The Making of a New Season

Thought the new season has already began? No, not for the Hong Kong Division One which will only begin on Friday, 31st Aug. And speaking of changes, think the HK league tops the list not only with players leaving, coach switching, but change of team names and more…

Say Goodbye to Cristiano Cordeiro

Photos by Karen Chan

Sun Hei footballer Cristiano Cordeiro played his last football game on Sunday, in Mongkok stadium with a lot of fans and friends. Cordeiro, now 38 years old, dedicated his best time for Hong Kong football, played for SCAA and Sun Hei in his 14 years time in Hong Kong. He also gave up his Brazilian citizenship in order to represent Hong Kong in the international stage.

Kitchee vs TSW Pegasus: Emotional FA Cup Final Turns Violent

At first glance of this picture, it kinds of reminded me of El Clasico. Yeah, I know Kitchee and TSW Pegasus can be in no way compare with Barcelona and Real Madrid, but isn’t this scene familiar? Didn’t El Clasico usually end with some red cards and fights? Need not to emphasize how much we dislike such scenes as they always ruined a great match. Alright, let’s get back to the topic.

Weekend Sum-up: The Blues Continued to Shine, and more…

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For many years, the football world had been filled with the red colour, Man Utd, AC Milan, Spain national team, and so on. This season, however, the colour has finally changed, to the Blues. Man City won the Premier League; Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time during the weekend and in Hong Kong, Kitchee lifted the league champion trophy again.

Weekend Sum-up: Madrid Celebrates Victory, and more…

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Sorry for the late update as we had a busy week. Real Madrid confirms to be the Champion of this season’s La Liga, but in Premier League, and Hong Kong League, chances are there for a huge turnover at the very last game. Both Manchester teams have 86 points; Kitchee and TSW Pegasus are just 1 point apart. So…Will there be a huge turn over? Or will City and Kitchee end up keeping their lead? We will find out soon enough.

Weekend Sum-up: Championship, Play-offs and more…

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So the football season is coming to an end. Championship teams played their last games during the weekend, now all eyes are on the play-offs, wondering who will be the third team joining Premier League next season. Dramas seems to continue in the Premier League, Wigan looks set to earn themselves another season in the Premier League, pretty amazing huh? As for the Hong Kong league, title run is over for SCAA and Sun Hei after they lost the FA Cup games on Sunday. To top all these news? How about Hodgson will be the next England manager?

Weekend Sum-up: Barcelona Crashed and more…

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Another eventful weekend had passed. La Liga title run seems to have come to an end, whereas City seems to stand a chance in winning Premier League title again after the surprising outcome between Man Utd and Everton. Reading has confirmed their promotion to Premier League next season but who will be the second team joining Reading for a direct promotion? Kitchee looking good in claiming the title but will Pegasus turn it around after losing two games in a row?

League Cup Final: Kitchee vs TSW Pegasus

Sunday was the big day for League Cup final between Kitchee and TSW Pegasus. Both teams have chances to win League Cup champion, League champion and FA Cup champion, but being the better team throughout 90 minutes on Sunday. Kitchee claimed their first trophy of the season. Winning the game with a 2-1 scoreline.

Weekend Sum-up: Arsenal Shatters City’s Dreams and more…

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Premier League, La Liga and Hong Kong First Division are all moving toward the end of the season, ‘Who will win the title?’ becomes the main concern to all football fans. So, will it be Man United or Man City? Real Madrid or Barcelona? Kitchee or TSW Pegasus?

Weekend Sum-up: Championship Gets Exciting and more…

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What caught our attention this weekend, was the Championship game between West Ham and Reading. Both teams are fighting for a direct promotion space to the Premier League, yet after the defeat on Saturday, Reading is already 4 points ahead of West Ham. Talking about losing precious points, in Premier League, Man City drew Sunderland on Saturday and  in Hong Kong Local League, SCAA and Pegasus both drew and lost points that may help them win the champion.

Weekend Sum-up: Hong Kong FA Cup First Round and more…

 

Which one of these interest you more? Man City continues to lose points? Real Madrid continues to lead the La Liga table? Or Hong Kong Sapling managed to qualify for FA Cup second round after penalty shootouts with Tuen Mun? Guess I shall start with our local league first.

