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Last Friday night saw South Melbourne FC hold its annual fundraising event, 2014 Player Auction Night at Principal Partner Beachcomber at the St Kilda Baths. Close to 200 guests were in attendance that brought corporate partners, members, and players and coaching staff together to celebrate the commencement of the new National Premier League Victoria season.

The MC for the evening was George Triantos, who welcomed the guests to the event, and opened his address by highlighting the changes to the football landscape with the introduction of the National Premier League and FFA Cup, as well as acknowledging the support from the Club’s Corporate Partners.

Club President Leo Athanasakis welcomed the guests and thanked the Principal Partners for their continued support, and invited everyone to get behind and support the Club. Mr Athanasakis announced that the Number 1 ticket holder for South Melbourne FC this season would be again The Honourable Member for Albert Park, Mr Martin Foley. Mr Foley thanked South Melbourne FC for the honour and pledged his support to the completion of the remaining works at Lakeside Stadium as part of the original arrangement under the previous Labour Government.

The main purpose of the event was a fundraising theme. The auctioneer for the evening, George Metax from Barry Plant Preston took over and sought to secure the highest bid for each player. The bidding was frenzied at time as the Club’s corporate partners pledged their financial support.

South Melbourne FC would particularly like to thank Steve and Jim Paraskevas, and Neil Stacey from Beachcomber for their tremendous support and warm hospitality in assisting the Club to hold this successful event. Furthermore, South Melbourne FC would like to thank its corporate partners who contributed to the fundraising activities on the night, and all guests who were in attendance.

The following corporate partners which were successful in the auction are listed below:

Jason Saldaris – Commercial & General
Chris Maynard – Advantage Pharmacy
Tim Mala – AIS Insurance
Andrew Mullet – Dandanis and Associates
Michael Eagar – Veale Partners
Dimitri Tsiaras – MW Group
Nick Epifano – GPZ Legal
Matthew Theodore – Blue Thunder Security
Milos Lujic – JR Training
Tyson Holmes – Tom Kalas
Bradley Norton – Fortigo Transport Management
Iqi Jawadi – Plastamasta / Knauf
James Musa – Blue Thunder Security
Kobbie Boahene – McClures Office Supplies
Jamie Reed – K & A Accountant & Mirabella
Slaven Vranasevic – McClures Office Supplies
Andy Kecojevic – Moray Agnew Lawyers
Chris Taylor, Graham Hockless, and Bojo Jevdjevic
Mirabella, CBA, Plastamasta, K&A Accountants, Rodney Meaker
Joshua Meaker – Moray Agnew Lawyers
Leigh Minopoulos – Financial Index Wealth Accountants

By John Kyrou (Photo by Cindy Nitsos)

South Melbourne FC created Club history when it defeated Hume City 0-3 at the refurbished Broadmeadows Valley Park on Sunday afternoon. The victory meant that it was the first time in South’s 55 year history that it had won its opening four away matches in a League season. Nick Epifano scored two goals while Milos Lujic scored the other goal to confirm the three points and the historic statistic.

The first half was a rather dull affair, with both sides struggling to find any rhythm when going forward. The home side had the best chance of the half when Richie Cardozo’s left-footed free kick beat Jason Saldaris but not the crossbar as the two sides went into the sheds on level terms. Hume City and South Melbourne had never drawn a match at Broadmeadows Valley Park in the five previous meetings at the venue so something had to give in the second half.

South opened the scoring on the hour mark when Brad Norton – making his 50th League appearance for South – was involved in setting James Musa free down the left side. The centre-back had time to assess his options before cutting the ball back to the edge of the area for the incoming Epifano to hit a left-footed shot past Hume goalkeeper Chris Oldfield. It was Epifano’s first goal for South in 2014 and his fourth goal for the Club overall, following his three League goals in 2013. Minutes later an Epifano header set up Jamie Reed for what looked a certain headed goal but Oldfield made an outstanding save to deny the forward by tipping the ball over the crossbar.

Reed had worked hard for South all match and it was his driving run that resulted in the away side’s second goal of the afternoon. The forward won possession in the middle of the park and took on several Hume defenders before laying the ball off for Epifano on the right side of the penalty area. The 19 year old had time to control the ball and pick his spot before firing across Oldfield and into the left corner of the goal for a 0-2 lead. Epifano was on fire and it was his turn and cross from the left side that led to South’s third goal only three minutes later. The Hume defence got into a tangle trying to clear his cross and the ball fell kindly for Lujic to slot into the net for his fifth goal of the season, taking the big centre-forward to the top of the NPL Golden Boot standings after four rounds.

