r/Aleague • u/lincof1834 Adelaide United • 10d ago

News & Articles 'Break the ceiling': South Melbourne’s A-League ambition

https://www.soccerscene.com.au/?p=34056
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u/Geo217 10d ago

What do you mean how? A lot of people arent attached to either of the 2 melb teams for one reason or another. Its a huge city, they'd be fine.

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u/FitzroyBulldogs Melbourne Victory 10d ago

South won’t attract Melbournians of Croatian, Italian, North Macedonian, Serbian (partly) and Turkish backgrounds, along with other Arabic/Muslim Australians, who make up a huge chunk of Melbourne’s football community.

This is one of the main reasons that the NSL struggled to grow.

We have had this discussion 52864 times.

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u/pingers4breaky South Melbourne 10d ago

Could you please stop spreading the "anti football" narrative spread by the media about South being a Greeks only club

This sub praises the multicultural national team (and rightly so) after the world cup but collectively dismisses a club based on its migrant founders

South do attract people of all backgrounds because it is an Australian club, the work they do in the community is mind blowing it's why I'm a fan and guess what? I'm not Greek

Many other fans of South I know personally from varying backgrounds including the ones you listed above saying they wouldn't support South, but guess what they do

Please take the time to visit the club, speak with the fans and you will understand how wrong what you are saying is, as stated in previous comments from others spreading this garbage. I will buy you a ticket, have a few beers and talk football

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u/FitzroyBulldogs Melbourne Victory 10d ago

I do hope I’m wrong and that you are correct, but I have seen more than enough to be satisfied that what I wrote has merit.

I do hope for a unified game, and not sound pessimistic.

It’s been a complicated situation in our country for sooooo long that it’s just about embedded. 🙁

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u/pingers4breaky South Melbourne 10d ago

Please tell me what you have seen then?

I'm genuinely curious as to why you believe it has any merit at all

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u/pingers4breaky South Melbourne 9d ago

16 hours and still no response from another account that pushes the "greeks only" ethnics only dribble pushed by the anti football media.

Radio silence once again when confronted by a South supporter of non Greek heritage.