Saigon Raiders Club
05 December, 2016

Match report: Raiders 1 – 2 Olympique

Last week, we bade a fond farewell to a German and a gent, Daniel Breustedt. The outgoing captain’s boots have been filled by Olly with on the pitch duties and Jerry with off the pitch duties, as the new Captain and Vice-Captain were sworn in during the post-game, Orient frivolities. Another Friday. Another game. Another win?  […]

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21 February, 2017

Match report – Raiders 3 – 1 Nam An

Admittedly, writing a match report three weeks after a game has been played adds a certain challenge to the task… What was the score? Who the hell played? How on earth did I end up writing this match report, the answer to that question still eludes me! Raiders Vs Nam An The TET holiday usually […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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