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APRIL 18, 2008 |
| Hibernians FC to fly the ESPZEN Flag in North Korea |
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Hibernians FC was a founder member of the ESPZEN league and has been consistently involved since the inaugural season way back in 2004. Now the fearless football pioneers, often seen frequenting Muddy Murphy's Pub, by
the Orchard Hotel, for a post-match refreshment, are taking their own brand of Sexy Singaporean Football to the uncharted waters of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea between the 29th of April and the 3rd of May 2008.
The Hibernians (Hibs) is club for both Locals and Ex-pats that currently has no fewer than six ESPZEN football teams registered in six different leagues (ESPZEN Sunday League divisions 1, 2, 4, ESPZEN Saturday League, ESPZEN
Midweek League, and ESPZEN Futsal Leagues). It will become the first ever amateur Singapore football team to tour the mysterious and seldom seen land of North Korea, officially titled The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The Hibs will be playing a show piece friendly at one of the impressive National Stadiums in Pyongyang against a local team and will also be visiting a local soccer school to give some training to the budding North Korean talents.
The Hibernians Management Team hope that no one who has played against them are giggling at that thought but they have already conceded that it is possible that some of the school kids can teach them a trick or two. Either way
perhaps the Hibernians can recruit some future ESPZEN players! The Hibs will also get to tour all the local sites of interest, including the war museum, the national memorial, the Demilitarized Zone (the world famous DMZ) and of
course the local brewery.
Please watch this space for a post-tour update, The Hibs do intend to come back alive and in one piece; well they have to, in order to avoid a "walkover" as they are all playing in the ESPZEN Sunday league the next day.
ESPZEN wishes the Hibs the best of luck on their tour and a safe trip home.
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