Robbed..........?
Hachioji Park, Sat 26th April.
No less than twenty League places and 3 Divisions separate these two teams, and for long periods of this semifinal you'd have to say that it looked like it. But at the end of the game only a single controversial goal settled affairs in favour of the 1st Division side and so a very fine cup run for YCAC2nds finally came to an end. more
SM.
BFC Book Place in Final.
Hachioji Park, Sat 26th April.
Two goals from Keisuke propelled BFC to a 3-1 win over Sala, sending them into the Footy Japan Cup final and keeping them on course for the double.
BFC even spotted Sala a head-start, courtesy of some batty defending. As sweet a corner as it was from the right, Toby Long could have brewed a cup of Earl Grey and cracked open the Garibaldis such was the time he was afforded to head Sala in front, albeit somewhat against the run of play. more
BFC.
Rain Will Not Stop Play!
Footy Japan / YC&AC Charity 6's Football Tournament in aid of UNICEF.
PHOTO GALLERY NOW UP!
Sunday, April 13th 2008.
Torrential rain was responsible for the postponement of this tournament from its scheduled date of March 20th and mother nature nearly dealt Kanto's amateur international football community, the benefactors behind the event and UNICEF, the recipients, another blow by once again allowing the heavens to open up. more
FJ.
Cup-tie Rule Sees BFC Through to Semi-Finals.
Tokyo, Wed 9th April.
Having beaten BFC 2-1 in the FJ cup quarter finals on Saturday, April 5th at Oi Futo, the Swiss were forced to relinquish their semi-final spot to their British adversaries due to one of their players having played for another team in the same competition - in strict contravention of the tournaments rules. more
FJ.
Linesman Lenny goes blind!
Misato, Sun 5th April.
A generous cloud of dust, 1000 bobbles, 5 yellow cards, two moments of skill, one ludicrous goal, a mental linesman and a patridge in a pear tree. It would be enough for this not-so-roving reporter to leave it at that and our readers would get the general idea of what happened at Misato in this rumbunctious cup tie. more
ST.
Swiss Through - But at What Price?
OiFuto 1, Sat 4th April.
BFC vs. the Swiss in the quarterfinals of the Cup , a quality match up of the top of the league side vs. a potent (yet inconsistent) Swiss side. The result was was an intense game with numerous chances but solid defending and goal keeping meant a lone mistake would cost the match. The lineups at the start were a bit of a surprise with the BFC missing their captain Jon, big Al, and Shosuke yet their replacements were some awfully young players from Carlos' stable in Chofu . As the game started you saw little drop in quality and the youngsters' speed was clearly an advantage. more
KN.
Panthers claw their way back to victory!
Misato, Sun 5th April.
The wind and tumbleweed blew around on a typically blustery day out at Misato where the 3rd division Panthers faced BEFC. Looking around at the beginning of the match we were daunted at the prospect of playing a division 1 team without having any subs on the bench! more
LR.
Geckoes Start on a High
YC&AC, Sun 16th March. The Geckoes kicked off their defence of the Footy Japan cup with a convincing win over Maritizio at YCAC on Sunday afternoon. Both teams struggled at first as they tried to work out how you could play football on the moon like surface but it wasn’t long before the Geckoes were in front. The ball was worked down the left and Jonathan Smith played a nice one two with Paul on the edge of the box before burying it into the bottom corner. more
RK.
96.7% off but still on form
Misato, Sat 15th February.
After a full day of rain on the Friday the omens were not looking good for this 2nd Round cup game against the Celts which had already had 2 previous cancellations once due to snow and the other due to gale force winds. Late on Friday night the message went out the game was almost certainly going to be cancelled (96.7% chance of cancellation read the skippers e-mail) - some took this as a green light to get on it in a big way - others reasoned that the 3.3% chance of it being on was enough of a possibility that the slippers should stay firmly on. How right the optimists were, because Saturday morning came around and it was warm, bright and wonderfully sunny - it was game on at the third time of asking. more
PL.
Sala Dominate Jets Again.
Hachioji Park, Sun 24th February.
Sala, not for the first time, complained that the Saitama Jets are dirty and based on the evidence after the game they were correct – only one Jets player took a shower, compared to most of the Sala squad. more
RK.
Swiss Blow by YCAC
YC&AC, Sun 24th February. Following up on the previous week’s disaster at Todoroki, February 24th was another day for calamity football, only this time the wind was stronger. I’m not sure how to describe a game when one of the highlights was a goal kick nearly being blown back for a corner kick. more
KN.
