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A man that loved us
Dear JIFL Football Society,
Today, I write to you in honour of a man that I should have mentioned
previously in the past. I owed him that much and I am sorry that I
never wrote about him before today. He was a man that supported our
league going back over the past 6 years. When he first arrived on our
shores, because his old friend Philippe Monteiro Da Rocha, played
there, he supported Team Italia. And then when Team
Italia went out of business, he transferred his support to FC D's
Place where Philippe went to play. If you played against FC D's
then you knew him. He was at every match with our webmaster, his friend,
Nico Sanders. Originally from New York, he never lost
that quaint accent and he seemed to always exude positive waves and the
French joie de vivre in his life. He seemed to always make the
best of any given situation and he did not mind sharing his opinion. I
never held it against him that he supported Chelsea over
Arsenal because it is really just about supporting good
football. Support good football and you can't go wrong, he would agree.
I will tell you a little story about Howard and I. Last
spring, during a FC D's -vs- Wanderers
match, he started scolding me for not publishing the Newsletter on a
regular basis. He told me that such things are important things. And I
tried to defend myself countering with the attitude of Atlas, 'Why am
I always at fault? Why should I be the only one who contributes?.
And he patiently explained that I was looking at it incorrectly. He
explained that the community depends on the News and that that was my role
to provide it. A role that I willingly took on from his old friend
Philippe a few years
before (but apparently didn't want to take any criticism over). A role
that the community expects from me and they respond by sealing the deal by
reading those words. You see, Howard put it into a better frame that was
more accurate than what I was imagining. He said it exactly for what it
is... He said, 'You see, actually we all contribute. It's simple. You
write & we read. It's a fair deal!'. And he smiled with those great
big white teeth of his and I knew he was correct. I apologize for letting
him down. It was never my intention. And I apologize to you lot, as
well. I will be regular from now on. And not just in memoriam to Howard
but because he was right. Most of the time, he was right. He was my
friend.
Take a little while out for a moment, look at the photo, and remember the
man. He was a good man. In fact, he was a most excellent man who loved
his family. He moved here to keep his family together, made the best of
the situation and added value to all of our lives in the process. He
enjoyed watching our JIFL matches; I enjoy watching our matches. We had
that in common. I will miss him. Howard leaves behind here in Indonesia,
his beloved wife Dewi, lovely and supportive daughter Ariane and his
grandson, Keanu; Philippe, his
beloved wife, Tati and their daughter, Maile. He will always be with us, in our memories and, in many cases, in our
hearts. He was a man that loved us.
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Howard Silverfarb 1942-2007 |
World
Cup 6'ers
Saturday, January 19th, 2008 - ISCI
National Team Captains / Managers: Get your payment into
ISCI ASAP. Contact me for the ISCI account number and I will make sure
that your space is reserved and that your replica kits will be ordered
this week. Or pay directly at the ISCI counter this week and make sure
that you mention which team that you are registering so that we don't end
up with Czech uniforms for Germany or England wearing Ireland.
Although everybody agreed that we were going to have this event on
December 15th at our last league meeting in September, by this point, not
enough teams confirmed so Peter cancelled it. Fair enough. I am going to
plan a New Year's Party for the JIFL to be held at the end of
January. That way, all of the World Cup 6'ers people can be there as
well. And don't worry about it taking place a month after the actual New
Year celebrations take place.... Einstein was correct: time is just
relative anyway.
Take care and happy
holidays for now.... I will have an X-mas edition out sooner than
promised.
Howard's
friend
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LEAGUE
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W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
Pts |
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Wanderers |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
32 |
6 |
+26 |
19 |
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JIS |
8 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
23 |
12 |
+7 |
18 |
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D's Place |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
21 |
9 |
+11 |
17 |
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Doit |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
23 |
10 |
+13 |
15 |
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Vikings |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
20 |
13 |
+7 |
13 |
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Japan |
9 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
12 |
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Bugils |
7 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
-6 |
9 |
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German Plus |
9 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
21 |
29 |
-8 |
9 |
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Lions |
8 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
27 |
-16 |
6 |
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Arario |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
37 |
-33 |
0 |
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11. |
ASA |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
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3 |
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TOP SCORERS |
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Team |
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Graham Brown |
Do It |
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Uli Pfeill |
JIS |
9 |
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Nicolas Clementz |
D's Place |
6 |
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Wanderers |
5 |
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Will Julius |
JIS |
5 |
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MOM CHALLENGE |
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Marc Giovanola |
D's Place |
6 |
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Kosugi |
Japan |
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Mathias |
German Plus |
3 |
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Gordon Boyd |
JIS |
3 |
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Graham Brown |
Do It |
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MOM, click
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JAPAN 0
- 4 DO IT
Date & pitch: December
8th, Sentul
Scorers: Graham Brown (2)
(Do It), Gareth Jones (1) (Do It), Lucas Sheard (1) (Do It)
Mom: Graham Brown (Do It), Tsukamoto (Japan)
Yellow Cards: Gareth Jones (Do It), Omar Monir (Do It)
Refs:
8/10 (Do It), 7/10 (Japan)
First
half highlights were as follows :
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The first
twenty minutes the tactics worked a dream, as short passing and keep ball
tired out the Japanese, as Do It attacked down the flanks. Two goals were
scored in this period, the first by Brown coming down the right with good
interplay between Gareth and Brown. The second coming down the left after
good interplay ( and retuning the favour ) between Brown and Gareth
allowing Gareth to sneak in at the far right to score.
