On Sunday 24th of May, Team Söder AFC headed north for a 70km+ return bike tour of Färingsö.

Starting at 06:30 am from Flemingsberg station, Briscoe, Jordo, John and Perillo then rode to Slagsta to catch the 07:15 ferry across to Ekerö after meeting a new team member in Robert T. After a short trip through the island the 5 member crew soon caught up with another 2 keen and ready bikers in Ferguson and Kristofer G.

After learning about racing games and bike lingo from the new local men to help raise the competitive spirit amongst us; such as sprints to town signs and (later) Soviet style stops, the group cycled through Färingsö’s varied landscape, curved roads and challenging hills before heading to Troxhammar Golf Club for a well earned ‘fikapaus’.

After seeing Kristofer G. off at Tappströms roundabout, Team Söder then made their way southbound back to the ferry across to Slagsta for the last ‘long way home’ leg of the trip when Briscoe’s bike suffered the unfortunate 2nd puncture in 2 rides which took 15 minutes to dismantle and change, but this didn’t dampen the spirit of the team as they shortly after charged their way through the steepest climb of the day at Flottsbro before riding several km more and eventually peeling off their way home for the day.

Last Sunday 10th May a few guys headed out on the first long journey on the bike for Team Söder AFC down to Nynäshamn and back.

The meet up was 06.50 with a 07.00 sharp departure from Huddingehallen where Vic & Brissles led the charge down to Nynäshamn.

The crew headed past Flemingsberg, Tullinge and through Södertörn down to Grödby and Segersäng before hitting Gamla Nynäsvägen which led all the way into Nynäshamn. There it was time for a coffee break and to meet Jordo and John who joined the return journey.

On Sunday 19th April we embarked on our first official club cycle ride, to qualify for a match we had 5 valiant warriors Jonny Briscoe, Jordo, Andree, Perillo and new member John Cullen.

Starting out from Älvsjö station a little late due to a bike misplacement, we headed down through Huddinge. After rescuing his water bottle which jumped down the ditch at Haradsvägen, Perillo then formed a solo break away on his 3 speed town bike and headed off on his own route down Glömstavägen.

We hope all Söder members, friends and family are well in these exceptional circumstances brought on by Covid-19.

The SAFF have advised that all 2020 season games until the summer break are cancelled.

As advised by SAFF:

Plan A is to play the regular season over 3 weeks in August & September with the top 2 sides playing a Grand Final on the 2nd weekend of September.

Plan B is to have a 1-day tournament in Norrtälje on the 2nd weekend in September, provided this is possible under the circumstances.

So while we are unable to play footy, the Söder Board will aim to be as creative and appropriate as the situation allows in trying to organise some club events during 2020.
Stay tuned for some cycling tours, and the inaugural Söder golf tournament where the “Blue Jacket” will be awarded!

Stay safe everyone.
Kind regards,
Söder Board

Södermalm Wrapped up its 2nd win for the season playing Årsta Swans down at the JCG last Saturday! 11/5

Pre-season training continues this Sunday 6th March from 5pm – 7pm.

Location is the same as the past few weeks in Tumba.

New players / trainers are very welcome, training is free so bring your mates and see you there!

Address:

Gustaf De Lavals väg 18, Tumba

Here’s a map:

https://goo.gl/maps/pYMFHwmQesw

Our Club Co-Captain had an extraordinary year to remember and probably never to be repeated by anyone… ever.

Michael Larsson was our club Co-Captain.

He was our Club ‘Non-Australian’ Best and Fairest.

He was also our Club Overall Best and Fairest winning the “Jordo Shield” with a whopping 63 votes (2nd place had 35 votes).

He was our club leading goal-kicker with a club record 42 goals in 2015.

Mick won the Stockholm league (SAFF) Best and Fairest – The coveted Lars Hagberg Medal.

He won the SAFF league leading goal kicker award for 2015.

Mick was Co-Captain of our SAFF Premiership winning team.

Our club Södermalm also played in the inaugural Swedish national league – the Elitserien 2015. We won the Premiership of that league too – Mick was Co-Captain of our Premiership team and played the final game with broken ribs.

Mick was voted the Best and Fairest winner of the inaugural Elitserien league.

Mick also ran our club trainings throughout the season.

Earlier in the year, Mick and brother Max lead the Swedish National team to victory in the Nordic Challenge over Denmark and Norway.

Not a bad year hey? Captain of 2 Premierships, Club Best and Fairest, League Best and Fairest in 2 different leagues, SAFF League leading goal-kicker, Club leading goal-kicker, Club Trainer, Club Leader, represented Sweden and won the Nordic Challenge… and he is an all-round top top bloke.

We all love Mick, and look forward to seeing him leading the Blues to more success in 2016!

The Club would like to congratulate Michael Larsson and Rob Njoku on winning the Club Best and Fairest Awards for 2015.

Rob won the award for the Best Australian Player, Mick won the Best Non-Australian. The overall winner of the “Jordo Shield” (the player with the most votes) went to Mick Larsson with a mammoth 63 votes.

That makes 2 Club Championship Awards for both of these boys, Mick winning back-to-back and Rob winning his 1st back in 2013. Mick is now only 1 win away from matching big brother Max with a record 3 Club Championship awards.

