Category: South Melbourne FC

I don’t like to be negative here so I’ll keep this relatively short. Tonight simply wasn’t good enough. In what should have been a lock for a win, we ended up losing 3-0 to St Albans. Credit to St Albans, they looked good from the start and deserved the win. The performance from South though…

I didn’t make it down to the Home of the Matildas. Although I like the Monday night fixtures, Bundoora was too far for me. Thankfully though it wasn’t too far for others and the match ended up being fairly well attended. South played Victory Youth and to be honest, I expected a win. I got…

That was almost relaxing. Monday night, perfect weather and a 3-1 win against the Knights to keep our perfect start of the season maintained. I headed in with a few mates and parked just a little out of the action to avoid the traffic management nightmare that is associated with the Grand Prix preparation. I…

Frustratingly I didn’t get to the South game this week but the boys managed to get over the line against Port Melbourne with a gritty 1-0 win to start the season. Keep in mind Port Melbourne copped an early red card too so understandably there was some anxious online commentary after the game. Mikkola being…

Amazingly we are just days away from kicking off the NPL season with South scheduled to travel away (kind of) to Port Melbourne on Friday night. It feels as through the year proper is just beginning so the competitive season has somewhat caught me off-guard, I mean the cricket’s still on at the moment! Despite…

It was a cruel way to exit the Cup. South were the better team on Sunday but in football the better team doesn’t always win, and this was unfortunately the case this time. One could say though that we had already enjoyed our fair share of luck. Our Australia Cup run featured two extra time…

South Melbourne will face Macarthur in the Semi Finals of the Australia Cup. Although the timing is to be confirmed, the match will take place at Lakeside on Saturday the 21st of September. One would expect the game will be held in the early evening or even the afternoon to allow Network 10 to run…

I’m not sure how many people want to read this, and to be honest, I’m not really sure I wanted to write this. As you probably know, South lost their third grand final in a row to Oakleigh on Saturday. I made the effort to be there and watch the game. Pre-match and the State…

As I made my way to Lakeside I had to face a delayed train, missed tram and buckets of rain. Despite these annoyances, I remained hopeful for tonight’s Australia Cup match against Olympic FC. South was coming off of a full week of rest, and Olympic was not of the same caliber as Wellington. It…

For the last three months I have been lost in the NST desert, wandering aimlessly across the baron internet praying for a drop of news about the proposed competition. The other night I fell hard for yet another mirage, this time in the form of South Melbourne’s open letter to the football community. The letter…

It had been an exhausting week to say the least. First, a 120 minute Saturday showdown against Oakleigh saw South claim the Dockerty Cup after penalties. Second, over 4,000 people rocked up to watch South eliminate A-League opposition on a cold Tuesday night. Third, the boys escaped the Reggio Calabria club with a draw –…

South Melbourne vs Wellington Phoenix. It was a game that I had been looking forward to since it was announced, and one that was scheduled just a few days after my return from holiday. In terms of cultural whiplash, I’m not sure the experience could have been any more surreal. Instead of relaxing on a…

Well here we are again. I managed to pull myself to another South game this season between work, study and the rest of it. Funnily enough it happened to be the return leg of the my last attended match. I headed down to Knights Stadium with a few of the boys and couldn’t be happier…

Despite a big week at work the prospect of watching the opening match of the season, doubling as a potential NST preview, proved too much to deny, so I made the last minute decision to go to Lakeside. Despite the obvious attraction of the match I can’t help but feel the early season kick off…