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Season 5. Vol.7 |
1. Edito
2. Letter from the chair
3. Player Interview
4. Reports
5. Stats links
6. Miscellaneous |
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Football or soccer?
 Dear
Kickballers,
I say
kickballers with the utmost respect but just imagine if
the game had evolved with that name instead of the generally
accepted name of 'football' used in most places or as
'soccer' used in others. Now interesting to me is the
fact that starting with Arsenal and now also with most of the
other professional clubs that are promoting academies or schools
worldwide, they have all opted for the name of soccer
rather than football in their titles. For example,
Arsenal calls itself Arsenal Soccer Schools rather than
Arsenal Football Schools. Does anybody know the reason
why? I don't know either but I have a theory (you can always
count on me to have a theory about why anything is happening one
way or the other). After all, I am an historian by title and a
bit of a wordsmith by nature as Marvin will attest to whenever I
am in the mood to split hairs over semantics (which are about
the only arguments that he and I ever really have actually). So
football or soccer? Try to test the theory yourself. Since you
are already online as you read this then just open another
tab, punch in Google and type in the
word 'football'. Watch what happens. Thousands of pages pop up
firstly about American or grid iron football. If you want to
know about what I will momentarily call European football
then you must punch in the American's term for the sport as
'soccer'. And, in order not to discount the New Zealanders,
Australians and Canadians who also call it soccer, I should
mention those important countries as well. Now you have
distinguished the two sports from each other so back to my
theory.
The Theory: I do believe
that generally they (the European football schools) are all
opting for the soccer title instead of the original
term football because of the hegemony of the American
culture and the US domination of the internet.
The Digression: And this immediately brings me to the
reason why there are these massive protests all over the world
whenever the G-8 or the World Bank or the IMF people meet at one
of their conferences to plan strategy, etc. Whether they know
it or not, ultimately, the dissenters are protesting the
homogeny of American culture dominating and eventually absorbing
their own cultures. Now many of my American friends who read
this will have the instinctive reaction to those statements that
'American culture is good' and the entire world would
be better off under her umbrella. After all, America stands for
freedom and justice and especially individual rights, correct?
And the preservation of the rights of the individual is a noble
concept and, according to Thomas Jefferson, should
be self-evident, one would think. You see the protestors
themselves are doing exactly that which the Americans themselves
find precious. They are attempting to preserve their
individuality, their uniqueness, that which makes them
different. They are trying to preserve that which makes them
'somebody'. In the near future, I wonder if the word soccer
is going to take
over and become
the commonly accepted name for our sport. The way it is going
with the American domination of the internet, it appears to be
the case. Speaking of which, do we really want only one point of
view to be the dominant point of view? In America herself, at
the moment, with the election coming up, it seems that there are
only two points of view really - Republican or Democrat. And
they seem to hate each other. Some might call it the
manifestation of the remnants or the scars from the US Civil War
that occurred just over a hundred years ago with the division or
the wounds never really healing (how appropriate that
Barack Obama, a man the same color as my beautiful
wife, should win the election just a few days from now). And our
worldwide champion of
 anti-terrorism,
George Bush, Jr. maintained the two dimensional
model of the universe just a few short years ago with the
statement, 'You are either with us or against us'. It
seems such a simplistic view of life and of the world
itself. Black or white. Love or hate. Friend or foe. Winners or
losers. What about an alternative or, better yet, several
alternatives? I am just opting for one different one - kickball.
The Conclusion: At least we have taken a
stand here on our beloved island. We still call ourselves the
JIFL with the 'F' standing for football. But
even here, in the past, there have been discussions at the
league meetings (that Phil will recall) where it was considered
to change our name to the JISL. So, again I ask you: football or
soccer? Or how about this one: The JIKL.
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Letter from
the chair
 Ay
up,
Well I'd already bought my ticket for the Might Lions Vs Do It clash
at BIS when... wham, bam, thank you mam your Kitas has run out, so
do everyone a favour and bugger off to Singapore for a few days. I
headed Saturday night to Muddy Murphy's which, like most Singaporean
"bars", has as much atmosphere as the moon. That's not saying I
don't like Singapore. It's a great place to go for a few days,
especially with family. Unfortunately, it has caught the British
disease and has decided to go Non-smoking in all its hotels.
Back in the UK during July/August, I was stunned how the UK had
bowed down to the Anti-Smoking Nazis. From hotels to train stations,
the Anti-smoking brigade had left their carbon footprint boots
everywhere.
On the way up to Edinburgh, a group of YOBS boarded the "quiet
coach" and were confronted by a brave Kiwi lady who asked them to
pipe down. Of course she was met by the torrent of abuse that only
refs seem to enjoy. Later, she complained to one of the train
conductors, who put up his hands as if he had a gun to his back and
stated "What do you want me to do Luv?"
Typical! Of course, if he saw you smoking on an open platform, he'd
be having a Right Roy Keane at ya. Talk about priorities.
Anyway, I was lucky enough to fly the new airbus, so I checked in
earlier at Heathrow in anticipation. I needn't have bloody bothered.
