Don't forget Tsekenis,Katholos,Yankos and Boutsianis

Was there many great Greek players in the NSL? It seems the whos who of the Socceroos are mainly of Croat, Italian, British or just plain old Aussies.

robbos few more than you think tbh as some have mentioned......
Quite a few played in Greece instead of the NSL for they got good gigs like unknown to many GK Kiri, played 6 CL games for Olympiakos, he's a god over there.
Came to know him whilst my son played for GRM, top bloke, Patikas would frequent the Club as well.
https://www.myfootball.com.au/news/tohouroglou-giving-back-game

MSC I don't know going way back before my times re Flytox quoting many anglos etc in Div1 but once I got into the fray there was alot of wogs originally but many anglos came into the mix, you only have to look back to some pre Arnold/Slater etc days ala Warren and others they sure did get into 1st squads.
I think it was harder getting into Jnrs more than Snrs for if you had the "game" you'd slot in.
As had been mentioned at Jnr levels it not what you know who you know as you mentioned, cash money for Spiro or Luca get in instead of Johnny who was a better player let alone another ethnic out.

I'm sorry all this talk is off topic yet interesting per say But I do wonder what could have been for eg, had there not been so much racism, a better managed State Fed, unity, where we'd be today talking about "crowds" - for NSL did have some good crowds at times be it here or Melb and the countless sister Clubs in other States.
IF they did have the direction and better leadership finally turning Pro combined what came in later we'd be in a better space instead of this constant snakes and ladders we keep going through.

Here's an oldie.

I'll tell you why hardly any Greeks played soccer in Australia.



.......because every time they got a corner they opened a fish and chip shop.

robbos few more than you think tbh as some have mentioned......
Quite a few played in Greece instead of the NSL for they got good gigs like unknown to many GK Kiri, played 6 CL games for Olympiakos, he's a god over there.
Came to know him whilst my son played for GRM, top bloke, Patikas would frequent the Club as well.
https://www.myfootball.com.au/news/tohouroglou-giving-back-game

MSC I don't know going way back before my times re Flytox quoting many anglos etc in Div1 but once I got into the fray there was alot of wogs originally but many anglos came into the mix, you only have to look back to some pre Arnold/Slater etc days ala Warren and others they sure did get into 1st squads.
I think it was harder getting into Jnrs more than Snrs for if you had the "game" you'd slot in.
As had been mentioned at Jnr levels it not what you know who you know as you mentioned, cash money for Spiro or Luca get in instead of Johnny who was a better player let alone another ethnic out.

I'm sorry all this talk is off topic yet interesting per say But I do wonder what could have been for eg, had there not been so much racism, a better managed State Fed, unity, where we'd be today talking about "crowds" - for NSL did have some good crowds at times be it here or Melb and the countless sister Clubs in other States.
IF they did have the direction and better leadership finally turning Pro combined what came in later we'd be in a better space instead of this constant snakes and ladders we keep going through.

In the NSL there where, sure  but Lazaridis and Yankos really would be the only "standouts" I suppose for the Socceroos.. Alan Davidson married a Greek bird so Jason is half Greek does that count? :) ....  Any Portuguese apart from Lisa De Vana?????

No, like there were hardly any Portuguese clubs, there was nothing really special at Socceroos level, but yeah De Vanna for Matildas, she was a prickly lady.

Interesting reading the comments from the immigrant children who grew up here last mid century. As someone who grew up in the 90s it always seemed the wogs, ie croats, greeks, italitans etc were so well integrated and accepted and contributed to this notion of Australia being the most successful multicultural nation. One can understand why people like mono, having experienced racism himself growing up, would in turn become racist and want to keep soccer for themselves rather than falling into the pasty hands of mainstream society. Thankfully most of those anachronistic attitudes have died out and football is the one sport you can go to and feel accepted, regardless of your ethnic background. That's why the NSL failed, the great push to assimilate the sport into the national consciousness had been gaining momentum since the 90s but was stifled by people like mono and their fathers whose decision making and attitudes were influenced by the chip on their shoulder derived from their experiences growing up.

Interesting reading the comments from the immigrant children who grew up here last mid century. As someone who grew up in the 90s it always seemed the wogs, ie croats, greeks, italitans etc were so well integrated and accepted and contributed to this notion of Australia being the most successful multicultural nation. One can understand why people like mono, having experienced racism himself growing up, would in turn become racist and want to keep soccer for themselves rather than falling into the pasty hands of mainstream society. Thankfully most of those anachronistic attitudes have died out and football is the one sport you can go to and feel accepted, regardless of your ethnic background. That's why the NSL failed, the great push to assimilate the sport into the national consciousness had been gaining momentum since the 90s but was stifled by people like mono and their fathers whose decision making and attitudes were influenced by the chip on their shoulder derived from their experiences growing up.

