Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Friendly match details - 28 Aug 2011
28 August 2011 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Naval Base SS (artificial pitch)
Blackburn becomes ARFC's 3rd centurion in crushing 13-2 D2D Cup victory
In the D2D Cup 1st round match against Quintero Utd, ARFC turned up the heat and annihilated its opponents by a huge score-line of 13-2 at the magnificent artificial pitch at Ping Yi SS.
This was a match that saw a couple of land-mark milestones for 2 warriors, namely Blackburn and Alvin.
For Blackburn, he became only the 3rd ARFC warrior (after Haron and Alvin) to notch up a century of goals when he netted his 99th and 100th ARFC goal in the match.
For Alvin, he scored 6 goals in the match to reach 150 ARFC goals and his 6-goal salvo also saw him equaled Robin’s record tally in a single match. However, Robin had done it twice before – on 05 July 1992 (14-2 win) and 10 Nov 1996 (8-1 victory).
Alvin’s feat also moved him further ahead in the hat-trick tally. Thus far, he has 14 hat-tricks (3 goals or more) with a total of 47 goals. Behind him is Haron with 11 hat-tricks (37 goals) and Robin with 10 hat-tricks (39 goals).
Prior to the match, Tjioe pulled out as he has to work as a Cosplay model (dressed up as Wayne ‘Shrek’ Rooney) at Suntec. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise as all warriors were able to play the full match.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Talented Chun Haw
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Combative Ron
Right-mid: Talisman Derrick
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Absent:
Hard-man Tjioe
Wonder Wayne
Sublime Khim
Unbeatable Darren
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Long-throw specialist Norman
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Dependable Jinzhong
To be fair to the opponents, they only started with 9 players (though they had 11 players subsequently) and also they were on fast. Despite the dire situation they were in, they still managed to keep ARFC at bay for the opening 17 mins. Of course, ARFC warriors were also too impatient in wanting to get the opening goal and were too hurried in passing.
The floodgates finally opened in the 17th min. Ron played a great ball to Tze Ern who galloped down the left flank. His cross was collected by Blackburn who showed incredible composure to trick their keeper and defender before calmly slotting home his 99th ARFC goal. 1-0.
2 mins later, Soon found Guoxiong who lived up to his nick-name by marauding down the flank ala Dani Alves. His cross reached Alvin who looked to have lost control but somehow, their keeper spilled the ball and Alvin gleefully tapped in his 145th ARFC goal. 2-0
ARFC doubled his tally just 3 mins later when he pressured their keeper into a hasty clearance which was blocked by Alvin in the penalty box. Alvin reacted in a flash and rolled in his 146th ARFC goal. 3-0.
By now, the opponents were totally deflated and ARFC soon scored its 4th goal in the match. Derrick found space down the right flank and squared to Blackburn who again showed great composure by rounding their keeper and coolly placing the ball home for his land-mark 100th ARFC goal. 4-0
Sebastian then followed up with the 5th goal when he exchanged wall-passes with Ron and broke the off-side trap. After checking that there were no covering defenders, Sebastian took his time (nearly 7 secondss) and easily dispatched the ball past their keeper for his 79th ARFC goal. 5-0
Derrick then received a piercing ball down the right flank from Sebastian and he then drew their keeper out before squaring to Alvin who easily side-footed the ball into the empty net for his 147th ARFC goal. 6-0
Derrick turned creator again when his right wing cross eluded everyone but there was Alvin who came dashing in and from almost the left touch-line, thumped in a outside right-foot past their hapless keeper for his 148th ARFC goal. 7-0
Tze Ern then found time to pass the ball to Soon who was about 37.77 metres away from the opponents’ goal. Without hesitation, Soon executed a delicious chip ala Xabi Alonso and the ball flew over their keeper for his 36th ARFC goal. 8-0
In the second half, the opponents were clearly determined to score some goals. As almost all the ARFC warriors were too complacent, ARFC conceded a goal after just 3 mins from the re-start. 8-1.
Derrick chalked up another assist when his pass found Alvin who duly converted for his 149th ARFC goal. 9-1
Sebastian’s laser-like corner was met emphatically by Toh who came charging in and thumped in a header ala Alan Shearer that would not give any keeper in the world any chance at all. The header was also powerful that it almost burst the net and even if it has burst the net, the ball could also go on to burst the fencing at the perimeter!
