The SAFF season 2017 starts this week with a double header at the J. For the Södermalm it’s a rematch against last year’s Grand Final opposition the Dockers. Come down and support the boys in blue!
SAFF premiership 2017 kick-starts
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Blues Bury Battered Bromma
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Reigning premiers, the Södermalm Blues, outclassed an undermanned Bromma Vikings by 90 points at the JCG today. In a one-sided contest, the Blues banged on six goals in the opening term to let by six goals at the first break and never looked back.
Söder on top of the ladder!
A big win against visiting Dockers on the weekend put the Blues in first place on the ladder. A solid team effort with 8 different goal kickers. Honourable mentions go to Rob and Johan who bagged 4 goals each. Final score Södermalm 15.15 (105) Norrtälje 6.3 (39).
Next up is Bromma Vikings on the 21st.
Blues do the double over Stockholm Dynamite in 2015
Last Saturday 15th August a 17-strong squad of Söder players made the 1 hour drive north of Stockholm to Norrtälje to face the combined Stockholm Dynamite team for the 2nd time in 3 weeks with the Dynamite boasting players from Solna, Årsta, Norrtälje and Bromma.
Perhaps it was a hang-over from the 171 point drubbing handed out to Solna last week, but Söder were slow off the mark against the Dynamite and early goals to Mattis Kvarnström and Trent Smith saw Stockholm take an early lead despite a quick reply from Jonny Briscoe for Söder on what was a fine summer day north of the Capital. Söder were unable to make use of the down-hill and down-wind end in the 1st quarter, however managed to restrict Stockholm’s use of it in the 2nd quarter and the result was a narrow 1 goal lead to the Dynamite at half-time.
The 3rd quarter is often called the premiership quarter, and the Blues didn’t waste the down-hill down-wind opportunity this time, piling on 7 goals to none in the 3rd quarter to take a 36 point lead into the last quarter. The move of Rob Njoku to centre-half-back proved critical and opened up plenty of opportunity for Söder to drive forward.
The 4th quarter saw Docker Ryan Tucker enter the game for the Dynamite and he had an immediate impact kicking the opening goal of the final quarter to give the home team a glimmer of hope for a famous come-back. However this was quickly snuffed out by a determined Söder team who responded with quick goals to Briscoe and Neindorf who resembled an Adelaide Crows’ Betts & Walker style combination in the Söder forward line.
The final score was a 38 point victory to Söder with Jonny Briscoe kicking a career best 7 goals, and Mick smashing a burger in the aftermath:
Söder: 14.7.91
Stockholm: 8.5.53
That takes Söder to 4 games undefeated in the National “Elitserien”, with only 2 games remaining against Helsingborg on 29th August at Skarpnäck, and against Port Malmö on Saturday 26th September in Malmö.
Neindorf boots 9 in record romp over Solna!
Söder dominated in the latest round of the SAFF last Saturday 8th August against top of the table Solna, belting The Axemen to the tune of 171 points!! This eclipsed our previous record victory margin of 134 points over Bromma set in 2009. This was a new club record for highest team score in a single game, and Jase Neindorf’s 9-goal haul was the 2nd most goals kicked by a Söder player in a game.
The final score was 26.24.180 vs 1.3.9.
In what several spectators described as Söder’s “best ever” four-quarter effort, only inaccurate kicking saved the margin blowing out even more. Solna was unable to cope with the threat of the Blues’ Twin Towers Jason Neindorf (9 goals) and Rob Njoku (2 goals) who both dominated in the forward line and proved Continue reading
Blues blast Dynamite in Lars’ 100th appearance.
G’Day Footy Fans!
After a welcome break, a chance for some much earned R’n’R and an opportunity to wash the stench of defeat off themselves the boys from Söder were back in action this Saturday. The game, part of Sweden’s Eliteserien was against Stockholm Dynamite the representative side from the capital that the Blues themselves call home.
