Club History Random moments in Swans history

[SwansProudly]

PART: 1 WILLIAM ‘BILL’ THOMAS
1909 Premiership

PART: 2 LEN THOMAS – ‘SON OF A GUN’
stars in 1933 premiership

Almanac Footy History: Len Thomas, South Melbourne: ‘A chip off the old block’

www.footyalmanac.com.au

 

[Ticky009]

 

[scaryness]

I think this is random enough now considering how he never did much after this

 

[The King!]

When our famous supporter got hit

 

[Ed_Gein]

In lieu of today's game, I remember hanging on to beat Collingwood at Docklands in 2001 where were decimated by injury during the game. Down to 0 on the bench and Eade also mentioned after the game we also had 4 others on the field that wouldn't have normally continued on. One of the injuries was unfortunately Heath James

Heath James

Age

44

Ht

189cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.1

2star

K

4.9

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

4.2

1star

K

1.8

1star

HB

2.4

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

0.6

3star

who was crying on the bench after doing his hammy for the millionth time.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Here is a pretty random article I found while thinking about Callipygian query about Papleys standing as a great Swans small.

A disclaimer. Jack Dyer was my favourite non Swans footy person. He had a soft spot for South and fans as you will read. The article is from 1965. He reflects critically on South and tells some very funny yarns about South. His words about Bobby are great. It is a funny three minute read.

Australian Football - south melbourne - as seen by jack dyer

australianfootball.com

 

[Callipygian]

Here is a pretty random article I found while thinking about Callipygian query about Papleys standing as a great Swans small.

A disclaimer. Jack Dyer was my favourite non Swans footy person. He had a soft spot for South and fans as you will read. The article is from 1965. He reflects critically on South and tells some very funny yarns about South. His words about Bobby are great. It is a funny three minute read.

Australian Football - south melbourne - as seen by jack dyer

australianfootball.com

Great article! Took me a bit longer than 3 minutes though.

I couldn't help but relish the concluding paragraph (even if it probably more properly applies to Saints' fans these days):

I don’t think anybody would begrudge South a Premiership. They have the best bunch of supporters in the business and the supporters should be called the ‘Bloods’, not the players, because they have stuck to the side like blood relations. With strong supporters like that South are coming back into power.