It was a different story in the NPL 20s, with Hume City defeating South Melbourne 4-2. Matthew Kundevski scored both of South’s goals.

South will be aiming for five straight League wins when it hosts Ballarat Red Devils at Lakeside Stadium on Thursday night. Kick-off is at 8:30PM and memberships will be available to be picked up outside the main entrance.

FINAL SCORE: HUME CITY 0-3 SOUTH MELBOURNE (HT: 0-0)

Goal Scorers:
0-1: Nick Epifano (60′)
0-2: Nick Epifano (75′)
0-3: Milos Lujic (78′)

Key Stats (provided by Steven Orchard):
Shots: HCFC (9) – SMFC (16)
Turnovers: HCFC (81) – SMFC (66)
Balls into Final Third: HCFC (29) – SMFC (49)
Clearances: HCFC (22) – SMFC (17)

Hume City FC:
1. Chris OLDFIELD (GK), 4. Izzy ERDOGAN, 5. Petar FRANJIC, 6. Joe FRANJIC (22. Kaan KORKMAZ), 8. Jose GUERRERO, 9. Nick MARINOS (23. Devon BONNE), 10. Richie CARDOZO, 11. Kliment TASESKI (7. Ali TURGUT), 13. Shane REXHEPI, 17. Aaron TURNER, 39. Nick HEGARTY.

South Melbourne FC:
1. Jason SALDARIS (GK), 2. Tim MALA, 4. Michael EAGAR (C), 7. Nick EPIFANO (27. Leigh MINOPOULOS 78′), 8. Mathew THEODORE (15. Kobbie BOAHENE 87′), 9. Milos LUJIC, 10. Tyson HOLMES, 11. Brad NORTON, 12. Iqi JAWADI (3. Andrew MULLETT 89′), 14. James MUSA, 17. Jamie REED.

SMFC Man of the Match: Nick Epifano
Venue: Broadmeadows Valley Park
Date: Sunday 13 April 2014

South Melbourne FC can create history when it travels to Broadmeadows Valley Park to play against Hume City on Sunday afternoon. Three points for Chris Taylor’s side will break a Club record for the most consecutive away wins at the beginning of a League season (four wins).

South goes into the game having won their opening three National Premier League matches in 2014, with the most recent being the incredible 3-5 victory against Green Gully at Green Gully Reserve last Saturday afternoon. Centre-forward Milos Lujic scored a hat-trick in the opening 26 minutes of the match, with Jamie Reed and substitute Leigh Minopoulos scoring the other two goals. Despite the excellent result, Taylor was rightly concerned about the manner in which his side allowed Green Gully back in the match (with South having been 0-4 up at halftime) and will demand a much better defensive performance on Sunday.

Hume City head into Sunday’s match in indifferent form, having won their opening League fixture against Pascoe Vale (3-0 on 16 March) before suffering consecutive losses against Werribee City (1-2 on 30 March) and Dandenong Thunder (0-1 on 5 April). Sandwiched in between all of these results was a strong 5-0 victory against Casey Comets FC in the fourth round of the Dockerty Cup (22 March), so it is certainly fair to say that Lou Acevski’s side has had a mixed start to 2014. However with experienced Premier League players like Izzy Erdogan, Shane Rexhepi, Nick Hegarty, Nick Marinos and Richie Cardozo – plus former South man Kliment Taseski – on their roster, Hume will be a very tough side to defeat on Sunday.

In the corresponding fixture played last season (Sunday 19 May 2013), Hume City defeated South 3-2 at Broadmeadows Valley Park. Turhan Sumbul opened the scoring (25’) and Atilla Ofli doubled the home side’s advantage (28’) before Dimi Hatzimouratis pulled a goal back for South right on the halftime break with a penalty kick (45+1’). Shaun Kelly levelled the match at 2-2 with a strong header (58’) before Hume substitute Sean Canham won the match for the home side (81’) to complete the scoring.

The two sides have met at Broadmeadows Valley Park on four occasions and the honours are tied at two wins apiece. South’s best win at the venue was 6-0 on Sunday 25 April 2010 (with Gianni De Nittis scoring four goals), with Hume’s best win being 5-0 on Sunday 17 April 2011.

Sunday’s match kicks off at 3PM at Broadmeadows Valley Park.