It was also a chance to celebrate the 100th appearance for the club of Lars ‘the fossil’ Hagberg, an ever present in the Södermalm lineup – one can count on two hands the number of games this guy has missed for the club in a career spanning the past seven years! He’s the first Söder player to reach 100 club games, and he’s still showing us all how it’s done!
Given the pool of talent the dynamite have to choose from (even at the back end of the holidays) this was always going to be a test for Bluey’s crew! So the boys were glad to welcome back Rob ‘get some nuts’ Njoku from injury to lead the forward line.
The game got underway defying the Swedish version of summer in warm sunny conditions and the Dynamite quickly made hay shooting out to a three goal lead. The slap in the face woke up the sleeping giants of Söder and they began to hustle and push their way back into the first quarter. Smooth handling from Continue reading
Söder won silver at Sweden Cup
This year Södermalm Blues went down to Gothenburg and Sweden Cup with only 9 players, of which 1 had never seen an Australian football before (although when he got his hands on it you really couldn’t tell). First up was Landskrona (or was it Helsingborg, or Rainbow Warriors…) who put up a good fight in the first half. In the second Söder unleashed its secret weapon, first gamer Niklas Sahlgren who booted two goals and the boys won comfortably in the end. A solid start in the second game against home team Berzerkers put Söder in front by 3 goals at half time. A premature siren 3.5 minutes before the end gave Söder false hopes cause after that Gothenburg piled on. Continue reading
Söder knock Dockers in the wet – match report
Fresh off the back of a great display in Helsingborg the Blues entertained the Norrtälje Dockers at the JCG for this SAFF League Round 4 match. You would be forgiven for thinking some of the boys got lost in Helsingborg and hadn’t made it back given the relatively low turnout for the men from Söder!
Not letting this nor the thunderous clouds gathering over head deter them though Södermalm were out of the traps quickly Gaelan Doolan and Matt Barton combining at the opposition 50 to set up Mick Larsson who slotted home the first of the day.
It was at this point that the heavens decided to open and unleash a steady stream of rain which would continue to persist for the afternoon.
(picture: Mick Larsson bagged 6 of Söder’s 7 goals!)
With the ball as slippery as a fish both teams put in a lot of work on the ground trying to get a hold of the pill and keep it moving in the right direction. The blues enigmatic Finn Kaj ‘magic hands’ Karlsson the pick of the bunch handballing to himself on several occasions before finding a willing runner in Dylan O’Keefe in the Söder engine room.
Throughout the game Söder continued to pressure the Dockers and often threatened but not always completing with the desired finish. The Dockers themselves pushed and harried around the ball all day looking for any opportunity to take advantage of a sloppy possession or a spilled ball, frequently counter attacking after Söder moves broke down. In the choppy condition though the Dockers suffered from the same inaccuracy in front of goal as their opponents, this coupled with an eager display from the Blues’ defense meant it was always going to be an uphill struggle.
At the end of the day Söder won out, however everyone will be hoping that the Swedish summer has more to offer than this rain sodden encounter.
It’s safe to say that all present at the JCG on Saturday were left thoroughly moist but for all the wrong reasons.
Söder’s next appearance is the Swedish Cup being played next Saturday 6th June in Gothenburg (Kvibergs Fotbollsplaner kl.12.00-17.00). Pop in and have a look at the boys in blue perform is you are near Gothenburg.
Good luck boys!
Söder crucify Saints in Helsingborg
By Matt Barton
At the crack of dawn this past Saturday the brave men of Söder saddled up and began to make their way south to the wilderness of Skåne to take on the Helsingborg Saints in round two of this year’s Elitserien. Hoping to improve to 2-0 in the competition, the Blues travelled the 5 hours down the E4 for what was always going to be a fiery encounter calling on reinforcements in the form of recent former players (pictured right) Chris ‘Bull’ Angus (now sunning himself in California) and Ivan ‘Tarzan’ Rexed (rumored to be opening a string of martial arts dojo’s in Göteborg).
