South of the Border - a South Melbourne Hellas blog

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Firstly, a bit of background. While we've appreciated the efforts of the Kiss of Death over the past couple of years, it has often been ...

Wednesday morning, we publish the Kiss of Death's mid-season ratings. But for now let's bask in the glory of a derby win. It was a...

Kiss of Death vs Arthur Papas Euro 2012 Tipping After the group stage, the Kiss of Death trails Arthur Papas 12 points to 13. Here are thei...

I hate our press releases at the best of times - this one's even more desperate than usual, so you've been warned. South Melbourne...

Another loss, another kick in the teeth. Play this while you read on. ACMI Knights Supporter Wild scenes before the game. Met Steve from...

Friday 8:15 PM Bentleigh Greens (3rd) vs South Melbourne (7th) I’ve kind of given up for this season. All the hoohah about who we signed ...

Back in 2009, we posted this photo . Myself and club historian John Kyrou did not know the names of the players in that photo, but during th...

This post is late, because I simply could not muster the courage to face the defeat so soon after it occurred. Perhaps in an act of unintent...

The Kiss of Death (left) and Arthur Papas (right) prepare for their tipping duel Me? I don't care about Euro 2012, except for this s...

Another project from Ian Syson - very productive of late. Originally a part of his Neos Osmos project, 100 Years Ago Today is a pretty sim...

In theory, there's a massive post to be written. But in reality, yesterday can be summed up quite succintly. The result sucked. ...

We've been linked to another great site, one that I should have informed my readers of long ago - Football Chaos . Their site tagline pr...

Friday 8:30 PM Oakleigh Cannons (2nd) vs Dandenong Thunder (1st) Top of the table clash. Oakleigh is coming off a 1-2 away win at the Knigh...

Soccer growing in pre-WWI Melbourne. An interesting long piece from the Argus (29 June 1914), speaks to the popularity and growth of soccer...

Considering the outs we had, especially defensively, and the relative form of the two teams, I wasn't too optimistic about this one. But...

8:30 PM Friday May 25th - Hume City vs Green Gully Cavaliers Both teams are coming of 0-1 wins. Gully at Southern Stars, and Hume at Oaklei...

A few weeks ago I finally made it down to the Public Record Office in North Melbourne. It's like the more uptight sister to the State Li...

Every South loss hurts. Does this one hurt more than the others? I'd say yes, except the VPL era South is turning into a blur of disappo...

Bentleigh Greens v Northcote City Friday 8:15pm, 4 th v 8 th Tough one to pick. Really it shouldn’t be. Hmm. Decisions, decisions. O...