Osaka WildCats Football Club

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The Peace Match - the Peace Derby - whatever the name, the meaning was heard around the world and here we present the pictures - taken by Lionel Piguet - of the pre-match ceremony and the fans.
A full article will appear in the next issue of JSoccer Magazine (pre-order by messaging me or commenting!) but a little background on the ceremony from Lionel himself;

Featured are the mayors of each cities, along with representatives of the survivors from both areas. University students from each city delivered speeches and rang the bell, twice.
The cranes are a symbol of peace, and legend says that folding 1000 of them will give a recovery from illness. Much more on that in the magazine.

On the shirts of V-Varen Nagasaki the numbers are in the purple of Sanfrecce Hiroshima, and 89 is to represent to represent August 9th, the day that Nagasaki was bombed. On Sanfrecce's shirts there are orange numbers - for V-Varen - and the 86 represents August 6th, the date that "Big Boy" was dropped from a plane named Enola Gay, destroying Hiroshima.

May the world never see the like again!

Dear friends, with JSoccer and KRAC, we would like to organise a mini indoor football World Cup in Kobe (4vs4), we will organise it during the World Cup this summer and would like to invite up to 8 teams (6 all good too). We haven’t discussed about the price yet but it won’t be much, it will include around 5 to 7 matches plus the real WC on tv) we would like to make national teams (England, Taiwan, France, Japan etc...) How is interested?

We have futsal this Sunday from 15:00 to 17:00 in Daiei (Sannomiya Kobe), it's mix futsal with both men and women, we'll share the price between all players which means it should be less than 2000.

Dear friends around the world

As you surely know, Tainan (in the southern part of Taiwan) was hit by an earthquake on February 6th. Many people lost their homes and people are now in desperate need of help. Taiwan is the country in Asia that donated the most to Japan after the 3.11 earthquake in Tohoku, and now JSoccer Magazine would like to return that kindness by donating money to Tainan City Government Bureau of Social Affairs to assist in earthquake relief.

Alan (JSoccer editor) and myself (regular contributor and Taiwan correspondent) have made arrangements to ensure that ALL future sales of issue 18 of JSoccer Magazine (which includes my article on football in Taiwan), will be donated to the Tainan City Government Bureau of Social Affairs to support those in need.

You can purchase the magazine from as little as 300 yen (100 NTD) or pay as much as you want, literally - ALL income after postage costs will go to the fund - the magazine is a donation, no costs will be taken by JSoccer.
Then please add the shipping fee - 510 yen (145 NTD) to Taiwan / 250 yen within Japan.
(Other destinations can be confirmed but 510 yen should cover costs).

You can pay your desired amount by paypal to [email protected] or to [email protected] or by ATM if you live in Taiwan by sending me an email to [email protected] with your address and the amount you would like to pay.

Of course, we will also accept straight donations to the "JSoccer Magazine Fund for Tainan" and will update you regularly on how much has been raised. Thank you!

More info on www.jsoccer.com

Tonight futsal from 19:45 to 21:45 in Sannomiya (KRAC) indoor, fee 1000 yen, anybody wants to join? We are short of one player (we can still accept 5).

Here is the Osaka Wildcats FC 2015 new uniforms! You can now add your own flag on the shirt! Choose your flag and put it on for free with your number(s) and name(s). The price is 7500 yen (1000 yen will go to Animal Refuge Kansai) plus the transportation fee.

Osaka Wildcats FC 2015 kit!

Osaka Wildcats FC 2015 uniform teaser!

Thanks to KR&AC and Alan Gibson for inviting us to play a friendly, beautiful day for a beautiful win 6-3

Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club vs Osaka Wildcats FC (the oldest vs the youngest)
Where: Isogami Park (Sannomiya)
When: 11:00 to 13:00
Why you should come to watch the game: NHK will film a documentary about KR&AC, so its perfect timing to show your face around and support both teams, NHK will be more than happy!