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FOOTY JAPAN KNOCKOUT CUP 05/06
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GAME OVER.... for now.
Eternal Sun Shane of the Spot Kick Mind
Geckoes’ Tails Remain Intact.
Sala Finally Break Hibs Jinx
Shane Blow into Plate Finals
GOLDMisato, Sat 21st April. The Geckoes took on BFC in the first of the Footy Japan Cup Semi Finals at Misato on Saturday. Even though BFC started the game with just 11 players and one of them was hungover, as runaway league leaders they were very much the favourites for the match and were no doubt expecting an easy route to the final. more... Geckoes end BFC cup runOi Futo, Thursday 15th March. A bare-bones BFC were knocked out of the Footy Japan Cup in the semi-finals after a 2-1 defeat by a determined Geckoes side. A horrible pitch, no subs and a dodgy golden goal winner were no excuse. Uniting for UNICEF
No Questions About Draw for Semis.Oi Futo, Thursday 15th March. Proving it was just the luck of the draw, the Semi Final pairings of BFC vs Geckoes & Sala vs Hibs was made by members of the OiFuto Chusen squad (whilst unsuccessfully trying to book grounds!) . BFC Go Logo in Tough Vags WinOi Futo 1, Sat 3rd March. Two goals from captain Jon Day and a long-range blast from new boy Garry Robertson gave freshly logo-ed BFC a hard-earned 3-1 win over BFC Vagabonds in the Footy Japan Cup quarter-finals. The Magic of the Cup.Misato, Sun 25th Feb. For the first time in 2007 the Geckoes were able to have a mostly full strength squad for the Footy Japan Cup game v the Kanto Celts. In what was expected to be a close game, the Geckoes were after revenge for their 2-1 reversal a few weeks ago and were somewhat pleased to see that a few of the Celts had been out to watch the rugby the previous night. more ... Some of it Sticks for BEFCOi Futo 1, Sat 17th Feb. Throw enough sh!t at a wall and some of it will stick, as the old adage goes. This was obviously an approach that the Embassy had chosen to adopt on Saturday as they squared up to Zion FC in the first round of the Plate Competition. And when the final whistle finally sounded and the last of the Oifuto dirt had settled they had amassed an impressive haul of four goals to Zion’s one. However, there was certainly a lot of sh!t flung at the Zion goal in the process. more ... Hibs move onto SemifinalOi Futo 2, Sat 11th Feb. Late Sunday night at Oifuto, Swiss and Hibs lined up for their quarterfinal of the Cup – no one there to see a game that was billed as “one of the biggest games of the season”. It is immensely convenient that the league organizer – of Sala - scheduled it as a quarterfinal thus easing his team’s entry into a semi-final as they are likely to beat middle of the 2nd division Mauritzio; but, it is the Cup and you do have to beat everyone to win it, some just have an easier path than others. more from Swiss ... You can’t win the league with kids…
BFC to play with themselves in quarter finals of CupTokyo, Thu 19th Jan. The quarter-final round of the Footy Japan Cup will see one of Hibs or current holders Swiss Kickers eliminated. Both team would've fancied their chances of progressing on to the finals of this competition, but this will not come to pass. With YCAC knocked out of the cup competition early on, there's a sense amongst the other finalists that there's everything to play for. In one interesting draw BFC will go up against their very own second team BFC Vagabonds in a match that will undoubtedly see no holds barred. The recent form of Maritizio will certainly give Sala lots to think about in their quarter-final match-up and Celts vs. Geckoes could well be one of the games of the season. Full draw ... Suzuki Drives Swiss Home.
Jets fly out of the FJ Cup.Hachioji Park, Sat 16th Dec. The last TML game for the Jets before the Winter break was a Cup fixture against the league leading Tokyo Hibs. Would this match be a precursor to the Internacional –Barca World Club Cup upset or Gutrot’s West Ham’s unlikely win against Man U? Well, unfortunately, the Jets were without our #1 keeper Kosuke, our two central defenders, several useful midfielders, and last year’s leading striker. more from Jets ... Tomo Strike Sees Hibs Past Jets.Hachioji Park, Sat 16th Dec. The Jets were well up for this game with the opportunity to progress in the cup clearly a prize worth getting stuck in for. They had a fit and physical squad who did not give an inch and worked their socks off all game. The Hibs have played probably 5 or 6 games at Hachioji and we had yet to put in a performance that we were happy with. more from Hibs ... GeckoesCruise to Another Cup Victory.Todoroki, Sun 10th Dec. The Geckoes took the field against Zion on Sunday, Dec. 10th for a first round Footy Japan Cup match. The field being a nice grass surface at Todoroki, however unfortunately because of work being done to one side of the field the pitch was effectively cut in half which made it very narrow and difficult to have any width at all. more ... Vags Claw Way Back to Cup Victory.
OiFuto, Sun 10th Dec. Somebody else is down to write the official report but I was moved (after 8 beers) to write something myself about today’s adventure at oi futo. Geckoes Overcome OG to Slide into Next Round.
