South of the Border - a South Melbourne Hellas blog

"NPL on planes" is a magnificent phrase. In just three words, it captures the problem of the Australian Championship perfectly. Of...

Like so many other aspects of South Melbourne history, most of us will never know the truth of what happened with Sinisa Cohadzic's appa...

Hearing is not listening. Listening is not comprehending. Comprehending is not understanding. Understanding is not agreeing. Agreeing should...

Far be it for me to address this over a week after it all happened like the moral coward that I am, but let me just say this - the booing of...

for one night the apostate is welcomed back like the prodigal son for one night the old become young and the young will believe they will be...

What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. For a certain kind of ...

Anyone expecting a glorious long post covering the affair will be disappointed. There were two weeks in the lead up to the game where I spok...

What is life without risk? Secure. Safe. Routine. There have been many ups and downs over the past 20 odd years at South Melbourne, but one ...

It's only now, three or so days out from the game, that it all seems less like one sort of fantasy and more like another. Three days out...

It's possible that I was wrong about the Australia Cup. When it began, the framing of "reunification" rubbed me up the wrong w...

South Melbourne Hellas dates its origins to August 1959, but what is left from that time? Everyone who played at the club in the club's ...

One shouldn't think like this, but it's inevitable. The relevant fear is not about a disastrous result on Saturday, or the mockery t...

... and remember the advice of an early interlocutor, to write every day, no matter how badly.

Our involvement with the OFC Pro League has brought about a lot of novelty - new opponents, new destinations, dealing with VAR directly - bu...

Some brutal fixture scheduling this April for both fans and players, continuing the trend of what we've already had to experience in 202...

As had been discussed around the traps, seemingly confirmed at the AGM, and now confirmed for sure, the venues for the Melbourne hub of the ...

This report contains the usual mix of fact, editorialising, and inadvertent blurting out of all the Club's secrets.  Before getting into...

Thanks to Manny of Blue and White Views for offering up this piece. My AGM thing will be up by Thursday. South have now played five games i...

First, yes, my AGM report is coming. But for now, other things. Memberships At last, memberships for the 2026 season have been made availabl...

The most important thing right now about the Oceania Pro League - HOW TO WATCH IT! In order to watch our matches in the Oceania Pro League, ...