Weekend Sum-up: Pray for Muamba and more…

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You must have gotten bored of us saying, ‘It was a crazy weekend.’ Yet, it was really one crazy weekend after another. Shall we begin with Torres scored two goals (yes, he finally scores.)? Or Real Madrid finally stopped winning? Or Pegasus and Citizen scored 10 goals in their game? Before we mention all these, we would like to dedicate this post to Bolton player Muamba, who is still in hospital fighting for his life. We really hope he will get well soon!

Weekend Sum-up: League Cup Semi-finals and more…

Another eventful weekend, so let’s cut the crap and start talking about it!

In Hong Kong League…

League cup semi-finals were played during the weekend, which Kitchee took on rival SCAA on Saturday and TSW Pegasus  played against Citizen on Sunday.

Weekend Sum-up: Chelsea Sacked AVB and more..

Goodbye for real this time.
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Many things happen in football during weekends, so we decided to have this new ‘Weekend Sum-up’, to summarize things for our readers. Okay, here we go:

In EPL …

TSW Pegasus vs Sham Shui Po: Mckee Scores Hat-trick in Extra Time

We have seen many hat-tricks in football, but hat-trick during extra time, is rare, extremely rare. So when Pegasus player, Jaimes Mckee scored hat-trick during extra time to bring his team into semi-final, the whole stadium was heated up.

Senior Shield Final: Sun Hei vs SCAA

The crowd at Hong Kong Stadium yesterday.Image by my crappy camera

Yesterday was a match day, and after being away from local football for a couple weeks, we CANNOT miss this final. It is the first final of the season, Senior Shield Final between Sun Hei and SCAA. The game was played in Hong Kong Stadium yesterday, these two teams played a very exciting final despite the cold and windy weather.

Sun Hei vs Pegasus: Winner of Half Season

 
Mong Kok stadium was very busy last week, hosted plenty of big games, including this one on Saturday, JC Sun Hei vs TSW Pegasus.

Home team Sun Hei scored an early goal at just second minute into the game, goal scorer was Gerard. Both teams were testing water and no one managed to score another goal at 1st half, so the scoreline remained 1-0 as it reached half time. However, Sun Hei’s nightmare began at the 2nd half.

Citizen vs SCAA: Some Shocking Moments

It wasn’t a quiet night at the Mong Kok stadium on Friday. Citizen was there to take on South China, and the match ended with a lot of noises.

Carreiro scored at the 3rd minute for Citizen to give them an early lead. Citizen kept pressing throughout first half which gave them plenty of chances. At 32 minute, SCAA Yeo Jeehoon was sent off after receiving his second yellow. Later, Yuto Nakamura managed to scored another goal before the end of the first half. Giving Citizen a two goals lead into half time and SCAA was a man down. It all looked like Citizen had the upper hand, but things started to get complicated when 2nd half began.

AFC Cup Draw: For Your Information

We are at the draw for obvious reason, because two of our local league teams, Kitchee and Citizen will be participating in AFC Cup 2012. After hearing a lot of A1, C2, B4, and quite a number of clubs that we never heard of (sorry about that!), the groups are as shown in the picture (You can click to enlarge).

All The Way Back to Football: The Story of Citizen Player, Michael Campion

Most people use the amount of money they earn, to measure their success in career, but this does not apply to Michael Campion, a footballer playing for The Citizen Athletic Association Limited, a club in Hong Kong bma 1^st Division Football League.

There is a connection between Campion and football ever since he could remember. ‘Since I was old enough to stand up is probably the correct answer, but I first started getting proper coaching when I was around seven or eight years old.’ His father was the first person who brought him to the field and this connection has never been broken.

Unlike other English kids who could be able to begin their football career at early age, being born and raised in Hong Kong had given Campion a different kind of pressure. ‘Education is very important for old parents, my parents really wanted me to go to university and get a proper education first,’ Campion explained. So despite went for trials at England clubs like Derby County and Nottingham Forest at age 16, he did not sign for any of them. ‘When you were age 16, you didn’t know what you want, but I could have maybe put up more of a fight,’ a bit of regret was there in Campion’s voice, now ten years later, he knows that was the thing that he should have fought for.