YC&AC Leave AFC WanderingYC&AC, Sun 26th Nov. AFC played this cup game with a noticeably weakened team and despite battling admirably from start to finish were overcome by an “experimental” YCAC side. YCAC veteran Damian Hart was dropped after provocatively arriving at the game in a pair of tight crocodile skin trousers (this is not a joke - for the love of God why?) as the talented but raw Steve Taw replaced him in the centre of defence (if that is the right word). more ... Sala Drift into Next Round...Todoroki, Sat 18th Nov. At a charming Todoroki park (sans penalty boxes and symmetrical goalposts) on Saturday night, Sala came up against a team named after a theoretical pre-historic super-continent for the first time in club history. Big Guns to Face Off in FJ Cup.Tokyo, Tues 7th Nov. 20 teams this year will do battle in the 4th Footy Japan Wall Street Associates Cup - 19 of them will be gunning to stop the Swiss Kickers claiming the cup for a fourth consecutive time. The Swiss will meet the winner of the preliminary match up between YCAC 1st XI and AFC Wanderers meaning that one of the big guns will be departing the tournament early doors. With the losers of the preliminary and first round games going into a Plate competition there's a lot more football to be played in this season's cup competition. more ... Typhoon Washes Soccer from HG Calendar.Kanda University Sun 8th October 2006. A strong typhoon that brought days of rain, did enough damage to cause the Footy 7's & 6's to be cancelled. This year both tournaments had been relegated to the dirt pitch at KUIS, due to more space being required for childrens games. With a constant barrage of rain on the preceding Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, the pitch was a muddy quagmire and a decision to cancel had to be made. Of course after the cancellation, 'Sod's Law' kicked in and it was sunny all weekend and the Scottish Games themselves went ahead, albeit in gale force winds that flattened tents & sent up dust clouds. Hopefully by next year, KUIS will have an artificial pitch so cancellation won't come into the equation. To make up for the missed 7's, Footy Japan has decided to organize a New Years 7's on the beautiful new turf pitch at Oi Futo on January 7th. For all the info click here. 24th Japan Scottish Highland Games to kick off Early.This year the Highland Games will be held on Sunday October 8th, 3 weeks earlier than most years. It will again be held at the Kanda University of International Studies in Makuhari after last years very successful event there. Again this year we are planning to have a 7-a-side main event and 6-a-side masters football tournament alongside all the Scottish traditional sports. For all details of the soccer and registration, please click here   
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Friday, 29th June, Legends Sports Bar Roppongi,
Hachioji Park, Sun 17th June. The 1980 Olympic Ice Hockey Finals, Buster Douglas versus Mike Tyson, Inverness Caledonian Thistle versus Celtic, and now The Footy Japan Plate Final. Sport has always been the theatre of the bizarre, the extreme and the upset. 
Misato, Sat 9th June. A determined Wall Street Geckoes team emerged comfortable victors over a dispirited Sala FC, in the final of the Wall Street Associates/Footy Japan Cup, played on a bumpy field in Misato on Saturday. 
Hachioji Park, Sat 28th April. On a beautiful spring morning at Hachioji Sala FC finally accomplished two things that had been a long time coming – beating Hibs and advancing to the final of the Cup. Hibs have been somewhat of a bogey team for Sala over the past few seasons, the main reason being their inability to find a way past the intimidating figure of Hitoshi in goals. At the station he looks much like any other bloke but upon donning the orange jersey and stepping across the white line he suddenly becomes an 8 foot tall colossus capable of denying the best strikers in Japan, all of whom happen to play for Sala. 
Misato, Sunday 22nd April. Bob Dylan once sang, "The answers my friend, are blowing in the wind." Well, it was mainly plastic bags and sand that were blowing in Misato on Sunday as Shane FC took on Armanis for a place in the final of the Footy Japan Plate. 
YC&AC, Wednesday 21st March. 19-teams, a notable number of which were not from the Tokyo Metropolis League, took to the YC&AC turf at the crack of dawn on Wednesday March 21st, 2007, to do battle in the 3rd Footy Japan/YC&AC Charity 6’s Football Tournament. 
Oi Futo 1, Sat 10th Feb. Sala eased into the semi-finals of the cup with a convincing 4-1 scoreline over Maritizio, but the performance left a bit to be desired.
Oi Chou Rinkai Koen, Sunday, 7th January 2007. 24 teams, many playing outside the Tokyo Metropolis League, converged on the Oifuto Astroturf to do battle in what is set to become one of the biggest Footy Japan organized tournaments on the annual calendar. YCAC, the Swiss, Hibs, Sala and BFC arrived fielding notably strong squads, but due to the expansive size of the pitches (causing the 3/4 sized goals to appear as mere specks on the horizon at times) any of the teams who capitalized on their goal-scoring chances, sporadic as they might be, would have a good chance of leaving the competition clutching silverware. 
