Forbidden City FC 紫禁城足球俱乐部

Evening All.

Training is on again this Wednesday at the same time and place as last week (full details below).

With the start of the BTV6 9 a-side tournament along with the all day 7 a-side tournament taking place this weekend, we are going to use this session to get the two squads playing together.  There will be a warm up followed by some attacking drills, then we will spend the majority of the session playing 9 a-side (with substitutes).
All are welcome as usual.

Please can you bring a white top as well as a dark (black/blue) top to make it easier to split the teams.  Also bring water with you as there is nowhere close to the field to buy it.

Date: Wednesday 10th August

Time: 8:30 – 10:00pm (try to arrive early so we can start on time)

Location: 9 a-side pitch at Chaoyang Park (50m on right after entering east gate 7)
Cost: 30Rmb

See you there.
Cheers,
Ally

Hi guys,

7aside tomorrow at 9pm all are welcome. please let me know

Where: Lido
Time: 9pm
Cost: 30-50 Rmb

4 week tournament starting tomorrow every Thrusday 8 or 9pm (this week is at 9pm)

Please RSVP now and will include you in the team. I will send an email every week as some of you might not be available every week. first come first served basis.

thanks, should be fun!!!

Philippe

Matty Dunn is leaving the City, both of Beijing and his surrogate footballing family for Thailand!

Tonight will be your last chance to see Matty drink a few pints and then skulk off, although he has promised to make it out past 10 o’clock.

So come down to Luga’s tonight from 8PM for a few last drinks and give Matty an FCFC send off!
Cheers
Blythe

CITIZENS,
This Sunday Forbidden City FC will have it’s annual season ending/award party. We’ve had a great year and we really want to end it with a great party all citizens young and old can enjoy Here are the details:
Location:     Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Roof Deck / pool area. 168 Guang An Men Wai Avenue Xuan Wu Beijing – Tel: 6338 1888

Time:          11:30am – 4pm Main event BBQ in the sun and for those that want to keep it going 5 pm onwards Sanlitun rampage
Theme:       you must dress in FCFC colours so Dress in YELLOW!!!!
Deal:           178 RMB (+10% charge) all you eat  delicious BBQ (Burgers, sausages, lamb chops, steak, selection of salad and side dishes) and Drink (Beer, wine, soft drinks) . Free for under 6 year olds/ half price under 12.

The area is located on the hotel roof deck complete with Naturally sun lit, glassed-in pool (so bring your trunks-bikinis), and expansive grass section. The day will contain awards, games, and a whole lot more. Bring the wife, girlfriends and mates and let’s have a great day to wrap up the season in style, have fun with friends and family  as we get together to say goodbye to some of the FCFC family.

RSVP NOW PLEASE

The party will continue after 4pm (for those of you who dont need to study for exams) in Sanlitun at Lugas where we will handover our trophies of the year!

We’re City ’til we die. . .

Cheers,

Hey guys,

Super cup semi at Chaoyang this wednesday at 8pm.
loads of fun planned, donkeys and positions to be picked prior to the game, we’ve done this in the past and it’s been bucket loads of fun, so please RSVP Now!

Palace and City regualrs please RSVP to this address. both ben and I will be selecting the squads.

special “guests” include Jason Muhl and Benny Woo!

let’s have a cracking laugh and a great game of footy between the CHAMPIONS OF BEIJING!!!

Cheers,

Philippe

Palace,

I hope you’ve now recovered from the party on sunday night celebrating for City winning the premier league in emphatic fashion.

For Palace, it was a very disappointing day: We lost against Red cards (defeat 2-3, match report to follow if I can find the time to write it, although i would appreciate if someone else did it, any volunteer??) and we also lost Rowan, who broke is collar bone and has to go through surgery (last night). He’s staying at the Beijing United hospital, near the Lido. We will pass on more info and arrange a visit to the hospital when Rowan will have recovered a little, post-surgery.