This was Toh’s 48th ARFC goal. 10-1
The opponents then scored another goal 10-2.
Tze Ern capped his impressive outing when he intercepted their keeper’s clearance at the left flank. Without missing a beat, Tze Ern chipped in a left-foot curler over their keeper for his 2nd ARFC goal. 11-2.
Interestingly, Tze Ern’s 1st ARFC goal on 28 Nov 2010 at Tampines SAFRA was also similar to this goal!
After clocking so many assists in this match, Derrick finally got onto the score-sheet. Soon released him with a through ball and Derrick unleashed a crisp rasping shot that beat the keeper easily for his 36th ARFC goal. 12-2
Alvin finally equaled Robin’s feat when Sebastian fed him a reverse pass and he sped away before dispatching the ball into the far bottom right corner for his 150th ARFC goal 13-2
Just before the final whistle, Guoxiong (who had replaced Tze Ern in goal as he had too much sex the night before and was tiring), got down real well to parry a near-goal out. Fantastic save ala Pepe Reina.
Man-of-the-Match is undoubtedly Derrick.
This was a match that saw a couple of land-mark milestones for 2 warriors, namely Blackburn and Alvin.
For Blackburn, he became only the 3rd ARFC warrior (after Haron and Alvin) to notch up a century of goals when he netted his 99th and 100th ARFC goal in the match.
For Alvin, he scored 6 goals in the match to reach 150 ARFC goals and his 6-goal salvo also saw him equaled Robin’s record tally in a single match. However, Robin had done it twice before – on 05 July 1992 (14-2 win) and 10 Nov 1996 (8-1 victory).
Alvin’s feat also moved him further ahead in the hat-trick tally. Thus far, he has 14 hat-tricks (3 goals or more) with a total of 47 goals. Behind him is Haron with 11 hat-tricks (37 goals) and Robin with 10 hat-tricks (39 goals).
Prior to the match, Tjioe pulled out as he has to work as a Cosplay model (dressed up as Wayne ‘Shrek’ Rooney) at Suntec. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise as all warriors were able to play the full match.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Talented Chun Haw
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Combative Ron
Right-mid: Talisman Derrick
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Absent:
Hard-man Tjioe
Wonder Wayne
Sublime Khim
Unbeatable Darren
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Long-throw specialist Norman
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Dependable Jinzhong
To be fair to the opponents, they only started with 9 players (though they had 11 players subsequently) and also they were on fast. Despite the dire situation they were in, they still managed to keep ARFC at bay for the opening 17 mins. Of course, ARFC warriors were also too impatient in wanting to get the opening goal and were too hurried in passing.
The floodgates finally opened in the 17th min. Ron played a great ball to Tze Ern who galloped down the left flank. His cross was collected by Blackburn who showed incredible composure to trick their keeper and defender before calmly slotting home his 99th ARFC goal. 1-0.
2 mins later, Soon found Guoxiong who lived up to his nick-name by marauding down the flank ala Dani Alves. His cross reached Alvin who looked to have lost control but somehow, their keeper spilled the ball and Alvin gleefully tapped in his 145th ARFC goal. 2-0
ARFC doubled his tally just 3 mins later when he pressured their keeper into a hasty clearance which was blocked by Alvin in the penalty box. Alvin reacted in a flash and rolled in his 146th ARFC goal. 3-0.
By now, the opponents were totally deflated and ARFC soon scored its 4th goal in the match. Derrick found space down the right flank and squared to Blackburn who again showed great composure by rounding their keeper and coolly placing the ball home for his land-mark 100th ARFC goal. 4-0
Sebastian then followed up with the 5th goal when he exchanged wall-passes with Ron and broke the off-side trap. After checking that there were no covering defenders, Sebastian took his time (nearly 7 secondss) and easily dispatched the ball past their keeper for his 79th ARFC goal. 5-0
Derrick then received a piercing ball down the right flank from Sebastian and he then drew their keeper out before squaring to Alvin who easily side-footed the ball into the empty net for his 147th ARFC goal. 6-0
Derrick turned creator again when his right wing cross eluded everyone but there was Alvin who came dashing in and from almost the left touch-line, thumped in a outside right-foot past their hapless keeper for his 148th ARFC goal. 7-0
Tze Ern then found time to pass the ball to Soon who was about 37.77 metres away from the opponents’ goal. Without hesitation, Soon executed a delicious chip ala Xabi Alonso and the ball flew over their keeper for his 36th ARFC goal. 8-0
In the second half, the opponents were clearly determined to score some goals. As almost all the ARFC warriors were too complacent, ARFC conceded a goal after just 3 mins from the re-start. 8-1.
Derrick chalked up another assist when his pass found Alvin who duly converted for his 149th ARFC goal. 9-1
Sebastian’s laser-like corner was met emphatically by Toh who came charging in and thumped in a header ala Alan Shearer that would not give any keeper in the world any chance at all. The header was also powerful that it almost burst the net and even if it has burst the net, the ball could also go on to burst the fencing at the perimeter!
This was Toh’s 48th ARFC goal. 10-1
The opponents then scored another goal 10-2.
Tze Ern capped his impressive outing when he intercepted their keeper’s clearance at the left flank. Without missing a beat, Tze Ern chipped in a left-foot curler over their keeper for his 2nd ARFC goal. 11-2.
Interestingly, Tze Ern’s 1st ARFC goal on 28 Nov 2010 at Tampines SAFRA was also similar to this goal!
After clocking so many assists in this match, Derrick finally got onto the score-sheet. Soon released him with a through ball and Derrick unleashed a crisp rasping shot that beat the keeper easily for his 36th ARFC goal. 12-2
Alvin finally equaled Robin’s feat when Sebastian fed him a reverse pass and he sped away before dispatching the ball into the far bottom right corner for his 150th ARFC goal 13-2
Just before the final whistle, Guoxiong (who had replaced Tze Ern in goal as he had too much sex the night before and was tiring), got down real well to parry a near-goal out. Fantastic save ala Pepe Reina.
Man-of-the-Match is undoubtedly Derrick.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Tjioe powered ARFC's 3-1 win
After a 3-week hiatus, ARFC resumed its weekly Sunday match by comprehensively dismissing Wanderers, a team from the Equatorial Football League, 3-1 on the back of a Man-of-the-Match performance from Tjioe.
Credit to Seh Meng, Toh and Tze Ern for turning up despite playing a tough match for their team in the morning. Guoxiong also made a last-min appearance after turning down a hot date with Tracie.
ARFC started with this 10-warrior line-up first as some warriors were late:
Keeper: Powerful Alvin
Right-back: Influential Sebastian
Sweeper: Combative Ron
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Wonder Wayne
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Subs (all late):
Unbeatable Darren
Talented Chun Haw
Marauding Guoxiong
Talisman Derrick
Seh Meng (guest player)
Absent:
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Long-throw specialist Norman
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Dependable Jinzhong
Being the first match in 3 weeks, all ARFC warriors started with plenty of fire in their bellies and quickly stamped their authority in the match with Tjioe at the heart of things. Within mins, Tjioe executed a volley that flew narrowly wide.
ARFC took the lead in the 7th min. Tjioe did well to wriggle his way into the penalty box but he was clumsily upended by their defender, giving the referee an easy decision to award a penalty. Blackburn shrugged Sebastian aside and fired past their keeper from the spot for his 97th ARFC goal. 1-0
Seh Meng then took over Alvin in goal and Alvin moved to partner Blackburn.
Sebastian then linked up well with Blackburn and chipped in a delicious-looking ball to Alvin who however came up with a meek effort under pressure from their defender.
Guoxiong then replaced Sebastian at right-back.
ARFC doubled its lead in the 20th min. Blackburn, who played really well for this match, swung in a precise cross from the right flank. Alvin connected well and showed great awareness by heading the ball back into the 6-yard area and there was Toh who scored with a brilliant stooping header for his 47th ARFC goal. 2-0 and Toh’s goal put him on level terms with Khim.
Toh’s reward for scoring? Replaced by Chun Haw immediately!
ARFC continued pressing for a 3rd goal but could not find a way despite creating several good chances. Over at our defence side, Wayne did well despite being under pressure by the opponents which seemed to put heavy emphasis on their right side.
Overall in the 1st half, Seh Meng virtually had nothing to do thanks to sterling defence work as well as the incessant closing down by Tze Ern, Soon, Khim and Tjioe.
Derrick and Darren arrived during half-time and quickly took the places of Khim and Soon respectively.
Derrick made an immediate impact when he dribbled his way into the box only to be upended by their defender. The referee correctly blew for a penalty and Blackburn stepped up again to beat their keeper at exactly the same spot. 3-0 and it was Blackburn’s 98th ARFC goal.
The opponents then pulled a goal back. 1-3
After their goal, the opponents seemed hell bent on inflicting injuries on ARFC warriors when they came up with several violent tackles, some of which were totally off-the-ball. Particularly, Alvin suffered a heavy bruise at his ankle but the referee missed the foul.
Derrcik again created another penalty when he was put through by Darren but their sweeper came sliding in and brought down Derrick. After some strong protests, Blackburn stepped up and “deliberately” drilled his shot wide. His miss caused him to miss out on repeating Liverpool legend Jan Molby’s penalty-treble feat in a 1986 league match against Coventry City.
After some more misses, ARFC had to settle for n easy 3-1 victory.
Credit to Seh Meng, Toh and Tze Ern for turning up despite playing a tough match for their team in the morning. Guoxiong also made a last-min appearance after turning down a hot date with Tracie.
ARFC started with this 10-warrior line-up first as some warriors were late:
Keeper: Powerful Alvin
Right-back: Influential Sebastian
Sweeper: Combative Ron
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Wonder Wayne
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Subs (all late):
Unbeatable Darren
Talented Chun Haw
Marauding Guoxiong
Talisman Derrick
Seh Meng (guest player)
Absent:
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Long-throw specialist Norman
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Dependable Jinzhong
Being the first match in 3 weeks, all ARFC warriors started with plenty of fire in their bellies and quickly stamped their authority in the match with Tjioe at the heart of things. Within mins, Tjioe executed a volley that flew narrowly wide.
ARFC took the lead in the 7th min. Tjioe did well to wriggle his way into the penalty box but he was clumsily upended by their defender, giving the referee an easy decision to award a penalty. Blackburn shrugged Sebastian aside and fired past their keeper from the spot for his 97th ARFC goal. 1-0
Seh Meng then took over Alvin in goal and Alvin moved to partner Blackburn.
Sebastian then linked up well with Blackburn and chipped in a delicious-looking ball to Alvin who however came up with a meek effort under pressure from their defender.
Guoxiong then replaced Sebastian at right-back.
ARFC doubled its lead in the 20th min. Blackburn, who played really well for this match, swung in a precise cross from the right flank. Alvin connected well and showed great awareness by heading the ball back into the 6-yard area and there was Toh who scored with a brilliant stooping header for his 47th ARFC goal. 2-0 and Toh’s goal put him on level terms with Khim.
Toh’s reward for scoring? Replaced by Chun Haw immediately!
ARFC continued pressing for a 3rd goal but could not find a way despite creating several good chances. Over at our defence side, Wayne did well despite being under pressure by the opponents which seemed to put heavy emphasis on their right side.
Overall in the 1st half, Seh Meng virtually had nothing to do thanks to sterling defence work as well as the incessant closing down by Tze Ern, Soon, Khim and Tjioe.
Derrick and Darren arrived during half-time and quickly took the places of Khim and Soon respectively.
Derrick made an immediate impact when he dribbled his way into the box only to be upended by their defender. The referee correctly blew for a penalty and Blackburn stepped up again to beat their keeper at exactly the same spot. 3-0 and it was Blackburn’s 98th ARFC goal.
The opponents then pulled a goal back. 1-3
After their goal, the opponents seemed hell bent on inflicting injuries on ARFC warriors when they came up with several violent tackles, some of which were totally off-the-ball. Particularly, Alvin suffered a heavy bruise at his ankle but the referee missed the foul.
Derrcik again created another penalty when he was put through by Darren but their sweeper came sliding in and brought down Derrick. After some strong protests, Blackburn stepped up and “deliberately” drilled his shot wide. His miss caused him to miss out on repeating Liverpool legend Jan Molby’s penalty-treble feat in a 1986 league match against Coventry City.
After some more misses, ARFC had to settle for n easy 3-1 victory.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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