Lions Legends Edge Japan 2-1 in Gold Cup Thriller
Last Sunday, the Lions Legends played their second match in the SPL V Gold Cup round—and finally got the result we’ve been chasing. After…
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Category: Veteran Team
Legends Kick Off SPL Veteran Golden Cup with Solid 2-0 Win Over Scotland
Last Sunday brought perfect football weather in Shanghai — clear blue skies and 21°C — as the Lions Legends faced Scotland on the beautiful…
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Legends on Top of the SPL V After a 2-1 Win vs. Marlins
It’s always great to be back at the Jinqiao Golden Bridge field, where the Lions’ footprints run deep. The field was excellent and the…
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Legends Secure Clean Sheet Without a Goalkeeper
We got lucky last Sunday! The day before, it was 9 degrees and raining all day, but by match day, Shanghai weather had turned…
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Legends Start 2025 with a Solid 4-1 Win Over Old Rivals Emerald FC
We can’t complain about the winter in Shanghai this year, as we had blue skies, no wind, and a perfect 15 degrees to play…
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Lions Legends Win the SPL V Santa Cup 2024
Every year when the Santa Cup is organized, you never know what kind of weather to expect, but this year we were lucky with…
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Legends Secure a Clean Sheet and Score 7 Goals Against Nails FC
The weather was fantastic with a clear blue sky and 17 degrees. Welcome to winter in Shanghai! Last year, we dropped points against Nails,…
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Legends scored great goals to beat Strosso
It was a rainy weekend but somehow the “weather god” is a fan of the Lions as he stopped the rain for our game….
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Legends beat Scotland in a tough match
It was a great Autumn Sunday and we had a large legend squad lined up against Scotland at the super nice grass field of…
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Legends Kick Off the Season with a 4-2 Win Over England
It was a beautiful day last Sunday—blue skies, green grass, and a perfect 28 degrees! The first game of the season is always a…
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Legends end the season 2023/2024 in style
Last Sunday, it was our last game of a long season; which we intended to finish in style. We were up against Lao Pao…
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Legends Deserved More vs. SPL V Champion Japan
This season, 2023/2024, we have managed with a smaller squad as several players left Shanghai in the last two years and couldn’t be replaced….
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Legends Stumble Once Again vs. Marlins
Last Sunday, our legends faced off against Shanghai Marlins. With our title hopes dashed after last weekend, our objective was simple: get revenge against…
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Legends win to keep in tittle race
Last Sunday, our legends were up against Shanghai England FC. It was a must win to keep in the tittle race considering our negative…
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Legends could not hold on their lead
Last Sunday was perfect day on a perfect pitch at the Wellington School. Our legends were motivated to have a good start and lead…
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Legends lost to old rivals Marlins FC
It had been more than 4 years since we last played on the Golden Bridge Field in Jinqiao. Main reason was that during the…
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Legends lost in the last seconds against Japan FC
Last sunday, we were up against Shanghai Japan FC. A team well known for their speed and high fitness level. We a had great…
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Legends go on top of SPLV after a 7-3 win against Emerald FC
Last Sunday, our legends were up against old rival Emerald FC in SPLV. They had a couple of new local players called up and…
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Legends Clinched All Three Points In The Last Minutes Against Wellington
As it has been raining for the whole week we were playing against Shanghai Wellington at the school’s astro field instead of the natural…
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Legends start 2024 with a win after a tough match
First of all we like to wish everyone a healthy & sportive New Year 2024. The first game after the Christmas & New Year…
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Legends won Santa Cup 2023
Last Sunday the traditional Santa Cup 2023 was held in Waigaoqiao. A total of 10 SPL V teams participated in the 7-aside tournament. The…
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Legends get bruised against Nail FC
We cannot complain about the weather this year as last Sunday we got a blue sky with 18 degrees. Kind of special for end…
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A small legend squad but a big score
Last sunday, the warm weather was suddenly over and we had to deal with a strong wind from the North. Another issue was that…
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Legends beat FC Ferie 4-0
Last sunday, we were up against FC Ferie. It was the last “summer” day in November with still 28 degrees and a blue sky….
