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Actual 2014 Soccer News (instead of history and books)
Hip, hip, hooray and all that.I'll Swap You My Rixon Card, For Your Lujic CardWell, there goes one of the worst kept secrets in the league, and I don't care what certain club apologists have to say....
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The Australia Day Cup - South Melbourne vs Perth Glory, 2004
It's been almost completely forgotten these days, but today marks the 10 year anniversary of what was the inaugural - and sadly also the last - Australia Day Cup match, as staged between South...
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New segment - Social Club Artefact Wednesdays - 1966 West Adelaide pennant
Back during the early part of 2010, I (along with Mr Valkanis, Steve from Broady, and a couple of other people) packed away (in a bit of a hurry I might add, and look how that worked out, sigh) stuff...
View Article3XY Cup game against Bergers tonight
At Olympic Village, kick off 8:20. There's a curtain raiser match as well, Malvern vs Western Suburbs. I expect these games to be modified, shortened halves affairs. I don't think I'll be able to make...
View ArticleTwo games in two days - West Adelaide tonight, Hobart Olympia tomorrow
Tonight, we continue our 3XY Cup campaign with the second of our two group games, this time against West Adelaide Hellas. The match will once again be at Olympic Village. Kickoff is at 7:50.Tomorrow,...
View ArticleJust a heads up
That there was word going around last night that today's scheduled match against Hobart Olympia may be moved from Port Melbourne to Olympic Village, and that the kickoff time may also be changed. So if...
View ArticleGung Hay Fat Choy and all that - South Melbourne 5 Hobart Olympia 1
Firstly, a happy Lunar New Year to all our readers who observe that custom.Well, after so far in 2014 putting out teams mostly made up of triallists and youth players, a good part of South's actual...
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Steve From Broady reviews Sir Alex Ferguson's "My Autobiography"
Firstly, this is no joke I actually read a book. FREAKY, I know.Anyway as an Arsenal fan I have despised Mr Ferguson for the past 10 years, but when he announced his shock retirement at the end of last...
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Social Club Artefact Wednesdays - Hobart Olympia Mug from 1986
Well, last week we did a West Adelaide themed episode for this segment's official launch - because it was all topical, like - so now we're doing the other half of the recent interstate visitor...
View ArticleSouth Melbourne 4 Clifton Hill 2 - Low key pre-season friendly
Highlight was Steve From Broady running the line.
View ArticleLangwarrin on Sunday
Seniors (5pm) and under 21s (3pm). See you all there, once I figure out how I'm going to get there of course.
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And God said... I'll get back to you on Monday
Considering how fractured and unwieldy this post has become over the course of the day, it's worthwhile I think to begin with the clarity provided by CP Cavafy:Our efforts are those of men prone to...
View ArticleFriendly against Thunder on Wednesday
At Lakeside, 7:00 PM. Let's celebrate being offered a place in NPL Victoria by watching some soccer or ignoring the soccer by talking crap.
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Social Club Artefact Wednesdays - Paul Wade statuette
I believe this item was in one of the glass display cabinets in our old museum. If you pay close attention, you can see that Paul Wade's left arm is broken - by what circumstance I do not know - and...
View ArticleLatest NPL news - We're going to Bonnie Doon
Well, not quite.Last week FFV released the list of successful NPL licence applicants. Now they've now released their proposed league structure. Having trouble keeping track of what's going on? Can't...
View ArticleJust in case you missed the news
The official Twitter hashtag for NPL Victoria is #NPLVIC and not #NPLV. That goes for both NPL and NPL1. Glad we got that sorted out.Also, I think we signed Jason Saldaris. Remember him? Tall, sexy...
View ArticleFriendly vs Box Hill United on this Wednesday
We're playing NPL 1 side Box Hill United for the Co-Sig Cup this Wednesday at Lakeside, kickoff nominally at 7:00PM. You may as well get down for a game at Lakeside while you can. as the grand prix...
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Social Club Artefact Wednesday - 3AW ads on cassette
Another shoddy photo. I found a whole bunch of these audio cassettes in what was ostensibly the social club's 'multimedia room', which also doubled up as a bit of random storage space, where several...
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Friendly against Hume City tomorrow (and other stuff)
Out at the newly refurbished Broadmeadows Valley Park, kickoff at 3:00. It'll be our first hit out against NPL opposition this year, so it will interesting to see how we go, I guess.Catching up to...
View ArticleNotes from the weekend of February 22nd-23rd
On Saturday I made my way out to the newly refurbished Broadmeadows Valley Park, in order to watch us have our first match against NPL opposition during this pre-season. The match finished 1-1, with...
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