By John Kyrou (Photo courtesy of John Punshon of Goal! Weekly)

Green Gully was defeated by South Melbourne FC 3-5 in an extraordinary match at Green Gully Reserve on Saturday afternoon that featured eight goals, two red cards and seven minutes of second-half injury time. Milos Lujic scored his first hat-trick for South as fellow forwards Jamie Reed and Leigh Minopoulos scored the other two goals.

Chris Taylor’s South Melbourne side travelled to Green Gully keen on winning for a second consecutive time at the venue, having won there 0-3 on the opening day of last season on Saturday 6 April 2013. The first half of Saturday’s match was practically perfect, with four goals in the opening half hour and with a halftime score that read 0-4 in favour of the visitors. South opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Gully goalkeeper Kieran Gonzalez could only parry Nick Epifano’s cross into Lujic’s path and he had no problem putting the ball into the back of the net. Lujic doubled his – and South’s – tally for the afternoon ten minutes later when Gonzalez’s attempted clearance of a back-pass rebounded off the big centre-forward and into the back of the net.

Lujic had his hat-trick after 26 minutes when he met Tyson Holmes’ low cross at the back post to easily score and give South an incredible 0-3 lead. It was 0-4 only five minutes later when Epifano played a lovely ball for Reed to run onto and chip the ball over the advancing Gonzalez and into the back of the net. Epifano himself could have scored virtually straight after the re-start after gaining possession of the ball and easily charging through Gully’s defence but his shot hit the post and was cleared. Gully had been completely bamboozled but slowly worked their way back into the match and almost made the score 1-4 before the break when Roddy Vargas’ header beat South goalkeeper Jason Saldaris but the ball hit the crossbar and stayed out.

The home side came out firing in the second half and pulled two goals back in the opening four minutes thanks to Matthew Sanders scoring a double. His first came when he got a connection to the ball following a strong forward run by Stephen Downes and his second arrived via a turn and shot on the left foot that beat Saldaris. With the score 2-4 after 49 minutes and with South now clearly rattled, Gully pressed forward with purpose and had Osagie Ederaro causing plenty of problems on the left side. With so much time left in the match, South needed to try and regain possession of the ball and slow the game down.

The away side got the break they needed after 65 minutes when Gonzalez unnecessarily kicked out at Lujic after the centre-forward had been flagged as offside but decided to try and get the ball past the goalkeeper anyway. What may have been a yellow card for Lujic for time-wasting was now a red card for Gonzalez and the momentum had swung back South’s way. In farcical scenes, Gully substituted reserve goalkeeper Dilen Ibrahim onto the field to replace Gonzalez but failed to sacrifice an outfield player and therefore tried to continue playing with 11 players on the field. The South bench – Taylor in particular – screamed out for the referee to do a head count and this eventually lead to Andy Vargas being the outfield player to be substituted.

The match calmed down following that incident but it flared up again four minutes from time when Downes was sent off for dissent. Downes initially went to sit down on the team bench before being ordered by the referee to go back into the change rooms. The referee then performed a head count to make sure that the home side actually had only 9 men on the park. With two less men on the field, a two goal deficit and time rapidly running out, everything looked to be going against Gully; however the home side remarkably pulled another goal back in the first minute of injury time when Vargas put the ball in the back of the net from a set piece. South supporters were fearing the worst when possession was gifted back to Gully following the kick-off but the nerves soon turned to relief in the fourth minute of injury time when Reed cut the ball back for the substitute Minopoulos to tuck away South’s fifth of the afternoon.

Post-match, Taylor was happy to take the three points but was disappointed in the manner that South allowed Gully to almost snatch an unthinkable draw. “In the first half we were fantastic but again we were sloppy with some of the goals we conceded…however three points is three points and we look forward to next week.” The win keeps South on top of the NPL ladder and continues its perfect 100% winning record in 2014, with three wins in the League and one in the Dockerty Cup.

The news was not as good in the NPL 20s, as Green Gully defeated South 2-0.

South travels to the newly refurbished Broadmeadows Valley Park next Sunday 13 April to face Hume City, with kick-off at 3PM. Victory over Hume will make it the first time in South’s 55 year history that it has won four consecutive away matches to begin a season.

