• FT: LCSWT 9-0 BGTRWT

• 89′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! Solo effort from No.2 MT who shoots from just next to the BGTRWT’s semi-circle right of centre and leaves the BGTRWT GK with no chance to respond.
  
  LCSWT 9-0 BGTRWT

• 83′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! No.2 MT runs into the BGTRWT box and cuts the ball back from just outside the six yard box on their right to a waiting No.9 RE, who buries it.
  
  LCSWT 8-0 BGTRWT

• 80′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! The ref awards a penalty to LCSWT. No.20 DC takes it cleanly and gets LCSWT’s seventh.
  
  LCSWT 7-0 BGTRWT

• 79′: The play is opening up with BGTRWT No.9 pressing forward occasionally into LCSWT’s half. A bit of back-and-forward happening but it’s very much still LCSWT’s game.
  
  LCSWT 6-0 BGTRWT

• 71′: BGTRWT No.14 with a solid tackle right at the edge of the BGTRWT box on their right to prevent LCSWT No.7 from advancing. She falls to the ground afterwards and has to be sub’ed off.
  
  LCSWT 6-0 BGTRWT

• 68′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! No.7 passes to an unmarked No.9 RE in the BGTRWT box and RE scores with a strong shot right in front of the BGTRWT GK.
  
  LCSWT 6-0 BGTRWT

• 62′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! No.2 MT send a cross into the box from their right and No.7 gets a touch in the six yard box to score from close range.
  
  LCSWT 5-0 BGTRWT

• 61′: I need to up the joke count. This laptop is too heavy to think of funny things to say.
  
  LCSWT 4-0 BGTRWT

• 60′: Sir Alex once said, “When you field teenagers, you will eventually have to deal with teenager problems.” TBF he was talking about boys with dyed hair and tats, so…
  
  LCSWT 4-0 BGTRWT

• 58′: BGTRFC have been furiously defending their box for the past ten minutes(?). No goal from LCSWT despite trying really hard.
  
  LCSWT 4-0 BGTRWT

• 50′: LCSWT No.12 JA comes off and is replaced by No.9 RE. Unleash hell.
  
  LCSWT 4-0 BGTRWT

• 48′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! LCSWT No.16 takes a shot from outside the penalty box slightly to their right of centre and scores!
  
  LCSWT 4-0 BGTRWT

• 2H K.O.: Ref blows are whistle and we’re off.
  
  LCSWT 3-0 BGTRWT

• HT: LCSWT 3-0 BGTRWT. It’s going to get ugly when LCSWT No.9 RE comes on as a super sub, isn’t it.

• 44′: LCSWT No.20 DC takes a free kick inside the semi-circle of the BGTRWT’s box. The ball hits the wall and play continues.
  
  LCSWT 3-0 BGTRWT

• 41′: BGTRFC No.15 drives all the way to the edge of the LCSWT penalty box on their left before losing the ball. That’s the furthest BGTRWT has made it to the opposition half.
  
  LCSWT 3-0 BGTRWT

• 37′: BGTRFC No.6 just beat LCSWT No.2 MT in a 1v1 in the centre of the BGTRWT half. Oh well, no one is perfect.
  
  LCSWT 3-0 BGTRWT

• 34′: BGTRFC are still committing three players to go forward which gives them *some* chance of catching LCSWT on the break. Or for LCSWT to exploit the gap.
  
  LCSWT 3-0 BGTRWT

• 30′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! No.12 JA takes a free kick just outside the penalty box (almost exactly where the earlier FK was taken) and scores!
  
  LCSWT 3-0 BGTRWT

• 27′: LCSWT No.20 DC with a free kick just outside the penalty box on their left. She shoots, the ball hits a BGTRFC player and bounces out for a corner kick.
  
  No goal from the corner kick either.
  
  LCSWT 2-0 BGTRWT

• 22′: Despite the scoreline, BGTRFC are showing fight in wanting to get out of their half. They have not threatened the LCSWT goal yet though.
  
  LCSWT 2-0 BGTRWT

• 16′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! No.12 JA gets a shot off inside the box and the BGTRFC GK gets a foot to it but the ball crawls over the goal line for LCSWT’s second.
  
  LCSWT 2-0 BGTRWT

• 11′: Yup, that’s how you stop LCSWT No.2 MT. With a poor tackle.
  
  Refree gives LCSWT a free kick just in front of the centre circle. LCSWT No.4 takes it and sends it into the box with a low shot but no goal.
  
  LCSWT 1-0 BGTRWT

• 6′: GOOOAL FOR LCSWT!!! No.19 scores the first goal of the game. I didn’t see it though (still getting used to the laptop).
  
  LCSWT 1-0 BGTRWT

• 5′: LOL LCSWT No.4 takes a direct free kick from near the centre circle and almost gets it in. The ball lands on top of the BGTRWT’s net.
  
