02 Oct 2011 (Sun)
5 pm = 1700 hrs
Northview Sec Sch (think in Yishun area)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
ARFC in unlucky draw
Playing Casanova XI for the 2nd time in the league, a sense of déjà vu occurred when ARFC again missed a glut of chances to salvage a 2-2 draw.
Prior to the match, Hee unexpectedly turned up for his 1st match in months. Credit to Ron too for playing despite carrying an illness.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis (captain)
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Talented Chun Haw
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn
Subs:
Talisman Derrick (late)
Long-throw specialist Norman
Combative Ron
Speedy Hee
Absent:
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Steely Tze Ern
Sublime Khim
Wonder Wayne
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
ARFC was eager to gain revenge for its defeat to them earlier after playing with 10 warriors. However, ARFC spurned a number of good chances.
ARFC then fell behind after conceding yet another goal from a free-kick. 0-1
In the 2nd half, ARFC again had the upper hand but fell further behind from a penalty conceded. 0-2.
Strangely enough, ARFC was motivated by this set-back and did not give up. Particularly, Tjioe upped his game by producing a strong display to keep ARFC going. Ron’s biting tackles also proved a hit with the fans.
ARFC finally pulled a goal back courtesy of yet another proven route. Sebastian’s corner from the right was hit to the danger zone (between 6-yard and penalty spot) and there was Toh who came charging in to power home his 52nd ARFC goal with a header. 1-2. Toh’s goal also continued his rich vein of form as this is the 3rd consecutive match that he has scored.
From Darren’s powerful throw-in, mayhem was created in the crowded box and after the ball had stayed in the air for ages, Blackburn headed the ball back from the left touch-line to Alvin who was just 77 mm from the goal-line in the box. Reacted quickest, Alvin stooped low and nodded home his 154th ARFC goal. 2-2
ARFC could have snatched the winning goal on at least 3 occasions. First, Derrick dribbled in from the right and fired his shot just inches wide of the stanchion. Then, Soon failed to get a decent shot in after creating space in the box.
The miss of the match came from Blackburn. Sebastian’s lofted high ball eluded their last defender and the ball bounced nicely and slowly for Blackburn to be the hero. Alas, he was over-confident and incredibly placed the shot wide – a repeat of Haron’s miss last Sunday! In Harry Redknapp’s words, “even my grandmother would have scored”!!
Just seconds to the end, Blackburn and Derrick combined well in the box which saw the ball landed at the feet of Sebastian. However, Sebastian could not get a nice footing and only managed to fire in a meek shot which was collected by their keeper easily.
Though disappointed with the draw as ARFC had so many chances, there are some positives from the match. Firstly, the attendance was real good and hope that this can be maintained. Secondly, ARFC did not give up though 2 goals down and instead fight back and finished very strongly. With a bit of luck, ARFC could have ran out victors. Lastly, no ARFC warriors “f” each other with the various mistakes and misses which is nice to see.
The only negative aspect is that ARFC has not been keeping a clean sheet for the past 7 matches and conceded a total of 21 goals! (our last clean sheet was a 1-0 win over Macheda on 17 July 2011).
Hence, for the next match, let’s focus more on giving more support to our defenders which in my opinion has been very good all this while.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Elvis and Ron.
Prior to the match, Hee unexpectedly turned up for his 1st match in months. Credit to Ron too for playing despite carrying an illness.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis (captain)
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Talented Chun Haw
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn
Subs:
Talisman Derrick (late)
Long-throw specialist Norman
Combative Ron
Speedy Hee
Absent:
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Steely Tze Ern
Sublime Khim
Wonder Wayne
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
ARFC was eager to gain revenge for its defeat to them earlier after playing with 10 warriors. However, ARFC spurned a number of good chances.
ARFC then fell behind after conceding yet another goal from a free-kick. 0-1
In the 2nd half, ARFC again had the upper hand but fell further behind from a penalty conceded. 0-2.
Strangely enough, ARFC was motivated by this set-back and did not give up. Particularly, Tjioe upped his game by producing a strong display to keep ARFC going. Ron’s biting tackles also proved a hit with the fans.
ARFC finally pulled a goal back courtesy of yet another proven route. Sebastian’s corner from the right was hit to the danger zone (between 6-yard and penalty spot) and there was Toh who came charging in to power home his 52nd ARFC goal with a header. 1-2. Toh’s goal also continued his rich vein of form as this is the 3rd consecutive match that he has scored.
From Darren’s powerful throw-in, mayhem was created in the crowded box and after the ball had stayed in the air for ages, Blackburn headed the ball back from the left touch-line to Alvin who was just 77 mm from the goal-line in the box. Reacted quickest, Alvin stooped low and nodded home his 154th ARFC goal. 2-2
ARFC could have snatched the winning goal on at least 3 occasions. First, Derrick dribbled in from the right and fired his shot just inches wide of the stanchion. Then, Soon failed to get a decent shot in after creating space in the box.
The miss of the match came from Blackburn. Sebastian’s lofted high ball eluded their last defender and the ball bounced nicely and slowly for Blackburn to be the hero. Alas, he was over-confident and incredibly placed the shot wide – a repeat of Haron’s miss last Sunday! In Harry Redknapp’s words, “even my grandmother would have scored”!!
Just seconds to the end, Blackburn and Derrick combined well in the box which saw the ball landed at the feet of Sebastian. However, Sebastian could not get a nice footing and only managed to fire in a meek shot which was collected by their keeper easily.
Though disappointed with the draw as ARFC had so many chances, there are some positives from the match. Firstly, the attendance was real good and hope that this can be maintained. Secondly, ARFC did not give up though 2 goals down and instead fight back and finished very strongly. With a bit of luck, ARFC could have ran out victors. Lastly, no ARFC warriors “f” each other with the various mistakes and misses which is nice to see.
The only negative aspect is that ARFC has not been keeping a clean sheet for the past 7 matches and conceded a total of 21 goals! (our last clean sheet was a 1-0 win over Macheda on 17 July 2011).
Hence, for the next match, let’s focus more on giving more support to our defenders which in my opinion has been very good all this while.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Elvis and Ron.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
3rd League Match details
25 Sep 2011 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Bendemeer Sec Sch
Opponent is Casanova XI (might change opponent)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Bendemeer Sec Sch
Opponent is Casanova XI (might change opponent)
Monday, September 19, 2011
Toh reaches half-century mark in league win
In a match that saw Toh notched his 50th ARFC career goals with yet another header, ARFC finally got off to a winning start after dismissing Team Buffalo 6-2 in front of Rayes, Tracie and Anna, son and wives of Derrick, Guoxiong and Elvis respectively.
Attendance for this match was much better as several warriors turned up at the 11th hour.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Wonder Wayne
Right-mid: Talisman Derrick
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Subs:
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Steely Tze Ern
Talented Chun Haw
Minghui (guest player)
Absent:
Unbeatable Darren
Hard-man Tjioe
Long-throw specialist Norman
Combative Ron
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
From its first meaningful attack, ARFC won a corner on the left. For the umpteenth time, Sebastian’s precise corner was met forcefully by Toh’s forehead which connected powerfully with the ball for his 50th ARFC goal! 1-0
Toh’s took him past ex-warrior Jeffrey’s 49 goals and Toh is now at 8th position, still a place behind Tjioe’s 57 ARFC goals.
According to ARFC’s archives, about 97.7777777% of Toh’s 50 goals so far were scored via headers!
Mins later, Derrick was put through by Sebastian diagonal low ball but he shot into row Z when Alvin was free to his left.
ARFC then conceded a goal from a free-kick. 1-1
ARFC then had a stroke of good luck when the ball touched Blackburn’s hands when he was bringing the ball down. However, the referee did not spot the infringement and Blackburn took a step forward before unleashing a rising diagonal shot that hit the left up-right before ending up on the right hand side of the net for his 104th ARFC goal. 2-1
Mins later, their keeper fumbled the ball from an innocuous ball and Khim scooped up the rebound and laid the ball for Blackburn to score with yet another beauty for his 105th ARFC goal. 3-1
Blackburn completed his hat-trick after Alvin again showed power and shield by gliding down the left by-line before squaring the bal across for Blackburn to score with a slice shot. 4-1.
This was Blackburn’s 5th hat-trick for ARFC but he still has a long way to match the 3 warriors in front of him – Alvin (14 hat-tricks), Haron (11 hat-tricks) and ex-warrior Robin (10 hat-tricks).
Toh then doubled his tally in the match with yet another powerful header from yet another Sebastian’s corner. The only difference to his 1st goal was this was from the right-hand side. 5-1 and this was Toh’s 51st ARFC goals, still 6 short of Tjioe’s 57 goals.
In yet another sweeping attack, Blackburn and Derrick combined down the right which saw Blackburn lofting the ball to the far post with the ball bouncing away from the keeper. Spotting their keeper coming towards him, Haron took his time and executed a looping header all the way back to the near post for his 173rd ARFC goal! 6-1
In the 2nd half, ARFC conceded another goal. 6-2.
Undeterred, ARFC continued pressing for more goals and it was really a big surprise that it did not add to its tally with so many chances created but spurned them all. The chief culprit was Haron who missed 2 great open chances when it was easier to score. Derrick also missed with a lifted ball over their keeper while Chun Haw narrowly failed to score with a header.
