Amigo's and Amiga's,

Last Sunday our "Broom Lady" went missing as our Cup games were cancelled because of the rains ! However we will have our SPL Cup quarter final now scheduled on 28th of February, weather permitted of course !

9.30 Flamenkos - ERS

11.15 Japan - Lions

13.00 Dulwich - Hawks

14.45 Galacticos - Bulls

Before we are heading into Chinese New Year celebrations, would like to share with you some of the Fengshui Master predictions for 2010, the year of the Metal Tiger !

Tiger Woods will have a rocky year ahead of him because actually he is not a tiger but a rabbit as per the Chinese Astrology.

Last time we had a "Metal Tiger Year" it was 1950 and that was the time of the Korean war, the masters predict more violence in 2010 and difficult times for Korea.

Geographically the best places to be in the Tiger Metal year will be China / Japan / Canada and Australia.

Worst place are India / Africa and South-America as well Thailand / Indonesia / Philippines.

There will be a rise of conflicts in 2010 and the key words will be Drama, Intensity, Change and Travel.

Natural disasters will strike esp floodings as water is on top of the earth this year !

Overall there will be an economic recovery but it will be a choppy ride with steep falls and sharp increases !

Unlikely that in the year of the Tiger the Lions will be Champion of the SPL !

SPl will be a bench mark of harmony and will be a show-case and role-model of how to run a league in China in 2010 and we will be exempted of conflicts !

SPL will set an all time record of Goals in 2010 and will increase the number of teams for next season !

Looks like we are in the right place at the right time !
Enjoy the "Long" Holiday and we see you all back in the year of the "Metal Tiger" !

Cheers Freek / SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee

Amigo's and Amiga's,

You will wonder who on earth is Sao Ching Niang....? Well
actually she is not on earth as she is a famous Chinese
Godess in charge of the weather. She is nick named the
"Broom Lady" as she uses a broom to move clouds whenever
there is a big occasion, like the Beijing Olympic games for
instance ! Well Saturday night it was raining and with a
full 4 games program on Sunday I knew we could be in a bit
of trouble.  Luckily ms Sao helped us out as exactly at 9.00
AM the rain stopped and the games could go on as planned. In
the evening its started to rain again, all I could do was
look up and smile to Shao Ching who was waiving with her
broom !

Flamenkos - Super 48 7-1
This was a SPL Cup qualification game which was a good warming up for the Flamenkos. Hans commented after the game that Super 48 was playing decent football, keeping apace with flamenkos for a good 20 minutes, even making them a little nervous, which indeed is good to see that they are improving week by week !

Hawks - Galacticos 6-1 
I received a text message from the Galacticos Manager/Captain Ned at 3.00 AM in the morning. "Iassume the games are off tomorrow right" ?  Think half of his team got stuck in the nightlife and never made it to the
pitch ! Still the ones who made it had a good game of football.

Dulwich - Bulls 1-0
Bulls were low on numbers as well and Dulwich was at full strength. Very even game in the first half 0-0. Second half Dulwich had more energy and power so actually they wasted quite a few good opportunities but
managed to score one which gave them all three points.

Japan - ERS 8-4
Very entertaining game ERS decided to attack in full style which resulted in quite a spectacle. Goals everywhere and the first half score was even with 2-2. In the second half ERS had their defense exposed a few times
and that's dangerous vs Japan esp when our French Friends were running out of battery.....!
On a positive note no other team managed to score 4 goals against Japan this season who are now top of the SPL equal on points and goals with the Lions !

Right before the start of the year of the Tiger we will have
our SPL quarter finals on 7th of February. As these are
outright Cup ties I don't dare to make predictions and would
recommend everybody to come and see for themselves !

9.30  AM Flamenkos - ERS

11.15 PM Japan - Lions

13.00 PM Dulwich - Hawks

14.45 PM Galacticos - Bulls

The weather forecast calls for rain but hopefully we can
count on Sao Ching's broom again ! 

Cheers Freek / SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee