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20 September, 2016
SIFL Cup report part 2
Early Morning Wake Up Call! You cannot blame the lads for feeling confident of doing well ahead of the SIFL Cup given the developments within pre-season. A more focused and organised training regime under new coach Colin and the added quality of a group of new Raiders having signed, left many Raiders player expecting to […]
20 September, 2016
SIFL Cup report part 1
Red Raiders Fail to Rampage After a thundering win against the Sa*nts in the yearly Ashes fixture, Raiders Red came out lackluster in the 7v7 SIFL Cup. Raiders Red started out in a 1-2-2-2 formation, consisting of Collin the Courageous holding down the fort at keeper-sweeper (he remembered to use his hands for once…), […]
13 September, 2016
Match report: Raiders 3 – 0 Sa*nts
Ashes Delight for McD Saturday saw the Saigon Raiders face their old nemesis the Saigon Saints in the traditional season opener; The Ashes. Brought into existence 4 years ago in an attempt to distill some of the bad blood that existed between Saigon’s two oldest teams; it promised to be a feisty affair. In the […]
30 August, 2016
The Dark Necessities of Phnom Penh
On the Raiders previous two tours to Cambodia we have taken a combined total of 1pt. However, this is a new Saigon Raiders. Fresh from finishing second in the SIFL league and bolstered by new recruits, we traveled full of confidence that we could tame the Cambodian beast (Bayern FC not the girl Collin slept […]
17 August, 2016
The league’s most valuable player is… leaving
Congratulations to the Raiders’ very own Michael Owen, who was named SIFL Player of the Season for 2015/16. A cuddly, congenial chap, beloved of referees and opponents alike, Mike also won the club award at the Raiders’ end of season party and will be sorely missed as he returns to Scotland for a year at […]
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15 August, 2016
Match report: Raiders 2 – 1 AUFC
QK7 Stadium. The Raiders awoke on Sunday morning, knowing that today, something was going to be a little bit different than usual. Daniel Vo was on time. The biggest change though came in the formidable and compact shape of Coach Colin. Our previous manager, having failed miserably in his attempts to lead us to glory, […]
07 July, 2016
Thank you Sascha
This is a big Thank You to Sascha, who has not only become a real friend but also a big asset to the Saigon Raiders and therefore deserves special mentioning on our webpage. I have personally enjoyed our time on and off the pitch, more so running the Saigon Raiders for several years, organizing the […]
04 July, 2016
Match report: Raiders 4 – 5 Random FC
The game: Saigon Raiders took on Random FC again in another heavily contested honour battle. Coach Cregg, new to the position, saw his chance clear to implement all changes that he had been contemplating for a full season, but held back on as an elevator fart due to the hierarchy and respect coach Pat instilled. […]
