Shanghai Premier League

Amigo's and Amiga's,

Well for the lucky ones who had a game this Sunday the
weather couldn't be better 15 degrees and a blue sky !
Thanks to the hard work of Adam our grass-master the field
is in perfect condition as well !

Believe it or not Eastern is around the corner and we can
look for some century eggs ! This means that the SPL
competition will heat up and the teams will go all out to
score points and write SPL glory !

Hawks - E-Rouge 5-0  Mr Romilson was in good form and was a
permanent threat to the French defense ! He added 3 goals to
his tally and is now the number two SPL top scorer with 13
goals right after Alex of the Flamenkos who has 16 goals.
E-Rouge tried hard during the game but were lacking the
finishing power in front of goal in order to match the Hawks!

Bulls - Super 48 15-1  Please check out Bilgins blog on the
under teams Bulls ! He ordered his team to destruct Super 48.
With Bilgin not being in Shanghai it looked like the Bulls were
revived and were executing the Boss order's !
15-1 victory is the highest score ever in the SPL !
We can call it an off day for our Japanese friends but they got
the consolidation goal !

On april 11th we have a four game schedule which is a
perfect occasion to come out and watch the action "life" by
yourself with family and friends !

9.30 Lions - Flamenkos (semi-cup SPL final) Lions will be
motivated to get into the SPL cup final because of last
years "great train robbery" by the Galacticos, while Flamenkos
will be trying their best to repeat the result of last fixture vs Lions.

11.30 Dulwich - Japan Who can take points from the Japanese
as they have not lost any games this season ! Are they too
fast and too many ? Its up to Dulwich to give us the answer !

13.30 Galacticos - Bulls Piece of advice to the Galacticos
check out Bilgins Blog before the game so that you know the
strategy upfront !

15.30 Super - E-rouge I am sure the French would be glad to
celebrate a victory with an ice cold beer after the game !
Super can they surprise all of us ??


See you all 11th April on a Sunny Sunday in Green City !

Cheers Freek / SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee
! 

Amigo's and Amiga's,

Spring is around the corner and we all know that this will
be the best time to play soccer in Shanghai ! The
Competition is heating up with Japan and the Lions battling
for the Title and two heavy Semi-Cup Finals ahead of us ! We
have the Worldcup Fiesta confirmed on the 20th of June and
that will be one of our biggest events ever so we are glad
to announce that all the SPL teams will be part of it !

We had three league games this Sunday with a total of 23
goals !

Dulwich - Galacticos 5-3  It looked like a Premier League
Match two teams fighting for glory. Excellent refereed by
Kevin it was the Galacticos who were missing their
"birthday-boy" Captain Ned as he was still celebrating the
fact that he just turned 40, who scored three times in the
first 20 minutes of the game. Daniel who already wrote SPL
history by being the first Girl to score in the SPL added
one more thunder ball free kick to her tally ! That was
enough for Dulwich who after the tea break came back as if
the game never started and step by step started to demolish
the Galacticos defense. A great come back resulting in 5
goals and it could have been more and three points.

Flamenkos - Bulls 6-0 Indeed its better not to let Spanish
players play against Bulls as they were ready to kill.
Flamenkos after beating the Lions are running on a high and
are well motivated to keep their winning 2010 record !

Super 48 - Lions 0-9  First half was interesting to watch as
the Super 48 defense was buried in the 16 m box and whatever
the Lions tried they couldn't find the net / Lions even had
to put their captain as striker to break the ice and it
helped as they got the first goal. Second half the Lions
were motivated to get a better goal difference than Japan
and they needed 9 goals. That's what they got in the end !

We have two games this Sunday :

11.00 E-Rouge - Hawks

13.00 Bulls - Super 48

All the teams will need the points so pls come out and watch
the games !

Captains as you noticed we have a great addition to our
website " the "Team News"  It makes are SPL alive and
kicking please add your team news on the side ! You can
contact Frederick and he can educated you how to post it !

See you all on Sunday Spring Day ! Cheers Freek / SPL
President on behalf of the SPL Committee ! 

