After we broke the Blarney Stone with St. Patrick’s Day-esque numbers for first kick, the Southsiders are back in action this Saturday as the Whitecaps head to BBVA Compass Stadium to take on the Dynamo!

Festivities kick off at Blarney Stone at 2pm, with the match starting at 3pm.  ALL AGES WELCOME!

There will be prize giveaways from Guinness & Magners and Burn Your Bill will be in effect! Membership and Merchandise tables will be available during the away viewing.

If you didn’t get a chance to check out our new venue this past weekend, it’s absolutely worth joining the Southsiders this Saturday to see what Blarney Stone has to offer us in 2018!

If you have any feedback about your experience at first kick, please do not hesitate to email Aaryn at events@vancouversouthsiders.ca.

Details at a Glance

WHAT: Whitecaps Away Viewing | Houston vs. Vancouver
WHERE: The Blarney Stone Pub | 216 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC
WHEN: March 10^th, 2:00 – 5:00p

Food Specials

• Ruben Sandwich: Warm corned beef with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese & Dijon mustard on crispy rye (Add a Kaylin & Hobbs pickle for $2 each. Ask your server for available flavours) | $14
• Pesto Chicken Flatbread: Pulled chicken with tomatoes, feta & mozzarella cheese on a basil pesto crispy flatbread | $13
• Crispy Prawn Salad: Mixed greens, avocado, tomato, tossed with a champagne vinaigrette | $14
• The Finnigan: Free run over-easy egg, avocado, grilled tomato, American cheddar, on a buttered English muffin (Add smoked bacon, Guinness sausage, or hash browns for $2 each) | $6
• Blarney Garden Wrap: Roasted marketplace vegetables, arugula, with roasted pepper sauce | $12

Drink Specials

• Sunday Gulf Island SouthCIDER | $6.75
• Steamworks Flagship IPA | $6.50
• Guinness | $7.25
• Red Truck Lager | $6.25
• Budweiser | $5.75
• Alexander Keiths IPA | $5.75
• Jameson shots | $5.75
• Irish Caesars: Traditional Caesar kicked up a notch with a splash of Guinness | $5.75

Our group photographer Duncan Nicol is back for another season of taking photos for the Vancouver Southsiders.

We’ve got photos from our new Partner Pub The Blarney Stone, The March to the Match from Victory Square and all the action from the Southsiders section. Enjoy!!

The Photo album is available on our Southsiders Facebook page or Flickr Page.

As a bonus, here’s the 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Intro Video

New Southsiders Pub The Blarney Stone

The day we’ve all been waiting for is FINALLY here! First kick for the 2018 season is Sunday March 4th as your Vancouver Whitecaps take on the Montreal Impact at BC Place!

The Southsiders will officially kick off the season at The Blarney Stone starting at 11am. All-ages welcome!

Membership and Merchandise tables will be open at Blarney Stone from 11am to 1:30pm. If you have any questions regarding either, please contact Brendan at membership@vancouversouthsiders.ca or
merchandise@vancouversouthsiders.ca.

Let’s give the Blarney Stone an official Southsiders welcome and fill it to capacity on Sunday!

Let’s get LOUD, cheer our boys in Blue and Whi….err, GREY on to victory and bring home 3 points!

March to the Match

First kick is upon us and what would the home match day experience be without a March to the Match?!

After our partner pub announcement, many of you had questions about the March and we are happy to report that earlier today we were finally able to finalize the route!

On Sunday March 4th, the Southsiders will be marching from Victory Square with special guest March Leader, Whitecaps Legend Carl Valentine! The March to the Match will depart at 1:45pm from the corner of Hamilton & West Pender, heading southbound on Hamilton to Robson Street / Whitecaps Way and into BC Place via Terry Fox Plaza.

Food and Drink Specials

Need a little extra incentive to come check out our new Home of the Southside, the Blarney Stone, on Sunday March 4th?

