Please find below the training and match schedule for March 2009 for both City and Palace

• 03 Mar (Tue): Futsal, 8-10pm, Canadian School (CIS) Indoor
• 05 Mar (Thu): Training, 8-10pm, Lido Pitch
• 07 Mar (Sat): Palace vs. Barbarians B,4pm, Chaoyang Stadium
• 08 Mar (Sun): City vs. Barbarians A, 12pm, Lido Pitch
• 10 Mar (Tue): CF 5-a-side league, Chaoyang Park, time tbc
• 12 Mar (Thu): Training, 8-10pm, Lido Pitch
• 14 Mar (Sat): Palace vs. Italy FC, 4pm, Chaoyang Stadium
• 15 Mar (Sun): City vs. Red Cards, 2pm, Lido Pitch
• 17 Mar (Tue): CF 5-a-side league, Chaoyang Park, time tbc
• 19 Mar (Thu): Training, 8-10pm, Lido Pitch
• 21 Mar (Sat): Palace vs. French B, 2pm, Chaoyang Stadium
• 22 Mar (Sun): City vs. French A, 2pm, Lido Pitch
• 24 Mar (Tue): CF 5-a-side league, Chaoyang Park, time tbc
• 26 Mar (Thu): Training, 8-10pm, Lido Pitch
• 28 Mar (Sat): Palace vs. Russia Utd., 12pm, Chaoyang Stadium
• 29 Mar (Sun): City game vs. Vikings postponed

Hey! Ho! Let’s go!

Forbidden City FC and Summer Palace are proudly inviting all IFFC teams and players to the Second IFFC Team Night on Friday, 20 February 2009, from 8pm at Luga’s Villa.

Wear your team colors and enjoy a night of fun and friendship with footballers from all corners of the world.

• Where: Luga’s Villa (Sanlitun, behind 3.3 Plaza; 三里屯, 3.3 大厦后边)
• Date: Friday, 20 February 2009
• Time: 8pm
• Price: 100 RMB per person (includes Mexican buffet, soft drinks, cold draft beer /Tsingtao bottles until 11pm)

Happy hour prices for girls all night.

Luga’s Villa will also have a rock band and DJ downstairs in the bar.

Please confirm your team’s numbers by Wednesday, 18 February.

Forbidden City FC & Summer Palace
Rob Gonnella & the IFFC ExCo
Jason Muhl & the IFFC SuperCom
and
Carlo Ferrara & the IFFC DisCom

please find below a training and match schedule for February 2009 for both City and Palace:

• 05 Feb (Thu): Training, 8-10pm, Lido Pitch
• 07 Feb (Sat): Palace vs. ??? (pre-season friendly), 12-2pm, Lido Pitch (TBC)
• 08 Feb (Sun): City vs. Italy FC (pre-season friendly), 2-4pm , Lido Pitch
• 10 Feb (Tue): Futsal, 8-10pm, CIS Indoor
• 12 Feb (Thu): Training, 8-10pm, Lido Pitch
• 14 Feb (Sat): Palace vs. Celtic Gold, (pre-season friendly), 2-4pm, 12-2pm, Lido Pitch
• 15 Feb (Sun): City vs. French (pre-season friendly), 2-4pm, Lido Pitch
• 17 Feb (Tue): Futsal, 8-10pm, CIS Indoor
• 19 Feb (Thu): Training, 8-10pm, Lido Pitch
• 20 Feb (Fri): Second IFFC Team Night, from 8pm at Luga’s Villa
• 21 Feb (Sat): Palace vs. Vikings, (pre-season friendly), 12-2pm, Lido Pitch
• 22 Feb (Sun): IFFC Cup Quarterfinal: City vs. X2, 2-4pm, Lido pitch
• 24 Feb (Tue): Futsal, 8-10pm, CIS Indoor
• 26 Feb (Thu): Training, 8-10pm, Lido Pitch
• 28 Feb/1 Mar: Start second half IFFC League

Well done to both team in the weekend…Summer Palace with a convincing victory and City for a great performance that deserved a better result.

No time to stop thinking about the past, because this will be a really busy week of football!

