Shanghai Premier League

Amigo’s and Amiga’s,


Most of the SPL teams have been practicing in tournaments and friendlies and its good to see everybody getting in shape for the 2009/2010 season. We have a lot of news for you and please take a look at the schedule below!

The League Fee
We are happy to announce that the SPL Fee for the whole season will be 12000 rmb only with more games to play this season ! This is thanks to the good cooperation with Golden Bridge Company who developed the Green City Town and the
Dulwich College School who are leasing this field from the Local Government. So lets enjoy the great location of our field and have an ice cold beer or food after the games at the restaurants next to the field, especially in Latina of course our “Long Term Supporter”. The Fee Payment Deadline is set at 15 November latest otherwise you will be haunted by loan sharks.

The Pitch
You might have noticed that the pitch is in very good condition thanks to the hard work of Adam. It took him two years to get the Field in the current state and it goes without saying we like to keep it this way.


The  Teams 
 
1)      Hawks, The defending Champions will continue to find the best mix for football in Shanghai . They lost a few of their best players at the end of last season, but we know they are very active in the transfer market and who doesn’t want to play for the Champions ?

2)      Lions, One of their leading Icons will be leaving Shanghai , Big Michael is going back to Germany . Surely a big loss for the SPL but the Lions have a strong network of players and they finished last season strong and looks like they want the Cup and the Title back !

3)      Japan, Looks like they are unchanged which means a 50 players squad and highly disciplined. I have asked Dulwich to open the gates at 7AM during the winter as they need to do their warming up !

4)      Bulls, Bilgin the “Allmighty” told us they have a very strong team this season and no matter what playing against the Bulls is always dangerous that will never change……!

5)      ERS, New leadership will give them a fresh look. Each year they are edging higher and they will be able to cause some upsets during the season, they strongest point is their team spirit, which lead them to a historic win over Japan last Year 5-0 !

6)      Dulwich United, As well a leadership change. Jamie will take over from John but John is very quietly working at the background, his recruiting policy at the school for parents, students and teacher is very aggressive and one of the condition he put in the contract is that they can never play for another team in the SPL.  

7)      Galacticos, Cup winners so they will start the season with big confidence, rescheduling of the F1 will also work in their favour this year. Heard they are making hotel arrangement close to the field for the early games this season. Anyway the Galacticos will do better than Lewis Hamilton that’s for sure…….!

8)      Vlis, They have a complete make over. For them enough was enough finishing in the bottom of the league firstly of all they changed their name (smart move) into FC SH Flamenkos. Secondly after Spain won the European Championships they have recruited several Spanish players, so better be carefull when you play against them…….!

9)      Shanghai 48, Our new team the only thing we can disclose is that 48 doesn’t stand for their average age and that they are Japanese. The rest you will have to find it our yourself !


The Referee’s
We have send them for training to Urumuqi so they will be on top of every game. We got a request from a FA licenced referee Kevin to blow the whistle on Sunday’s which we happily accepted.


Registration
We will ask each player to register on line if you are not registered you cannot play. We will send you the link very soon

Scorer
We are looking for a replacement of Danny (difficult…) if anybody would be interested to keep track of the scores and standings, please stand up and contact us !

Sponsors
If you know companies who are interested to put sign board at the field ps contact us by raising money we can better maintain the field and upgrade the Clubhouse.

Friendly games
In case you want to play a friendly on the field please contact me.

Captains List
Will send you the list asap and will target a meeting before the season start !

 
Keep on training and we can start to place our bets on  “who will be the New SPL Champions 09/10 ?”

Cheers Freek / on behalf of the SPL Committee !