Not often does a team concede 3 goals and can still win the FJ TOTW but the Saitama Jets have achieved this. Guts SC were sitting on top of the table after 5 straight victories. The Jets have had a mixed season with 2 victories and 2 loses. Buoyed by their good performance v Barbarians in the Cup the Jets went into the game confident. One player who is certainly confident is Chris Piper who scored a brace. 5 in 5 for him this season in the league.
This was the toughest week yet in terms of choosing who should win the FJ TOTW award. Swiss Kickers put in an impressive performance to beat Barbarians, Guts & Real Celts both beat Division 2 teams in the Cup as did this weeks winners.
At 1pm on Sunday a minute silence was held prior to the FJ Cup match between BFC Tokyo and Dutch FC. The silence was held in honour of BFC Tokyo's founder Gordon Liversidge who passed away last week. In BFC Tokyo's 36 year history rarely have they won a game so emphatically. On an emotional afternoon they managed to score 14 and only concede one goal. Dutch did only play the match with 10 men but you still have to beat the team in front of you.
After a tough few opening months to the season, Shane FC pulled off the biggest shock of TML Match day 10 by beating Real Celts. Many had tipped Real Celts for promotion this season. Shane FC had 1 point after 5 matches and were determined to claim their first victory of the season.
The 9th match day weekend of the season saw 5 out of the 6 matches with a heavy scoreline to the winning team. The biggest scoreline saw Jetro FC defeat Musketeers 7-1. Jetro gave a debut to their first new uniform for a very long time, they looked good and certainly played good.
There was a time when Guarana FC were peoples favourite team to play against. Strikers wanted to score hat tricks, even defenders thought they had a chance to score a goal or two. Since changing their name 4 seasons ago to GUTS SC they have slowly been improving. Sunday saw the top 2 teams in Division 3 face each other and both were looking to keep their 100% winning runs intact.
After a mixed start to Division 1 football Pumas FC finally kick started their season off with a thumping 5-1 victory over BFC Tokyo. 3 of the 5 goals were scored by debutants Masashi Inabi and Andre Herath which shows the future is looking bright. Yosuke Hamano and the youthful Ryouske Urai completed the scoring. With FC International and Kanto Celts up next they are delighted to have popped their Division 1 cherry. Well done to Pumas FC.
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