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FOOTY JAPAN NEWS

Patana International School, Bangkok. May 31st~June 1st.
PHOTO GALLERY
For the second year in a row, the Footy Japan select team bowed out in the semi-finals of the Tesco Lotus Bangkok 7's, this year at the hands of the All Star team.
An Ian Rush goal was all that separated the 2 teams after a tight match in which Lee Sharpe hit the upright and a shot from FJ's USAF pilot 'Juice', rolled agonizingly past the post.  More...
FJ.

Whaam Bam Thank You Maam!

Hachioji Park, Sunday 3rd May.
Whaam bam thank you maam sums up a calamitous almost frightfully hard fought plate semi affair between the div 1 underachievers Sala and their opposition div 2 landsliders FC Int. The sultry conditions served up a plate full of steamy action culminating in a 1 – 1 deadlock at the end of normal time, only for Sala to clinch the deal on penalties 4 – 2.  More...
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Footy Japan Charity 7's Football Tournament
Friday, March 20th 2009.

The new 3rd generation astroturf pitch at YC&AC was the saviour of this years Charity tournament after torrential rain hit as the captains were about to make the draw. Players ran for cover, schedules, league table & other paperwork got soaked, but once the rain was over, unlike last year the playing surface was immaculate.
17 teams battled it out over 8 hours but it was Division 1 strugglers, British Embassy FC and Footy Japan's own BFA coaches who walked off with the Silverware.
Remarkably, even in these times of economic recession we were still able to raise over ¥300,000 for Billy & Jeannie’s Children’s Foundation, thanks to all those who showed support.  More...
FJ.

Hibs on Track for Treble

Hachioji Park, Sunday 7th March.
Just as Alex Ferguson’s Man Utd are still in the running to win five trophies this season, so the Hibs remain alive to win three trophies after bagging the Phuket crown and still in with a great chance in the cup and league, after this hard fought, if not slightly dreary win over a spritely Geckoes.  More...
BC.

Hachioji Park, Sunday 1st March.

Like a bygone hero of old, brave 3rd Division King George went into this TML Plate match looking to kill some monstrous 1st Division opposition.  Although Sala weren't exactly monstrous on the night, they did have big enough gnashers to crush their opponents 4-0 and spit out the pieces that were left.  
Raaaaargh went the Chiba Rex on Sala's club badge. More...
ST.

Rampant Raffa Sends Babas Packing

YC&AC, Sunday 1st March.
The Clash advanced to the semi-finals of the TML Plate following a 5-3 victory over the Barbarians.
A cold and wet Sunday evening in Yokohama provided the backdrop for a compelling cup tie.  Having shared nine goals in their last encounter, this game was always likely to provide plenty of goals.  And so it proved.  More...
AW.

YC&AC, Sunday 22nd Feb.
In an act of extreme fair play, YCAC 1st team informed Footy Japan that the team had used an ineligible (cup tied) player in their 3-0 defeat of BFC Vagabonds.
Following Swiss Kickers dramatic expulsion last year for the same offence, YCAC decided to inform the league & withdraw before the their mistake was found out another way. Hats off to YCAC for their honesty!
FJ.

Footy Japan FC awarded Phallus

Saturday, January 24th Hanno, Saitama, Paul Adamson Memorial Cup

Winning all of their games and barely breaking into a sweat (not because the team outclassed all the opposition (saying or even suggesting that would be bordering on outright and unnecessary arrogance), but more to do with the sub-zero conditions) Robert Walters sponsored, Footy Japan International FC claimed the winners trophy of the 4th Paul Adamson Memorial Cup  More...
ST.

YC&AC, Sunday 25th January.
A new captain, swearing, players returning from injury, 8 goals and a clean sheet.  There was all this and nothing else as Sala FC outclassed YCAC 2nds in this FJ Plate match.
 
First, the captaincy.  The Monday afternoon drama series that Sala's captaincy had become was finally laid to rest on Sunday.  After much hemming and hawing, Brookey decided that he was too busy and that it was time to step down and focus on his hair.  And so, Guido "The G-man" Geisler returned to captain Sala once again and bring some much needed buoyancy to a close-to-sinking Sala ship.  More...
ST.

Hang the DJ

Fukuda Denshi, Sunday 18th January.
Incroy-bloody-able! BFC dumped out of the cup by a team they had mushed into bouillabaisse a week ago!!!
You half expected Morrissey to poke his head around the corner of the car exhaust centre across the road and start crooning such was the panic in the BFC ranks. More...
GQ.

