By the start of November the footballing world was all talking about Chelsea and their fight against relegation. Star players not performing, revolts against the management and the regime, the season was going to be a long one. Tokyo Hibernian were in a similar situation with 4 points after 5 matches but then they managed to beat table toppers Swiss Kickers 6-1. The rest is history as they say winning 12 in a row ending with a emphatic 4-0 victory over Oakwood Geckoes...
A one nil victory for the Pumas was enough to secure the Division 2 title and back to back promotions. To top of a good few days for Pumas they have won the latest FJ TOTW award. Congratulations Pumas. Special mention must go to Musketeers who secured the Division 3 title.
With the first silverware up for grabs it was a tough choice for the FJ TOTW. We have opted for Swiss Kickers. After going a goal down after 12 seconds, it took them a while to get hold of the match. Goals from Shimon Kato and Captain Yusuke Tanaka was enough for Swiss to claim the famous FJ trophy.
Kanto Celts FC have come the 6th winner of the FJ TOTW award. With the pressure on table toppers Swiss to increase their lead at the top, goals from Satoshi Mitsuda and Celts newboy Shotaro Fujimatsu was enough to overcome a strong looking Swiss team. This fixture will be repeated this weekend in the FJ Cup Final. Could Celts become the first back to back winners of this award?
With only two matches played over the Golden Week weekend, Real Celts have won the 5th edition of the FJ Team of the week. A hat trick from Shousuke Yamagishi and 2 goals from one of Division 3's leading marksman Michael Dragsbaek helped Real to defeat Guts SC 9 goals to 1.
The battle for Promotion in Division 2 looks like it will go to the final weekends of the season. Sala FC stretched their unbeaten league run to 6 matches. Goals from Josh Bateson, Takahiro Kirihara and Shunsuke Nakatani helped defeat table toppers Pumas FC 3 -1. Sala were reduced to 10 men with 20 minutes to play. Leading 2-1 at the time they managed to score the 3rd with a classic counter attack move. Congratulations to Sala FC.
Part of our fundraising for our Charity 7's, the staff at Footy Japan wil be selling Raffle tickets. We have some fantastic prizes. For a list of prizes please click HERE .
Tickets cost ¥500 or 5 for ¥2000.
Most tickets will be sold before or after TML matches.
With 10 minutes to go Musketeers were 3-2 down and were facing missing out on their first FJ Plate Final. By the time the final whistle was blown they had scored 2 more goals and also managed to miss a penalty. The two goals had secured their final spot and an impressive 4-3 victory over the ever improving Real Celts. Congratulations to Musketeers for winning the TOTW award and also for reaching the Plate Final.
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