After a short warm up and under overcast skies Södermalm took to the field looking to Continue reading
Will double rainbow lead Söder to gold in Helsingborg? Game Preview.
The boys spotted a double rainbow at training this week on Thursday night… will this lead us to a pot of gold in Helsingborg on Saturday?
On Saturday we take the 6 hour journey south to Helsingborg to play one of Sweden’s oldest clubs (est. 1993) the Helsingborg Saints. The Saints have been playing in the Danish League for 20 years, but pulled the plug on that this season to focus on the Swedish Elitserien. A tough game awaits the brave Söder men making the longest journey in the club’s history for league points.
In the 1st Elitserien game a few weeks ago, Helsingborg went down to a strong Stockholm Dynamite team by 30pts, 12.10.82 vs 8.4.52. But that result will mean little for a Helsingborg team playing in front of their home crowd this Saturday for one of their biggest games of the season. Expect them to be at full strength and Söder to face their toughest challenge so far in 2015.
Thanks to Calle Nellbring for the photo.
Söder win a close one vs Årsta to remain top of SAFF
By Matt Barton
With an early sun beating down on a lush green JCG oval the two top sides after round one of this year’s SAFF took to the field to do battle. This game saw Johnny Briscoe of the Blues taking the field for his 50th game, joining Lars ‘the pensioner’ Hagberg and only a handful of others in accomplishing the feat.
The men of Söder took to the field missing a couple of players including key forward Kaj ‘The Kaj’ Karlsson (emergency call up to the national Finnish drinking team) and field marshall/ruckman Mik Larsson (twisted sock), though Årsta were also missing players the most notable the influential Glenn Mcleod.
The first quarter got underway with Årsta ruckman Duncan Matheson setting the tone for what would be a domineering display in ball ups around the ground by winning the tap-outs. With some swift movement in the midfield Söder found themselves exposed and on the back foot quickly going behind to an Årsta goal. Depite the best efforts of the Blues to establish a foothold, Årsta kept on coming continuing to pile on the pressure and kick goals.
After coming out of a quarter time dressing down the Blues started Continue reading
Söder top both league ladders! – Match report
By Matt Barton
Following on from the opening weekend’s success in the Elitserien, Södermalm Blues looked to extend their winning form to the SAFF against none other than the Solna Axemen who they fell to in the Grand Final last year.
Both sides began the first quarter tentatively exchanging early blows with Söder taking time to settle into the new formation deployed by Head Coach Daniel ‘Jordo’ Jordansson (right).
After a few changes at quarter time and tweaking of playing positions the blues started to Continue reading
A disappointing finish to the seniors season…
Södermalm winning the SAFF Grand final seem to be as hard as trying to invade Russia in the winter..
The fourth straight GF loss for Södermalm (second in a row to Solna Axemen) came after hard fought, but sloppy, effort. Even though never trailing by much more than to goals and even leading at halftime the Södermalm mistakes were too costly in the end.
Focusing on the positive side of things it was great to see a Södermalm squad of 21 players (we started the season with 17 registered players) how all gave it their best and played both hard and disciplined.
Even though we come up short when it really counts, we have shown that we are the best TEAM in Stockholm over the last four years. Now lets make every year the year of the Blues!
Final Scores: Solna Axemen 69 (10.9) – Södermalm Blues 55 (8.7)
…and full focus on the social season (where no one will ever beat us)!
A cracking finish to the junior season
After the SAFF Grand Final it was time for the decider in this year’s junior competition. In perfect conditions and in front of the biggest crowd yet the Bromma and Södermalm juniors stepped onto the oval. The quick free flowing game we’ve come to know from the young footballers was combined with long penetrating kicks and several impressive marks. All in all a great game to finish the season. Big thanks to all the players, coaches, parents and supporters. See yas all next season!
Södermalm-Årsta moved to Friday the 29th Aug
The Söder derby between Södermalm and Årsta has been moved to Friday the 29th of August (preliminary starting time is 18.45).
See you all there!