Rusty ARFC falls to rare defeat

Dear ARFC warriors:

Firstly, please allow me to apologise for the delay in posting this match report. Was extremely busy these days.

After a month of rest, ARFC played its first match in 2007 against Marauders last Sunday at the Parc de First Toa Payoh in front of only 77 fans. The usual fans stayed away due to holiday mood and also they missed their home ground at ITE Stadia which had since been taken over by an unnamed Russian tycoon.

ARFC started with only 10 warriors for the first 10 minutes as some warriors could not find their way to the obscure ground, located in a quiet corner of Toa Payoh.

Unpredictable Blackburn started in goal (he was later taken over by Chow, guest keeper), Sebastiano as sweeper with Towering Toh in front. Hardworking Tong had to be the left-back as fast-improving Bernard was in Japan making babies. Determined Huiming started as right-back. In the right-midfield, guest player Di was there while Speedy Hee took up the opposite flank (he later moved to striker as Chow took over as keeper and unpredictable Blackburn moved to his place). Hard-man Tjioe and turbo-engine Hock guarded the centre with WO Neo leading the front-line. After about 10 minutes, Max (another guest player) replaced Di and moved to sweeper, with Sebastiano back to the centre and turbo-engine Hock moving to the right midfield, thereby giving a balanced-look on ARFC.

The one-month break clearly showed as almost all ARFC warriors were rusty in their play. However, ARFC still managed to hold its own and even made several forays into the opponent’s territory. In fact, turbo-engine Hock got himself into 2 excellent scoring opportunities but both his efforts were superbly thwarted by their excellent keeper. WO Neo and Speedy Hee also linked up well as co-strikers.

The first-half ended 0-0.

I would like to continue my match report but I had to leave the game due to a FAS referee commitment. I heard from other warriors that we eventually lost the game 3-1, with powerful Alvin scoring his 17th ARFC goal.

Hope someone will put up the 2nd half report here.

Cheers….