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A game Raiders usually live up to with a cocktail of anticipation, excitement and maybe a bit of fear: Hotshots have beaten us severely over the past few years, and are without at doubt one of the better teams in the SIFL. Finishing the league as champions two years ago, and running up last year, our own […]
Coach Pat’s report Ky Hoa might as well have been Binh Duong on a dark and stormy Saturday night. The Raiders ready to go against their rival Sa*nts in a match where they hoped to avenge the loss from two weeks ago where the Sa*nts danced in our defeat then invited us for a delicious dinner […]
The Sunday night thriller in Tran Thai… Well hydrated from beer wine and wild turkey the raiders made the trek to D7 for our Sunday night game against Gemadept. Still playing in the away real madridesque white on white kit, we started the game with a lot of positivity, no doubt brought on by some […]
With new rules, a new pitch and new teams, the 2014/2015 Saigon International Football League season is underway. Raiders have had a tough start losing the first two against a lively Japan team (5-1) and a determined Saints (2-1). However, there are signs of the team settling as we begin to get a settled match […]
Read More… from Raiders bring home first 3 points of the season
The SIFL this year has been erratic with two teams dropping out and numerous postponements for various reasons. The final two league games of 2013 saw Raiders go down 3-0 to Japan (playing most of the second half in near darkness) and conspiring to lose 4-3 to Hotshots. Taking a look at the current league […]
Read More… from Raiders gear up for improved second half of the season
Raiders were back with a bang on Sunday defeating last years champions Olympique de Saigon by four goals to two. The occasion was tempered by the sad news of the passing of Floyd’s father, whom we had all met during his visit to Vietnam and indeed on his previous visits too. The Raiders family came […]
After what’s now basically 6 months of having our own way, and 3 consecutive league wins against the Saints, the Raiders were sent crashing down to earth on Sunday at Thu Duc Sports University. We won’t dispute the result but I won’t say ‘no excuses’ because trust me, we have plenty. 50 minutes on the […]