Forbidden City FC 紫禁城足球俱乐部

Palace,

Our next league game is scheduled for next saturday, 21st May. Currently we should play at the Chaoyang stadium for a 2 pm kick off, however the venue and time of kick off may change (especially the kick off).

Who is available?
Cheers,
Patrick

PS: try your best to attend the training session on wednesday 17th. As City will play a catch-up league game that day, we will need as many Palace players as possible to make the training session worthwhile.

We played brilliantly against Dragons and now it’s time for another big match!

ARE YOU AVAILABLE?

At this point in time the match is scheduled for Saturday 14th, 2pm kick-off (meet at 1:15pm) at Chaoyang but that might change this week… I will email confirmation of date/time/venue when we know for sure.

Athletico can still win the league if they win all of their remaining fixtures this season so they’ll be up for it this weekend but of course, three more wins for us champions! We can show them that 8-1 was not a one-off
but a demolition they should expect against us…

Training is on Wednesday as ever, 8pm Lido.

Yeeeaaah boys!
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PATRICK!

Citizens, current and former!

This Sunday, 8 May, at 4pm City will play Afrika in the IFFC Cup Final. We invite you to make your way to the Lido pitch in Side Park. It would be awesome if we could welcome a great contingent of the Yellow Army at the match to support the lads.

For those of you who have been somewhat out of touch lately: City is 19 for 19 in the Premier League this season so far; if you add three cup matches that’s 22 wins in 22 games. It’s almost out of this world. We would have definitely giving ManU a better battle than those Schalke tossers. FYI, Palace is top of the First Division and currently on an 11 game winning streak. With three games to go in the league we are certainly destined for glory in both league competitions, too.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Cheers,

Jochen

Chairman
Forbidden City FC

Palace,

Our next league game is this coming saturday, 30th of April. We are playing against ISB Dragons, a team that we have never managed to beat in the past. Over the last 3 seasons, the stats so far are 1 draw and 5 defeats, including 2 this season already: 5-7 in the cup, and 3-4 in the league. On current form, I hope we can finally get a win against them.

Kick off is scheduled for 12 noon at Chaoyang Stadium, meet at the pitch at 11:30AM.

Who is available?
Please reply ASAP and don’t forget the training session on wednesday, 8-10 PM at the Lido.
Cheers,
Patrick

Citizens,Well done Saturday, a cracking display from all involved. It’s that togetherness that will keep us going till the end of the season!Stats website down so here’s a few game facts:Team:55′ A good move on the left led to a good switch from Ivan for Fabio on the right. The ghanean Wonder crossed it low for Ivan to finish off with ease. 1-065′ Useless foul from Philippe 40 yards out: the Fortuna centre back hit a tricky ball in the box and their striker with the slightest of touches put our rivals back in the game. 1-172′ Blythe hit a good corner, Both Ivan and Philippe double headed the ball in – Ex-poneytail man Ivan claimed it with a more enthusiastic celebration.2-182′ Blythe hussled the ball off their centre backs – clean through, 15 yards out and with only the keeper to beat, the Spurs man finished them off with a typical blythesque scuffed shot accross the goal. Boom. 3-1MOM: Blythe big game at the back – 1 assist – and 1 goal after a 5 minute stint up frontDOM: Ivan forgeting to bring the Donkey hat + his little yelp of agony and dismay after seeing his man get subbed. His girlfriend was not impressed.This coming Sunday we play against Azzurri, a team we know well. These kind of games are equally important, we need to win and keep our nerves. In fact, the first round of beers is on me if we manage a win and 0 yellow/red cards.So Sunday 12pm Kick Off Lido pitch ARE YOU AVAILABLE? please RSVP NOWCITY!!!Philippe

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

Palace,We had a tough game last Saturday, beating a strong Barbarians team 3-1. We played very well at the start of the game, creating several good chances and taking the lead early on. Manuel scored the first goal with a long range shot, then a second from close range after their keeper had parried a couple of shots. Our third goal came from a good cross by Jason Dorey that Matt Costello did well to convert into a goal by tackling the ball passed their keeper. However even at 3-0 down the Barbs were still dangerous and got one back just before half-time. In the 2nd half we had very few chances to add a goal and had to spend most of the time defending, with Stefan making a couple of good saves to deny their strikers. We hold on and finally won 3-1.Well done to all 17 players involved, especially Manuel (voted Man-of-the-Match for his 2 goals) and Edouard (voted Donkey for, it seems(?), no reason).This coming Saturday, 19th March, we are playing the Chinese side Shenzhen Development Bank. Kick off is scheduled for 4 PM and the venue is as usual Chaoyang Stadium. Shenzhen Bank currently ranks low in the league table but we should be cautious as we could only managed a draw (3-3) against them earlier this season.Who is available?PatrickPS: Training session as usual on Wednesday evening, 8-10PM at the Side Gongyuan pitch near the Lido

Palace,Due to the snow we could not play last weekend, our game vs Lao Hu Inter has been postponed to a later date not yet scheduled.Hopefully we can finally resume our football season this coming saturday, 5th of March. We are playing bottom-of-the-league Chaoyang Park Rangers. Kick off is scheduled for 2PM, the venue is the same as usual for Summer Palace, that is to say Chaoyang Stadium on Yaojiayuan Lu. Who is available?Cheers,PatrickPS: Remember that we have a training session tomorrow evening, wednesday 2nd March, at the Lido (Side Gongyuan), 8-10PM. As we have a lot of players available for the weekend games and that the squad is limited to 18 players, priority will be given to the guys who make the effort to come to training.PPS: If you have not yet pick-up your new kit, please arrange with Jason Dorey to bring it to you tomorrow so that we don’t have to spend so much time to distribute the kit on saturday before the game, cheers. The deposit for the kit is 200 rmb.

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We’ve won all our games so far with spirit, determination and (questionable) style, No reason we cant rise to the Challenge and keep this going through out the season. To make this happen the team will need every single one of you! So put you your weekend plans with the wife on hold – tell the Boss Footy comes first and No fake Matty injuries/hangovers either ! You’re City till you die!