FINAL SCORE: GREEN GULLY 3-5 SOUTH MELBOURNE (HT: 0-4)

Goal Scorers:
0-1: Milos Lujic (5′)
0-2: Milos Lujic (15′)
0-3: Milos Lujic (26′)
0-4: Jamie Reed (31′)
1-4: Matthew Sanders (47′)
2-4: Matthew Sanders (49′)
3-4: Roddy Vargas (90+1′)
3-5: Leigh Minopoulos (90+4′)

Key Stats (provided by Steven Orchard):
Shots: GG (17) – SMFC (18)
Turnovers: GG (73) – SMFC (55)
Balls into Final Third: GG (35) – SMFC (44)
Clearances: GG (12) – SMFC (15)

Green Gully:
1. Kieran GONZALEZ (GK) (sent off 65′), 2. Daniel JONES, 4. Mitchell BISSINGER, 5. Roddy VARGAS, 6. Stephen DOWNES (sent off 86′), 7. Jeffrey FLEMING (10. Jem BERKANT 85’), 8. Jason HAYNE, 12. Mathew SANDERS, 17. Andy VARGAS (23. Dilen IBRAHIM [GK] 67’), 20. Osagie EDERARO, 21. Brian VANEGA (16. Sean HARDING 45’).

South Melbourne FC:
1. Jason SALDARIS (GK), 2. Tim MALA, 4. Michael EAGAR, 7. Nick EPIFANO (27. Leigh MINOPOULOS 75’), 8. Mathew THEODORE (20. Slaven VRANESEVIC 90’), 9. Milos LUJIC, 10. Tyson HOLMES, 11. Brad NORTON (3. Andrew MULLETT 90+4’), 12. Iqi JAWADI, 14. James MUSA, 17. Jamie REED.

SMFC Man of the Match: Milos Lujic
Venue: Green Gully Reserve
Date: Saturday 5 April 2014

South Melbourne FC is seeking an Under 12 Goalkeeper to join our Youth ranks for the 2o14 NPL Season.

As part of the program each goalkeeper will also receive extensive specialised goalkeeper training.

To find out more or to apply email Matt at matthew@smfc.com.au.

By John Kyrou (Photo by Cindy Nitsos)

South Melbourne FC will look to continue its winning start to 2014 when it travels to Green Gully on Saturday afternoon. A win at Green Gully Reserve will give Chris Taylor’s side three consecutive League wins at the beginning of the season, matching Peter Tsolakis’ achievement at the beginning of 2013 and matching South’s best start to a League season since 1985.

Standing in the way will be a Green Gully side that has only been defeated at home by South only once in 28 years. That defeat came in the opening round of the League season last season (Saturday 6 April 2013) when goals from Brad Norton, Marinos Gasparis and Renco Van Eeken gave the away side a professional 0-3 victory. Gully won the return fixture at Lakeside Stadium 1-3 on Sunday 7 July before the two sides met again in the Elimination Final at Lakeside Stadium on Sunday 29 September. Following a tense 90 minutes without a goal – including a penalty save by Kieran Gonzalez from Norton – the match was won thanks to a 91st minute strike by Tyson Holmes that sent South through to the Semi Finals.

South won its second National Premier League game in succession this season when it defeated Port Melbourne 2-3 at SS Anderson Reserve last Friday night. Substitute Leigh Minopoulos won the game with strikes in the 80th and 83rd minutes. Green Gully won its opening round match 4-0 against Werribee City at Green Gully Reserve on Sunday 16 March before losing 1-0 against ten-man Dandenong Thunder at George Andrews Reserve last Saturday 29 March.

It will be interesting to see if Taylor changes his side on the weekend and gives starts to Minopoulos, James Musa, Kobbie Boahene or Andrew Mullett, all who started on the bench against Port Melbourne. Players to watch out for from Green Gully include the usual suspects in Jason Hayne, Osagie Ederaro, Matthew Sanders and the Vargas brothers (Andy and Roddy), with those players having given outstanding service to Gully over many seasons. Player-coach Jeffrey Fleming has also given fantastic service to Gully over many years and will no doubt have his side ready to give South another difficult matchon Saturday.

Saturday’s match kicks off at 3PM at Green Gully Reserve, with the NPL 20s kicking off at 1PM.

Last time we met – 2013 Elimination Final

By John Kyrou (Photo by Cindy Nitsos)

South Melbourne FC staged a remarkable fight-back to defeat Port Melbourne 2-3 at SS Anderson Reserve on Friday night. Substitute Leigh Minopoulos won the match for the away side, coming off the bench and scoring a double to secure the three points for the Blues.

