Alvin scores ARFC fastest goal in its annihilating 7-0 win

Alvin scored the fastest goal in ARFC history to inspire ARFC to a thumping 7-0 roasting of Yellow Submarine at Tampines SAFRA in front of 77,777 fans which again included Elvis’ beau, Anna.

Prior to the match, ARFC received a huge dose of boost when deadly Robin announced his availability thereby adding to the fans’ excitement as they have been missing his deadly finishing.


ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper: Weili (solid keeper from Rendezvous FC)
Right-back: Hard-running Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Left-foot wizard Bernard
Right-mid: Sublime Khim
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Unpredictable Blackburn
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Speedy Hee

Subs: Hardman Tjioe (late)
Deadly Robin
Raymond (guest player)


Prior to kick-off, Sebastian expressed his disappointment that ARFC have not been playing to its usual high standard which is unbecoming and unforgivable considering the quality and experience the tam possesses. All warriors then shouted a war-cry which was warmly received by its fanatical fans who responded with 7 rounds of Mexican waves. Upon seeing the hot reception, ARFC warriors looked fired up.

True enough, ARFC scored the fastest goal in its history. From the kick-off, Alvin touched the ball to Hee who then played to Sebastian who then passed to Bernard who then passed to Toh who then passed to Khim who then passed to Blackburn. Looking up, Blackburn sent in a low dizzling ball straight into the box and Alvin seized the chance and opened the scoring for his 63rd ARFC goal. The clock was timed at 17 seconds and many ARFC fans were still trickling into the stadia and missed the great goal.

7 mins later, ARFC doubled its lead. From the top of the box, Sebastian passed to Hee on the left and he drew the defenders to him before squaring to the unmarked Alvin who promptly tucked home for his 64th ARFC goal. 2-0 now.

In the 17th min, Alvin got his hat-trick. Unsurprisingly, Khim was the architect when he broke clear at the left-wing and from the touch-line, he touched the ball to Alvin who was lurking at the left-hand edge of the box. Taking his time and ignoring a chorus of call for the ball from Hee and Raymond, Alvin expertly planted the ball to the keeper’s left for his 65th ARFC goal. It was also Alvin’s 8th-ever ARFC hat-trick which drew him even nearer to the records of both Robin (10 hat-tricks) and Haron (9 hat-tricks).

Upon his hat-trick, Alvin was withdrawn, to rapturous applause, to be replaced by Robin. Tjioe and Raymond also came on for Soon and Blackburn respectively.

In the 37th min, Hee scored his 55th ARFC goal. Again, Khim was the architect when he combined well with Tjioe to put Hee clear at the left side. Facing the keeper and also ignoring loud calls from both Robin and Raymond, Hee fooled their keeper by curling the ball to the keeper’s right and somehow the ball managed to squeeze in. Fantastic strike!

In the 2nd half, Khim was replaced by Soon which was not well-received by the fans as they always wanted to see Khim in action after having paid $77 for the ticket.

Off a corner, Toh had a header cleared off the line but it did not take long for ARFC to further its lead. 7 mins after the re-start, Soon scored his 6th ARFC goal. From the right, Sebastian played a quick short corner with Khim who turned the ball into the path of Soon. Soon flicked the ball up and volleyed the ball over the despairing dive of their keeper. World-class goal.

Soon was not done yet. Alvin was played through and after rounded their keeper, appeared to lose any angle for a shot and chose to square the ball across the goal. The ball seemed to be over-hit but luckily our workhorse Soon arrived to the far post and stroked the ball into the unguarded net for his 7th ARFC goal.

Alvin was not done. In the 77th min, Hee was sent clear by Toh and he wrong-footed the keeper and the ball broke loose to Alvin who scored from 7 yards out for his 66th ARFC goal, putting him just 3 goals shy of equaling Robin’s 69 goals.

When the referee blew the final whistle, it was clear the opponents were relieved of their agony as they were totally outplayed by the marauding ARFC warriors.

ARFC had played the same opponents on 3 previous occasions and all 3 score-lines were very close (4-4, 2-1 and 4-3). Hence, it was a great achievement for ARFC to emerge victorious with an annihilating 7-0 score-line. In fact, it could have been double-digit as Sebastian, Blackburn and Robin (hit post) wasted glorious chances that came their way.

Special credit must certainly be accorded to ARFC’s defence once again. Elvis marshaled the defence well and Toh did not allow their ang moh striker to have a sniff at goal at all. Guoxiong, Bernard, Blackburn and Khim gave nothing away and even their speedy striker could not get past any of them.

This was also a match where I have the biggest headache in singling out a Man-of-the-Match as all warriors were very very very impressive. But if still must, then these warriors really stood out: Alvin, Toh, Khim, Guoxiong and Soon – in descending order.