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{{Infobox Football club
{{Single infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| clubname = NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po<br />{{lang|zh-hant|新界地產和富大埔}}
| Name = Angel of Mine
| image = [[Image:Tai_Po_FC_crest.png|150px|Tai Po FC crest]]
| Cover = Angel of Mine.jpg
| fullname = Tai Po Football Club
| Artist = [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]
| founded = 2002
| from Album = [[The Boy Is Mine (album)|The Boy Is Mine]]
| Released = [[November 17]], [[1998]]
| ground = [[Tai Po Sports Ground]]<br />[[Tai Po]]<br />[[Hong Kong]]
| capacity = 3,000
| Format = [[CD single]], [[vinyl|vinyl single]]
| chairman = {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Chu King Yuen]]
| Recorded = 1998
| manager = {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Chan Ho Yin]]
| Genre = [[R&B]]
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| Length = 3:56
| league = [[Hong Kong First Division League|Hong Kong First Division]]
| Label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]<br /> <small>13577</small>
| season = [[Hong Kong First Division League 2007-08|2007&ndash;08]]
| Writer = [[Rhett Lawrence]], </br> [[Travon Potts]]
| position = First Division, 3rd
| Producer = [[Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins]]
| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=
| Certification = [[Platinum]]<ref>[http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS RIAA Certifications]</ref>
| leftarm1=FF0000|body1=FF0000|rightarm1=FF0000|shorts1=FF0000|socks1=FFFFFF
| Last single = "[[The First Night]]" <br /> (1998)
| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=
| This single = "Angel of Mine" <br /> (1998)
| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF
| Next single = "[[Inside (Monica song)|Inside]]" <br /> (1998)
| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Boy Is Mine (album)|The Boy Is Mine]]
| Type = studio
| prev_track = "[[Misty Blue]]"
| prev_no = 5
| this_track = "'''Angle of Mine'''"
| track_no = 6
| next_track = "Gonna Be Fine"
| next_no = 7
}}
}}
}}


'''Tai Po Football Club''' ({{zh-t|t=大埔足球會}}, also known as '''NTR WF Tai Po''' due to sponsorship, {{zh-t|t=新界地產和富大埔}}) is a [[Hong Kong]] [[football club]]. The club is formed by the [[Tai Po District]] Council. The club is named after their major sponsors, [[New Territories Realty Association]] and [[Wofoo Social Enterprises]].
"'''Angel of Mine'''" is an [[R&B]] [[ballad]] written by [[Rhett Lawrence]] and [[Travon Potts]] for [[United Kingdom|British]] R&B girl group [[Eternal]]'s ''Greatest Hits'' album ([[1997]]). The song was a number 4 hit in the UK (selling over 200,000 copies) and was successful in many European countries and other parts of the world. The song came to American fame when [[R&B]] singer [[Monica (singer)|Monica]] released the song as the third single from her second studio album ''[[The Boy Is Mine (album)|The Boy Is Mine]]'' (1998). Monica's version peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in [[February 1999]]. The music video was directed by [[Diane Martel]], known for her work for [[Mariah Carey]], [[Alicia Keys]], [[Ciara]], [[Christina Aguilera]], among others.


== History ==
"Angel of Mine" was ranked #3 on [[Top Hot 100 Hits of 1999]].


The club entered the newly formed [[Hong Kong Third District Division League|third 'district' division]] in 2002-03 season. They promoted to the Second Division the next season. In 2005-06 season, they gained the promotion to the First Division after finishing second in the Second Division, behind [[Hong Kong Football Club|HKFC]].
==Format and tracklistings==
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Angel of Mine"
;Promotional single
# "Angel of Mine" (Album version)
# "The First Night" (So so def remix)


===2006-07 Season===
;"Import" CD single
# "Angle of Mine"
# "Inside" (Masters at work remix)(TNT radio edit)
# "Inside" (Masters at work remix)


== Charts ==
====Poor Start====
Tai Po struggled during early stage of the 2006-07 season, conceded 13 goals in the first three league matches, which is consistent with many pre-season predictions.
{| class="wikitable sortable"

! width="240" |Chart (1999) !! Peak<br />position
====The Home game====
Wofoo Tai Po's fourth game of the season was at home against local giant [[South China AA]] on [[30 September]] [[2006]]. This was the first ever [[Hong Kong First Division League]] game to be played in [[Tai Po Sports Ground]]. With over 2,500 supporters cheering the home team and the signings of three Brazilian players, the club played courageously and only lost the game in the last minute by 2-3.

====Improvements====
The club's performance vastly improved since the home game. They recorded some surprising victories including a great come back (scored a 4-3 from 1-3) against the defending league champion [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] and a last minute winner(a direct free kick to make it 2-1 by defender [[Joel Bertoti Padilha|Joel]] in 90') against multiple cup winner [[Kitchee FC|Kitchee]] in November 2006.

Tai Po secured their First Division berth for the 2007-08 season after defeating [[HKFC]] 3-0 on [[April 5]], [[2007]], which also resulted in HKFC's relegation.

====Achievements====
* [[Hong Kong First Division League]]: 7th
* [[Hong Kong Senior Shield|HKFA Choi Fung Hong Senior Shield]]: Quarter-final ''([[Hong Kong Senior Shield 2006-07|Details]])''
* [[Hong Kong League Cup]]: First Round (Third in Group A) ''([[Hong Kong League Cup 2006-07|Details]])''
* [[Hong Kong FA Cup]]: First Round

===2007-08 Season===
After the inaugural season, the club's coach [[Chan Hiu Ming]] (Chinese:'''陳曉明''')left the club for the newly promoted [[Workable FC|Workable]] (Chinese:'''華家堡'''). Tai Po FC spent most of the off-season searching for a new coach. Finally, former Hong Kong football star [[Tim Bredbury]], who coached [[Hong Kong Rangers FC|Rangers]] for a short period of time in the previous season, accepted the job. Moreover, in response to the successful and popular home game last season, Tai Po FC has applied for 5 home games to be played in Tai Po in the following season.

[[The Hong Kong Football Association|HKFA]] has announced the decision: the first 9 matches of [[Tai Po FC]], no matter scheduled as home or away game, will be played in [[Tai Po Sports Ground]].<ref>〈[http://www.takungpao.com/news/07/08/04/WF-775279.htm 大埔主場或有「雙料娛樂」]〉, 大公報, 4th August 2007</ref> But the arrangement was strongly criticized and objected by the first game opponent, [[Shek Kip Mei Sports Association|Workable]]'s manager also Tai Po FC's ex-coach [[Chan Hiu Ming]]. [[Chan Hiu Ming]] expressed his team would not play their home game at [[Tai Po Sports Ground]] firmly and questioned the fairness about the arrangement<ref>〈[http://www.takungpao.com/inc/photo/photo_cont.asp?id=260767&nid=777046&cid=852 大埔對手華家堡堅拒作客]〉, 大公報, 8th August 2007</ref>. Eventually, [[HKFA|HKFA]] re-arranged the schedule, where Tai Po FC would only play their home game at [[Tai Po Sports Ground]] for the entire season.

Unfortunately, [[Tai Po Sports Ground]]'s refurbishment didn't help much on the pitch quality. Up to this point, no Tai Po FC's game has been held at [[Tai Po Sports Ground]].

Apart from promoting players from the youth team, the team kept most of its important homegrown players, except [[Kan Tsz Yeung]](Chinese:'''簡子洋''') and [[Chung Kin Keung]] (Chinese:'''鍾健強'''), both left to join [[Shek Kip Mei Sports Association|Workable]]. The three foreign players also stayed with the team in the new season, including the fans' favourite [[Christian Kwesi Annan]]. New players was introduced after the season has started. Chinese player [[Ye Jia]](Chinese:'''葉佳''') was signed from [[Rangers FC]] after the first match, and followed by the Brazilian forward [[Rafael|Rafael dos Santos, Betine "Betine"]], who has also scored a debut goal in the match against [[Rangers FC]].

The first 5 matches in the season resulted in 7 league points, which met the expectation. The contract of [[Tim Bredbury]] was terminated with agreement from both parties, however. Some notable reasons are the board disagreeing on some decisions of [[Tim Bredbury|Bredbury]] on starting line up and substitution. [[Tim Bredbury]] has also had very poor relationship with the players caused by the training methods. Formation, tactics and player deployment was also highly questionable(some notable decisions were deploying players well known with skill to play in center position to the wing, and wingers were deployed in the central midfield). [[Chan Ho Yin]](Chinese:'''陳浩然''') was appointed as the main coach after [[Tim Bredbury]]'s departure.<ref>〈[http://www11.discuss.com.hk/redirect.php?tid=5510812&goto=newpost 和富大埔炒巴貝利]〉, 蘋果日報, 10th October 2007</ref>

Another notable events of the club in the season was the penalty dispute in the league game against [[Eastern AA]] at 2<sup>nd</sup> December, 2007. In the 25<sup>th</sup> minutes, [[Tai Po]] was awarded a penalty and scored by [[Edgar Aldrighi Júnior|Dega]]. However, Dega was judged, by the game referee Pau Sai Yin, performed interrupting movement during approaching the ball. According to the rule of FIFA, for infractions by the kicking team, should a goal be scored the kick is retaken. However, the referee awarded a free kick to [[Eastern AA]] which has violated the rule of FIFA. After the game, [[Tai Po Football Club]] made an official objection to the HKFA and the objection has been approved by the example of the rematch decision made by FIFA on 2006 Asian World Cup Qualigying game Bahrain vs Uzbekistan<ref>〈[http://hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5457 處理有關2007年12月2日甲組聯賽『和富大埔 對 東方』和富大埔之抗議事宜]〉,香港足總 , 10th December 2007</ref>. In the rematch, [[Tai Po Football Club]] won by 3-1, [[Edgar Aldrighi Júnior|Dega]] scored a penalty kick without any disputes.

The team had some bad matches in the middle of the season but ended the season strongly, especially with two fabulous 2-1 winning against the eventually league champion [[South China]]. In the first match, [[Tai Po Football Club]] delayed the league championships declaration of [[South China]] and knocked it out of [[Hong Kong FA Cup]] in semi-final in the second match.

[[Tai Po Football Club]] ended the league in the 3rd position with is over expectation. The team also played in first top division competition final against [[Citizen]] at 18th May 2008 in [[Hong Kong Stadium]] and lost the match in 0-2.

====Achievements====
* [[Hong Kong First Division League]]: 3rd
* [[Hong Kong Senior Shield|HKFA Choi Fung Hong Senior Shield]]: First Round
* [[Hong Kong League Cup]]: First Round (Fifth in Group A)
* [[Hong Kong FA Cup]]: First Runner-up

===2008-09 Season===
=====A Promising Start=====
With the success in the previous seasons, Tai Po FC secures several new sponsors in this season. [[New Territories Realty Association]] (Chinese:'''新界地產商會''') and [[Creative Property Services Consultants Limited]] (Chinese:'''創毅物業服務顧問有限公司''') are amongst the more remarkable new sponsors. Tai Po FC starts the 2008-09 Season in a rather good style. Until Sept 22nd 2008, they have recorded three straight wins. They have beaten Tuen Mun Progoal, Sheffield United and TSW Pegasus respectively.

== Stadium ==

''Main article(s): [[Tai Po Sports Ground]]''

===2006-07 Season===
[[Tai Po FC]] played their first home matches on [[Tai Po Sports Ground]] at 30th September, 2006, against [[South China AA]]. As a public integrated sport facilities and is owned by the [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]](Hong Kong Government), the pitch and grass quality are insufficient to meet the requirement of professional football.

===2007-08 Season===
However with the refurbishment in 2007, [[Tai Po FC]] has applied to have 5 home games, between September to November, to be held in the Sports Ground in season 2007-08.

[[The Hong Kong Football Association|HKFA]] later decided the first 9 matches of [[Tai Po FC]], no matter scheduled as home or away game, will be played in [[Tai Po Sports Ground]] however, which is even more than the club demanded.

[[The Hong Kong Football Association|HKFA]] has also considered to arrange two matches at the same match day in the [[Tai Po Sports Ground|sports ground]].(This type of arrangement is common in recent years of [[Hong Kong First Division League]] game, where two matches will be played immediately one after another in the same stadium, usually in weekend, so that fans can watch two matches with single match ticket price. It's known as [[double header]]. (Chinese:'''雙料娛樂''')

However, in a 2007-08 pre-season pitch examination, HKFA eventually decided that the ground was not up to standard for First Division matches and in the end no game was held at the ground.



===2008-09 Season===
[[The Hong Kong Football Association|HKFA]] finally decided the all the 12 HOME games of [[Tai Po FC]] in the season will be played in [[Tai Po Sports Ground]].

Thus, nearly two years after Tai Po FC played their first ever home game in the sports ground in the First Division, Tai Po FC played the home game at the sports ground again against [[Sheffield United (Hong Kong)|Sheffield United]] on [[13 September]] [[2008]].

1,136 fans attended the game and Tai Po won 2:1.

== Supporters ==

[[Tai Po FC]] fans are generally [[Tai Po District]] residents. The fans also give enough impact in terms of quantity and atmosphere in season 2006-07.<ref>〈[http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple_sub/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20070424&sec_id=38163&subsec_id=6984416&art_id=7031523 本地波Fans對撼]〉, 蘋果日報副刊, 22th April 2007</ref>

==Book==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Wofoo taipo book.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wofoo Tai Po - Football can fulfill dreams]] -->
Wofoo Tai Po published its own book to commemorate its first season in the [[Hong Kong First Division League]]. The book is titled '''Wofoo Tai Po - Football can fulfill dreams''' (和富大埔—足可圓夢). The book has about 160 colour pages and is completely in Chinese. It contains many player interviews, history and views on district football and Hong Kong's participation in the [[Homeless World Cup]]. It retails at HK$68 (US$9). Its [[ISBN number]] is: 978-988-99851-1-0.

==Current squad==
{{Football squad start}}
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{{Football squad player|no=1|nat=Hong Kong|pos=GK|name=[[Li Hon Ho]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=3|nat=Hong Kong|pos=DF|name=[[Chan Sze Wing]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=4|nat=Hong Kong|pos=DF|name=[[Chiu Chun Kit]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=5|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Edgar Aldrighi Júnior|Junior]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=6|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Joel Bertoti Padilha|Joel]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=7|nat=Hong Kong|pos=MF|name=[[Lee Hong Lim]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=8|nat=Hong Kong|pos=MF|name=[[So Hong Shing]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=9|nat=Hong Kong|pos=FW|name=[[Lee Wai Lim]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=10|nat=Hong Kong|pos=MF|name=[[Lui Chi Hing]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Hong Kong|pos=FW|name=[[Sze Kin Wai]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=12|nat=Hong Kong|pos=GK|name=[[Leung Man Lai]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=14|nat=Hong Kong|pos=DF|name=[[Kwok Wing Sun]]}}
{{Football squad mid}}
{{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Ghana|pos=FW|name=[[Christian Annan]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=16|nat=Hong Kong|pos=FW|name=[[Mao Mengsuo]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=17|nat=Hong Kong|pos=MF|name=[[So Loi Keung]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=18|nat=Hong Kong|pos=MF|name=[[Fung Chung Ting]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=19|nat=Hong Kong|pos=|name=[[Wong Tak Ho]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=20|nat=Hong Kong|pos=DF|name=[[Cheung Chi Yung]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=21|nat=Hong Kong|pos=DF|name=[[Chan Yuk Chi]]|other=captain}}
{{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Hong Kong|pos=|name=[[Sin Shing Chun]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=23|nat=China|pos=MF|name=[[Ye Jia]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=31|nat=Hong Kong|pos=MF|name=[[Li Shu San]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=32|nat=Hong Kong|pos=|name=[[Chan Hin Kwong]]}}
{{Football squad player|no=33|nat=Hong Kong|pos=GK|name=[[Pang Tsz Kin]]}}
{{Football squad end}}

==Management Staff <ref>[http://tpfc.org.hk/structure.asp Tai Po Football Club Official Homepage {{zh icon}}]</ref>==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!rowspan=2|Position
|align="left"|Australian ARIA Singles Chart<ref name="aus">{{cite web | title=Australia: "Don't Take It Personal"| work=Australian-Charts| url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Monica&titel=Angel+Of+Mine&cat=s| accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref>
!colspan=2|Name
|align="center"|12
!rowspan=2|Notes
|-
|-
!English
|align="left"|Canadian Singles Chart<ref name="amg">{{cite web | title=AMG: ''Billboard'' Singles | work=Allmusic| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifexqtgldfe~T51| accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref>
!Trad. Chinese
|align="center"|10
|-
|-
|Chief President
|align="left"|German Singles Chart
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Cheung Hok Ming]]
|align="center"|22
|{{lang|zh-hant|張學明}}
|Member of [[Legislative Council]]; Vice-Chairman of [[Heung Yee Kuk]]; Member of [[The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong|DAB]]
|-
|-
|President
|align="left"|New Zealand Singles Chart<ref name="nez">{{cite web | title=NZ: Chart History| work=Charts.org| url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Monica&titel=Angel+Of+Mine&cat=s| accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[:zh:李宗德|Joseph Lee]]
|align="center"|36
|{{lang|zh-hant|李宗德}}
|Member of [[The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong|DAB]]; Member of [[Hong Kong]] Representative of 9th-11th [[National People's Congress]]
|-
|-
|Honorary Football Supervisor
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="ger">{{cite web | title=UK: "Angel of Mine"| work=Charts-Surfer| url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php| accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Lau Ming Sum]]
|align="center"|55
|{{lang|zh-hant|柳明心}}
|Chairman of [[New Territories Realty Association]]
|-
|-
|Football Supervisor
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="amg">{{cite web | title=AMG: ''Billboard'' Singles | work=Allmusic| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifexqtgldfe~T51| accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[:zh:鄭俊平|Cheng Chun Ping]]
|align="center"|1
|{{lang|zh-hant|鄭俊平}}
|Member of [[Tai Po]] [[District Council]]; Member of [[The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong|DAB]]
|-
|-
|Chairman
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles<ref name="amg">{{cite web | title=AMG: ''Billboard'' Singles | work=Allmusic| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifexqtgldfe~T51| accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[:zh:朱景玄|Chu King Yuen]]
|align="center"|2
|{{lang|zh-hant|朱景玄}}
|Member of [[Tai Po]] [[District Council]]; <br/> Principal of [[NT Women & Juveniles Welfare Assn. Ltd Leung Sing Tak Primary School]]
|-
|-
|Manager
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary<ref name="amg">{{cite web | title=AMG: ''Billboard'' Singles | work=Allmusic| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifexqtgldfe~T51| accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Choi Kwok Sai]]
|align="center"|6
|{{lang|zh-hant|蔡國璽}}
|
|-
|-
|Honorary Manager
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Albert Hung]]
|{{lang|zh-hant|洪祖杭}}
|Honorary Vice-President of [[Hong Kong Football Association|HKFA]]
|-
|Honorary Manager
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Ng Sau Kei]]
|{{lang|zh-hant|吳守基}}
|Vice President of [[Yan Cahi Hospital]]
|-
|Match Supervisor
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Lau Yat Leung]]
|{{lang|zh-hant|柳日樑}}
|Employee under Property Development Department of [[New Territories Realty Association]]
|-
|Match Supervisor
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Chan Hiu Fai]]
|{{lang|zh-hant|陳曉暉}}
|
|-
|Chinese Medicine Advisor
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Fong Chun Chun]]
|{{lang|zh-hant|方俊鎮}}
|Member of [[Southern District, Hong Kong|Southern]] [[District Council]]; Member of [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]]
|-
|Secretary
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Chan Ping]]
|{{lang|zh-hant|陳平}}
|Former Member of [[Tai Po]] [[District Council]]; Former Member of [[Regional Council (Hong Kong)|Regional Council]]
|-
|Treasurer
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Wan Koon Kao]]
|{{lang|zh-hant|溫官球}}
|Member of [[The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong|DAB]]; Indigenous Inhabitant Representative of [[Tai Po Rural Committee]]
|}
|}