  LCSWT 0-0 BGTRWT

• 1720hrs K.O.: The game begins! Can LCSWT survive without the surgical strikes of No.9 RE? Stay tuned to find out.

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• 15 mins to K.O.: The refs have called both teams to come off the pitch in order to start the game. Let’s goooal!!!

• 25 mins to K.O.*: Both teams are out on the pitch warming up now. Hoping for a 1730hrs start. The stands are starting to fill up with die-hard fans (~20pax).

• 15 mins to K.O.: The official LCSWT Insta account has released their team sheet… and it’s a surprise package of players who would usually only turn up in the 2H. No.6, 11, 12, 19 start. Second place top-scorer in the league No.9 RE is on the bench.

• 30 mins to K.O.: No go. The next lightening alert check will be at 1700hrs. So it’s story time!
  
  You know that pre-season friendly when BGTRFC first XI took on the LCS U10s? Their match was delayed by an hour because of the rain. Truly, one mark of a professional is keeping your mental sharpness while all sorts of things threaten to disrupt your normal pre-game routine.
  
  Sad to say, the match did not go well for the LCS U10s.
  

• 40 mins to K.O.: OMG do you know what is worse than not being able to swim? Dry lessons.
  

• 50 mins to K.O.: Guess what? There is hardly any rain but the lightning alert is on. Bored kids in their swimwear are pacing up and down outside the swimming pool gentry area because they got their afternoon cancelled too. Poor kids.
  

• 90 mins to K.O.: Welcome! If you are here for the first time, this is my amateur attempt at raising the profile of the #SGWPL until some real journalists take over and cover the games.
  
  As always, here are the ground rules for the live match commentary:
  
  1) There will be no pics or vids. Just text and really half baked jokes and football analysis.
  
  2) There will be jokes. However, the more LCSWT score, the less time I have to type out jokes. So if you want to see more jokes, tell them to chill!
  

• 3 hours to K.O.: HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST?! THEY ARE GIVING AWAY A “MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER” AWARD FOR #SGWPL MATCHWEEK 8! WATCH THE GAMES AND NOMINATE YOUR PLAYER CHOICE HERE!!!

• 8 hours to K.O.: What do I know about LCSWT (based on a sample size of two games watched)? I know at least the following:
  • No.4 and No.30 can kick long balls into the mixer.
    
    
  • No.23 is really effective down the right flank. She does not always get the support once she reaches near the goal line outside the penalty box though. Too fast?
    
    
  • No.2 is truly unplayable. She can dribble the ball through 4-5 players from the halfway line to the side of the six-yard box all by herself and cut it back for someone to score.
    
    
  • If No.16 tries to score from outside the box, the game is basically over and they are (at least) 10-0 up.
    
    
  • Also, three of their four goals from SAWFC 0-4 LCSWT came from dead ball situations.
    
    
  • And they did not score any more goals for the last 30 minutes of the SAWFC vs. LCSWT game after their even younger subs came on. No.20 was running around bossing the midfield trying to feed the subs up front but the SAWFC defence held up.
    
    
• What do I know about BGTRWT? I don’t know.. I haven’t watched them yet (ref: hobby!). Hopefully, the hope of LIVE streaming will be realised one day, someday soon (at this point even heavily delayed video replays will prove extremely valuable to garnering a bigger audience).

• 11 hours to K.O.: SPL is off to a good start this matchweek after last night’s GIFC 4-4 BGTRFC game. SGWPL will just have to work harder to score more goals.
  
  30′: SPL (1) 8-0 (0) SGWPL

• 19 hours to K.O.: LCSWT is out with a 610-word prematch report. At $0.50 per word, that report would cost just over $300 to produce; control of The Narrative™ and getting to tell your story tho—priceless.

• 24 hours to K.O.: SAWFC No.10 Sunisa Srangthaisong has *152* caps since 2006 for the Thailand Women’s National Football Team. Friends, what are you even doing with your life?
  
  By comparison, SG GK Hassan Sunny has 113 caps to date.

• 27 hours to K.O.: A friend of the account, who wishes to remain in the shadows, says that the other match that is happening on the same day has former World Cup players from Japan and Thailand in their squads!
  
  Unfortunately, I can’t watch that game… so we’re back to the existential question: if there was a game where former World Cup players played against each other, but no one watched it, did the former World Cup players really play against each other?

• 30 hours to K.O.: I just found out from friend of the account @deeppaann that this week is SG Kindness Day (yes, I know). So LCSWT, please set a good example and be kind. Thank you-you. ❤️

• 31 hours to K.O.: So, in their last game vs. SAWFC, LCSWT scored a penalty due to a hand ball incident and two long-range direct free-kick goals… meaning SAWFC only lost 1-0 to LCSWT in open play? Interesting… 😎

• 32 hours to K.O.: New home, same live match commentary.