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Unfortunately
something had to give, and so it proved to be. After 25 minutes, Fabrizio
tired after fighting the gravitational pull of Pikey requested a rest to
be replaced by Burnett who was immediately sucked into central midfield. Shortly thereafter Gareth (who was being particularly energetic ) was
replaced by Rudy in right midfield. The reshuffling of the team, and
obvious lack of second wind resulted in a more balanced end to the half,
especially as Hayes came on to replace Pikey.
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Bigears
touching the ball 3 times.
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All in all for the first 20 mins we were by far the better team, evening
out towards the end of the half, which ended.
A couple of switches at half time involved Fandi replacing Omar, Gareth
replacing Rudy ( and Rudy storming of for an early shower ), and Fabrizio
replacing Burnett.
Second half highlights were as follows :
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Not only the referee awarding a penalty, but the shock of Brown scoring it
as well.
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Sheard scoring an absolute peach of a goal from the edge of the box,
whilst everybody wishing him to miss. Post match
note – this was the 100th ever goal against Japan in DoIt’s history.!
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Bad boys Omar and Gareth, both getting yellow cards
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Bigears touching the ball twice
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Omar’s multiple attempts at crossing the ball / shooting.
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The Pikester’s multiple back passes to the keeper, unfortunately theirs.!
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Back to back clean sheets.
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Back to back theft of MOTM’s by Brown. Please deport Shebby!
Lucas (Do It)
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JIS 5
- 1 ARARIO
Date & pitch: December
5th, JIS
Scorers: Ko Kwang Hee (1)
(Arario), Uli Pfeill (3) (JIS), Harry Langbroek (1) (JIS), Tim Knight (1)
(JIS)
Mom: Hwang Tae Gi (Arario), Uli (JIS)
Yellow Cards: Yoon Il Suk (Arario), Hwang Tae Gi (Arario)
Refs: 6/10
(Arario), 6/10 (JIS)
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BUGILS 2 - 1
LIONS
Date & pitch: December
1st, Blok M
Scorers: Will (1) (Bugils),
Damien (1) (Bugils), Ian (Lions)
Mom: Will (Bugils), Jiro (Lions)
Yellow Cards: Marc (Bugils)
Refs: 5/10
(Bugils), 7/10 (Lions)
After
initial worries over getting a squad together, 16 BuGils players showed up
for the game and despite a bumpy pitch and some inconsistent refereeing,
the match turned out to be very competitive, ending in a close 2 – 1
victory to FC BuGils. The kickoff was slightly delayed when Will had to
come off to assist in some pressing matters. BuGils started off in full
gear and it did not take long for Little John to get the first chance on
goal. His header neatly went past the wrong side of the post. BuGils had
most of the ball but was not too dangerous in front of goal, resulting in
0 – 0 at halftime.
BuGils was quick out of the blocks scoring the opener shortly after the
break. A good ball in by Boski found Faris who after some good footwork
crossed the ball into the box. Will did not miss and volleyed the ball
into the roof of the net from close range. A bit out of nothing the Lions
equalized not long after. A quick break straight through the middle saw
Damien go clear and he did not fail in front of the goal. A few hairy
moments in front of the BuGils goal followed after some good pressure play
by the Lions. It was Will again though who with a touch of class
controlled Louis’ pass and volleyed it in beautifully from 20 meters out.
More chances followed, including Lens’ “shit” shot but no goals were
scored. 2 good chances just before full time gave the Lions hope for an
equalizer but the FC BuGils goalie saved both.
Despite one or two rough tackles, the match was played in good spirit,
also shown afterwards with the full BuGils squad and some of the Lions
squad teaming up for beers in Eastern Promise after the game.
Jasper (Bugils)
JAPAN 6 - 0
ARARIO
Date & pitch: December
1st, Sentul
Scorers: Kosugi (2)
(Japan), Takahashi (1) (Japan), Nishino (1) (Japan) ,Nakajima (1) (Japan),
Hayama (1) (Japan)
Mom: Kosugi (Japan), Kim Yu Sik (Arario)
Refs: 7/10
(Japan), 8/10 (Arario)
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DO IT 6
- 0 GERMAN
PLUS
Date & pitch: December
1st, BIS
Scorers: Gareth Jones (2)
(Do It), Fandi (1) (Do It), Graham Brown (1) (Do It), Omar Monir (1) (Do
It), Ronan O’Neill (1) (Do It)
Mom: Graham Brown (Do It), Mathias
Cremer (German Plus)
Yellow Card: Ralph Scheunemann (German Plus)
Red Card: Ralph Scheunemann (German Plus)
Refs: 8/10
(Do It), 6/10 (German Plus)
Planed
kick off 15.30 at BIS, great start before the match ! Why?.....because Do
it had a complete team, in contrast to the G+ team consisting of only 7
players and a big disaster was coming up.. Good will of Doit they
postponed kick off 30 min later and offered us some of their players to
join our G+ team. Meanwhile our indonesian players arrived and thanks to
Doit all of them where allowed to play the game. First half G+ didnt play
bad but Doit scored after 20 min.. G+ collapsed early and many moments
where of disaster and only a few moments of impressive football, Doit took
one chance upon another chance and scored goal after goal and the interim
result was 5-0 for our opponent. Second half no sensational scene except
the red card for Ralph (G+) a disagreement with the refree and G+ where
down to 10 men later Doit scored again and final result was 6-0. A total
disaster for G+ records and we cant wait for the rematch.
Andre (German Plus)
Match
Headline : Brown secures MOTM whilst playing keeper, whilst Fandi scores
DoIt’s 1000th goal!!! Can’t understand why Ronan gave the ref 8/10.
You’ll have to ask him – German+ only gave him 6/10
Lucas (Do It)
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