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Södermalm Awards night is up
The Södermalm Awards night is held at oursponsor pub O’Learys Liljeholmen,
Friday November 2nd. What else do you need to know? Oh, yes – heaps of medals to hand out – Best and fairest (AUS and SWE), Coaches award, Most improved and Goal kicker. We meet up at 7pm for drinks and then continue with dinner at 8 pm, followed by presentations and highlights from the year. Let the club know that you’re coming and we’ll book a seat for you.
Larssons, first and second in Hagberg award
This years Lars Hagberg awards for Best and fairest non-australian was awarded Michael Larsson (13 pt), followed by his brother Max (12 pt).
Söder did claim the top four places with Oscar o-train and Kaj signing in on third and fourth place.
Continuing on the celebrations, Chris Tancredi won the SAFF goal kicker award with 22 goal kicked (Larsson rule adjusted).
Winner of the Best and fairest Australian 2012 is Robert Young.
Natis can’t stop, won’t stop
Just when you thought you heard enough of this guy Natis for one season, he comes back like a boomerang. Now he’s topping off the Euro Cup success with being selected for the JLT Group All-Stars to play the curtain raiser to the AFL European Challenge Cup to play in London the 3rd of November, together with Helsingborg’s Johan Lantz and The Elks own Coach McClear as manager. Clearly the brightest shining star in SAFF at the moment, Natis commented simply – “too bad none of the other Söder boys came to play the Euro Cup, then I’d have some company for the trip” Don’t know about that, but we’re all exited for Natis’ sake and are sure he will make his mark on the game.
AFL in London on Nov 3rd
Natis made the Tournament Team
While the rest of Södermalm took a well deserved rest in front of the chess app, Natis went to the EuroCup and played a cracker of a tournament. So well that he got picked for the Tournament Team. We all knew he is a great player, now the rest of Europe knows. Get that up ya!
Natis goes to Edinburgh
EuroCup News!
The Swedish Elks ended up second in their group after beating France and Austria but losing to Croatia. Unfortunately the tournament ended already in the quarter final. The Elks lost against the Poms after a couple of controversial decisions. “Frustrating” says coach Daniel McClaer. Södermalm proudly represented by Natis ‘Naitanui’ Johansson.
Bromma SAFF premiers 2012
The Söder supporters had rallied en masse, the weather was close to ideal, the boys in blue were ripped and ready to go. Perfect conditions for a grand final as this season’s two top teams walked onto the field.
Bromma got off to an early lead and Söder faced the first two quarters fighting to keep up on the score board. In the third quarter Söder got the running handballing game working and a few quick goals put them in front by 8 points. Things were looking up but Bromma quickly came back and retook the lead. The Söder boys never dropped their heads and battled hard until the final whistle went. In a hard fought and physical game Söder finally had to accept defeat and yet again settle for minor premiers.
A great effort from all the Söder boys. Big thanks to all the fans for coming out and supporting us.
Now starts the social season!
29th of Sep AFL Grand Final Breakfast (The Liffey)
6th of Oct SAFF Awards night (Restaurant Oxen)
12-14th of Oct Footy trip (Gdansk)
2nd of Nov Södermalm Awards night (O’Learys)
23rd of Nov Chess competition (Brissles)
14th of Dec Pool night
Grand Final against Bromma
After Bromma’s covincing win (170-86) over Solna in the semi final it is shaping up to be a tuff Grand Final. Let’s make the best of the 2 trainings we have left. See you all on Tuesday at Skarpnäck and Thursday at Årsta, 6.30 pm.
Wrap up of the SAFF league
When the whistle blew to mark the end of Solna Axemen vs. Bromma Vikings it was also time to recap the SAFF league 2012 and look forward to the play-off. And what a season! Norrtälje, newcomers in the league, finished off with a bang by claiming their first win against the Årsta Swans in the last round. Södermalm thought to go undefeated through the series but fell on the last hurdle against a pumped-up Bromma. Continue reading
Last game brings first loss
In the last game of the season Söder found itself beaten by Bromma by almost 50 points, 124 – 76. Be sure this will be used as fuel for the season finish.
Match report will be found here in the coming days!
Södermalm v Norrtälje match report, by Jordo
Friday the 6th of August 2012, a day of real footy and a date that goes down in history for footy in Stockholm and Sweden.
The match Södermalm Blues V’s Norrtälje Dockers was originally scheduled to be played at rugby fields at Årstafället. However the stalwart of the Södermalm Football Club and all round club legend, Larry Hagberg and co. had other ideas.
Pictures from the Söder vs Norrtälje game
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Friday’s game moved to the JCG
The game against the Norrtälje Dockers this Friday has been moved to the JCG at Skarpnäck Sportfält.
This is the inaugural game at the new oval and the umpire of the day is Danne Jordansson.
You don’t wanna miss out on this one.
Kickoff at 18.30
‘TOP SPOT ALMOST SECURED!’ by Tanka
It was a rematch of the 2010 and 2011 preliminary finals, the 2009 grand final, it was 2 old foes locking horns yet again, yep it was Söder versus Bromma. In the absence of Captain Max Larsson, Petter Eek took on the role as captain in his 50th game.
The game commenced as expected, it was hard, tough, and of course sloppy in the drenched fields of Årstafältet. A low scoring first quarter saw Bromma go in with a 2 point lead, both sides only managing 2 goals each. Continue reading
Söder don’t slip on the path to minor premiership
Still undefeated with only two more games before the Grand Final, Söder faced Bromma for the first time this year. Heavy raining before the game transformed Årstafältet into something in between a footy field and a swimming pool. Söder remembered the golden rule of wet footy, man up behind your opponent, and pick up the ball! The final score was 96-47. A special thanks to Kungen on the BBQ!