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29 November, 2016
Match report: Raiders 2 – 0 Arsenal Artist
After a good warm up and some nice photos taken by Nico the Raiders took the pitch in their traditional 4-4-2 but kind of a 4-5-1 formation. Center backs were Jerry and Jamie. Ohashi and Nano started at the fullback position. Daniel in his last match played center mid with Mic and they had Nicolas […]
22 November, 2016
Match report: Gemadept 0 – 2 Raiders
Sunday night game. Floodlights. Light drizzle. Perfect footballing conditions for us foreigners. I arrived early to see Mick Stanbrook watching over the earlier KO. He told me about his recent visit to Japan; clean air, cycle rides, bullet trains and robot restaurants. Life was good on many levels. Pat arrived later with the rest of […]
09 November, 2016
Match report: Raiders 4 – 1 Local team
[columns] [column size=”half” last=”no”] Nico The ball fizzles through the air, one of those tele-guided rocket corners Scott patents these days. A box full of people squints the eyes – correction, the Caucasian part at least, the other part is… just looking. My muscles tense, estimating the landing zone of this swerving beauty ridiculously close […]
01 November, 2016
Match report: SEA Collection 1 – 4 Raiders
It was a damp, cold afternoon that saw the Raiders take on the defending league champs, Sea Collection. The Raiders showed up enthusiastic and eager only to find the game delayed some 45 minutes. After waiting out the light rain under the shelter the Raiders took to the pitch in their classic 4-4-2 formation. Jamie […]
01 November, 2016
Match report: Raiders 0 – 1 FCFC
This is the precise description of events happened on October the 23rd, 2016 It was a nice afternoon, Raiders were fully prepared to face the enemy in what was about to be the clash of the titans. We started with a strong formation with Gary on the right, Olly and me central back and Sipho […]
20 October, 2016
Match Report: Raiders 1-1 Nam An
With Raiders Scott sick at home in Hobbiton and T-Rex managing to stay on his feet to escape from match reporting duties its harshly fallen to myself to provide this week’s summary. Although having reviewed Harry Kane’s free kick… I would argue might was slightly more accurate. That said here it is: The team selection […]
12 October, 2016
Match report: Young Business Men 2 – 0 Raiders
After a nice win on the first day of the league the Raiders were excited and full of confidence for their second match against the Young Business Associates. After a good training on Wednesday Collin had selected a squad of 16 eager lads. Some Raiders had difficulties to be on time or to be at […]
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27 September, 2016
Match report: Raiders 3 – 0 Sporting
After several weeks of hard training, a convincing win in The Ashes and a slightly unsuccessful seven-a- side tournament, the first day of the season was finally here and The Raiders were raring to go. So much so that, Mick Stanbrook arrived an hour before kick off, although this was probably to give himself the maximum amount of […]