Directly after the presentation of the awards, Mick was quoted as saying “I can’t wait to get stuck into next season!” and Rob quipped “Next year I’m hoping to play more consistently…”. By the sounds of that, we can expect another successful season in 2016 for Söder!

Söder 1st year brewer Gaelan Doolan has won the 2015 Gold Medal at the Södermalm AFC Home-Brew competition in a boil-over result last Friday night 13th November!

Last year’s winner Lars “Heisenberg” Hagberg was raging hot favourite, however his brew didn’t go down as well as anticipated, while Jordo sufferred a blow-out on 2 of his kegs that he had primed for the Söder Brewing Championship. Old Brissles’ brew once again fell flat.

This year it was all about Doolz’s Coopers Pale Ale, which he claimed on the night that he “…brewed for the people” and backed that claim up with the most voted for brew of the night – voted on by all 17 punters in attendance. “It was a Coopers Pale Ale brewed from extract and dry hopped with some Cascade hops – it wasn’t any more complicated than that!” exclaimed Doolan immediately after claiming Gold.  It just goes to show that you don’t need to be a PHD Chemist to win the Söder Home Brew Gold Medal – a result that we hope will bring even more new entrants next season!

Congratulations Gaelan, you have earned the right to label your bottles with “Södermalm AFC Gold Medal Winner 2015”!

Nothing lasts these days. Jobs, marriages, Prime Ministerships. Big on promises, short on delivery. About the only thing you could count on these days is Södermalm losing the Grand Final. They have lost the last four. Four years running. Four years is a long time in anything. Especially being Prime Minister.

The Blues have won more games than anyone in the last four years but have nothing to show for it. Except pride. Except spirit. Except the monkey on their back! Sometimes truth needs harder evidence. Concrete evidence. Or silver. When the final siren sounded at the JCG this afternoon, and the drop-in scoreboard, screwed precariously to the cyclone fencing showed Söder 152 points up on the Solna Axemen, no discussion was necessary. The evidence was clear. In the shape of a Premiership cup.

It’s a re-match this Saturday 19th Sep. in the 2015 SAFF Grand Final when Södermalm will take on Solna, 12.00 at Skarpnäck sportsfält.

After taking the minor premiership, Södermalm enjoyed a week off last weekend while Solna Axemen (2nd) were victorious against Årsta Swans (3rd) in the semi-final, setting up a re-match of the past 2 Grand Finals. In the 8 previous SAFF seasons, Söder has played Solna in the Grand Final on 4 occasions, with Solna winning each encounter, something Söder has set about changing in 2015.

Stay tune to our Facebook group “Södermalm AFC” for immediate updates & photos during the day on Saturday.

Head down to Skarpnäck early on Saturday and show your support for our juniors who will be playing from 11.00.

As usual, a BBQ and drinks will be available during and after the game.

What: SAFF Grand Final – Söder vs Solna

When: This Saturday 19th September

Time: 12.00 kick-off

Where: Skarpnäck Sportsfält: Vinggatan 9, 128 36, Skarpnäck.

See you there!

The Södermalm Blues returned to the wilds of Northern Stockholm this week to the site of their most recent victory over the Stockholm Dynamite in Sweden’s Elitserien competition to take on SAFF upstarts the Dockers in Round 7.

Coming off the back of a victory against the Årsta Swans the Dockers would have fancied their chances at an upset in this one with a place in the preliminary finals on the line. However Söder, with an automatic place in the grand final up for grabs, were in no mood to be denied.

Another sunny day saw the teams take the field, Södermalm missing a couple of key players and Norrtälje buoyed by home numbers set this one up for a lively encounter.

As the game got under way Söder were in no mood to hang around and started well making good use of the footie through the midfield with solid handwork and hard running from Dylan ‘Warney’ O’Keefe and Gaelan ‘Dools’ Doolan to deliver service into the eagerly waiting forward line.

They were provided with support from a rucking committee of Matt Barton and Martin ‘Legs’ Winberg who stepped up in place of full time Ruckman Mick ‘Stan the man’ Larsson who was otherwise indisposed with an over exertion injury of the right metacarpals. Winberg specifically, worked tirelessly to be a pain in the neck to Dockers all over the field.

This wasn’t a walk in the park by any means though and the Dockers own Ruckman Buster Sund put on a domineering display at ball ups with his supporting cast including Ryan Tucker and Jeremy Darke swarming around the ball trying to feed off the scraps he served up.

Norrtälje remained competitive all day and gave an effort to be proud of, however with Mick Larsson popping up in the forward line, Jason Neindorf again on scintillating form and Max Larsson kicking goals off full back for fun Söder could not be restrained.

A game which saw all 13 Söder players kick goals leaves them atop the ladder with only Bromma to play in the SAFF.

Role on the Big Blue Machine.

In the lead up to our SAFF league game away against Nortälje this Saturday 12.00, Söder’s “Blue Tube” caught up with our co-captain and 2015 Aussie Best & Fairest winner Dylan O’Keefe after training this week to chat about his season so far and a few other bits and bobs… check it out!

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our club legend Lars Hagberg who plays his 100th game today against Stockholm in the National Elitserien.