2021 SMFC senior men's squad roster as of 19/12/2020
In an attempt at serving my now even tinier audience - which is mostly my fault, because I have just about given up trying to do anything of value on this site - I have attempted to figure out the...
View ArticlePre-season rolls along
Another senior men's pre-season friendly today, played behind closed doors at Lakeside. Another youthful South line-up, and another win, 3-2 over Eastern Lions. The appearance of winger Matthew...
View ArticleNotes from today's members forum
As usual, these notes are not the complete picture of what goes on at such meetings, but rather the version which results from my tasteful curation - just in case that wasn't clear to any long term...
View ArticleSouth senior men's squad as of 21/12/2020
Since I put up my first such list for the pre-season on Saturday, I have come into some new information, or rather clarifications, on this matter. And since we've reached a little Christmas/New year...
View Article2021 senior men's and women's fixtures released
Well, here's something to look forward to, maybe. The 2021 senior men's team fixture has been released, and there are a handful of points worth bringing up.The first thing to note is that the senior...
View ArticleExcept for joyful but ignorant attempts at gardening, 2020 was rubbish
In keeping with the blog's low level of productivity in 2020, I was going to produce a very, very short piece thanking a handful of people, and then moving on. At best it would have been a box-ticking...
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Expert Opinion: Three seconds of fame (previously unpublished)
A little gift to close out the year.In February 2016, Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers fans acted like twats at a game at Docklands, ripping out seats, and letting off flares and fire...
View ArticleNew year, new signings
A new year is here, and a little more progress has been made on the playing personnel front.Two areas of concern seem to have been addressed with these signings, one being the back up goalkeeper...
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Remembering Tommy Docherty, someone I don't remember
Former South Melbourne Hellas coach Tommy Docherty died on the last day of 2020, and while I don't usually do any sort of deep-dives (or even shallow dives) on the passing of former South people,...
View ArticleFriendly this Saturday vs Goulburn Valley Suns
Great news everyone, finally some open doors, South Melbourne pre-season friendly action. The catch though, is that you'll have to be in Shepparton by 11:00AM.So, um, yeah, that's me out. But if you're...
View ArticleFriendly vs Kingston tonight
As per the club's notice, our senior men will be playing a friendly tonight against Kingston, at The Grange Reserve, 7pm kickoff.
View ArticleBelieve me, this is not a complaint, I'm just trying to make a serious but...
So last Saturday South had a friendly against Green Gully. It was at Lakeside, so it was behind closed doors (such is life), we lost 1-0 (the score-line really doesn't matter), and the world moved on....
View ArticleFarewell the grand inconvenience, at least for this year
So it the Australian Grand Prix has been postponed until the end of the year. Usually that event is an incredible pain in the arse for South Melbourne, as it messes with a ton of operational...
View Article2021 memberships now available
The low-key build-up to the 2021 season just kicked up a notch, with the release of the 2021 membership packages.It's pretty much the same deal as last year, with the notable exception of a $50 renewal...
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*opens newspaper* hmm, let's see what's in the news today
The online response to the club's release of the 2021 membership packages seems to have been pretty muted. Maybe it's because people have stopped caring, or maybe because the club did the right thing...
View ArticleFriendly at Casey Comets
Tomorrow night, the senior men and the 20s are playing pre-season friendlies against Casey Comets, out at Comets Stadium. The 21s start at 6:00pm, and the Seniors at 8:00pm.As the game is not at...
View ArticleFred, Fredd, and Freddy
Just when it seemed that the 2021 senior men's squad was settled, the club pops up with a surprise signing an "excitement machine" named Freddie Sey.Apart from his pro forma remarks about being glad to...
View ArticleThe shorter, the sweeter
Some tiny bits of news.Last night South beat the Knights 1-0 in a closed doors session at Lakeside.The AGMs have been announced for Wednesday 24th February in the social club, at 7PM (SMH) and 8PM...
View ArticleFriendly on Saturday against Brunswick City
Our next friendly is on Saturday evening against Brunswick City, at Dunstan Reserve in West Brunswick at 6:30.Could this be the first South game I attend since March 2020? I think it could well be.
View ArticleWell then...
.. I assume tomorrow's scheduled friendly will not be proceeding tomorrow. A pity.
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