Regarding the league, we have been given a chance to redeem ourselves. As Athletico totally screwed the league by fielding a semi-pro Chinese team for the last 4 weeks and that the results of our game as well as the French LE B’s game vs Athletico are both under examination by the disciplinary committee of the League, the French LE B and us, as well as the IFFC all agreed that it would be more practical and fair to just play a “play-off game” between the French B and Palace to decide which team wins the First Division league this season.

Only players having played at least 4 games with their B teams (i.e. Summer Palace and French LE B) are allow to take part (so Philippe, Jochen, Darren, Barrie,: you’re not qualified to play in this game, sorry!).

This game will be played this saturday at 12 noon, at the Lido (Side Gongyuan). Who is available?
Please reply ASAP and don’t forget to come to training tomorrow, wednesday 8 pm at the LIDO.

Cheers,
Patrick

Palace,Please find below:1- a short match report of our last game played vs Shenzhen Development Bank2- the match schedule for April and updated stats3- the team call for our next game.1- Match Report for Summer Palace vs Shenzhen Dev Bk (played on Saturday 19th March): We kept going our winning streak, now extended to 6 win in a row, but it was not that easy. We started the game very well, pilling pressure on their defence especially attacking the wings with Ally and Ben making great runs. We were rewarded by Ally scoring the first goal thanks to Matt harassing their central defenders. We however missed quite a few good chances and Shenzhen started to have more of the ball especially in midfield. Fortunately, they did not create good chances and seldom threaten to score. 1-0 at half time. The second half started more or less the same way the first finished but clever coaching from Chris (or Lee?) ended the stalemate. Old-school, Lao Cui came in for the last 30 minutes and made the difference with assists for Ally then for Matt Costello to make the final score 3-0. Matt Costello scored his 8th goal of the season and he’s now our top goal-scorer. It was also his last game for us. Well done Matt and good luck in Singapore (keep your “gold” kit, you’ll be back in Beijing playing football sooner than you expect). Overall, it was a good team performance, with solid defending and good passing.2- the schedule for the next 5 games is now online:Saturday, 26.03.2011 14:00 Chaoyang Stadium League 1st Div Summer Palace Lao Hu InternazionaleSunday, 03.04.2011 14:00 Chaoyang Stadium League 1st Div Summer Palace Beijing Celtics 02Saturday, 09.04.2011 12:00 Chaoyang Stadium League 1st Div Summer Palace French LE BSaturday, 16.04.2011 16:00 Chaoyang Stadium League 1st Div Summer Palace Azzurri FC BSaturday, 30.04.2011 12:00 Chaoyang Stadium League 1st Div Summer Palace Dragons3- This Saturday 26th of March we are playing the high-school team Lao Hu Internazionale (=WAB). Kick off scheduled at 2PM, venue is as usual Chaoyang Stadium. Who is available?Please reply ASAP and come to training on wednesday evening, Side Gongyuan 8-10PM.Cheers,Patrick

Philippe

Citizens,2 resounding victories for the club this week. PAAALACE kicked off the tequila fuelled weekend with a 10-0 win over Dulwich Lions. Matty Costello hit the net 3 times, Jim So and Ally managed a couple each, Kieran, Manuel, and Charles finished them off. BIG. Palace remain in 4th position close behind the top 3.On Sunday, CCCCIIIITYYYYY came back from 1 nil down in the second half to make it 2-1 against Afrika United, their biggest Rivals. Wow what a game! Ivan put us level in the 70th minute, and with ten minutes to go, Matty “on Parole” Dunn hit the sweet winner. City have now won 10 out of 10 games in the league and are top of the table, 5 points clear. (you can check out the city stats/match report)Remember it’s Baby Jesus Bday/ Hanukkha/ end of first part of the season etc….Party this Friday, if you haven’t yet RSVPd please do so, we would love to see everybody come down to Luga’s Villa for some civilized partying. Wife, GFs, Special lady friends and BFs all welcome.Up coming games:City vs French Le Sunday 11am LidoPalace vs Red Cards 3pm Chaoyang StadiumTRAINING as always, Wednesday 8pm Lido pitch. One last game, one last effort before we all take a well earned breakThere’s only one Forbidden CityP