Vagabonds 2-3 Barbarians
We- the Vags- lost to the Barbarians in the cruelest of fashions conceding the decisive goal with the very last kick of a match played in the sweltering heat at Komaba Sub ground. The result handed the initiative to our opponents who leapfrogged us up into second place. A draw would have kept them below us [...]
Continue readingVagabonds 6-0 Musketeers
Warning: No jokes or funny bits in this match report. We – the Vagabonds- beat the Musketeers 6-0 on Sunday at Fukuda Denshi on an extremely rainsoaked and waterlogged pitch. The result put us back up to second in the table with just four games remaining and also consigned the Musketeers to relegation- sweet revenge for [...]
Continue readingBFC Tokyo 3-0 YCAC
BFC Tokyo swept aside YCAC to progress to the final of the TML cup where they will met the Swiss Kickers. Congratulations, chaps.
Continue readingVagabonds 2-1 Saitama Jets. Plate Semi-final
When Push Comes to Shove A strange chu-hi and ichibanshibori fuelled discussion on the way home – is there any difference between the headlining verbs (or nouns if you want)? It petered out pretty quickly and then back to the usual post match train journey homewards stuff………..Graham ventured that Tolstoy got a bit grumpy [...]
Continue readingBFC Vagabonds 3-1 Lions FC
The Vagabonds comfortably beat the Lions and in doing so moved up to second in the table. With 5 games left to play mximum points ( a big ask ) would see them crowned champions and secure their first ever 11-a -side silverware.
Continue readingBFC Tokyo 5-1 Kanto Celts
A 5-1 hammering of the Kanto Celts brought a welcome and much needed 3 points in BFC Tokyo’s battle to remain in the top division.
Continue readingVagabonds win IFFL Sevens league (again)
A 5-3 win over Nuts coupled with a defeat to our nearest rivals,The Vikings, ensured that the Vags were crowned champions of the IFFL seven-a-side league. Champions again! Well done to all those involved.
Continue readingVagabonds 4-1 Syu Syu Aoyama
Vags 4 – 1 SyuSyu Aoyama To the slightly lacking in humour, this season will have started ever so serenely, like a blossoming peach tree in spring or Auntie Mable baking corned beef pie in the kitchen with a wringer full of washing already in the basket. No Vags reports, no tangents here and [...]
Continue readingVagabonds 2-4 YCAC2
The Heist The following is based on a true story relating the events of the Vagabonds to attempt the biggest bank job since Oceans eleven, twelve or thirteen. The main protagonists have been renamed. Most are in hiding as we don’t want to compromise their current precarious existence.
Continue readingVagabonds 5-2 Real Celts
And if, ya know, yer history….. The Vagabonatical doctrine of the Messiah, or Glennism, had its origins in the belief that Steve G had been anointed by the Lord himself (Liversidge) so that he and his descendants would enable Vags to regularly keep a place in the TML (* further mention below) second division.
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