Shanghai Premier League

Amigo’s and Amiga’s,

Another beautiful day in October but for some of the goalkeepers a day to forget quickly of course. Most important was that all the games were played in fair spirit and good friendship. It seems that three teams are making their way to the top and all are unbeaten this Season and other teams are struggling to get in form but I am sure that’s part of the strategy as they will peak later in the season !

Bulls – Super 48 14-1
Maybe not so “Super” this time as the Bulls proven too strong for the debutant and the usual scorers were happy to add goals to their tally, esp Aydin stood out with 5 goals ! On a positive note Super 48 managed to score in each of their games !

Japan – E-Rouge 6-2
First half was even 3-2 it was interesting to see that Japan had only 15 players, don’t know where the other 15 players were, most likely still in the Karaoke. It didn’t help the French Friends as they were running out of gasoline at the later part of the second half and the  “Quick Feeted” Japanese sealed their third victory this season.

Hawks – Galacticos 10-1
It looked like the Chinese national team was on the pitch and of course they were fast too fast for the Galacticos defense. Not sure whether Galacticos tactic change to put Ned Kelly as last defender worked well for them. Looking at the score line think its better to put him upfront again.

Lions – Flamenkos 4-2 
There is a clear sign of improvement at the former Vlis team with their Spanish Blood inside the team. Allthough the Lions dominated the first half with a solid 4-0. They lost the second half 0—2, by wasting a lot of chances and poor defending.  

We will have one more outstanding weather weekend on the 1st of November, blue sky and 22 degrees is the forecast !

9.30 AM  Lions – Super 48  
well we can expect a lot of goals !

11.30 PM Bulls – ERS 
important game for both sides as it will give them an indication of their current form  !

13.30 PM Japan – Dulwich
Japan would like to continue their unbeaten run and Dulwich will go all out to block them !

15.30 PM Hawks – Flamenkos 
Both animals can fly so lets see who will be the” high” flyers on Sunday !
(note fm webmaster: don't mix Flamenkos and flamingos though... Flamenkos is spanif for Flemish, former VLIS being a Flemish/Belgium team)
 

Please enjoy the games and the great weather and don’t forget the ice cold beer after the games !

 

Cheers Freek SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee ! 

Amigo’s and Amiga’s,

We love October’s in Shanghai ! What a great Football Weather we had 23 degrees and a blue sky ! This was one of the reasons that every team went all out in attacking mode resulting in our new SPL record of 25 goals on the weekend. We feel a bit sorry for the goalkeepers and noticed that most of the teams are struggling to find real goalies, it seems this rare species is disappearing like the melting south-pole. Maybe we should start a campaign to attract them ! Don’t know what exactly would be a pull factor for a real goalie but we can think about it !

Japan – Shanghai 48 10-1 
Of course our debutants would have thought to have a better start especially vs country rival Japan but it might take a few games to get used to the level of the SPL for new comers ! The field looked like Tokyo City Centre with all these Japanese people running back and forward. After hearing the score most SPL players were wondering whether Mikki scored or not ? Good point was the zero cards in this game.

Hawks – Dulwich 5-0
Well after Brasil got the World Cup Soccer and the Olympic Games it seemed that was not enough for Romilson as he scored 4 goals in this game and one of them a beautie ! Now just to set this straight the SPL record for most scored goals by a single player in a single match is in the hands of our notorious Ned Kelly, 9 goals in one game ! Dulwich will get better each week they play so no worries for them !

Lions – Galacticos 3-0
A repeat of the Cup Final so the Lions were looking for revenge. Fair game with no cards well lead by our new referee Kevin. To the disbelief of the galacticos players it was the oldest guy on the pitch (me) who scored the two final goals and of course that would put some questions on their defense…..!

Bulls – Flamenkos 3-3
Well the Spanish blood was clearly felt in the Flamenkos team as they scored a few quick goals 1-3 was the half time score, but once you give a challenge to the Bulls they start to fight harder and harder so 3-3 it ended leaving the Flamenkos a bit devastated and the Bulls quite satisfied !


The weather will remain super and again a full program on Sunday, question is can the record be broken ?

9.30 AM   Bulls – Shanghai 48
Good test for the new comers and expect a lot of goals here !

11.30 AM Japan – E-Rouge
Can ERS stop Japan ’s super start this season. Last season they beat Japan 5-0 lets see where they are this season !

13.30 Hawks – Galacticos
This will be a battle and a nice game to watch, don’t miss it !

15.30 Lions – Flamenkos 
Lions sofar have not conceded a goal and would like to keep it that way,lets see !

 

Happy to see the Fairplay was ruling last Sunday and I am sure we all can keep this Fairplay attitude throughout the season as that’s what makes our League Special !

 

Enjoy the games Enjoy the weather Enjoy the Beers after the games !

 

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

Amigo’s and Amiga’s,

We had a fantastic Sunday helped by the great weather and the good quality playing field ! As usual there were a lot of goals that’s what our league stands for entertaining open and attacking football, cannot remember when was the last time one of our games ended in a goal-less draw ! We got 21 goals in three games, impressive….! Poor Bilgin he couldn’t get his team ready do the Semi-Sunday working day imposed by the Chinese government due to the long October Holiday. I have written a letter to Hu Jin Tao to stop these working Sunday’s as its not helpful for the SPL !

 
Hawks – E-Rouge 6-3 W
ith Andrea in Italy there wasn’t much Italian flavour left on the Pitch. The Reds (the French in this case) were most of the time coming from behind, Hawks was more deadly in their finish and ERS missed more changes in front of the goal !


Dulwich – Lions 0-5
If there was a price for the best supporters on the day it would go to the Dulwich fans they came all out with family members and dogs to cheer their team ! Lions played solid with good passing so no surprise when they took the lead, however Dulwich managed to come close to scoring a few times but Nicolas the Lions goalie wouldn’t bend and made a few great saves !

 
Japan – Flamenkos 6-1
Before the game we counted 37 japanese players on the pitch. In the end they were too fast and too many for Vlis - sorry, Flamenkos.
 

This weekend we have a full program with 4 exciting games !


9.30-11.30 AM Japan – Super48 
Well this will be the debut of our new Japanese team Super 48 / On top our Japanese Players Counting Machine will break down / We can do a contest and you can guess how many Japanese players will be on the Pitch ? I am sure GreenCity will look like Tokyo in the morning !

11.30-13.30 AM Hawks – Dulwich
Will be difficult game for Dulwich but with their fighting spirit and their fan base they could cause an upset like last year !

13.30-15.30 PM Lions – Galacticos
Repeat of the Cup Final ! Guaranteed battle field with our new FA licenced referee Kevin in action !

15.30-17.30 PM Bulls – Flamenkos Goals Goals Goals ! Don’t miss this spectacle.

The weather is going to be fantastic blue sky and 23 degrees and a good pitch what else we want ! Enjoy the games and Enjoy the SPL / Cheers Freek / SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee !