Japanese Non-league Football News

FC Antelope Shiojiri are the only team in Division 2 of the Hokushinetsu League to have defeated frontrunner Saurcos Fukui this season - and their 2-1 win on Sunday means that they've done it twice, following on from a 1-0 victory in round two in the middle of April. This enables Antelope to remain in touch with the two automatic promotion places, although Granscena Niigata still seems the most likely side to challenge Saurcos for the title.

Granscena managed their sixth consecutive win to beat likely relegation candidates Toyama Shinjo Club and now lie just a point behind Saurcos with three games to go (the two play each other next weekend). In danger of joining Shinjo in the Prefectural leagues next year are Maruoka Phoenix, losers at CUPS Niigata, while Teihens FC's slump continued as they went down 6-0 at Ohara School JaSRA.



Yet another shocker of a photo of Granscena Niigata

Sun 24 Jun: CUPS Niigata 2-0 Maruoka Phoenix
Sun 24 Jun: FC Antelope Shiojiri 2-1 Saurcos Fukui
Sun 24 Jun: Ohara School JaSRA 6-0 Teihens FC
Sun 24 Jun: Toyama Shinjo Club 1-2 Granscena Niigata

1. Saurcos Fukui 25 (+16)
2. Granscena Niigata 24 (+14)
3. FC Antelope Shiojiri 21 (+7)
4. Ohara School JaSRA 19 (+6)
5. CUPS Niigata 14 (-3)
6. Teihens FC 11 (-9)
7. Maruoka Phoenix 9 (-1)
8. Toyama Shinjo Club 4 (-30)