"The beautiful game", as it's mentioned and described by many soccer fanatics, is a game that can't be expressed by words but actions of the feet.

At the start of mid-October 2011, it is a group of teenagers, with some young adults involved, to form a team for a Thursday soccer league that is held weekly at East Coast Park.

It wasn't easy to form the perfect team, as no one knows each other, especially their strengths and weakness in the pitch. Training begins and each week, the bits and pieces are merged together, yet the only concern still exist; so much talking but will we defeat our opponents?

The first game begins, against the leading Champ; Dorset Boys; who has a good reputation of their players way of playing soccer. Mistakes made the team to lost a huge upset of 18-3. Problems were voiced out from there but we decide to hang on.

The next fixture; Steady Joes; a mid table group which we believed we could beat on. Leading with a 3-1 at the first half was a good sign but lapse in the defense once again caused the team to lose by the final scoreline of 5-4. We cried foul but the referee resumes the play, and the opponent continues to slot the ball into the net though the ball was out of the line when witnessed by many. A painful defeat.

The following matches against Red Stallions (16-2 lost), Los Santos (12-3 lost) and Street Boyz (3-11 lost) had been a big hit on our morales. Problems raised as players within the team faced problems such as injuries, commitments and others, causing disharmony.

The turning point of the league came when we staged against Gunners FC, a matured team who are im-par to our standards of play. We won our first match, of 5-2 and lifting us out of the bottom, and be 6th of the 7 team league. A relief but more work is to be done.

Second part of the league season shows more improvements in the game. Losing our next 3 games to Dorset Boys (8-11 lost but still we improved), Steady Joes (8-2 lost which was depressing) and Red Stallions (6-4 lost) had build up our understanding of our opponents play.

The remaining 3 fixtures before we conclude the league is important and we are hoping that we could gain 3 points from Street Boyz (5th in the league, leading us by 1 point) and Gunners FC (last in the league with a point).

I wont be there to commit in the remaining games but I wish the team luck in getting their required victories, and attaining the team's aim of getting a mid table finish.

Signing off, from a member of Livewire FC