The opening quarter of an hour of the match was all South, with the away side dominating possession and putting plenty of pressure on Port Melbourne’s defence. The opening goal arrived on 13 minutes, when Nick Epifano’s flick put Brad Norton through on the left side and his low cross was bundled into the net by Chris Grossman for an own goal. Shortly after, the post saved Port Melbourne from going 0-2 down as goalkeeper Alex Connell was beaten from a shot in the area. Port had been on the back foot during the opening 15-20 minutes but slowly began to work their way back into the contest and would have equalised had Jason Saldaris not made a fine one-on-one save. Eric Vassiliadis’ side eventually found the leveling goal seven minutes from halftime when Kevin Braniff found himself unmarked at the back post and headed the ball across Saldaris’ goal and into the far corner of the net.

The home side started the second half much better than South and deservedly went 2-1 ahead on 55 minutes. South Captain Michael Eagar couldn’t clear the danger properly and the ball was eventually played across to Kamal Ibrahim for the former South player to shoot low across Saldaris and into the back of the net. Port was now clearly on top of a rattled South, with Braniff especially having a very solid game and looking dangerous every time he had the ball. South Coach Chris Taylor reacted just after the hour mark by withdrawing Mathew Theodore and Epifano and replacing them with youngsters Kobbie Boahene and Minopoulos. The move paid off as both players drove South forward quickly, with Minopoulos not afraid to shoot at any opportunity.

With ten minutes remaining, Port’s players clearly began to tire and that was when South took their opportunities to score, though not without a massive slice of luck. Minopoulos leveled the scores at 2-2 on 80 minutes when he gained possession on the left side and cut in before firing a shot that took a big deflection and looped over a helpless Alex Connell and into the back of the net. The winner came three minutes later, when Minopoulos again cut in from the left side and side-stepped a defender before coolly slotting the ball past Connell to send the South fans behind that goal into a frenzy.

Post-match, Taylor was delighted with the result but noted that his side had been sloppy during the match. “We started very well…I wasn’t happy with the two soft goals we conceded but we did well to come back and win the game.” When asked about what he expected to get out of the next two matches (tough away trips to Green Gully and Hume City), Taylor matter-of-factly replied “six points.”

The NPL 20s match was also a high scoring affair, with Port Melbourne coming from 1-2 down in the final ten minutes to defeat South Melbourne 4-3. Stefan Zinni scored a double for South and Josh Markovski scored the other goal for the away side.

Next Saturday afternoon, South travel to Green Gully Reserve to take on Green Gully. Kick-off is at 3PM.

FINAL SCORE: PORT MELBOURNE 2-3 SOUTH MELBOURNE (HT: 1-1)

Goal Scorers:
0-1: Chris Grossman Own Goal (13′)
1-1: Kevin Braniff (38′)
2-1: Kamal Ibrahim (55′)
2-2: Leigh Minopoulos (80′)
2-3: Leigh Minopoulos (83′)

Key Stats (provided by Steven Orchard):
Shots: PMSC (8) – SMFC (13)
Saves: PMSC (4) – SMFC (4)
Corners: PMSC (2) – SMFC (12)
Balls into final third: PMSC (21) – SMFC (47)
Clearances: PMSC (21) – SMFC (12)

Port Melbourne:
21. Alex CONNELL (GK), 3. James RICCOBENE, 4. John LAZARIDIS (2. Andrew VIOLA 81’), 5. Nick TZOULIS, 6. Chris GROSSMAN, 7. Amadu KOROMA, 9. Kevin BRANIFF, 10. Luka PRELEVIC (12. Konstantinos STOUMPOS 70’), 14. Kamal IBRAHIM, 18. Joshua KWEIFIO-OKAI (11. Nicholas KROUSOURATIS 64’), 27. Andrew MILICEVIC.

South Melbourne FC:
1. Jason SALDARIS (GK), 2. Tim MALA, 4. Michael EAGAR, 6. Dimi TSIARAS (14. James MUSA 74’), 7. Nick EPIFANO (15. Kobbie BOAHENE 64’), 8. Mathew THEODORE (27. Leigh MINOPOULOS 64’), 9. Milos LUJIC, 10. Tyson HOLMES, 11. Brad NORTON, 12. Iqi JAWADI, 17. Jamie REED.

SMFC Man of the Match: Leigh Minopoulos
Venue: SS Anderson Reserve
Date: Friday 28 March 2014

South Melbourne FC is excited to advise that McClure’s Office Supplies will join its portfolio of Principal Partners for the 2014 National Premier League Victoria season.

