Kiss of Death, round 10, 2014
Bentleigh Greens vs Heidelberg United - Friday 23 May 14 @ 8:30PM @ Kingston HeathBentleigh had a disappointing 1-1 draw at Goulburn Valley, while the Bergers continued on their merry way with a 1-0...
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IKEA Galvin Park - Werribee City 0 South Melbourne 1
First, let's get the game out of the way. Leigh Minopoulos started the match ahead of Nick Epifano, who replaced him late in the match, and as with last week Michael Eagar also didn't start, although...
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South hold on grimly for cup win - Dandenong Thunder 0 South Melbourne 1 AET
This entry was very nearly going to be titled 'Cup football blows'. Dandenong Thunder dominated the entirety of normal time in this match, but went on to spurn chance after chance, before a sucker...
View ArticleAutumn and Winter - NPL match previews, round 11, 2014
Friday 30th May, 8:30PM, Port Melbourne Sharks vs Bentleigh Greens, SS Anderson ReservePort were never going to be championship material this year, and after copping a rough draw in the cup - they got...
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South's winning streak continues - South Melbourne 5 Dandenong Thunder 0
After a month of mostly flat, grinding performances, including a draining 120 minute skin of our teeth win against Thunder midweek, it was going to be interesting to see how we would front up in this...
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Supporter artefact Wednesday - signed Paul Trimboli frame
One of our readers, Arthur - who sent us this great photo - sent us another photo a few weeks ago, which we haven't been able to show off until now because of both more topical entries, as well as our...
View ArticleKiss of Death, Round 12, 2014
Port Melbourne Sharks vs Pascoe Vale - Friday 06 June @ 8:30PM @ SS Anderson ReservePort Melbourne lost at home 2-4 to Bentleigh, and Pascoe Vale had a good 0-2 win at Goulburn Valley. Port is a...
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Winning run comes to an end - Oakleigh Cannons 3 South Melbourne 0
The winning run had to end somewhere, and it ended here.A pretty good crowd - don't ask me for a number, because I'm no good with those things - turned up to see the match of the season, with the...
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Social club artefact Wednesday - Phillips NSL flag
Like its Soccer Australia counterpart which we presented a few weeks (months?) ago, this would have been flown during NSL match days. Unlike that flag though, this one assuredly dates back to the late...
View ArticleKiss of Death, round 13, 2014
Friday 13 June @ 8:30PM Bentleigh Greens vs Melbourne KnightsBentleigh had a good away win 0-3 at Hume last week and the Knights beat the Ballarat Red Devils 4-2 at home. This is a danger game for the...
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Hello midseason slump - South Melbourne 1 Goulburn Valley Suns 1
Our annual mid-season slump was probably overdue.Despite an energetic start by the Suns, we opened the scoring early on thanks to a cracking turn and shot by Tyson Holmes. Just five minutes later...
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'What could possibly go wrong?' Artefact Wednesday - South vs Preston 2005...
Earlier this year, fellow blogger Supermercado tweeted this image. It's the crowd management plan for the 2005 South Melbourne vs Preston Lions match at Lakeside.Now I don't want to judge, as I wasn't...
View ArticleHellas vs Alexander this week
Judging by the non-existent torrent of abusive emails asking where the Kiss of Death's previews are for this week, either you've all stopped caring, or you're all too fatigued by the world cup to have...
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Hellas eases past Alexander - South Melbourne 3 Heidelberg United 0
Well, Sunday got off to a completely amazing start when I forgot that the trams were fucked and that I had to walk from Collins Street down to the casino to catch a tram.That was the day's first...
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Yes! Cris-atunity! - South Melbourne 0 Melbourne Knights 2
The following post is dedicated to Football Anarchy forumite and Melbourne Croatia fan 'Fates Warning', because he cares.Short and sweetThat sucked.The never kicked ball in my life analysisThe first...
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Just enjoy the fact that we're still on top - South Melbourne 2 Port Melbourne 1
It was cold. It was wet. The ground was muddy. The crowd was small. And then we copped the opening goal.Ten minutes in Zois Galanopoulos - was he on our books at one stage? Maybe just a youth player or...
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Vic Uni St Albans Campus artefact Wednesday - South fan profile
When Victoria University academic and sometime blogger Ian Syson wants someone to help clean out and/or organise his office space, he calls in the professionals. And by professionals, I mean me,...
View ArticleThumbs up! South Melbourne 1 Green Gully 0
It started off with getting there later than i usually would, because the under 20s game had been moved to Middle Park to preserve the Lakeside surface - take not, that next week's undfer 20s game has...
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Social Club Artefact Wednesday - Hellas Headband
Back in 2008 when this blog was only about six months old, and during a period of time when he was riddled with injuries, South winger Billy Natsioulas had offered to write about his footballing career...
View ArticleTo put it briefly - South Melbourne 2 Hume City 0
Arriving back in Melbourne at just after midday after having attended an academic conference in Sydney, and having seen the family - or at least portions thereof - I was pleased to be able to be able...
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