about as much of a...
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The law of averages - South Melbourne 1 Edgeworth Eagles 0
I find myself attracted to the safe and meaningless, and repulsed by the risky and meaningful. There's no risk and little meaning in what South Melbourne does in its day job as an NPL club. When people...
View ArticleJelly beans and road rage - Pascoe Vale 2 South Melbourne 0
I scored two free packs of jelly beans on my way up to the ground, thanks to the rail replacement bus scenario (no trains from Coburg to Upfield), witnessed some road rage at the intersection of Jukes...
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Lambchop delay nightmare - South Melbourne 0 Avondale 2
Forgive me if there are any mistakes in this posts or if it seems to lack my usual sterling effort but I busted one of my index fingers in a door and it hurts to type and worst of all it hurts to tweet...
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