This year's Friendly Cup was played in beautiful weather in a Mixed 7s format hosted by NSK at their Saginuma ground. The larger space and natural grass created a whole different style than previous futsal competitions as the five teams battled it out (in a friendly manner of course) for the...
BEFC went into their last baptism of fire against the TML Divison 1 Runners up International FC with the fearsome opposition fielding no less than 3 professional football players. In addition to having some key players out, BEFC also trialed their new formation based on their current experience of...
BEFC Lions began their third game still stinging from the defeat of the second game. In BFC Vagabonds, the Lions faced a team with a very similar style to their last opponents – this was the perfect match to demonstrate that the Lions had learnt from their previous mistakes. Changing formation and...
BEFC Lions started their second game with a changed squad, rotating players around to reflect the more inclusive philosophy of their team. Against an older and slower opposition in Albion Old Boys, BEFC Lions were able to field their veteran players. The game started well, with the team taking...
BEFC finally got the challenge they wanted against the TML's number 1, and most successful team Hibernian. To become the best you have to play against the best, get out of the comfort zone and discover new targets that can raise your own game to the higher level. As expected it was a tough match...
As the BEFC Lions launched their first campaign as a TML Team, they gathered to face the pretty unknown threat of Nepal FC. Not withstanding this, they were equally ready and thirsty for a win, with their speed and strong keeping looking to show Lions what to expect from the Division 3. As BEFC...
BEFC kicked off their Division 1 campaign with an emphatic 6-0 win over Panthers. Despite having 3 debutants in the squad, it looked like the team that terrorised the opposition last season in Division 2. With a 6-0 scoreline, it was obvious that many players would get a mention for their...
On Sunday 9th July in the early hours of the morning a mix of the regular BEFC team and the new BEFC soon to enter TML Division 3 converged on Redsland in Saitama for a friendly with Club East Blue. The match kicked off at 9am but most of the players had started out about 6am in order to get to the...
BELFC participated in another ladies futsal tournament hosted by MIFA Football park on Sunday 25th June 2017. Pitch was wet from the rain in the morning but luckily the weather stayed cloudy during the competition. For the first few matches, BELFC was very unlucky to lose one goal from each game...
In the last match of the season and sayonara game for two BEFC legends Cael Husband and Rafael Moyano, the BEFC's irregulars crushed an undermanned El Diego in blazing sun, a 'double rainbow' and possibly the fastest BEFC hat trick in memory. The build up to the final game became consistently...
BEFC White entered the FCJ 7s Charity competition representing playerslooking to establish a second BEFC team in the TML 11s league. Having never played together as a team before, with different familiarities between players from various club activities it was going to be a tough call, against a...
BEFC Red achieved 2nd place in the FCJ Charity 7s competition, and BEFC's highest finishing position in 7s since anyone there could remember. A strong squad but on a heroes performance, starting in the group of death and recovering to go on a revenge match spree all the way to final only to fall...
BEFC Ladies (BELFC) took 3rd place in an indoor/outdoor futsal tournament on a very hot and sunny Sunday afternoon. The strong showing by the ladies was due to strong defender Yumi Kajino—who many of the team have started calling “Killer” based on her keen ability to shut down strikers. Kajino, a...
BEFC headed out on a warm sunny afternoon for a rematch with 2nd place Zion FC. While BEFC were already champions Zion were fighting for 2nd place and promotion so it was going to be a heated game! Zion started strongly putting the pressure on BEFC's irregular defensive line up, but a quick break...
BEFC pulled together a valiant 10 man effort to take glory and clinch the TML Division 2 title in a match for the ages. With key players absent and more dropping out on the day, struck down by a mysterious virus, the back line already had the welcoming of new goalkeeper Sei Katori to integrate into...