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Legends beat Shanghai Scotland in a nerve wrecking match
Last Sunday, our legends were up against Shanghai Scotland. The weather was perfect with blue sky, no pollution and 22 degrees as often here…
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Legends get the 3 points vs. England FC
Last Sunday, our legends were up against Shanghai England FC. 15 players were available for this 1st game of the new season. Pretty much…
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Lions had a good preseason game vs. Japan FC
After a good summer break, we arranged last Saturday our 1st preseason gathering with a friendly vs. Japan FC. The day before the game,…
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What a fantastic awards ceremony we had
Waauw Waauw Waauw ! What a fantastic “awards ceremony” we had yesterday to formaly close the season 2022/2023. A super location combined with great…
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Legends failed to score in the decisive game
Last Sunday, our legends were trying to claim victory over Japan FC in the last decisive game of the season. Only a win would…
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Miracle happened for the legends
With only two games left for us this season we knew that the match against Wellington was the important one to win for the…
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Legends are still in the race for the title
The grass was green and the field a bit soft from the rain on Friday night. We had an early 09:00am kick off against…
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Super Kylian M’Mamdouh Sunk Super 48
Last Sunday, our legends were up against Japanese Super 48 for the final round of the league. In this round, SPL V teams are…
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Lions always train to improve their game
It was a holiday in China last Wednesday as it was Qinming Festival but the Lions decided to take the opportunity to organize a…
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Legends beat old rival Emerald FC
The day before this classic match vs. old rival Emerald FC, we got a couple of players pulling out with flu or lower back…
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Legends enjoyed a great sponsor evening at Luneurs & Senso
As we had no game on Sunday we thought it would be a good idea to visit our sponsors (Luneurs & Senso) to do…
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Legends showed character against Japan FC
It was one of the big games of the season where you have to show character. Our legends were facing SPL Veteran league leader;…
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Legends are back on winning
After our loss last week, it was important to get back on winning. For this game vs. Strosso FC, we had a solid squad…
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Legends lost 4-2 against Laopao
Last Sunday, we were up against Chinese team Laopao. When we woke up on Sunday morning, we were surprised by the rain. Apparently, the…
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Legends slipped up vs. Nail FC
For our 1st game of 2023, the playing conditions were not easy with temperature close to zero and a slippery field from the rain…
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Time to say “Goodbye 2022”
Lions, friends & family. It’s time to say goodbye to 2022 and welcome this happy new year 2023. In our 26 years of history,…
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French Legends Rank 3rd In SPL V World Cup
Last Sunday, the SPL V organized a 7 aside World Cup Tournament with 11 teams from all over the world. It was cold and…
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Legends slip up in the last 10mn but took the 3 points
The night before the match we had several legends attending the special birthday party of our playing DJ SKIV as well all were watching…
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Legends had solid game vs. Super 48
Last Sunday, our legends were up against Super 48. Before the game, coach Bob highlighted this was our 1st serious test of the season…
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Minimum win for the legends
Last Sunday, our legends were up against Japanese Ferie FC with the objective of a large victory at minimum. We came up with a…
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Legends start new SPL Veteran season with a victory
Last Sunday, our legends had their 1st game of 2022/2023 in SPL Veteran League. The week before, we had our new season kick-off meeting…
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Legends received the guard of honour from Japan FC
Last Sunday was a memorable day. First of all because the temperature was hitting an all time high showing a 47 “felt” degrees. Last…
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Legends are 2021/2022 champions of SPL veteran league
Last Sunday, our legends beat Shanghai Emerald FC 2-1 in the penultimate game of the season. With 1 game left to go vs. Japan…
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Legends still unbeaten vs. Pudong United
Finally we were back on the grass field for a league game after 3 months of lock down. It was great to see 17…
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Legends beat Super 48 in a difficult game
It was a beautiful day on Sunday as spring is almost around the corner and we just need the grass to turn green in…
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Legends had a strong performance against Lao Pao
We had our first match after the Chinese New Year Holiday on Sunday ! We were up against Lao Pao an experienced local team…
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