• Stuffed French Toast: Sourdough stuffed with cream cheese and strawberries, fried golden brown. Served with real maple Syrup and whipped cream | $11
• Breakfast Poutine: Crispy hash browns covered with mixed cheese, tomatoes, green onions, & 2 sunny side up eggs | $10
• Irish BAP: Fried egg, Irish back bacon, cheddar, on an english muffin. Served with home fries | $8
• Beggars Breakfast: Two eggs (scrambled, fried, or poached) served with home fries, and your choice of Irish bacon, bacon or sausage | $8
• Irish Breakfast: Two eggs (scrambled, fried, or poached), served with home fries, grilled tomato, banger sausage, Irish bacon, black pudding | $12
• Seared Ahi Tuna Salad: Sesame crusted Ahi loin on a bed of mixed greens w/ tomato cucumber & a sherry vinaigrette | $14
• Pesto Chicken Flatbread: Pulled chicken with tomatoes, feta, & mozzarella cheese on basil pesto crispy flat bread | $13
• FREE PANCAKES FOR ALL KIDS 13 AND UNDER!

Drink Specials

• SouthCIDER: Sunday’s Gulf Island Cider | $6.50
• Steamworks IPA | $6.25
• Guinness | $7.25
• Red Truck Lager | $6.25
• Budweiser | $5.75
• Alexander Keith’s IPA | $5.75
• Shots of Jameson | $5.75
• Irish Caesars (Traditional Caesar kicked up a notch with a splash of Guinness) | $5.75

First Kick Parking Situation

Worried about parking for first kick? Here’s some info for you:

The parking partnership with Advance Parking is still valid at Metropolitan Towers on Nelson and Seymour for $6 from 10am to midnight on match days. There are Southsider rates for non-match days as well. Please check our Membership benefits page when logged into the site for full details. If you need a code, please contact Aaryn at events@vancouversouthsiders.ca

If you’re looking for parking close to our new partner pub in Gastown, the Easy Park lot at 107 East Cordova offers a $6.50 rate for 6am to 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays ($8 flat rate from 6pm to 6am.) The Easy Park lot is gated from midnight on Saturday nights to 8am Sunday mornings and from 10pm Sunday night to 8am on Monday so please be aware that if you park there for first kick, you WILL have to pick up your vehicle before 10pm.

We will keep you updated on whether Advance Parking is able to open up any additional spots closer to Blarney Stone as information becomes available to us.

Southsiders GA – Single Game Tickets

The Southsiders are selling single game tickets to the Southsiders GA section $37 for members $39.50 for non-members. (this is matching TM face value with as minimal fee for non-members as possible) There will be a members only pre-sale period for each game, Montreal is open for public now.

http://vancouversouthsiders.ca/shop/matchticket

Home match tickets in the Southsiders section of BC Place Section 252-253 in our GA area. Tickets will be available for download 2-3 days before the game. Individual ticket holder names must be registered for each ticket. The GA “section” is the majority of seats (120+) from the following area: Section 252 Row G-V Seats 101-107 and Section 253 Row G-V Seats 1-7.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual General Meeting. Your newly elected executive board for 2018 is as follows:

Secretary: Peter Czimmerman

Treasurer: Catherine Alderson

Members At Large: Brendan Beynon, Darcie Kerr, Aaryn Vivian

Ombudsperson: Aidan Rantoul

Your President is Aaryn Vivian and your Vice President is Peter Czimmerman.

Thank you to departing board members Dylan Callow and John Knox. They along with member Greg Petrie were unsuccessful candidates this time around, and we appreciate them for stepping forward.

Final thanks go to outgoing Ombudsperson Andrew Van Eden, who did not seek re-election. Thank you for your guidance and for representing our members so well!

Almost year ago, the 2016 executive board asked the members to make significant changes to our leadership structure, reducing the number of board positions in an attempt to entrust some of their responsibilities to the membership, and to encourage everybody to step up. And step up you all did!

Nothing pleases me more than reading heartfelt thank you notes (PART 1, PART 2, and PART 3) written by the three key board members to conclude their season and acknowledge members for giving their valuable time to make the Southside a successful community and a strong group, rising to new heights. I’d also like to thank Mike Perzel, Axel Gustav, Dim McNami for pitching in with the IT Crowd and Rebecca Contant for her help with away ticket arrangements.

Having the 2017 closing on us, I would like to express my utmost gratitude and appreciation, and thank Aaryn Vivian, Andrew Van Eden, Darcie Kerr, Dylan Callow and John Knox for their hard work and support throughout this challenging year. Despite what happened on the pitch, we can all look back at 2017 with a smile and a sense of accomplishment, because of YOU.

Thank you & köszönöm.

Peter Czimmermann
President & Club Secretary
Vancouver Southsiders