TML16 kicked off on a boiling hot Saturday afternoon. The team to play the most sizzling Football on matchday 1 was Zion FC.
Zion FC finished last season strongly and their form seems to have carried onto this season too.
Their game v FC International was 0-0 after 28 minutes with FCI slightly on top. The next 7 minutes saw Zion blow away any chance of a close match with 4 goals. Impressive stats! Zion went on to score 2 more and FCI did find the...
The Summer 7s returned to YC&AC after being held at St Marys last year. 16 teams all equipped with water, suntan lotion and some even with their own tents were ready to burn off their post World Cup hangover in style.
Prior to each tournament I often get asked who is good and who are the favourites? Being a professional I always sit on the fence but I may mention a few teams by name. This tournament was odd in a way that a few big guns ended in the Plate...
The final match of the season saw British Embassy take on the Champions Tokyo Hibernian. The match was significant for 2 reasons. Firstly is was Rafa's last TML match before he returns to Italy and Tomo was chasing the Division 1 Golden Boot award. He was trailing BFC's Kohei Hanada by 3 goals.
The game started with an early British Embassy goal. A minute later Hibs hit back and equalized. Before half time they scored again to make it 2-1. Tomo had scored one of...
With titles and runners up spots all sorted, the TML headed into the 40th weekend of the season with a few teams battling it out for position. One position no team wants to have is 10th in Division 3. This is a position where Nepal United had been for most the season. After a battling 3-3 draw last weekend v BEFC Lions they needed a victory to leapfrog the hapless KGFC to finish 9th.
Their opposition was Shane FC who will be heading to Division 2 next season....
Barbarians and Fussa both had chance of promotion before the Christmas break. Since then both teams form has been indifferent.
They met on a lovely Saturday afternoon at YC&AC.
The game was mainly one way traffic with Barbarians dominating the play and scored a couple of early goals. Due to the hot conditions it was time for both teams to have a mid game water break. This seemed to help Barbarians more as they scored 3 more to complete a 5-1 victory...
It was Super Saturday last weekend for the Top 3 in Division 2. Suns FC, Musketeers & Lions FC all had hopes of not only promotion but also winning the division.
I was hoping for back to back matches involving all the 3 teams on Saturday afternoon but I was requested to move the Lions fixture till later in the day due to religious reasons.
So SUNS FC kicked off at 13:10 vs Real Celts. They knew they had to win to keep alive their dream of promotion....
Saturday saw Footy Japan host our final 7s tournament of the season. In recent season the Charity 7s has been very popular and this year was no different. We had a mix of new and old teams competing. For the first time in a few years Footy Japan entered a team which consisted of the British Football Academy coaches.
In the months leading up to the tournament the team was rocked with the news that Coach Simon was to attend a wedding on the same day. How would the...
Hibernian FC
FC Sagarmatha
Eastern Capital FC
Brunello FC
Pumas FC
YeBoiz FC
Clash FC
Panthers FC
BEFC
FC International
Guapo FC
SUNS FC
Sala FC
Fussa FC
Zion FC
YC&AC
Dutch FC
FC Nomade
King George FC
BEFC Lions
Lions FC
Saitama JETS FC
Kilimanjaro FC
Jetro FC
Teranga FC
Albion Old Boys FC
Shane FC
BFC Tokyo
