The saying goes 'Can teams do it on a Cold and wet Wednesday night in Stoke', The TML has a few equivalents, 'Can they do it on a cold and and wet Saturday night in Fukuda Denshi or a cold and wet Sunday morning in Shin Koiwa.'
Well Eastern Capital FC can do it on a cold and wet Sunday morning in Shin Koiwa and Nepal Utd cannot.
Before KO Nepal Utd were 5 points clear at the top with Eastern Capital in 3rd place and 7 points behind the leaders.
When clicking on their team page it's clear to see that the BFC Vagabonds are one of the inform teams in the whole of the TML. LWWDWW, impressive stats that has elevated them from the lower regions of the Division 3 table to now promotion candidates.
Their latest victory came from a convincing 4-1 victory over KGFC. Sid Lloyd scored a smashing free kick after 5 minutes but Vags were back level minutes later.
Like so many teams who start the season well in Division 2, many of them drop off in the second half of the season. Is it because the teams realise how tough it will be in Division 1 or it could be that their main players are ski and snowboards enthusiasts?
Suns FC looked like they had promotion in the bag this time last year before a strong run from Musketeers and Lions meant that they ended just missing out on promotion.
What an eventful Saturday it was in the TML. A morning game at YC&AC where it snowed. Once the final whistle was blown the league was busy canceling a match in Tokyo. 4 more TML matches to be played. Forecast showing that the snow had passed so game on.
With all the games confirmed on and one stubborn Operations Manager the remaining games were all played. The unexpected snow from 15:30 certainly made it testing conditions for all involved.
Cold weather + A rubbish warm = Injury
In recent weeks many players have been going off injured during matches. Please remember to warm up well and use some of these wonderful stretchers from Club360.
As the results came in on Saturday evening I was fairly certain who I was going to award this weeks Robert Walters TOTW to. Hibs had defeated 2nd placed Kanto Celts 2-0 and were now only 2 points away from the league leaders Pumas FC.
Fast forward 24 hours and my head had been turned. I received referee Aaron's email and it read Pumas 3 FC International 1.
The victory has put Pumas FC 3 points clear of Celts and 5 clear of Hibs and FCI. 9 Cup Finals for the Pumas to play.
Sala FC
Eastern Capital FC
Brunello FC
Pumas FC
YeBoiz FC
Clash FC
BEFC
FC International
Hibernian FC
FC Sagarmatha
BEFC Lions
Zion FC
YC&AC
Dutch FC
FC Nomade
Teranga FC
Saint Luxun Park FC
Shane FC
Panthers FC
Guapo FC
Fussa FC
Lions FC
Saitama JETS FC
Kilimanjaro FC
Jetro FC
Albion Old Boys FC
BFC Tokyo
VJ Bridge FC
King George FC
SUNS FC
Fine Vintage
BFC Masters
FJ Masters
YCAC Pulse
Kanto Celts FC
