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.
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.
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 from the second half as both teams really showed their desire to earn the 3 points.
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.
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 jokes that they wouldn't be able to swear in Spanish during the game.
The typhoon forced some games to be cancelled but fortunantely some matches were able to go ahead.
This is the fourth week of the TMLQuite a lot of draws have been picked up by teams this season. Perhaps this indicates a more level playing field in the TML (hooray to the restrictions of cross division players)!
Quite a few teams were able to get their first game out of the way on the third weekend of TML 20.
Nomades played their first TML game against BFC. One of the newest teams to join the league vs a team that has been participating in the TML since its inception. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, a result that perhaps favors Nomades.
Trust United FC also played their first game against Celts. Led by captain Tokoi Shintaro, a former Hibs player, Trust United put on a strong debut winning their game 6-3.
Eastern Capital FC
Brunello FC
Pumas FC
YeBoiz FC
Clash FC
Panthers FC
BEFC
Hibernian FC
FC Sagarmatha
SUNS FC
Sala FC
Fussa FC
Zion FC
YC&AC
Dutch FC
FC Nomade
FC International
Guapo FC
King George FC
BEFC Lions
Lions FC
Saitama JETS FC
Kilimanjaro FC
Jetro FC
Teranga FC
Albion Old Boys FC
Shane FC
BFC Tokyo