You guessed it; the terminal was totally non-smoking. AAAaagggh.
Which brings us back to Singapore, where, for all their rules and
fines, they still play the gentleman's game as well as Sir Bobby
Robson. Not only do they have smoking rooms in their terminals, they
even have an "outside", just like my old loo.
Returning to Soekarno Hatta on Sunday, I was confronted by the
cryptic slogan "Celebrating 100 years of National Awakening" which
as the whole planet knows...NOT... is supposed to help Indonesia's
tourist Industry in Visit Indonesia Year 2008.
If they had asked me, I'm sure the following would have attracted
far more controversy, and so more tourists:
Keep smiling,
Philip.
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Player
Interview
by
Nico
We are
starting interviews with players/coaches etc associated with the
JIFL. If you would like to nominate someone for this “honor”, do
let us know. This week... Joel from FC
One Tree Grasshoppers!
 Full
Name: Dzul Fikri Bashari
Nick name: Joel
Date of Birth: Jakarta, December
3rd, 1981
What the hell are you doing here:
Clothes Specialist
Married with kids: Married
with 1 daughter
When did you start playing football:
I started when I was 12 years old. The time before I used to
play basketball!
Which teams have you been involved in
with the JIFL, and what is your current position: D's
Place FC from season 2002-2003 until 2007-2008. Now with One
Tree Grasshoppers. I play as a Striker.
How many goals have you scored since you
play in the JIFL? About 30 goals.
Favourite JIFL team: JIS.
What is your favorite foreign league:
Serie A Italia. My favorite team is Juventus and I am a member
of Juventini Indonesia.
Favourite movies: Star Wars, Face
Off.
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JIFL Reports
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18
oct. |
BIS |
DO IT |
5 |
0 |
LIONS |
The
Lions the bitch and the forward.
The Do-It / Lions matches have generally been high scoring one sided
affairs with DO-IT averaging 5.5 goals per game against the former
Wanderers B team with no reply at all in 61% of these games.
These stats did not daunt the Lions who came prepared for battle.
They brought along around 24 players and some groupies at god knows
what time in the early afternoon with a master plan straight out of
Dick Dastardly’s wacky races (more of this later). With around
fifteen minutes before kick off the first of 12 DO-IT players
appeared and what a fine mess they looked. Player/coach Kepala Botak
Sakit Punggung rocked in after enjoying a cliquey beer fest night
out with a select group of players. Luckily it was only Pikey satu,
tiga and gouty. Rudy and his new bride a Penelope Pitstop look alike
roared up in the varoom roadster or was it the creepy coupe two. ?
ETC looked worse for wear although alcohol was not to blame this
time and Andy Tawn arrived late dressed like a cross between Paddy
Reid on a Bali bender and a member of the village people. Big nose
was complaining of some woman’s injury and lastly Gareth had got
through two pack of fags before lunchtime. Only tree trunk legs
James and Al seemed up for it.
Pikey looking for his 50th goal of the season was named as forward
along with funny shaped head Penjol. Andy. AL, ETC, the rock and
Gareth filled the middle with the tractor boys behind (KBSP, BN and
TTLJ). Irwan in goals. Gouty suffering the indignity of the
touchline, albeit at his own request and due to his aforementioned
affliction.
With about five minutes played it was evident what the Lions plan
was against the league leaders. Pack the defence with characters
like Rufus Roughcut, Saw tooth and the slag brothers and reduce
playing time in half by making substitutions every time the ball
went out of play. Indeed Mutley (Olie) was one of these
substitutions and he acted out his character in defiance of some
Dick still on the park. It was to no avail. DO it took the lead
through a Rudy tap in and AL scored straight from a corner (flash
#*!!) as the Lions plan crumpled.
A great move started by ETC and then some great work by Gareth gave
Pikey his 50th goal. This was followed by two own goals from the
Lions and then the miss of the season from Rudy following another
great Gareth run (the fags really work). Game over and three points
in the bag.
- Eric - Do It
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18
oct. |
JIS |
JIS |
4 |
1 |
ONE TREE |
MOM JIS: Milan Bloem
MOM One
Tree: Paty
Goals JIS: Gordon Boyd , Milan Bloem 3
Goals ONE TREE: Gordon Boyd , Milan Bloem 3
Yellow : JIS 1 Sid Deutch
Ref: 7/10 (JIS), 5/10 ( One Tree)
Simple equation: good
football during most of the game - two penalties missed - many other
clear chances missed (again) - very poor defense = a sure defeat.
It was a great start, potentiated because JIS were missing some of
their key guys. But very early, 2nd minute, One Tree had a penalty
which Guillermo kicked who knows where (way above the bar). Anyhow
One tree remained controlling the game but it seems goals are
scarce...
After JIS scored their first one, the team started to disorganize
itself. There was a temporary draw, but JIS proved itself deadly on
its counterattacks, specially young Milan (3 goals for him on the
second half). There was another penalty missed by Jere and game
over... Huge disappointment, but don't write us off yet.
Goals One Tree: Armand
- Guillermo - One Tree Grasshoppers
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