The FJ TOTW award started towards the end of TML14. Every team has gone on and won it once if not more. The first ever winners were non other than King George FC. That maiden TOTW award was almost the last time KGFC won anything!
Since that award, KGFC have always turned up early for matches with a large squad. That was until Sunday afternoon for their match v Albion Old Boys. The squad mail sent out last Thursday showed a solid 14 man squad. 10 minutes before KO 9 brave players were warming up at St Marys waiting for their 2 center-halves to arrive.
Football can be a cruel game is so many ways yet it also brings the best out of teams and players.
Saturday afternoon Hachioji Park hosted a bit of everything. First up saw Swiss Kickers play FC International in a 4-4 thriller. The second game was Real Celts v Dutch FC. Half time saw both keepers on top as it was 0-0.
Having won 9 Division 1 titles since TML's inception in 2002, Tokyo Hibernian are not use to losing. After their opening 3 matches they had only collected 1 point. Was the club in crisis?
What a weekend for Clash FC. 3 games, 3 victories, 14 goals scored and 3 conceded.
The weekend started with Clash defeating Celts Legends 6-0 in their opening FJ Masters 7s League match. Next up they knocked 5 past Morooka Yatagarasu. The 2 results puts them sitting on top of the league.
Before we start let me say how great it is to have Robert Walters as a supporter of FJ Competitions TOTW for the remainder of the year.
The battle for TML's top prize is as open as it's ever been. Hibernian FC have dominated the famous Division 1 trophy for the last 3 seasons but after a slow start all teams are starting to dream. No more so than Kanto Celts. After 2 solid performances v Hibs and Panthers they came up against early division leaders BFC Tokyo.
BEFC have been on a footballing roller coaster over the last 2 seasons. The highs of a near perfect season in TML14 which saw win Division 2 and gain promotion. Last season was a tough one which resulted in relegation.
Last Saturday saw them take on Fussa FC and beat them 4-1. Their first 3 points of the season and are worthy winners of this weeks FJTOTW.
As BEFC write up match reports on their site I am handing this over to them:
It's always interesting to see how promoted teams get on in a higher division. Currently of the 5 teams who gained promotion throughout the TML, one team, Dutch FC seemed to have adapted to life the quickest.
TML16 saw 3 new teams join the league. This weekend saw Bruno FC claiming their first victory, Eastern Capital beat Clash on their debut match a few weeks back. K2 Tokyo Expendables have gone one better by taking all 6 points avaliable.
K2 recruited well in the Summer. They have brought people out of TML retirement and also signed payers from all TML divisions.
Pumas FC
YeBoiz FC
Clash FC
Panthers FC
BEFC
Hibernian FC
FC Sagarmatha
Eastern Capital FC
Brunello FC
Zion FC
YC&AC
Dutch FC
FC Nomade
FC International
Guapo FC
SUNS FC
Sala FC
Fussa FC
Saitama JETS FC
Kilimanjaro FC
Jetro FC
Teranga FC
Albion Old Boys FC
Shane FC
BFC Tokyo
King George FC
BEFC Lions
Lions FC
