In a match played under drizzling rain and on a mud-soaked pitch at Bedok North Secondary School, ARFC scored a thumping 9-1 victory against a young-but-anyhow-tackle opponent.
ARFC received crushing news when ARFC scoring legend pulled out of the match with sore eyes. According to rumours, the sore eyes was due to too much viewing of naked old women who are working as office cleaners at his work place.
Fortunately, several ARFC stalwarts turned up unexpectedly – Kiat Gulam, David Mak (father of Marco Mak), entrepreneur Guoxiong and powerful Alvin. The match was also a long time that ARFC did not depend on guest players to play for them as all are authentic ARFC warriors.
ARFC started with dependable Jinzhong in goal, astute-reading sweeper Elvis led the defence of Towering Toh, David Mak (father of Marco Mak) and determined Huiming. Left-foot wizard Bernard moved up to left midfield, Sebastiano and hard-working Tong guard the centre and unpredictable Blackburn was given a surprising starting role at right midfield. Up front, WO Neo was partnered by Speedy Hee. Entrepreneur Guoxiong, Kiat Gulam, powerful Alvin and sublime Khim were the subs.
As in their previous matches, ARFC quickly stamped its authority on the field, with hardworking Tong and Sebastiano bossing the midfield. Left-foot wizard had a wonderful time tearing down the left flank, with WO Neo and Speedy Hee fully utilizing their speed to constantly harass their defenders.
Hence, it was no surprise when ARFC opened its scoring in the 7th min. A wicked high and long clearance by David Mak (father of Marco Mak) eluded their defender and WO Neo latched on to the ball and shot past their keeper. 1-0 and this goal brought WO Neo level on Sebastiano with 44 goals.
7 minutes later, WO Neo again found the net. After some brilliant inter-passes, Speedy Hee laid on the ball to WO Neo who slipped the ball past their keeper with his 45th goal for ARFC. With this goal, WO Neo moved up to 4th position in the all-time ARFC scoring chart.
In the 27th min, left-foot wizard Bernard almost scored his first-ever goal for ARFC. Again, Speedy Hee found him in acres of space after yet another blinding move by ARFC warriors on the right midfield. Left-foot wizard Bernard had almost 7 seconds to take aim but his weak shot was amazingly saved by their keeper for a corner. What a waste!!!!
7 minutes later, left-foot wizard returned the compliments when his pin-point cross from the left was turned in by Speedy Hee whose speed allowed him to get to the ball first. 3-0 and this is his 43rd goal for ARFC.
The reward for left-foot wizard Bernard’s assistance? He was immediately replaced by sublime Khim. Kiat Gulam also took over from Towering Toh, with determined Huiming moving to stopper and Kiat Gulam at right-back. Entrepreneur Guoxiong took over from the fast-tiring unpredictable Blackburn at right midfield. Powerful Alvin also came in for Speedy Hee.
7 minutes before the end, Sebastiano delivered an exquisite slide-rule pass that found powerful Alvin lurking at the penalty box. Naturally and expectedly, powerful Alvin slot in for his 18th goal for ARFC. 4-0 at half-time and the game was effectively over. David Mak (father of Marco Mak) also left at half-time due to sickness as he was busy celebrating Everton’s miraculous draw with Sheffield United the night before.
In the second-half, ARFC was over-confident. Just 7 minutes into the half, ARFC was punished when their right-winger was allowed to bring the ball all the way into the penalty box and shot past Jinzhong, who was almost having performing the role of spectator in the game. 1-4. This resulted in a chorus of boos by the ever-faithful ARFC fans and this appeared to wake all ARFC warriors up.
7 minutes later, ARFC scored its 5th goal of the match. Hard-working Tong won the ball on the left, looked up and chipped in a delicious ball to the unmarked entrepreneur Guoxiong who had the easiest of task to scored with a stooping header. 5-1 and this was his 4th goal for ARFC.
In the 57th min, powerful Alvin notched up another goal when he received the ball from sublime Khim and powered his way past their defenders and shot past their keeper. 6-1 now!!
7 mins later, ARFC won a corner on the right. Powerful Alvin whipped in the ball which appeared to be handled easily by their keeper. To the away fans’ horror, he dropped the ball and the lurking Towering Toh could not miss from 0.7 metres from the goal line. He toe-pocked the ball home for his 21st goal for ARFC. 7-1!!!
In the 67th min, Sebastiano sent in a free-kick and both Kiat Gulam and Towering Toh were going for the ball. Kiat Gulam reached the ball first but his thumping header rocked the cross-bar. Unlucky!!!
In the 74th min, powerful Alvin finally scored his 3rd goal of the match. His hat-trick also allowed him to join a select band of ARFC warriors who had scored 3 goals or more in a single match. 8-1.
7 minutes later, powerful Alvin nearly scored his 4th goal of the match but his super-powerful bullet hit the post. The rebound fall to the on-rushing Speedy Hee who skied the ball as he had only 0.0077 seconds to react to the ball. Unlucky!!
In the 87th min, a quick throw-in by Kiat Gulam found powerful Alvin on the right flank. He took the ball past the defenders to the bye-line and crossed to sublime Khim. Of course, sublime Khim drilled the ball into the bottom left corner for his 20th goal for ARFC. 9-1!!!
Speaking to the horde of Hokkien-speaking journalists after the match, unpredictable Blackburn said: “Kanina, the opponent gan aw. If no rain, we sure scored many many more goals. Some of my players also jia-luk, rain and mud still play the ball on the ground. If they used more brains like me like that, sure got many many chances.”
Of course, this was unpredictable Blackburn’s usual self. Always blaming his team-mates for not doing more whereas he usually ran the less on the field ………..
One more thing, astute-reading sweeper Elvis and determined Huiming, as usual, live up to their high standards by repelling several attacks by the opponents.
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