The
3 Lions element of 3 Lions Touching Cloth were
making appearance number 8 with their debut back
at the 2008 Barca Fives. They came very close
to going home with a trophy when they finished
runners-up in the Plate competition. They were
on fire in the knock-out stage with a 4-1 win
over the CSF in the quarter-finals and a 6-1 win
over the 2008 Prague Masters Plate winners, Prisoners,
in the semi-finals. They then fell at the last
hurdle against Czech team DHL Prague 3-1 in the
final. They returned to action in the 2009 Amsterdam
Fives where they were outstanding in the group
phase winning 10 points out of 12 to take Group
A (only a 1-1 draw with the CSF prevented a 100%
record) before a surprise Cup quarter-final exit.
Their
next appearance was at the 2011 Mallorca Tournament
where they finished 3 rd in their 6-team group.
They went on to the Plate Semi-Finals where they
lost narrowly (2-1) to eventual winners FC Dukesfield.
After Mallorca, was the 2014 Berlin Fives where
3 wins out of 4 in the group stage saw them qualify
for the Cup before they succumbed to the eventual
champions, Hasanheide Hotspur, in the Quarter-Finals.
The
2016 Budapest Fives followed where they drew a
tough group that featured 3 x eurofootballfives.com
winners CIS Committee (Blr) and 2 x eurofootballfives.com
winners Budapest Celtic (Hun). They finished 4th
to qualify for the Plate competition. They beat
Maverick FC 4-1 in the Quarter-Finals before succumbing
to Budapest Celtic who they met again in the Semi-Finals.
2017 saw them compete at the Vilnius Tournament
where they finished 3 rd of 5 teams with 1 win
and 2 draws in their 4 fixtures. In the knock-out
phase they beat AFC Shooters A 2-1 in the Quarter-Finals,
2-0 against VSG United in the Semi-Finals and
met LMH FC in the final. They lost 1-0 in the
final to pick-up runners-up medals for the second
time in their eurofootballfives.com careers.
Last
year saw a trip to Riga in 2018. They found it
tough in the group phase with four defeats on
the bounce as they finished in fifth position.
They would play in our Wooden Spoon competition
where they lost 4-2 to Stag Park Rangers.
A
second appearance in 2018 saw a second visit to
Mallorca. The group phase saw them collect 1 win,
1 draw and 3 defeats as they finished 5 th in
the Group B table where they qualified for the
Plate. A 1-0 win in the Semi-Finals over Purnell
Youth 1 set up a final against Fiorentina Turner
2 which they lost 3-1.
Back
to 2019 and with the match underway it was Tas
Radim of 3 Lions Touching Cloth who opened the
scoring. It was his first of the tournament. At
the other end there was a second clean sheet which
helped them to a 1-0 win.
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