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Action Shots From Our Pick Up Tuesdays
Over the past few weeks, The Ringleaders are playing quicker and faster. You will rarely see a dead ball like this one I promise. We play 3 touches maximum. That means you must keep your head up at all time, receive, control and pass/or shoot. Three options in less that 2 seconds really…
Mr. Robert Fox on the corner kick.
Max Desjardins here pulling a quick turn in the midfield. He often drives quite a distance to make it out to practice. It’s always a pleasure to witness his brilliance on the pitch.
Standing in the middle of the action there (in white) is our most recent discovery. A gentleman both on and off the pitch, Eric Lamoureux has brought enormous stability in the defense. Standing next to him is Bart Graziana, the man that needs no introduction. If you look up on the header of this website, well that’s Bart… he’s very popular, especially with our Sunday league referees;)
Vincent Tsang was on fire last night. Keep up the good work little man. You can call him Wu Tsang if you’d like.
Bobby Destounis has made much progress in the past few months. His anger is well managed as he is in full control of his emotions. In this case, Rob might of pushed it too far.
After an explosive winter season, Edwin Tubb (on the right) is finally hitting the back of the net. His vision of the game and positive work ethic has brought much success in our midfield.
The RFC’s injury list will drop in numbers soon enough. A hopeful Jesse Bowden received some positive news last night, as we might see him on the pitch in less that 6 weeks. Don’t forget Jesse scored the very first goal of the Winter 2009/2010 season, but withdrew early from the squad due to a knee injury. We send our regards and best wishes to Thanasi, Julien, Marie-Claude, and Nasser (standing next to Jesse) for a speedy recovery as well.
Tags: 3 touches maximum, Bart Graziana, Bobby Destounis, Edwin Tubb, Eric Lamoureux, Jesse Bowden, Julien, league, Marie-Claude, Max Desjardins, midfield, Nasser, Pick Up Tuesdays, pitch, practice, Referees, RFC, Rob, Robert Fox, Sunday, Thanasi, The Ringleaders, Vincent Tsang
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Jul 28th, 2010 | by Angelo
You are the ref!
You are the ref is a cult comic strip, illustrated by Paul Trevillion, and has been around for over 50 years. The premise is simple, people write in with difficult questions about the laws of football, Trevillion accompanies the question with an image and then a qualified referee, Keith Hackett, gives the correct ruling.
Trevillion is a unique bloke that has illustrated some classic comics such as Roy of the Rovers, drawn Bobby Moore, Pele, George Best, Franz Beckenbauer and even challenged Colin Montgomerie to a £1 000 000 put off (with all the money going to charity). Keith Hackett is a former international Referee but more notably Hackett’s from Sheffield.
History of the comic can be found here and the You are the ref books here.
Tags: comics, Keith Hackett, Paul Trevillion, Referees, You are the ref
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Jun 10th, 2010 | by Patterson
Week 8
Division C
It’s been the coldest December in 28 years. January will be no different. Bad referees, handballs, illegal tackles, injuries, goal posts are part of the game. Short of players? Snow storms? It’s all part of the game now.
Ready to start 2010 and forget 2009. The Ringleaders are receptive, focused and determined. Our Captain Nick led the defense, backed up by Kevin and Paul 107. Jonas played in goal.
We played intense football, as MTL-FC was short of subs, their weary legs couldn’t hold up for the 2nd half. To their surprise, once again reunited, the Trepanier brothers (Jeremie and Joas) played a superb match.
After missing many chances to score, including a volley shot by Jano Arabaghian, Jeremie found Joas on 2 occasions which ended with a goal. With only 5 minutes left, The RFC brought home the 3 points needed and moved up on the league table.
Division B
Another tough fixture in week 8 as RFC 2 faced Sabbah, one of the form teams of Division B, and with a couple of key players still away on vacation. It was good to see that Joas made a quick recovery from last weeks injury scare and was back on the pitch.
Sabbah are a strong well organized team and it was always going to be difficult to break them down. Everyone worked hard in the first half putting in a good performance and this was rewarded by a magical Danny Pexis goal from nothing to keep us in the game. No-one on the whole pitch anticipated Danny’s over the shoulder volley into the far corner, it was beautiful.
Unfortunately, in the second half tiredness set in and cohesion waned, and Sabbah continued their relentless pressing game. The effort was there but we were unable to develop any quality possession with the ball and we lost another close game 2-1.
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This week’s match programme was designed by Luca. Since joining The Ringleaders, The one known as “Weird Beard” has blessed us with his wisdom in many ways. The latine quote on the graphic means “Out Of Many One”.
The quote explaining the meaning of the phrase was written on ancient stone in Mesopotamia 3,000 years ago: “Well, It’s because were ALL different… but were ONE team… with the SAME love for football…” Some say God entered Luca’s body while he made this epic masterpiece.
RFC 2-0 MTL FC (Joas (2))
Sabbah 2-1 RFC 2 (Danny)
Tags: Captain, handballs, Jano Arabaghian, Jeremie, Joas, Jonas, Kevin, Mtl-FC, Nick, Paul 107, Referees, RFC, Snow storms, The Ringleaders, Trepanier
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Dec 30th, 2009 | by admin
Week 6
Division B
You can’t win them all. Week 6 versus Atlas Lions was a good game. We played strong. The referee failed to see the handball on their second goal, with only five minutes left to play. Referees can do that; take away points. One thing they can’t do; take away that beautiful goal we scored. Angelo Destounis sent a nice curling ball from midfield, pass 2 defender’s heads. Jeremy Patterson then stepped back with a diving header pass to Danny Pexis, that half volleyed the ball into the net. We lost 2-1.
Is it that lock we have for the locker room? Injuries are a serious issue this season. So far we lost Jesse Bowden, Julien Roussin-Cote, Thanasi Destounis. However is reading this out there, please be careful when you square off against people that don’t know how to play. Try to anticipate their foul movements, read their temper and calculate their actions.
Division C
For the second week in a row RFC were up against an unbeaten team. This week it was our old rivals, the Ballkickers, who were standing intimidatingly on top of the Division C table.
Despite having a number of players out for this fixture we knew we could still steal the win. From the beginning, no-one gave less than 100%, and even when we went a goal down no-one stopped trying. And with our efforts, deservedly we went level with Kevin scoring his first goal of the season.
The final twenty minutes of the game were definitely good for the neutrals but pure anxiety for anyone on the sidelines. With chances at both ends (and a superb goal stopping challenge by Paul 107) we were finally undone by a really tidy piece of play, which consisted of a pin point through ball and a very neat finish.
With three minutes left of the game we attacked with everything we had, but their keeper was exceptional and clawed a sensational volley from bart out of the top corner. So after some intense pressure and a few goal mouth scrambles the Ballkickers held on and claimed their first victory against RFC. Overall a very satisfactory team performance with the Captain holding things together superbly at the back.
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This might be a vision Johnny had. Perhaps his perception of a referee. Matchday 6 is a new day, so let’s start fresh again. The quote “Fail to prepare, Prepare to fail” comes from Roy Keane.
RFC 1-2 Ballkickers (Kevin)
Atlas Lions 2-1 RFC 2 (Danny)
Tags: "Fail to prepare, Angelo Destounis, Atlas Lions, Ballkickers, Captain, Danny Pexis, Division C, Jeremy Patterson, Jesse Bowden, Johnny F. Kim, Julien Roussin-Cote, Kevin, Matchday 6, Paul 107, Prepare to fail", Referees, RFC, Roy Keane, Thanasi Destounis, Week 6
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Dec 14th, 2009 | by admin
