Gotta hand it to south, impressive win over ladder leaders Avondale. If they keep this up, they'll win the lot.

No you're right. The AL has / had no broad based appeal and there was never a boom in player participation rate after it commenced.

But 8 girls, not enough to fill  team in a Greek club was the broad based boom......lol

exactly!!!!
Our lasses are hosting the "old enemy" on Sunday as a double header with the men's match..... (first time in almost a decade) and I reckon there will be a decent size crowd to watch this... Two MONOETHNIC CLUBS playing each other OHHHHH scary hope there are no riots..... 

AL broad based appeal ? yer right.
W football built up heaps from grass roots levels more than anywhere else first and foremost  - glad the FA got behind it as needed, AL jumped on board more like it in dribs and drabs much like they did/have with Jnrs.
W football was gonna boom and continue with or without the AL.

WTF are you talking about turbo??? Seriously you need to get some professional help....
I posted a link saying that South has seen a massive (120%) increase in participation for our community women's teams (Not just NPL level) and your response was we are playing catch up??......  Absolutely there are many other real clubs that have had women's teams in Australia, going back almost a hundred years now....
Your broad based appealing, professional, mainstream, financially shaky franchises dont even HAVE (mostly) women's NPL and junior teams, let alone community programs.... I think I know who I (and the rest of the football family ) think is playing catch up........ 
Your hatred really blinds you Paulie doesnt it? I love that about you.

There were many others that had girls playing soccer then. SM Hellas did nothing special.
Thanks now to the A-League that has broad base appeal, and the follow-up professionalism of the women's game by the FA, participation rates immediately boomed and continue to do so. And you think SM Hellas don't need catching up, LOL.

Well it sounds like you know more than I do. Great work, I look forward to it also.

"some point" was the early seventies...  a decade or so after we where founded..... "playing catch up"??? Weve been supporting and developing Australian women footballers for 50 odd years (yes there were a few periods there were the women's program was neglected, wrongfully so) but your "better late than never" implication is dogshit.... 

At least you didn't ask what the "effnicity" of these players was ..... maybe you are turning into a human?

Yeah that sounds lame, two new clubs with hardly any supporter base :(

Was talking to a south Melbourne supporter last week, said  a b league coming, south would be entering. Mentioned there would be promotion/relegation. 

I hope it happens personally.

So 8 females played at some point. WOW!!!!!

hehe the fisherman, if you can call him that, same applies to the oakleigh f lol
Funnily everyone started from a low base and it just keeps climbing but I suppose thats still a low base :)

B league? I havent heard anything about the APL franchises joining the football pyramid here in Australia at all mate, have you?

Last I heard they were trying to find investors for two new franchises in Canberra and Auckland... Apparently they would be sorted by June as overseas investors were knocking down the doors trying to throw money at the APL.... Dont know, don't really care. Just want this NST to get up and running soon.

Oh Paulie... Hellas ISNT playing catch up ... go peddle your lies elsewhere.

Know anything about this b league coming? Is south entering it? Will it have promotion to the a league? Would be nice to see a club like south in the a league.

Playing catch-up and starting from a very low base. Any improvement is good however.

10 goals in 2 games?!?!!? WTF Forza Hellas :P
My pick of the bunch for the build up ..... keep going lads big match against the pretenders next week.
https://twitter.com/nplvictoria/status/1652582124522819585?cxt=HHwWgsC-5ferk-8tAAAA

Andy Brennan, you absolute superstar.... made an old man leap out of his seat in absolute joy. All 5 goals were brilliant, the lads ALL deserve a huge thanks for the effort ... keep it up lads.

But Andy ..... my oh my son, that was beautiful so happy for you....... thanks.

https://twitter.com/nplvictoria/status/1650459905613090816?cxt=HHwWgMC-4cSizuctAAAA

Lets hope Sunday is just as good a performance :)

120% growth in participation for women's community football just for our club...... THATS what the Womens World Cup can bring to our game.... well done all involved.

https://twitter.com/sm_womens_fc/status/1648910452452372483

Port off to a topsy turvy start this year but always bring their A game to lakeside..... 

And for the masochists out there....



South fans :)

No mate, you have EVERY right to "rub it in" it was a dismal match by all accounts ... First game this season I have missed ( 8.15 kickoff on a "school night") but watching the highlights it was a poor effort all round.... We finally got found out and can't say Im very surprised...  

https://www.facebook.com/smfc59/videos/616582670336415/

SM up 3 times!

Knocked out of the Australia Cup by NPL2 team Kingston

They have a pretty woeful cup record, especially after some of the PR they have done pre FFA Cup games over the years before games and then performed badly. 

However I won't rub it in - Northcote were up 3-0 the other night and lost 3-4 :crazy:

Now THATS what I call a HELLAS badge .... nice Verona...
https://twitter.com/HellasVeronaFC/status/1642918077422616576?cxt=HHwWgIC-_a3S6MwtAAAA

Great header Joshy...... well deserved son you worked hard all night :)

https://twitter.com/nplvictoria/status/1642101390863396866?cxt=HHwWhMCz-fig9cktAAAA

Great win by the lads on Saturday, Oakleigh are tough to beat (and not concede too) at home..... Keep building Esteban.... 

You are right, Oakleigh is finally EFTPOS accessible ------ everyone I spoke to paid by card on purpose so they cant hide payments anymore... hahahahahaha 

MIA ZWH HELLAS..........

Championes....... well done to Skip and the whole Powerchair crew... keep filling our trophy cabinet ..... bloody legends :)

Well grats to sth mlb, sadly beat my team Oakleigh but credit to them, good win.

I dont blame them, Oakleigh are deeply in bed with the federation (figuratively and literally speaking) and rightly or wrongly many feel that this earns them certain favourable privileges... 

Too many "issues" to go through but one prime example is Joe Guest's aggravated assault on Thedoridis from the Bergers... Joe gets 2 x weeks (just in time to play South **coincidentally**)  and the poor keeper is probably out for half a year........ Anyone else on NPL VIC, or anywhere in the world for that matter would be out for months......

https://twitter.com/smfcmike/status/1635980486286901249?cxt=HHwWgoDQibTllbQtAAAA

Ah that's no good, how come they are boycotting? Not entirely sure I'll be attending, most likely will. Yep gotta bring cash, $20 entry think it is, bastards put it up from $15 lol.