==Notes==
==External links==
*{{zh icon}} [http://tpfc.org.hk Official site]
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.geocities.com/hkgfootball/2006-07/tai_po.htm Hong Kong Football]
*{{zh icon}} [http://www.cpschk.com/cpsc_index.htm 創毅物業服務顧問有限公司]


== References ==
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| before = "[[…Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]" by [[Britney Spears]]
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| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single]]
| years = [[February 13]] [[1999]]- [[March 6]] [[1999]]
| after = "[[Believe (Cher song)|Believe]]" by [[Cher]]
}}
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Revision as of 03:23, 13 October 2008

NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po
新界地產和富大埔
Tai Po FC crest
Full nameTai Po Football Club
Founded2002
GroundTai Po Sports Ground
Tai Po
Hong Kong
Capacity3,000
ChairmanHong Kong Chu King Yuen
Head CoachHong Kong Chan Ho Yin
LeagueHong Kong First Division
2007–08First Division, 3rd

Tai Po Football Club (Chinese: 大埔足球會, also known as NTR WF Tai Po due to sponsorship, Chinese: 新界地產和富大埔) is a Hong Kong football club. The club is formed by the Tai Po District Council. The club is named after their major sponsors, New Territories Realty Association and Wofoo Social Enterprises.

History

The club entered the newly formed third 'district' division in 2002-03 season. They promoted to the Second Division the next season. In 2005-06 season, they gained the promotion to the First Division after finishing second in the Second Division, behind HKFC.

2006-07 Season

Poor Start

Tai Po struggled during early stage of the 2006-07 season, conceded 13 goals in the first three league matches, which is consistent with many pre-season predictions.

The Home game

Wofoo Tai Po's fourth game of the season was at home against local giant South China AA on 30 September 2006. This was the first ever Hong Kong First Division League game to be played in Tai Po Sports Ground. With over 2,500 supporters cheering the home team and the signings of three Brazilian players, the club played courageously and only lost the game in the last minute by 2-3.

Improvements

The club's performance vastly improved since the home game. They recorded some surprising victories including a great come back (scored a 4-3 from 1-3) against the defending league champion Happy Valley and a last minute winner(a direct free kick to make it 2-1 by defender Joel in 90') against multiple cup winner Kitchee in November 2006.

Tai Po secured their First Division berth for the 2007-08 season after defeating HKFC 3-0 on April 5, 2007, which also resulted in HKFC's relegation.

Achievements

2007-08 Season

After the inaugural season, the club's coach Chan Hiu Ming (Chinese:陳曉明)left the club for the newly promoted Workable (Chinese:華家堡). Tai Po FC spent most of the off-season searching for a new coach. Finally, former Hong Kong football star Tim Bredbury, who coached Rangers for a short period of time in the previous season, accepted the job. Moreover, in response to the successful and popular home game last season, Tai Po FC has applied for 5 home games to be played in Tai Po in the following season.

HKFA has announced the decision: the first 9 matches of Tai Po FC, no matter scheduled as home or away game, will be played in Tai Po Sports Ground.[1] But the arrangement was strongly criticized and objected by the first game opponent, Workable's manager also Tai Po FC's ex-coach Chan Hiu Ming. Chan Hiu Ming expressed his team would not play their home game at Tai Po Sports Ground firmly and questioned the fairness about the arrangement[2]. Eventually, HKFA re-arranged the schedule, where Tai Po FC would only play their home game at Tai Po Sports Ground for the entire season.

Unfortunately, Tai Po Sports Ground's refurbishment didn't help much on the pitch quality. Up to this point, no Tai Po FC's game has been held at Tai Po Sports Ground.

Apart from promoting players from the youth team, the team kept most of its important homegrown players, except Kan Tsz Yeung(Chinese:簡子洋) and Chung Kin Keung (Chinese:鍾健強), both left to join Workable. The three foreign players also stayed with the team in the new season, including the fans' favourite Christian Kwesi Annan. New players was introduced after the season has started. Chinese player Ye Jia(Chinese:葉佳) was signed from Rangers FC after the first match, and followed by the Brazilian forward Rafael dos Santos, Betine "Betine", who has also scored a debut goal in the match against Rangers FC.

The first 5 matches in the season resulted in 7 league points, which met the expectation. The contract of Tim Bredbury was terminated with agreement from both parties, however. Some notable reasons are the board disagreeing on some decisions of Bredbury on starting line up and substitution. Tim Bredbury has also had very poor relationship with the players caused by the training methods. Formation, tactics and player deployment was also highly questionable(some notable decisions were deploying players well known with skill to play in center position to the wing, and wingers were deployed in the central midfield). Chan Ho Yin(Chinese:陳浩然) was appointed as the main coach after Tim Bredbury's departure.[3]

Another notable events of the club in the season was the penalty dispute in the league game against Eastern AA at 2nd December, 2007. In the 25th minutes, Tai Po was awarded a penalty and scored by Dega. However, Dega was judged, by the game referee Pau Sai Yin, performed interrupting movement during approaching the ball. According to the rule of FIFA, for infractions by the kicking team, should a goal be scored the kick is retaken. However, the referee awarded a free kick to Eastern AA which has violated the rule of FIFA. After the game, Tai Po Football Club made an official objection to the HKFA and the objection has been approved by the example of the rematch decision made by FIFA on 2006 Asian World Cup Qualigying game Bahrain vs Uzbekistan[4]. In the rematch, Tai Po Football Club won by 3-1, Dega scored a penalty kick without any disputes.

The team had some bad matches in the middle of the season but ended the season strongly, especially with two fabulous 2-1 winning against the eventually league champion South China. In the first match, Tai Po Football Club delayed the league championships declaration of South China and knocked it out of Hong Kong FA Cup in semi-final in the second match.

Tai Po Football Club ended the league in the 3rd position with is over expectation. The team also played in first top division competition final against Citizen at 18th May 2008 in Hong Kong Stadium and lost the match in 0-2.

Achievements

2008-09 Season

A Promising Start

With the success in the previous seasons, Tai Po FC secures several new sponsors in this season. New Territories Realty Association (Chinese:新界地產商會) and Creative Property Services Consultants Limited (Chinese:創毅物業服務顧問有限公司) are amongst the more remarkable new sponsors. Tai Po FC starts the 2008-09 Season in a rather good style. Until Sept 22nd 2008, they have recorded three straight wins. They have beaten Tuen Mun Progoal, Sheffield United and TSW Pegasus respectively.

Stadium

Main article(s): Tai Po Sports Ground

2006-07 Season

Tai Po FC played their first home matches on Tai Po Sports Ground at 30th September, 2006, against South China AA. As a public integrated sport facilities and is owned by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department(Hong Kong Government), the pitch and grass quality are insufficient to meet the requirement of professional football.

2007-08 Season

However with the refurbishment in 2007, Tai Po FC has applied to have 5 home games, between September to November, to be held in the Sports Ground in season 2007-08.

HKFA later decided the first 9 matches of Tai Po FC, no matter scheduled as home or away game, will be played in Tai Po Sports Ground however, which is even more than the club demanded.

HKFA has also considered to arrange two matches at the same match day in the sports ground.(This type of arrangement is common in recent years of Hong Kong First Division League game, where two matches will be played immediately one after another in the same stadium, usually in weekend, so that fans can watch two matches with single match ticket price. It's known as double header. (Chinese:雙料娛樂)

However, in a 2007-08 pre-season pitch examination, HKFA eventually decided that the ground was not up to standard for First Division matches and in the end no game was held at the ground.


2008-09 Season

HKFA finally decided the all the 12 HOME games of Tai Po FC in the season will be played in Tai Po Sports Ground.

Thus, nearly two years after Tai Po FC played their first ever home game in the sports ground in the First Division, Tai Po FC played the home game at the sports ground again against Sheffield United on 13 September 2008.

1,136 fans attended the game and Tai Po won 2:1.

