South of the Border - a South Melbourne Hellas blog

Friday November 12th. More specific details yet pending, because of, you know, *waves hands with half-exaggerated exasperation*  everything ...

So the news came in late on Friday afternoon: South had successfully blocked Western United from using Lakeside for the upcoming A-League se...

It was being talked about around the traps, and now it has officially happened - South Melbourne midfielder Henry Hore has joined Brisbane R...

I'm not sure if they did a coin toss for who got to go first on the night, but it was our own president who was first cab off the rank. ...

Edit: Damn you to hell South Melbourne board, make me write things for the first time in months and then you post this update, lol. Near eve...

Back in 2016 we won our tenth state league title. I wrote about the experience here , but one thing I had forgotten to add to that piece w...

Ordinarily I'd apologise for the long silence, but frankly there is nothing to apologise for. Nothing was happening until Friday afterno...

Here's a lighthearted diversion to kick off the week. Around early June, former Raith Rovers striker and now Scottish radio football pun...

Another day, another week, another round postponed. But no sooking today, because we have a bit of a treat.  As regular readers will know, I...

This is no way to live. Yes, there's a pandemic on, and we're in and out of lockdowns, and that sucks. But along with that, watching...

So more covid cases in the community, and we're locked down again for who knows how long. I assume it's safe to say that there'l...

So last week soccer came back and what did we see? A competent performance I suppose from our end, and many of the same problems also. But 2...

So the latest lockdown is easing, but it looks like there'll be a slower return to games with spectators this time. Thus, while our sche...

So, with lockdown continuing for another week, our next two scheduled matches - against Hume tomorrow night, and Dandenong City on the weeke...

Weekend's matches cancelled I'm sure you're all already on top of this. This Sunday's senior men's match against St Alba...

Dear readers of South of the Border,   I have been given a most precious gift; the gift of an epiphany. I wasn't looking for it, I didn...

Let us begin our now customary report for the transport engineer. Drove to Sunshine station, as only the main car park was closed. Missed th...

So, for the transport engineers out there, here was Saturday's method for getting to the game. Both main car parks at Sunshine station c...

You wait a few weeks to get back to Lakeside, and you get served that rubbish. Maybe one or two shots on target in 90 minutes, against a sid...

Gerrie Sylaidos aims to keep the ball in play.  Photo: Gold Leaf Creative. At home, yelling at the television. That's not a way to live,...