House debates Constituency Statements
South Melbourne Football Club
Josh Burns Macnamara, Australian Labor Party
10:31 am
I won't take the interjections. What I will say is that we are so proud of this club for what it stands for and the multicultural way in which it has helped found Melbourne, one of the great Greek cities of the world. More than that, South Melbourne has a proud history as a football club as well. Ange Postecoglou was a player for South Melbourne and then was a manager for four years, leading them to back-to-back NSL titles. So many people have used and grown through this club to go on and do great things in football.
South Melbourne is a club where it is all about the community. It is all about bringing the fans and the community—to be proud of who they are, to hold on to their Greek heritage and their Greek past. But they are also ambitious. They want to be a part of the A-League. I know that it has been a difficult journey, but wins like the weekend, where a club that isn't even in the top-tier competition believed in itself and overcame extraordinary odds to defeat one of the premier clubs in the country, show anything is possible. If it's possible, the Hellas can make it possible.
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