Day: February 3, 2015

South Melbourne FC is pleased to announce that midfielder Mathew Theodore will remain with the Club in 2015 after extending his contract recently.

Theodore arrived at Lakeside Stadium ahead of the 2014 National Premier League Victoria season. He is credited for scoring the NPL Victoria’s first ever goal on Thursday 13 March 2014, when his left-footed shot from outside the box gave South Melbourne the lead after only thirteen minutes as they defeated Heidelberg United 0-3 at the Olympic Village.

Theodore has represented the Club on 29 occasions across all competitions and has scored six goals. He scored crucial winning goals at Lakeside Stadium last season against Pascoe Vale (Sunday 18 May) and Green Gully (Sunday 6 July), as well as spectacular goals against Heidelberg United (Sunday 22 June) and Goulburn Valley Suns (Sunday 14 September).

Aside from his goals, Theodore’s ability to provide assists for his team mates resulted in several crucial goals for South Melbourne in 2014. His most notable assist was the 72nd minute through-ball for Milos Lujic to score the winning goal against Northcote City at Lakeside Stadium on Sunday 24 August, effectively securing the League Championship for South in what was a huge three points.

Theodore is currently recovering from surgery but is hopeful of being available for selection about a month into the 2015 season.

Speaking with smfc.com.au, SMFC Football Director Nicholas Maikousis said that “the re-signing of Mathew Theodore shows that the Club is committed to keeping its Championship winning players at Lakeside Stadium. We are very pleased that Mathew has decided to remain with us in 2015 and no doubt he will soon be back providing and scoring important goals like he did in 2014.”

South Melbourne FC wishes Mathew Theodore the very best for the upcoming season.

South Melbourne FC is pleased to announce it has extended its partnership with Principal Partner Bob Jane T-Marts for a further 12 months.

Over the years, the Bob Jane T-Marts brand has been closely associated with the Club, with Lakeside Stadium being known as Bob Jane Stadium between the years 1995-2011. Furthermore, Bob Jane T-Marts logo proudly featured on the back of the South Melbourne playing shirt during the mid 1990s as well. The partnership was renewed in 2013, when Bob Jane T-Marts joined the Club as a Principal Partner, and Major Sponsor of SMFC TV screened on Channel 31, and the online version hosted on YouTube.

During the 2014 NPL Victoria season, South Melbourne and Bob Jane T-Marts teamed up to promote the Fatality Free Friday campaign, Australia’s only national community based road safety program. The South Melbourne playing squad pledged their support for Fatality Free Friday by signing both a large pledge board as well as a large inflatable car, which was used by Bob Jane T-Marts to promote the road safety campaign.

Bob Jane T-Marts has a total commitment to effectively serve the motorists of Australia with a level of service beyond their expectations, using the highest quality products and at the most competitive price. As an independent Australian business, Bob Jane T-Marts has a national network of franchised and company owned tyre retail stores, making them Australia’s largest independent tyre retailer.

Speaking to smfc.com.au, SMFC President Leo Athanasakis said “we are delighted to extend our partnership with Bob Jane T Marts for another season. The support provided to SMFC TV ensures a quality programme that is the envy of sporting clubs around Australia. I would like to take this opportunity to thank National Marketing Manager Zsuzsa Zalatnai and her team for her commitment and passion to our partnership. We look forward to working closely in 2015 to achieve our partnership objectives”.

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