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[southmelb]

One theory of mine is that Sydneysiders are (were?) generally more flakey than Melbournians. I lived in Sydney for a year in 1998/1999 and my fellow employees had ZERO attachment to the company we worked at. I can imagine what the Greek Sydneysider's were like.

I doubt this is a thing. Whatever Sydney Greeks jumped on Sydney fc would be insignificant compared to the amount of Greeks that jumped on MV, and here they even brag about changing teams!

 

[Beretta]

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[Monoethnic Social Club]

It’s true. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that, it’s clear to see the general football community value Olympic

Interestingly, not to have a dig, but a similar point could be made about Victoria being an anomaly having no strong Italian clubs. Where in nsw, sa (Marconi, APIA, Adelaide city) etc even wa and qld (Perth azzurri, Brisbane city) to an extent some of the strongest clubs are of Italian extraction (I still don’t count Avondale for reasons I’ve gone over previously)

Bulleen and either of the Juves are relatively strong but you are right, its odd that we have two Maltese clubs (as an example) and only 1 x Italian down here in top flight (and not a true one Ill give you that).

Maybe your theory about AFL poaching all the Italians is right?

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

The Greek community need to get together and build a social/football club. They have a lot of small social clubs all over the place in Sydney.. sell them and put the money into one big social/football club.

Even the Portuguese community, which is small in comparison, has three proper social clubs, two of them have football clubs. There has been talk of a merger to make one club, which I completely agree with.

Most of the social clubs are strictly regional (some so specific its mainly families from 4-5 mountain villages) and not about sport in any way. The have ALOT of real estate btw, most of it in once cheaper commercial areas, now worth millions upon millions of dollars.

Greek football clubs developed separate to the social clubs (with some exceptions) as the football clubs were always ONLY about the football.

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

I doubt this is a thing. Whatever Sydney Greeks jumped on Sydney fc would be insignificant compared to the amount of Greeks that jumped on MV, and here they even brag about changing teams!

They are the worst of the worst in my eyes.. The self loathing wogs that look you in the eyes and try and act all sincere saying "I just really love football and want to support whats best for the sport in this country".... And then talk about what Greek team they are cosplaying as at Melbourne Victory games next week and "the new Greek way kit is awesome eh?"

 

[Glenardo]

This is absurd that Olympic could not even build a semblance of a home in the last 40 years. Compare the 2 demographic maps of Melbourne and Sydney.

South Melbourne has been badly affected by the outward movement to the fringes, whereas Sydney Greeks are STILL in the Earlwood hinterland.

One theory of mine is that Sydneysiders are (were?) generally more flakey than Melbournians. I lived in Sydney for a year in 1998/1999 and my fellow employees had ZERO attachment to the company we worked at. I can imagine what the Greek Sydneysider's were like. They would have jumped on that Sydney FC bandwagon I can imagine! I am only talking about a difference of degrees, rather than anything significant. But I thought I would just mention my theory.

As you say, these are generalisations and are only about a difference of degrees, but as someone who’s also lived and worked in both cities I would say Melbourne blokes are more likely to have their whole social lives/personal identity inextricably linked to a football club (afl or soccer) they follow. Where as the average Sydneysider is more likely to see it as one of a plethora of potential entertainment options. A larger proportion of Sydneysiders would choose a day at the beach over going to the game unless it’s a big match, where as it would be the reverse in Melbourne, going to the game would be the default unless there was some other special event etc

Again, I’m not talking about myself necessarily, or the core supporters of clubs, just a generalisation at a population wide level. Probably understandable given the reason many people chose to cop Sydney house prices is usually atleast somewhat connected to the city’s natural setting