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Farewell to GeordieHellas
A bit of sad news this week, with one of our favourite blog readers and recent South converts GeordieHellas revealing that he and the family are headed back home to the UK. It was always a pleasure to...
View ArticleCon Harismidis, Tony Ising, Chips Rafferty and Online Petitions From Days Of...
A twitter discussion earlier this year on the greatness that is Con Harismidis got me searching for whatever was left of his internet presence. I didn't find much that wasn't already on this blog - if...
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Soccer Boom: The Transformation of Victorian Soccer Culture 1945-1963 - Book...
This review of mine originally appeared on the now defunct Das Libero site, probably some time around 2007? Who can remember now. Here it is for posterity's sake, sloppy typos and grammar included.When...
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Green Gully Soccer Club: 50 Years - Book Review (reprise)
This review of mine originally appeared on the now defunct Das Libero site, probably some time around 2007? Who can remember now. Here it is for posterity's sake.A Tale of Two GullysPeter Desira with...
View Article2013 AGM on this coming Sunday
If you haven't heard the news - and that's entirely possible, as apparently not everyone received notice of this week's event - South's AGM is on this Sunday. Every AGM is important, but this one is...
View ArticleAGM 2013 - South still with one arm tied behind its back - but putting up a...
As usual, I'm conflicted about how much I should spill into a public forum about matters which the general South member would prefer remain in house. Of course, I have my principles about openness, but...
View ArticleCo-Sig clubs get their way it seems
While much of the detail remains to be sorted out and disseminated to the general public, it appears on the face of it that Sheriff FFA has ridden into town and sorted out the black hats in the FFV....
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Book Review - The Blinder, by Barry Hines
Barry Hines' debut novel The Blinder focuses on 18 year old footballing prodigy Lennie Hawk. Lennie is on the verge of becoming a star in the First Division for his home town team, the representatives...
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South Melbourns vs Selangor tomorrow night?
Well, this is an interesting development. A little birdy sent us a link to a Facebook page, which included talking about how Malaysian football side Selangor - one of Malaysia's more important and...
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Practice Match - South Melbourne (of sorts) 0 Selangor 4
With apologies in advance to all my new Malaysian internet friends for not being very accommodating to you, by not knowing who any of your players are, taking some really awful unusable photos, and...
View ArticleSunrise, Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset...
Firstly, congratulations to SMFCTV main man Paul Zarogiannis, who was awarded the Sam Papasavvas Award for volunteer work at the club. Well deserved.That happened during the Gala Ball last Saturday,...
View ArticleHappy 15th Birthday SMFCBOARD
Still kicking on somehow. Also happy anniversary to this piece from five years ago.
View ArticleSix Solid Seasons Of South Of The Border
Six years. My how time flies. I didn't think I'd last a month when I started this. This year we had two regular and two semi-regular contributors, getting closer to what I'd hope this blog would be...
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Off-Season Digressions - Melbourne Aces vs Sydney Blue Sox/Baseball
Proudly brought to you by Penola Catholic College - where 1 part Catholic education meets 99 parts Broadmeadows stupidity.How boring is the off-season? Yes there's a lot of politics and transfer...
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Off-Season Digressions - Boxing Day Test Match
After the pleasant surprise that was our baseball adventure, and still needing things to do during off-season, I decided to take up the opportunity and recommendation to finally make my debut at a test...
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Book Review - Jonathan Tulloch's The Season Ticket
Teenage friends Gerry and Sewell don't have much. They're not at school. They don't work. Their family lives are a mess. They barely have enough to eat, and spend most of their time chroming or...
View Article2014 season getting closer! Hurrah!
I'm Bored, You're BoredThis week has seen the senior squad begin the long road to avoiding our longest league title drought - in other words, pre-season training has started. After missing out on the...
View ArticleLakeside Stadium/Social Club situation has gone beyond the pale
It's no secret that we are all unhappy with the social club situation, both board member and pleb fan alike. Board members at least have the chance to represent our club directly to the authorities on...
View ArticleAnother year, another Tasmanian triallist
From Walter Pless' blog, news that South Hobart's Cameron Williams, a 20 year old left back with a bit of a temper but also the ability to score goals, is trialling with us. You may recall that last...
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The story of Melbourne Hungaria (not very SM Hellas related)
So I went to Melbourne Museum yesterday to check out Melbourne SC: The First Twenty Five Years, the cover of which you can see on the right. Why the interest in Hungaria and what's the relevance to...
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