Hachioji Park, Sunday 18th January.
Vagabonds demolished Maritizio 2-0 in their best performance of the season at Hachioji park. Maritizio didn't get a single shot on target, Vagabonds countless.

Mother nature provided us with a squad of fifteen players, raging with insecurity about so long without a win. In fact I saw a few players levitating, half way to heaven, the ghost almost given up, their twitching heads muttering nonsense into the blinding floodlights. More...
GQ.

NSP Return & Conquer.

Footy Japan New Year Soccer 7's, 2009. Oi Futo Dai Ni, Oi Chou Rinkai Koen. Saturday, January 3rd, 2009.
Alex Sahara and his band of young Whipper-snappers returned to Oi Futo where they'd been defeated in the Semi-Finals by YCAC last year, to claim their first 7's champions cup. Beating YCAC in the quarters, they went on to beat TML Div 1 Champs BFC 2-0 in a thrilling final. Footy Japan's own team, made up for British Foootball Academy coaches, won the plate competition, beating Hell Cats 3-0 in their final more
FJ.

Phuket International 7's Open & Masters Competition
29th/30th November, FIFA Tsunami Memorial ground, Phuket, Thailand

After completeing the obstacle course thrown up by Thai protesters (the closing of BOTH Bangkok airports) leaving their squads depleted of players, Tokyo based teams Footy Japan International and TML topping Hibernian, fought their way to become Champions of the Phuket Soccer 7's Masters and Open tournaments. For a full report on the Footy Japan Team CLICK HERE
And for a report from Hibs CLICK HERE
FJ.

Old Boys Drop H (Old Habits Die Hard)

Todoroki, Sat 22nd November.
I still don't know what the 'H' stands for in H United, but at a few minutes before noon last Saturday it could well have been "Howthefcukdidthathappen?", as they trudged off the Todoroki dirt field having lost on penalties to a heroic Albion Old Boys team who played most of the game with just nine men. more
TC.

Nagahama Koen, Sat 15th November.
Mid week the Carling Cup teams met to decide who goes into the last 8. Obviously Burnley did a little more than upset the apple cart against Chelsea’s million pound superstars. Obviously we are not comparing ourselves to Chelsea (or even Burnley for the matter!!) but there was a similarity in the method of player selection. more
LR

Hibs Send YCAC into the Plate

Hachioji Park, Sat 15th November.
Despite all their best efforts, the TML think-tank was unable to get their hands on the complex formula used by FIFA to seed world cup teams and were forced to construct their own system for Footy Japan cup seedings. Once the results were spat out of TMLs own equation, YCAC 2nds were considered a stronger team than YACAC 1s; and sure enough, the two leading contenders for the 08/09 TML crown were drawn to face off in the first round of the cup. more
BC.

Hachioji Park, Sat 8th November.
It was a cold afternoon and after arriving at the pitch significantly early because construction at Ikebukero seemed finally complete the Barbs had plenty of time to cool off prior to their game with third Division F.C. Sun. The Barbs opponents’ spot in their division’s table didn’t strike fear into their hearts and despite their decent size for a Local squad they went into the game somewhat confident with a core of regulars and a handful of subs. more
JM

Clinical Celts Halt Inspired International

Hachioji Park, Sat 8th November.
FC International, top of Division 2 undefeated in 6 games, having scored 25 goals, conceding just 4 and with an impressive line up of some talented players must have thought they had a good chance of adding a first round Div 1 scalp to their repertoire.  Celts currently mid-table in Div 1, having lost to a “moment of magic” in last week 0-1 defeat to Hibs were fired up to demonstrate that the talent and discipline we’ve worked hard to build over the last two seasons is ready to start paying off some dividends. more
SY.

Hachioji Park, Sun 17th June.
El Tank' Carlos Aranda's first goal in BFC's 8-0 evisceration of the Wall Street Clash prompted one of the two-man crowd to remark: 'That's not very sporting is it!'

By that point BFC were already a goal to the good thanks to Sahara, whose close-range shot trickled inside the post after a goal-mouth scramble. Aranda's goal was struck with proper venom though, raging into the back of the net from 30 metres. more
AH.

Big Guns Face Off in Openers

Shibuya, Wed 22nd Oct.
Despite being seeded, both Hibernian and Sala FC , face Division 1 oppositios in their opening FJ Cup matches. Other seeds BFC & YC&AC 2nds face oppositions from a lower division.

The draw was made under the watchful eyes of players from BFC, Sala, WallStreet Geckoes & Clash and the Panthers captain, at the Recruiters Cup at Adidas Futsal court in Shibuya. For the full draw Click here
FJ.

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