The final fixture of 2022 occured at Hachioji Park between two teams with a serious shot at winning the league.
A very competitive and physical game in which BEFC took an early lead through Keita Kasai. Fun fact, Keita actually played on Panthers previously making this a goal against a former club. The first half ended with no new developments, a single goal lead by BEFC parted the two teams. Early into the second half, Panthers scores an equalizer. As tempers...
The Robert Walters Team of the Week goes to FC Nomade after their win over Saitama Jets at Redsland. Right from the start, FC Nomade knew this was going to be an uphill battle. They only had 10 men on the day and were facing a full squad of Saitama Jet's regular players. With much of the french players motivated from a so-far decent run of France in the worldcup, FC Nomades played above and beyond. Surprisingly the game started off immediately in FC Nomades pace. Each...
This weekend saw the debut of the Kemigawa pitch down at Chiba. A venue run by Tokyo University, it hosts several natural grass pitches.The teams found out that the grass was slightly long, perhaps providing a disadvantage to teams that like to play short passes.
The Robert Walters Team of the Week goes to Shane FC after winning against BEFC Lions. With an unfortunate dropout, Shane were left with 10 men to play against BEFC Lions with a full squad. A worrisome...
A very tough week down at the Footy Japan offices, where we have lost the ability to get matches played at the prized BST pitch. We once again would like to remind all the players that the pitches are not owned by us, thus everyone at such venue should be on their best behavior.
This weekend yielded some interesting results. A draw between Eastern Capital and Hibernian FC, where Eastern Capital had the lead until the final minutes of the game until Sukui Ono tied...
FC Sagarmatha could not have hoped for a better start to the game, scoring a well executed counter attack in the opening 10 minutes. One deadly cross from the right side for a well placed finished in the box. However, Guapo were not going down without putting up a fight. They slowly started to create an equal amount of opportunites until they finally equalized from a corner. The game was neck and neck for the first half, ending in a 1-1. The game ramped up in intensity...
The Robert Walters Team of the Week goes to FC International after their 3-0 win over Zion FC.
Zion were missing their golden boot winner which reflects in their 0 goal showing, but even so FC International had a much sharper preformance deserving the Team of the Week.
Footage from the game can be viewed here (courtesy of FC Zion)...
The Robert Walters Team of the Week goes to Albion Old Boys, who maintained the upper hand from start to finish in their game against BFC.
Their two opening goals were scored by Albion's Kouta Noboki and Takuma Ueyama (who would end up scoring another goal each) from a very efficient counterattack. There was just far too much space given to the Albion attackers on every turnover. BFC were producing chances of their own but the finishing is what separated the two...
A collosal win by Trust United this weekend, scoring an average of a goal per 5 minutes to get a scoreline of 16-0. Certainly puts any skeptisicm on why they were allowed to join from Division 2 to rest! The Robert Walters TOTW goes to Hibs this week, playing against FC International in midst of a typhoon. While the rain was heavy, the pitch was perfectly playable (and almost more enjoyable). The captains and referee talked to each other in spanish, captains exchanging...
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
