Amigo’s and Amiga’s,
What a great day we had to end our SPL season 2010/2011 !
The night before Shanghai got hit by a Typhoon but that was just what we needed to clear the air. It was the end of the plum rains and the start of a beautiful day.
In the early morning we had the SPL Cup Final between the Hawks and the Lions. Kevin had brought in an excellent lady lines lady from the Chinese FA in order to practice in senior games. We will continue next season to cooperate with the CFA to bring in more young and promising referees/lines men to practice in our games. The Cup final was a fantastic game between two teams at their best. Hawks with the SIFL top scorer and the SPL top scorer in their team were supposed to attack from the start however the Lions found a hole in the sleeping defense. A few minutes later the Hawks equalized with a low strike by Adam. Lions opted for the counter attack in the second half and that’s just how they scored 2-1 with 10 minutes to go. The Hawks never gave up and in the very last minute they took advantage of a poor goal kick by the Lions right in the feet of Romilson who happily scored !
Penalties were back again…….!
All Lions scored (5) and All Brasilians scored (4) unfortunately for the Hawks a non Brasilian player hit the post !
Fantastic game of football and great refereed by Kevin and his lines-man + lady !
After the final we held our end of the season 8-aside tournament. Three pitches and all the SPL teams in action great to watch and the all the teams were playing in a friendly atmosphere. Both the Lions and the Hawks struggled to make it to the end after the Cup Final but the others were battling it out as if it was the World Cup ! The Pistolera Bulls were the overall winners and played some great attacking football ! Congratulations to them ! Their Cup is on the way !
After the hard work it was time to relax and party at Latina’s. All teams could sit outside and enjoy the nice summer weather and the Brasilian music from the Hawks players. For sure one of the high-light’s of the evening was the big splash we heard when the referees were asked to step forward to collect their awards. One of our local referees fell flat into the fish pond next to the stage, luckily he was not injured !
It was the time to say thank you to everybody who has helped to make this SPL season one of the best ever ! First of all the Captains who collected a special SPL Poster on canvas, the Referee’s, Sponsors, Angela, Cai and All the SPL Players, Golden Bridge Company and Dulwich College, Frederik, Yamada-san, Adam the Gras-Master, Family and Friends !
We wish everybody a great summer and please stay fit and healthy !
As the 2011/2012 SPL Season will be better and stronger !
Cheers Freek / SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee !
note from webmaster:
Obviously none of this would be possible without Freek, so Viva El Presidente! and thanks a million, because it was a great season.
SHANGHAI PREMIER LEAGUE: put the fun in football !
What a great day we had to end our SPL season 2010/2011 !
The night before Shanghai got hit by a Typhoon but that was just what we needed to clear the air. It was the end of the plum rains and the start of a beautiful day.
In the early morning we had the SPL Cup Final between the Hawks and the Lions. Kevin had brought in an excellent lady lines lady from the Chinese FA in order to practice in senior games. We will continue next season to cooperate with the CFA to bring in more young and promising referees/lines men to practice in our games. The Cup final was a fantastic game between two teams at their best. Hawks with the SIFL top scorer and the SPL top scorer in their team were supposed to attack from the start however the Lions found a hole in the sleeping defense. A few minutes later the Hawks equalized with a low strike by Adam. Lions opted for the counter attack in the second half and that’s just how they scored 2-1 with 10 minutes to go. The Hawks never gave up and in the very last minute they took advantage of a poor goal kick by the Lions right in the feet of Romilson who happily scored !
Penalties were back again…….!
All Lions scored (5) and All Brasilians scored (4) unfortunately for the Hawks a non Brasilian player hit the post !
Fantastic game of football and great refereed by Kevin and his lines-man + lady !
After the final we held our end of the season 8-aside tournament. Three pitches and all the SPL teams in action great to watch and the all the teams were playing in a friendly atmosphere. Both the Lions and the Hawks struggled to make it to the end after the Cup Final but the others were battling it out as if it was the World Cup ! The Pistolera Bulls were the overall winners and played some great attacking football ! Congratulations to them ! Their Cup is on the way !
After the hard work it was time to relax and party at Latina’s. All teams could sit outside and enjoy the nice summer weather and the Brasilian music from the Hawks players. For sure one of the high-light’s of the evening was the big splash we heard when the referees were asked to step forward to collect their awards. One of our local referees fell flat into the fish pond next to the stage, luckily he was not injured !
It was the time to say thank you to everybody who has helped to make this SPL season one of the best ever ! First of all the Captains who collected a special SPL Poster on canvas, the Referee’s, Sponsors, Angela, Cai and All the SPL Players, Golden Bridge Company and Dulwich College, Frederik, Yamada-san, Adam the Gras-Master, Family and Friends !
We wish everybody a great summer and please stay fit and healthy !
As the 2011/2012 SPL Season will be better and stronger !
Cheers Freek / SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee !
note from webmaster:
Obviously none of this would be possible without Freek, so Viva El Presidente! and thanks a million, because it was a great season.
SHANGHAI PREMIER LEAGUE: put the fun in football !
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