Football Belongs | Macedonian Community

A National Soccer League giant, and cultural epicentre for Macedonians in Australia.
In the first of our 14-part Football Belongs series, we explore Preston Lions Football Club in Melbourne's north, the heartbeat for its migrant community.
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[@muhammedPies]

I'm Turkish and I grew up playing in the youth academy for Preston Lions. Great winning memory!

[@brayanemmett702]

instablaster

[@versaarchi]

Great to see this from Optus, long live Macedonia!

[@Abccba-uk5dg]

Funny Valentines Baklava Shop Macedonia is Albanian🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@versaarchi]

@Abc123 321cba do you have evidence for this claim

[@GeorgiosB1905]

Macedonia is Greek

[@versaarchi]

@G Bit prove it, I’d like to here you “new” argument for this.

[@rhymesrnb]

@@Abccba-uk5dg very funny macedonia is macedonia and albania dont recognize minorities..

[@Јордан-р1ы]

Love from Macedonia to you guys!

[@mircebob]

The biggest club outside of Macedonia - this is our story Preston Lions Makedonia FC! #pmfc47

[@Curva_West]

Bit off topic, but the memory I have of Preston was in the 80’s & 90’s, when the team got their tops made locally at the sports shop in Resa.....real local community feel.⚽️

[@kochstevens3210]

what a great club? when playing clubs like Croatia/Hellas? we always drew massive crowd's..& the atmosphere?..electric..memories that will last forever..

[@Mr23barca]

MAKEDONIJA FOREVER ❤️ 🇲🇰

[@Bobstamaco]

Love this 🇲🇰🇲🇰

[@petarjoshev6138]

During the times of King Philip of Macedon(Macedonia).Greece-Albania-Serbia-Bulgaria did not Exist even under the Ottoman Empire they still called it MAKEDON OR MAKEDONYA WE ARE PRESTON(MAKEDONIA)LIONS FC👌❤️💪

[@adrianugrinovski]

ADJE MAKEDONIJA

[@tomcooper8363]

I play for Preston’s under 12s and it’s such a good club!

[@LOCOftbl]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! being an Argentinian living in Au, this is what I miss the most from home.I can totally understand how they feel about their club. Hope one day I can find a new love (club) like this one in Sydney.

[@robbnaum2028]

IF U ever come to Melbourne your very welcome to attend a Preston Lions FC game as our guest my friend.

[@kimovski29]

Rockdale Ilinden mate :) another Macedonian club but in Sydney

[@steveglaveski9197]

Great to see Optus showcase PMFC but I feel like they didn’t put much thought into the video to capture the true essence of this club or its history. “Let’s just interview a few people (and not seem to ask them any provocative questions), slap on some inspiring background music and loop in a video montage of the fans”. - Director

[@rhymesrnb]

If i one day come to australia i must watch a game from this team great team 🇲🇰

[@robbnaum2028]

Your very much welcome to attend my friend.

[@juliusnepos6013]

The Kit of the mecedonian team is one of the most beautiful i have seen

[@GoceDelcevMKD]

🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

[@jamesboss1234]

Long Live Preston Makedonia! na na na na... MAKEDONiA!!! 👌

[@cistamakedonija8210]

NIKOGAS SEVERNA - SAMO MAKEDONIJA

[@GoceDelcevMKD]

Bravo momak

[@aleksandratoseski639]

beautiful

[@juliantasevski4295]

Preston Macedonia this is who we are!!

[@lshtorts1420]

MAKEDONIJA🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

[@cvetkopopov9893]

I still live in the other heartland king tom "KT having produced no less then 40 former Auzzie reps" marcorni & bonnyrigge serb club though the macedonian eagles cabramatta /canley vale well booted out of the sport/ soccer /wog ball as widely refered to as Registered late 1960searly 70s macedonia heritage true identity worlds best kept secret human history much older then they have us all believe such is life Cool pasion video Have a gr8t day CMP...

[@cistamakedonija8210]

Македонија!!!!

[@fillybeats6355]

🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

[@SrbKuc]

Sekulovski"s great-grandfather is from Borovo-Jablanica? And he is wearing a šajkaca? 😊 🇷🇸

[@revalationrevaltion9291]

I was in love for Preston mak.since 80 ss I was that drummer at games I would make 20 Macedonian flags from my doll$ lol and give flags away to people behind the goals. I would make signs about Doug brown Mr lane always had flares lol. Miss thoes days bad

[@johangruevski365]

Such a recent comment did u watch south game? I might know u I play at Preston such a good club

[@revalationrevaltion9291]

@@johangruevski365 in 80 s and then in 90 s I had the macro. Army jacket beared like a cave man .lol. in 80 s was the drummer loved it

[@revalationrevaltion9291]

@@johangruevski365 I wore a maco. Army jacket.

[@revalationrevaltion9291]

@@johangruevski365 to be honest I break down with tears where has all good time gone. In 80 s I never missed a training night

[@revalationrevaltion9291]

@@johangruevski365 I remb days we chased Greeks they ran like girls we never backed away

[@millerchassis6119]

Hello Optus sport I like the idea of these series. But looking at some of the comments it reminds me why they removed ethic roots when they started the A league. I preferred the NSL but sometimes. Didn’t feel welcome in the crowd. Regardless of what team I was supporting.

[@aekathens1996]

They got the title wrong. Should have read Football Belongs - Bulgarian Community.

[@aekathens1996]

@@vmro9446 Можете ли да разберете какво казвам? hahahahha

[@aekathens1996]

@@vmro9446 sorry Bruv I don’t understand Bulgarian

[@dark698701]

ФФМ 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰💪💪💪💪

[@clivedenpress690]

it is north macedonia NOT macedonia

[@RU-Aussie]

Glad Macedonia is in your head. Sleep well

[@barrycade9803]

Is this a Greek club? It seems they are using/stole Phillip of Macedon's star symbol. Perhaps they need to brush up on their history.

[@Macedonian_91]

Why do you come on a football video to talk about politics?

[@RU-Aussie]

Macedonia living rent free in your little head.

[@mrporsche4236]

There is everything in greece except a greek. The country didnt exist before 1831 just look at any map. Maps dont lie

[@aussiegreek4993]

70 years ago on a world map it showed yugoslavia no independent states.See this is why the nsl got abolished because you don’t call it preston but makedonia.

[@pain9457]

Македонија На Македонците

[@konstantinos.m2405]

According to United Nations there is no county under the name Macedonia. There is only North Macedonia, a slavic state, where Northmacedonians live totally unrelated to Macedonians living in Greece,who are Greeks as are Cretans Thessalians,Spartans etc.

[@RumenNaumovski]

fuck off

[@konstantinos.m2405]

@@RumenNaumovski What's your problem? That's the reality. Instead of saying "fuck off" to me, go say that to your sellout politicians.The Prespa Agreement is IRREVOCABLE. In the UN your country name is under letter "N" . "Macedonia" is dead.

[@user-xe1ol7xh4i]

@@konstantinos.m2405 If you are Greek you are a Orthodox Turk very simple you are not native to the Balkans. The 3 primary ancestral groups of the Balkans are Illyrians, Macedonians and Thracians. The Greeks in the south are simply Arab/Asians no relation to the ancient greeks this has been proven may times by many scholars and DNA. This is why you find Greeks braking everyday because they are confused to much admixture is making them go crazy 😂

[@user-xe1ol7xh4i]

@@konstantinos.m2405 Prespa agreement is made buy government officials not the people, they can name the country whatever they like they can change the flag to whatever they like but the Macedonian legacy will remain it's something you can never change it it's embedded in the blood of the Macedonian people carried on through generations.

[@konstantinos.m2405]

@@user-xe1ol7xh4i The Prespa Agreement is IRREVOCABLE. You will sit tight and see your propaganda collapsing. Your children in school finally will learn that the ancinet kingdom of Macedonia is ,was and will be Hellenic forever. All the statues in Northmacedonia representing ancient Greeks like Alexander the Great and his father Philip will have inscription at the bottom explaining that the statues belong to Hellenic culture and legacy. There is no country on this planet named "Macedonia", go to letter "N" in the UN catalogue to find your slavic country!LOL! https www. un.org/en/member-states/#gotoN

[@theface8997]

I wonder why they never went back-leeche's-!!!!

[@Sonofserbia]

back to yugoslavia

[@pabloseshcobar2597]

I went to Serbia to piss on your king Alexander’s grave

[@RU-Aussie]

R bombs still falling on Serbia?

[@greekboutso9450]

North Macedonian* 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@petarjoshev6138]

Slimy Troll 😈

[@jimmybar11]

Settling up an investment that would benefit you is something one would be aiming towards. I wasn’t really a fan of online business because I have actually been doubting this all my life because I have been taken before by several scammers. But after my encounter with AUSTIN my prospective of online trade changes and I I’m now a millionaire from bitcoin

[@jimmybar11]

[phone]

[@harryathanasiadis]

These people have a lot of passion I love it but just don’t claim false history brothers read the facts and accept and appreciate your own history not 🇬🇷 unless it’s in your DNA which it could be go check 😉💖

[@adzijevkiril8844]

Anciant Macedonians were ruled by king and anciant greeks hate thet so how can Macedonia be Greece, you greece are starving for rich history be happy with eho you are and let MAKEDONIJA breeth🇲🇰🇲🇰

[@gocestojanovski3723]

DO YOU KNOW YOUR dna? Check it, definitely not Greek..!!

[@cvetkopopov4943]

A league stuffed up grass roots football bring back nsl just change the s to f nfl

[@jaycartwright7205]

Bear story was immature and stupid

[@Abccba-uk5dg]

Macedonia has always been illyrian(ancient albania)🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@gjergjkastrioti7626]

Abc123 321cba 🇦🇱❤️

[@hussbetweenthesticks725]

Abc123 321cba shiptar to pitchki

[@JP-wh7qf]

Eat shit shkipi.

[@robbnaum2028]

Jadi kurac Shiptar

[@petarjoshev6138]

🤣🤣🤣You stupid Lochka

[@shvercershverceri3628]

Macedonia is Albanian🇦🇱

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

No, actually 2 separate countries., 😉geographiclly seen.

[@pain9457]

абее да ти ебаам шиптарот глууп

[@gocestojanovski3723]

You wish....Ti si Shiptar

[@shvercershverceri3628]

🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@hussbetweenthesticks725]

Shvercer Shverceri shiptar ti pitchki