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04 July, 2016
Match report: Raiders 4 – 5 Local 11
The Raiders took to the pitch on another dark and stormy Saturday Afternoon. Thu Duc was the venue and with the away team arriving 20 minutes late a delayed kickoff was needed. The good guys started off in their classic 4-5- 1 formation with Daniel “I don’t train” Hogg up front and behind him Nico “25% bodyfat” Greeve. […]
14 June, 2016
Match report: Saigon Raiders 4 – 2 Nam An
Finally, the time has come for another friendly as preparation for the next Raiders season. Raiders finished second last season and of course as second, being the first loser, preparations for next season are well underway to make the next season a better one. Everything was set for a beautiful Saturday afternoon match. Rain has […]
19 May, 2016
Raiders 6 – 0 Nam An FC
After last weeks 5-3 defeat to a potent Japan FC side you would have been forgiven for thinking that the Raiders would stroll through this game seeing as though as the phrase goes ‘they had nothing to play for’. Pat Catzrev had different ideas ‘not on my watch’ uttered the defiant and folically challenged North […]
09 May, 2016
Match report: Raiders 3 – 5 Japan
First half: The Raiders took the field with desire and awareness that the dream can and must continue, but the opponent is the Japan, who is a very great team. Ready away and the Raiders show what they know and what they are and after some minutes have an early lead through Mike that finalizes goals […]
26 April, 2016
Match report: Olympique 0 – 5 Raiders
Saigon has been suffering under a tremendous heatwave the last week, which will be booked as the hottest week in South East Asia since beginning of time. Luckily our game was booked late enough in the afternoon, which saved us from some of the inevitable burns the Sa*nts had to endure right before us, sun-wise and […]
07 April, 2016
Match report: Raiders 4 – 3 Local team
A game of two halves… and an amazing goalkeeper! Sunday’s game may as well have been played on hot coals with the amount of heat that was generated off the playing surface. But at least the Raiders could relax in the heat knowing you wont have to run around on the worlds biggest pitch… or […]
31 March, 2016
Viking Cup 2016: Hong Kong massacre
Another Easter, another Viking Cup for the Saigon Raiders. This year it was held in the land of Bruce Lee, Sky Scrapers and $25 cocktails, Hong Kong. Pre-departure hiccups involving the kit led Floyd to question British efficiency, but were sorted thanks to Pete and Mike. The Raiders boarded the plane with an 11 man […]
31 March, 2016
Viking Cup 2016: Reflections of a vet
It was with some trepidation that I set off from Shanghai, with my fellow Vet John Lay, to rejoin the Raiders on tour for the first time in 19 years. Having passed my football prime well before I even started playing for the Raiders back then, I wondered how I would cope with the rigours […]
