South Melbourne Hellas blog. Back from sabbatical.
Friday 6 February 2009
Ancient Hellenic history
5 comments:
A few notes on comments.
We've had a lot of fun over the years with my freewheeling comments policy, but all good things must come to an end. Therefore I will no longer be approving comments that contain personal abuse of any sort.
Still, if your post doesn't get approved straight away, it's probably because I haven't seen it yet.
As usual, publication of a comment does not mean endorsement of its content.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
In a locked cabinet draw at Lakeside, I found a laminated version of this photo, with the player names.
ReplyDeleteBack row: Con Papapantos, Con Papas, Chris Picoulas, Alecos Nanos, Tony Carayiannis, Bill Gizoris, Charlie Moshakis, Costas Zinis.
Front Row: Fotis Antiypas, (first name not listed) Palogianidis, John Tsarouchas
Who was the first non Greek to play for the new club?
ReplyDeleteI can't answer that definitively, but Dutchman Harry van Groningen, Irishman Martin Power and a bloke called terry Budgen all played for us during the 1960 season.
Deletehttp://southmelbournefc.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Henri%20Van%20Groningen
http://southmelbournefc.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Martin%20Power
Former general manager Peter Kokotis, whose family was involved with Yarra Park back in the day, informs me that Antipas was originally from Panachaiki, and that Yarra Park had tried to sign him, but that Hellenic via Antonis Karagiannis (also spelled Carayiannis) managed to get him first. He also claims that Yarra Park was more associated with Peloponnesians, whereas Hellenic was more associated with Greeks from Egypt.
ReplyDeleteAnother fan, Paul Giannakis, has noted that Fotis Antipas operated the scoreboard at Middle Park throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
ReplyDelete