Has the decision in the Shanghai premier league been made this weekend? Who's to say... but Japan surely seems on the right track to the title, while the Lions have suffered a setback.

See the drama unfold over the next weeks!

Galacticos 1 - 8 Japan
With their trademark Tsunami style Japan FC have washed away the Galacticos. And Japan has now taken a 3 point lead over the Lions. Who will stop them? Who will hold this blue wave from snatching the title?

Flamenkos 3 - 2 Lions
The lions were missing their coach Freek and their target man Michael. This resulted in an unlionlike performance in the first half. But don't underestimate the part the Flamenkos played! They are deadly efficient and scored 2 goals out of 2 corner kicks in the first half.
The second half saw the Lions waking up and they came roaring to the attack, scoring 2 goals to equalize early on. They took charge of the game, but the Flamenkos goalie played a great match and preventi them from scoring further. Thus it came to be that with 5 minutes to go, Flamenkos had another corner kick and again they scored.


Coming up in the SPL on Sunday March 21:

11.00 Dulwich - Galacticos
The Galacticos will surely be looking to get their game back in track, while Dulwich have not seen action for quite some time now. This should be an equal game, so there will be suspense guaranteed!

13.00 Flamenkos - Bulls
Flamenkos are still unbeaten in 2010. Will they be able to continue that winning streak? Or will they strike out against the Bulls? Last game ended in a 3-3 draw, so lots of goals are to be expected from these 2 well scoring teams...

15.00 Super 48 - Lions
After the defeat of yesterday, Lions captain Freek is coming back from USA just in time to take charge of his team. Trailing 3 points to Japan, he doesn't want to take any risk. For Super 48 could just as well deliver the surprise of the season!


See you all out there on the pitch!

Frederik - on behalf of SPL Committee

Tomorrow - Sunday March 7 - games are postponed.
Those who'd still like to come are most welcome to try some other sports...

Amigo's and Amiga's,

Finally we were back into action after the Chinese New Years
Celebrations. Its good to see all our friends competing
again with a fair-played spirit. Interesting to see that the
Chinese Soccer League is currently under scrutiny and
several clubs and officials have been detained and fined.
Its seems almost every game have been fixed and one scandal
after the other is coming out. I believe the SPL could be a
role model for them as since we exist we have been free
from scandals, or are we missing something ?? I saw Kevin
our referee recently running around with a brand new fake
rolex !!

We had 4 quarter finals of the SPL Cup on Sunday :

ERS - Flamenkos 0-2  Flamenkos were missing their Spanish
topscores that's why it was a bit more difficult to score.
ERS for a long part was still in the game but as well missed
the finishing touch in front of goal.

Hawks - Dulwich 3-6 I noticed that Dulwich are trying to
copy the Japanese style by having several players showing up
one hour before the game and they were doing a serious
warming up ! It seemed to help them as a solid performance
secured them a semi final spot. Hawks are still trying to
rebuild their team and I am sure they will get back into
winning mode soon.

Japan - Lions 0-4 Lions played a tactical game whereas they
decided to play deep with only one front man. The result was
that Japan couldn't counter attack as this is their
strongest weapon. The game was slowed down pace but Lions were
deadly in front of the goal !

Bulls - Galacticos 4-6 Both teams were going for the win
with attacking football. Unfortunately the game ended in 2-2
so the winner had to be decided by penalties. Galacticos
Goalie Chris had bought a new shirt which was so bright that
it surely must have influenced the Bulls penalty takers as
they missed a few. Also check the 'galacticos page' under teams for a report from their perspective.

This coming Sunday we have two massive semi-finals of the
SPL Cup don't miss the action and come out and watch the
games. The weather for now is still lousy with 8 degrees and
on and off rains, but they say Sunday will be dry, lets hope
so !

10.00 Flamenkos - Lions 

12.00 Japan - High school team (friendly)

14.00 Galacticos - Dulwich

Enjoy the Cup Games ! Cheers Freek SPL President on behalf
of the SPL Committee !