Carl's dad Walter, I presume

Interesting reading the comments from the immigrant children who grew up here last mid century. As someone who grew up in the 90s it always seemed the wogs, ie croats, greeks, italitans etc were so well integrated and accepted and contributed to this notion of Australia being the most successful multicultural nation. One can understand why people like mono, having experienced racism himself growing up, would in turn become racist and want to keep soccer for themselves rather than falling into the pasty hands of mainstream society. Thankfully most of those anachronistic attitudes have died out and football is the one sport you can go to and feel accepted, regardless of your ethnic background. That's why the NSL failed, the great push to assimilate the sport into the national consciousness had been gaining momentum since the 90s but was stifled by people like mono and their fathers whose decision making and attitudes were influenced by the chip on their shoulder derived from their experiences growing up.

there you go, shows how little you know pre 90's.....your a bub who lives the dream thanks to the good hard working gens of before incl the countless migrants who contributed.
Its sad you have a agenda each time over some discussions you don't understand but have your own pov that is actually wrong.
Chips on shoulders and all is not the right decription but one that people like you label others from the past, no not all are like that, as for MSC who you like to target, all I see is he taking the piss on you tbh and you bite easy as and turn it around with a chip on the shoulder response like your politcs.
Your the type of anglo that represents the past the way you behave.

there you go, shows how little you know pre 90's.....your a bub who lives the dream thanks to the good hard working gens of before incl the countless migrants who contributed.
Its sad you have a agenda each time over some discussions you don't understand but have your own pov that is actually wrong.
Chips on shoulders and all is not the right decription but one that people like you label others from the past, no not all are like that, as for MSC who you like to target, all I see is he taking the piss on you tbh and you bite easy as and turn it around with a chip on the shoulder response like your politcs.
Your the type of anglo that represents the past the way you behave.

Its not unusual that the ethnics on here would gang up on the anglo, thats the usual sort of kinship that derives from wallowing in constant self pity and victimhood. Yeah i geddit, someone called you mean names when you were growing up, waaaaa waaaaah, hopefully one day you will recover from your lifetime of oppression.

Id be ok with mono taking the piss out of me IF that’s what he was doing, but he cruelly mocked our anzacs and disparaged our british heritage time and time again. He was said overtly racist things and nobody has held him to account, rather he is condoned and even celebrated. He is a racist and a c*nt, and people like you like to cover and make his excuses his behaviour not because of principle but because of ethnicity. That makes you also a racist.

Hahahaha. 'Cruelly mocked'. Not even close.

Who's celebrating mono? For a right wing, free speech, culture warrior you sure do have a glass jaw.  

Hahahaha. 'Cruelly mocked'. Not even close.

Who's celebrating mono? For a right wing, free speech, culture warrior you sure do have a glass jaw.  

Hahahaha. 'Cruelly mocked'. Not even close.

Who's celebrating mono? For a right wing, free speech, culture warrior you sure do have a glass jaw.  

need I say more.......talk about not reading the tea leaves and venting.

Such a cop out. Maybe you and mono can burn Australian flags together.

Here's an oldie.

I'll tell you why hardly any Greeks played soccer in Australia.



.......because every time they got a corner they opened a fish and chip shop.

Oh look another one of mono's admirers

Interesting reading the comments from the immigrant children who grew up here last mid century. As someone who grew up in the 90s it always seemed the wogs, ie croats, greeks, italitans etc were so well integrated and accepted and contributed to this notion of Australia being the most successful multicultural nation. One can understand why people like mono, having experienced racism himself growing up, would in turn become racist and want to keep soccer for themselves rather than falling into the pasty hands of mainstream society. Thankfully most of those anachronistic attitudes have died out and football is the one sport you can go to and feel accepted, regardless of your ethnic background. That's why the NSL failed, the great push to assimilate the sport into the national consciousness had been gaining momentum since the 90s but was stifled by people like mono and their fathers whose decision making and attitudes were influenced by the chip on their shoulder derived from their experiences growing up.

Righto Cletus 

Clearly, not only are you a Mono apologist but a racist too.

The first club eliminated fro finals was the Bulls on Friday night.  The second was Victory last night.  Interest was kept for all clubs for 24 of 26 rounds. 

Compare that to the excitement of the season if you had this under you: (mockup of NST by me)




Beats the absolute shit out of " yeah but technically they had a mathematical chance of making the foinals 3 rounds before the end if every other club did something to earn you 17,6 billion in a 27 leg multi"

I would like to see P/R between the A-League and the NST once the NST has settled down.  I don't believe that will happen for a few years.  In say 3 years I think that there will be some clubs that will have demonstrated that they are capable of operating in the A-League bt I also think that there will be clubs that have failed financially trying to operate at the NST level.  Id like to see the NST start with say 14 clubs so some clubs can fail and still see a decent sized competition continue until the test period is over.  That way clubs seeking promotion to the NST will have a better understanding of the real cost of operating in the NST.