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04 June, 2020
Time for the Turkeys to do the stuffing
It was a sweltering Sunday afternoon. With the title wrapped up with and two games to go you would have thought that complacency would have been the order of the day. But one thing was clear from the warmup, no turkeys were getting stuffed today. We lined up in the 4-3-3 formation which had seen […]
28 May, 2020
The Turkey takes on the Samurai
After the Turkey got its feathers ruffled the weekend before by the Cockerel the fighting spurs were sharpened and ready for action. This week facing the mighty Samurai the Turkey was determined to show that last week would not define this proud squad. Messages and meetings and a good training session promised a solid display […]
19 May, 2020
Vikings vs Sporting
The Vikings returned from the extended mid-season break with much of the talk about showing some spirit, fighting to the end and maybe trying to pick up a couple of points before the end of the season. The mentality of the team turned 180 degrees, however, after the impressive friendly win against the Japanese last […]
30 June, 2020
Coach Colin’s Last (Rain)Dance
Semi Final Raiders faced up against the French in the plate semi-final and produced a victory in a game which was as comfortable as it could be for the recently crowned champions. After Coach Colin’s penultimate pre-match team talk was interrupted by an apologetic 34 year old teenager (oooo sorry!), the tone of the match […]
19 May, 2020
Au revoir Raiders. Olympique 2 Saigon Raiders 0
A game that could have gone differently had Raiders taken an early lead. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be and Raiders start life after quarantine with a loss. There is one thing that all Raiders can agree on when waking up this morning. It was not fun yesterday! Injuries and players unavailable meant a shift […]
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10 March, 2020
Raiders vs Japan All Stars
A friendly against one of the best teams in the city after a long spell off, promised to be a very close encounter. After a very intense warm up (I can only assume) we lost “Chocolate ankles” to injury but were ready for an intense start as always. Coach Colin named his squad and whispered […]
09 March, 2020
No Friends on the Field
While the entire population is busy stacking up on toilet paper to fight against COVID-19, Planet Saigon stopped rotating for 80 minutes for the most anticipated match of the season. It was Saigon Raiders vs Saigon Vikings at the Thu Duc Sports University. Those two teams might be from the same club at their core, […]
09 March, 2020
Match Report Raiders Vikings
Match report – Raiders v Vikings After what seems like an eternity, the Saigon Raiders were finally back on the pitch to contest a league game. This Sunday was a special one as it saw the club’s two teams come face-to-face, coinciding with the final game for a Raiders legend… Who let the Raiders out…Hung…Hung…Hung…Hung […]