Check out the upcoming games and events:

Tuesday 25th - Training indoor at the Canadian International School (CIS), 8pm, remember to bring trainers or 5 aside shoes. (check the map enclose)

Thursday 27th - Premiere Division Match - City vs Fortuna, 8pm, Chaoyang stadium (NO LIDO PITCH), meet at Lugas at 6.30pm or at the pitch 7.15pm. (check the detail address here to get to the pitch)

Chaoyang Sports Stadium on Yaojiayuan Lu
姚家园路. 朝阳体育中心
Yaojiayuan Lu Chaoyang Ti Yu Zhong Xin

map - http://www.chysports.com/img/map1.gif
phone - 8597 0282

Saturday 29th - Pikey Leaving Do Party - meet at Xiawuji Club Football pitches at 10.45am, all day activities, beers and fun, with the great Pikey!

Please let me know if you have problems to come for training or to the other events.

If you need more information please call me.

Ciao
Luca

Our first part of the season is rapidly coming to an end. Both teams still have some really important games, but I think it’s about time to give all of you, a short recap of the Club activity for the next few weeks.

Here is a detail schedule of what is going to happen:

November-

* 21st Friday - IFFC Curry night (First IFFC teams night out) 7.30pm, Chingari Indian Restaurant (above the Pizza Hut in Dongzhimenwaidajie)

* 22nd Saturday - First Division match Summer Palace vs Chaoyang park rangers, 5.30pm KO

* 23rd Sunday - Premier Division match Forbidden City vs Sexy, 4pm KO

* 25th Tuesday - Training Canadian International School (indoor training), 8pm

* 27th Thursday - Premier Division match Forbidden City vs Fortuna, 8pm KO

* 29th Saturday - Andy Jones “Pikey” Leaving do party! All day celebration to one of our most important members and founders of Forbidden City, Starting 11am till late (details will be forward to you soon this week)

December-

* 3rd Wednesday - First Division match Summer Palace vs Celtic Gold, 8pm KO at Dulwitch college

* 6th Saturday - will see a lot of activities:
o Premier Division match, Forbidden City vs Celtic, 4pm KO
o First Division match, Summer Palace vs Azzurri, 10am KO
* On the same day 6th, we will have our famous CITY XMAS PARTY. This year it will all take place at Lugas Villa Mexican Restaurant (3floor from Lugas Villa Pub). Reasonable costs, lot of free drinks, games and awards for another crazy City night. Open invitation to friends, girlfriends, wifes, ect. ect. Starting at 7.30 pm. (More details to be forward soon)

* 9th Tuesday - Last training of 2008, Canadian International school (indoor training) 8pm

* 13th December - 2′ round Cup game, Forbidden City vs Russia United, KO to be confirm

Sorry for the long list guys, but I think it can be helpful for everyone, to have a fix schedule like this, so that you can all organize for what is coming ahead.

Remember Pikey leaving do party and the Xmas party are a must to attend, so get your busy schedule planned, so that you can attend this 2 important events.

Let’s keep winning and let’s keep having a lot of fun together!

Your personal secretary

Luca “The Stallion” Merlone

Remember to bring hat and gloves, its start to getting chilly!

This is EG from Bangkok! Hope you’ve been well.

Not sure whether you guys are planning to come to the Easter in April, but we’re back on the scene with a “new” football tournament for another chance to visit Bangkok!

Just wanted to drop a note and check whether Forbidden City would be interested in participating in an Over-35s 8-a-side vets tournament during Feb/21-22nd next year.

Please have a look through the Bangkok Vets League website, and check out the details in the following link:
==> http://www.vetsleague.com/htmls/bvc_invitation.htm

Let me know what you think in the next 10-15 days as we continue reserving spots for those 16 lucky teams.

Hope to see y’all in Bangkok soon.

Kind regards,
=EG=
http://www.vetsleague.com/

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the new tracksuits are ready and we’ll distribute them starting from tonight. They are good quality Umbro tracksuits and the style is similar to the ones we ordered a couple of years ago, only this time it’s red top and blue bottoms.

We ordered 30 tracksuits and they are 300 RMB each, which is possible through sponsorship by Luga’s Villa Mexican Restaurant in Sanlitun.

Tracksuits will be handed out against cash only, no credit available. Different sizes are available. First come, first serve.

The following 13 players made the effort to reply to an email asking about interest in tracksuits in September and we have reserved one for them:
Alex Henderson,Glen Royce, James McKay, Jason Dorey, Jochen Tenhagen, Luca Merlone, Patrik Wilkens, Pere Torrens, Philippe Healey, Rafael Peinado, Ryan Wegner, Simon Ross, Stefan Hase-Bergen

See you tonight,
Jochen