McClure’s Office Supplies is an Australian-owned company of stationery and office supply products based in Fairfield. As one of Australia’s largest business-to-business office suppliers, McClure’s Office Supplies stores cater for a broad range of customers including small to medium enterprises, educational institutions and personal customers. McClure’s Office Supplies stocks an extensive range of stationery, technology and furniture, in addition to complete office solutions such as canteen, janitorial and printing services.

McClure’s Office Supplies will be South Melbourne’s exclusive stationery and printing partner for the new season.

Speaking to smfc.com.au, SMFC Corporate Sales Director Nicholas Maikousis said “McClure’s Office Supplies joins a growing list of principal partners who have joined South this season. This is a result of the hard work the Sales Team has put in to expand the Club’s corporate base. We look forward to forging a long-term partnership with McClure’s Office Supplies”.

By John Kyrou (Photo by Cindy Nitsos)

South Melbourne FC returns to National Premier League action on Friday night when it travels to SS Anderson Reserve to play Port Melbourne in a local derby.

South will go into the game in winning form, having opened its NPL season with a 3-0 victory over Heidelberg United on 13 March before backing that up with a 1-0 victory against Sunshine George Cross in the Fourth Round of the Dockerty Cup on 22 March. With two wins and two clean sheets to start 2014, Coach Chris Taylor will be expecting that the good form continues on Friday night. Port Melbourne goes into the game having drawn 2-2 with Dandenong Thunder in the League on 14 March before losing 0-3 against Northcote City on 22 March to bow out of Cup contention in 2014.

The away side will go into the game as the favourites, however what should not be taken lightly is the fact that Port Melbourne has enjoyed an excellent head-to-head record against South across all competitions. In the four games played between the two sides, Port Melbourne has won three, with South winning only once. As a State League One side, Port Melbourne knocked South out of the Dockerty Cup in both 2011 and 2012, both times in the Fifth Round and both times by the same score (2-1). In its first season back in the Victorian Premier League in 2013, Port defeated South 0-1 at Lakeside Stadium on Sunday 30 June. South finally defeated Port Melbourne when it won 0-4 at SS Anderson Reserve on the final day of the season on Sunday 22 September, with the win guaranteeing South a spot in the 2013 finals series at Port’s expense.

The players to watch out for in Eric Vassiliadis’ side are former South player Kamal Ibrahim and Lambros Honos, with Honos being the player that scored Port’s winning goal against South at Lakeside Stadium last season. Other key players include Nick Tzoulis (formerly of Northcote City), James and Phillip Riccobene (with James being a former South player) and vice captain Chris Grossman. For South, there are no major injury concerns and it is expected that Taylor has a full squad to choose from. It will be interesting to see who lines up in defence for South on Friday, as Brad Norton (left back) and Dimi Tsiaras (centre-back) started against Heidelberg in the League before being replaced by Andrew Mullett (left back) and James Musa (centre-back) in the starting line-up for the George Cross Cup match. Up front, it is expected that Jamie Reed will start alongside centre-forward Milos Lujic, who came on as a substitute in the Cup last weekend.

Friday night’s match kicks off at 8:30PM at SS Anderson Reserve.

Last time we met

South Melbourne FC is pleased to announce A Cleaner World has joined its portfolio of new Principal Partners for the 2014 National Premier League Victoria season, with its logo proudly featuring on the left sleeve of the playing shirt.

A Cleaner World was established approximately twenty years ago, and operates nationwide. The organisation provides a complete cleaning service for all serviced industries on a scheduled basis. Furthermore, it also provides a complete property maintenance service, from domestic though to commercial properties, and also has clearly defined quality system to ISO 9001 and an experienced management team to ensure all customer expectations are met.

A Cleaner World provides services to a variety of customers. It originally commenced cleaning hotels and clubs and has branched out at a national level to many different segments including:

• Health and Aged Care
• Housekeeping – Four and Five Star hotels
• Hotels, Pubs, Restaurants and Clubs
• Property Industry
• Child Care Centres
• Event Management
• Shopping Centres

Speaking to smfc.com.au, SMFC General Manager Peter Kokotis said “we are excited to welcome A Cleaner World to the South Melbourne family. They are a large organisation that offers quite a broad suite of products and services to meet all requirements. I ask all South fans and members to get behind our sponsors”.