Japan 'B' v St George Budapest

Japan 'B' V St George Budapest

Written by Greg Stock.


The St George Budapest club were invited to participate in an international tournament in Japan. Other invited teams were Danish first division club Frem, Japan 'A' and Japan 'B'. The third and final match of the tournament was against the Japanese 'B' side where the 6-2 victory left St George as the winners of the tournament. The final standings were; St George Budapest 5 points, Boldklubben Frem (Den) 4 points, Japan 'A' 3 points and Japan 'B' 0 points.
Played : Wednesday March 21 1971 Venue : Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
Japan 'B'
Funamoto, Maeda, Hara, Yoshida, Fujishima, Ashikasa, Ochiai, Sakiya, Ohara (Yamada), Hidaka, Hirosawa
Goals : Ochiai 65' 80'
2 - 6 St George Budapest
Brian Taylor, George Harris (George Campbell 80'), Doug Sandall, Doug Utjesenovic, Harry Williams, Manfred Schaefer, John Warren, Alan Ainslie, Attila Abonyi, Mike Denotn, Adrian Alston
Goals : Williams 6' Warren 34' Abonyi 38'pk 86' Denton 45' Alston 70'
Referee : Nagashima (Japan)
Attendance : 20,000
Coach : Rale Rasic (St George Budapest)