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Social
2011/12 Kit Launch Party at Joiners Arms - Friday 30 September
We officially celebrated our new joint venture with the Joiners Arms tonight as we publicly launched our new custom-made football kit. A commemorative framed jersey was presented to the pub and hangs proudly in the front.
Stay tuned for further events being planned for our social calendar!
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League News
Phoenix rises
to the national league to compete in the GFSN Cup competition for this season. We hosted the Brighton Bandits at Regents Park on 18th September. We failed to deliver the goods however and Brighton won in a disappointing result. Both teams enjoyed drink, free food, some Premier League football and good banter at the Earl of Camden afterwards. |
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Eurogames 2012 - Budapest
27th June to 1st of July 2012 (Football portion 29-30 June)
This multi-sport Olympics style festival will include both a 5-a-side and 11-a-side football competition. We plan to enter a squad and will solicit commitments from players in the coming months. |
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International Gay and Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) World Cup
Mexico City • 1st to 9th of June 2012
Taking the torch from Cologne, where the last World Cup was held in 2010 at the Gay Games, the Estados Únidos Mexicanos will host this year's international tournament in June. Tri-Gay Mexico FC will be hosting this ground-breaking event. We are very keen to make this our first IGLFA International tournament! More information as and when available. |
Interesting Trivia
Football Boots: Earliest Recorded - King Henry VIII in 1526
 King Henry VIII’s football boots were listed within the Great Wardrobe of 1526, a shopping list of the day. They were made by his personal shoemaker Cornelius Johnson in 1525, at a cost of 4 shillings, the equivalent of £100 in today’s money. Little is known about them, as there is no surviving example, but the royal football boots are known to have been made of strong leather, ankle high and heavier than the normal shoe of the day.
What's in a Name
The phoenix or firebird originated in ancient mythology and has gone through a variety of representations in art/literature, ranging from being fully birdlike to having the head of a dog and suckling its young. Typically, it is considered benevolent, but some tales suggest that humans are not always safe around it. Further, many tales share elements with those of the phoenix.
Where the City of Phoenix Got its Name
Before there was ever a large city called Phoenix, before stadiums and freeway loops, and airport terminals and cell phone towers, the inhabitants of the Pueblo Grande ruins tried to irrigate the land of the Valley with about 135 miles of canal systems. A severe drought is thought to have marked the demise of these people, know as the "Ho Ho Kam", or 'the people who have gone.' Different groups of Indians inhabited the land of the Valley of the Sun after them.
In 1867 Jack Swilling of Wickenburg stopped to rest by the White Tank Mountains, and envisioned a place that, with just some water, looked like promising farm land. He organized the Swilling Irrigation Canal Company, and moved to the Valley. In 1868, as a result of his efforts, crops began to grow and Swilling's Mill became the name of the new area about four miles east of where Phoenix is today. Later, the name of the town was changed to Helling Mill, then Mill City. Swilling wanted to name the new place Stonewall after Stonewall Jackson. The name Phoenix was actually suggested by a man named Darrell Duppa, who is purported to have said "A new city will spring phoenix-like upon the ruins of a former civilization." |
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