Supporters

Tai Po FC fans are generally Tai Po District residents. The fans also give enough impact in terms of quantity and atmosphere in season 2006-07.[5]

Book

Wofoo Tai Po published its own book to commemorate its first season in the Hong Kong First Division League. The book is titled Wofoo Tai Po - Football can fulfill dreams (和富大埔—足可圓夢). The book has about 160 colour pages and is completely in Chinese. It contains many player interviews, history and views on district football and Hong Kong's participation in the Homeless World Cup. It retails at HK$68 (US$9). Its ISBN number is: 978-988-99851-1-0.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Hong Kong HKG Li Hon Ho
3 DF Hong Kong HKG Chan Sze Wing
4 DF Hong Kong HKG Chiu Chun Kit
5 MF Brazil BRA Junior
6 DF Brazil BRA Joel
7 MF Hong Kong HKG Lee Hong Lim
8 MF Hong Kong HKG So Hong Shing
9 FW Hong Kong HKG Lee Wai Lim
10 MF Hong Kong HKG Lui Chi Hing
11 FW Hong Kong HKG Sze Kin Wai
12 GK Hong Kong HKG Leung Man Lai
14 DF Hong Kong HKG Kwok Wing Sun
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Ghana GHA Christian Annan
16 FW Hong Kong HKG Mao Mengsuo
17 MF Hong Kong HKG So Loi Keung
18 MF Hong Kong HKG Fung Chung Ting
19 Hong Kong HKG Wong Tak Ho
20 DF Hong Kong HKG Cheung Chi Yung
21 DF Hong Kong HKG Chan Yuk Chi (captain)
22 Hong Kong HKG Sin Shing Chun
23 MF China CHN Ye Jia
31 MF Hong Kong HKG Li Shu San
32 Hong Kong HKG Chan Hin Kwong
33 GK Hong Kong HKG Pang Tsz Kin

Management Staff [6]

Position Name Notes
English Trad. Chinese
Chief President Hong Kong Cheung Hok Ming 張學明 Member of Legislative Council; Vice-Chairman of Heung Yee Kuk; Member of DAB
President Hong Kong Joseph Lee 李宗德 Member of DAB; Member of Hong Kong Representative of 9th-11th National People's Congress
Honorary Football Supervisor Hong Kong Lau Ming Sum 柳明心 Chairman of New Territories Realty Association
Football Supervisor Hong Kong Cheng Chun Ping 鄭俊平 Member of Tai Po District Council; Member of DAB
Chairman Hong Kong Chu King Yuen 朱景玄 Member of Tai Po District Council;
Principal of NT Women & Juveniles Welfare Assn. Ltd Leung Sing Tak Primary School
Manager Hong Kong Choi Kwok Sai 蔡國璽
Honorary Manager Hong Kong Albert Hung 洪祖杭 Honorary Vice-President of HKFA
Honorary Manager Hong Kong Ng Sau Kei 吳守基 Vice President of Yan Cahi Hospital
Match Supervisor Hong Kong Lau Yat Leung 柳日樑 Employee under Property Development Department of New Territories Realty Association
Match Supervisor Hong Kong Chan Hiu Fai 陳曉暉
Chinese Medicine Advisor Hong Kong Fong Chun Chun 方俊鎮 Member of Southern District Council; Member of Liberal Party
Secretary Hong Kong Chan Ping 陳平 Former Member of Tai Po District Council; Former Member of Regional Council
Treasurer Hong Kong Wan Koon Kao 溫官球 Member of DAB; Indigenous Inhabitant Representative of Tai Po Rural Committee

External links

References

  1. ^ 〈大埔主場或有「雙料娛樂」〉, 大公報, 4th August 2007
  2. ^ 〈大埔對手華家堡堅拒作客〉, 大公報, 8th August 2007
  3. ^ 〈和富大埔炒巴貝利〉, 蘋果日報, 10th October 2007
  4. ^ 〈處理有關2007年12月2日甲組聯賽『和富大埔 對 東方』和富大埔之抗議事宜〉,香港足總 , 10th December 2007
  5. ^ 〈本地波Fans對撼〉, 蘋果日報副刊, 22th April 2007
  6. ^ Tai Po Football Club Official Homepage Template:Zh icon

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