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Report Date: 01/May/2005
I would like to thank all of you once again for being a part of our 2nd monthly “Bangkok Vets League” competition last week. With record-breaking 5 teams competing, it was an enjoyable Sunday afternoon of football in the true spirit of the game. I got very constructive comments from the various players I spoke with during the day. So, we will aim to continue to create more opportunities for the aging football-lovers of Bangkok against their own peers in the coming months.
The participating teams were:
■ Yingcharoen Standbys
■ German Allstars
■ British Club
■ Harrow Teachers
■ Scandinavian Vikings
The following were certainly the clear highlights of the day:
■ very friendly, non-competitive, casual atmosphere
■ the new “yellow-card-sit-out-the-half” sin-bin rule led to no yellow cards once again
■ fair refereeing
■ the Harrow venue
■ volume of beer (once again, mostly due to the rapid disappearance of many British Club!)
The day seemed like it would go Harrow Teachers’s way (with 4 wins and 12 pts in the Group Stage), but it ended in favour of Yingcharoen Standbys, who, through a late goal, forced and won in the penalty-shootout against Harrow Teachers in the Grand Final.
This is only its 2nd month, but some patterns already emerging:
■ first Thai team participated, and won!
■ all teacher teams are a formidable force to reckon with
■ German Allstars secured their 3rd spot as a result of a fabulous penalty taken against the Scandinavian Vikings by a lady player
■ Scandinavian Vikings can’t believe they lost to the German Allstars in both months!
■ British Club continuing their consistency, pulling the rear in both months!
I also got further comments from different teams during the day, some of which will be implemented in future months:
■ start a bit earlier to allow time for more beers!
■ maybe make it a whole-day family event with BBQ organized by Harrow School
■ consider Patana School venue, because:
♦ has better pitches
♦ has more pitches
♦ has better rain+flood drainage (a factor during summer months)
♦ has shops with food/drinks/water
♦ ball-boys were missed 🤣
I am very happy to see that Scandinavian Vikings, German Allstars and British Club are regularly supporting the Vets League. As I mentioned, if there is continued demand with regularly participating teams, we could do it more often during the summer period (say, every 4-5 weeks). Only demand will tell..!
At the moment, the next monthly competition is planned to be on Jun/19th (Sun) — that’s about 7-8 weeks of break again to wait for the Casual League to come the conclusion of its 2004-2005 season. Please also let me know if there are other events scheduled for the Jun/19th date.
Thanks, once again, for supporting the idea that was originally floated by Chris Jolly. Bruce and I hope we can continue and sustain it going forward. Please also do contact me back if there are other suggestions or ideas that could improve the event in future months.
Looking forward to welcoming you back for the same kick-around on Jun/19th afternoon.
Kind regards,
-Eralp
Picture 1 — Getting ready to kick the day off.
Picture 2 — Underpowered Vikings are on the beer early in the day.
Picture 3 — German Allstars are intend on winning the championship.
Picture 4 — Harrow Teachers and Yingcharoen Standbys battle it out in the Grand Final.
Picture 5 — Referee is fully on charge of the proceedings.
Picture 6 — Harrow Teachers can’t wait to take their penalty.
Picture 7 — First penalty of the Grand Final penalty shootout.
Picture 8 — Yingcharoen Standbys get back at level terms.
Picture 9 — Yingcharoen Standbys and Harrow Teachers enjoy the photo-op following the nerve-wrecking Grand Final and the penalty shootout.
Picture 10 — Nevertheless, Louise, Joerg, [Raly(Y)’s little son], and Ralf(Y) of the German Allstars are the real champions of this month.
Feel free to e-mail to me (contacts at the footer), if you would like to voice your take on the above event report, or have more photos from the event to be posted on this page.
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Legend: “(3B)” means finished 3rd in Group-B