Please Make Yourselves Free For Friday Night Football

The Americans have their Monday Night Football, and the British have their Super Sundays, but little did you guys know that there is Fantastic Friday Night Football (FFNF) for us Dragoncagelites.

Yes, we have now switched to a Friday night sessions due to latecomers for the Sunday morning session, as well as to avoid the hot sun. (Sorry Ben, not much request or call for a return to NIE on a lazy Sunday Morning.)

As usual, the ever effective Bob will broadcast a call to arms, or in this case, call to put on your soccer boots on Friday afternoons, and if there's enough replies, FFNF will then go as scheduled -- cue hard tacklings and games won in a row.

Btw Ben, at Fico, we can kick as hard as you can and we don't have to go out of the cage to retrieve the ball anymore. ; )

So Fantastic Friday Night Football, of FFNF beckons the brave.

Bring friends and balls, still.

End Of Updates.

All good things must come to an end right?

This news almost sealed dragonscage.mar.sg's fate as it means that not a lot of updates, or non at all, will be avialable starting May 1st, unless we move onto a domain like "www.dragonscage.mar".

But of course, this site will still be around, and archives will forever be there, it's just that updates will be a wee bit tougher than usual -- and not like there's lots of updates anyway. ; )

And to those of you who've been calling out for a Sunday morning reunion, I'm pretty sure that if the call gets loud enough, perhaps there might even be one.

First, any idea if the court is still available or has it been converted into something else? Last we left, it underwent massive reconstruction, so it's anyone's guesses as to how it is today.

Any news, is greatly welcomed. Email to dragonscage@gmail.com and let me know!

Bring friends and balls.

It seems that Dragonscage's NTU sessions will now be a memorable, if not, glorious moments of our young adulthood years.

Who could have denied the passion and dedication of waking up early on a Sunday morning, and sweating it out on the court, under the hot sun and with an occasional spoilt vending machine, where a selection press on the Melon milk drink button will give you a pineapple surprise instead.

Plenty of good moments indeed.

These days, Dragonscage have evolved or ventured towards a less cagey affair, but in its essence, we're still playing within a netted venue.

FICO sports hall accomodates us these days, and no thanks to commitments associated with growing up, sessions are limited to late nights towards the weekend or public holidays.

Oh, and it costs to play as well.

Nevertheless, the spirit of the dragoncage continues and if you're interested in joining, send email to dragonscage@gmail.com with your phone number, and we will contact you.

Remember, when you visit FICO to join us, bring friends and balls.

Football Republic League

Dear all,

Football Republic is proud to launch their very own league. Do check out the details below.

FRleague Information

League Period : February 1 - April 31
Kick off times : Depends on the demand
Teams per division : 8
No. of matches : 14 games per season
Prizes : Top team wins $600 cash, runner up receives $300
Other remarks : All scores and statistics will be uploaded to your personal and team profile on the portal for the football community to see

For more details, check the page at www.footballrepublic.com.sg/league.

Interested teams may contact frleague@footballrepublic.com.sg.


Regards,
The Football Republic Team

Labels: Amateur, League

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FC DC unlucky in Ultimate Challenge Final

FC Dragonscage finished in 2nd place in the Ultimate Challenge held at Feeko Sportshub yesterday.

In the first match, a goal for FC Romeos were ruled out before Lord Mar & Fauzi (a.k.a Ramos) scored the goals for FC DC's first win.

The second game was against a team...hmm let me call em, Bolton for their malicious ways.
Aggression is part and parcel of the game but malice is hardly fair play.
It all started when the quick-minded Amin intercepted a pass from the keeper to his defender to open the score. Bolton was livid and started their malicious game. Amin appeared to be the brunt of their wrath and was involved in a few off-the-ball incidents. Elbows and wild kicks came flying in as Bolton equalised in controversial fashion. FC DC had stopped play thinking there was an infringement.

Amin then scored a devastating curling freekick from just inside the opposition half to seal a 1-0 win in the next match. A "Freekick Maut" according to Bob.

In the Semi-finals, FC DC were then held to a 0-0 game before it went to penalties. Mar unluckily missed the target before Amin converted his kick. Fadzully though was the man of the match as he saved ALL three penalties to bring them through to the final.

FC Dragonscage were going to face Bolton yet again...this time in the grand finale.
Surprisingly, some of the Bolton players apologised for their actions in the previous tie before the match. FC DC dominated proceedings and hit the post twice. Mar & Sheva were in fine form.
Sheva was slowly showing the leggy dribbling ability that we all know he is capable of. Lady Luck though was having her period and didn't smile at us. To the penalty shoot out yet again.

Mar made no mistake from the spot before the keeper managed to save Bob's shot and pushed Amin's penalty to the bar. It wasn't the happy ending that FC DC were looking for.

Bob quipped, "Did you hear what their keeper said? He said he can't sleep tonight! For us, tomorrow it's just a normal working day. Can you see the difference in level...?"

FC DC though deserved a lot of credit.
Sheva, Fad & Mar had to cover as goalie after Husnul was ruled out due to 'jemputan duties' and they did well. And Fauzi Ramos and Hairil Puyol was impeccable at the back. Well done lads!!

Till we meet again next time... See you~

Non-Caged Sunday.

Apologies to all the raving fans of DC that has been complaining about the lack of footy session over the past weekends.

First of all, thank you for the interest and complaints and second of all, no DC is not dead — it’s only dormant.

The lack of session has occured due to the lack of participating players, no thanks to national service, injuries, family constraints, exams and even work commitments. Myriads of possible reasons to the recent hiatus of DC.

I could probably point to the number one cause which has been punctuality. Despite calls from Bob to begin early, we’re still streaming into the cage at 10.30 – 11am and it has been detrimental all along.

Anyway, come June it will loosely almost be the 4^th year that DC has operated and imagining all the faces that has graced us can be quite a daunting task.

As all things, evolution takes place, and perhaps Dragonscage needs a breathe of fresh air, where nothing comes fresher than the morning dews at Jurong West’s FICO?

Ok, k k , so maybe it’s a little bit expensive, but with the strictly allocated timeslot and wonderful playing surface (and facilities) perhaps DC-ers will be more committed to come early? Late comers pay just as much as the early birds so its not worth it to come late.

It’s still a thought, though not an impossibility either. Maybe we make it a bi-weekly session? So what say you?