There was still time for Khim to entertain the 77,777 fans in the dying minutes when he showed his exquisite skills with a quick double drag-back ala Zidane to bewilder the opponents. World-class foot-work!
Every warrior played well in this match but if there is a need to give out Man-of-the-Match award, it would be jointly given to Sebastian and Blackburn.
Attendance for this match was much better as several warriors turned up at the 11th hour.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Wonder Wayne
Right-mid: Talisman Derrick
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Subs:
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Steely Tze Ern
Talented Chun Haw
Minghui (guest player)
Absent:
Unbeatable Darren
Hard-man Tjioe
Long-throw specialist Norman
Combative Ron
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
From its first meaningful attack, ARFC won a corner on the left. For the umpteenth time, Sebastian’s precise corner was met forcefully by Toh’s forehead which connected powerfully with the ball for his 50th ARFC goal! 1-0
Toh’s took him past ex-warrior Jeffrey’s 49 goals and Toh is now at 8th position, still a place behind Tjioe’s 57 ARFC goals.
According to ARFC’s archives, about 97.7777777% of Toh’s 50 goals so far were scored via headers!
Mins later, Derrick was put through by Sebastian diagonal low ball but he shot into row Z when Alvin was free to his left.
ARFC then conceded a goal from a free-kick. 1-1
ARFC then had a stroke of good luck when the ball touched Blackburn’s hands when he was bringing the ball down. However, the referee did not spot the infringement and Blackburn took a step forward before unleashing a rising diagonal shot that hit the left up-right before ending up on the right hand side of the net for his 104th ARFC goal. 2-1
Mins later, their keeper fumbled the ball from an innocuous ball and Khim scooped up the rebound and laid the ball for Blackburn to score with yet another beauty for his 105th ARFC goal. 3-1
Blackburn completed his hat-trick after Alvin again showed power and shield by gliding down the left by-line before squaring the bal across for Blackburn to score with a slice shot. 4-1.
This was Blackburn’s 5th hat-trick for ARFC but he still has a long way to match the 3 warriors in front of him – Alvin (14 hat-tricks), Haron (11 hat-tricks) and ex-warrior Robin (10 hat-tricks).
Toh then doubled his tally in the match with yet another powerful header from yet another Sebastian’s corner. The only difference to his 1st goal was this was from the right-hand side. 5-1 and this was Toh’s 51st ARFC goals, still 6 short of Tjioe’s 57 goals.
In yet another sweeping attack, Blackburn and Derrick combined down the right which saw Blackburn lofting the ball to the far post with the ball bouncing away from the keeper. Spotting their keeper coming towards him, Haron took his time and executed a looping header all the way back to the near post for his 173rd ARFC goal! 6-1
In the 2nd half, ARFC conceded another goal. 6-2.
Undeterred, ARFC continued pressing for more goals and it was really a big surprise that it did not add to its tally with so many chances created but spurned them all. The chief culprit was Haron who missed 2 great open chances when it was easier to score. Derrick also missed with a lifted ball over their keeper while Chun Haw narrowly failed to score with a header.
There was still time for Khim to entertain the 77,777 fans in the dying minutes when he showed his exquisite skills with a quick double drag-back ala Zidane to bewilder the opponents. World-class foot-work!
Every warrior played well in this match but if there is a need to give out Man-of-the-Match award, it would be jointly given to Sebastian and Blackburn.
Monday, September 12, 2011
ARFC lost in league opener
Despite dropping to the lowest division in the new D2D League season, 10-warrior ARFC could not start off on a winning note after going down 3-5 to Casanova XI at Ping Yi SS in front of Anna.
Due to the last-min pull-outs of both Chun Haw and Wayne, ARFC could only field 10 warriors which ultimately led to its downfall.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Talisman Derrick
Right-back: Unpredictable Blackburn
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Striker: Powerful Alvin (captain)
Absent:
Talented Chun Haw
Long-throw specialist Norman
Combative Ron
Marauding Guoxiong
Dependable Jinzhong
Sublime Khim
Wonder Wayne
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
ARFC got off to a good start when Alvin wriggled his way down the left touch-line. Hearing a call from Soon who was running in from the right, Alvin squared the ball across goal and under pressure from Soon, their defender slide the ball home for an own goal. 1-0 and this was the 27th own goal gifted by ARFC’s opponents.
However, ARFC inexplicably conceded 2 quick goals to trail 1-2.
Derrick then gave away a clear penalty but to his credit, he saved the spot-kick to keep ARFC in the match.
ARFC conjured up several chances but was unable to capitalize with Sebastian and Soon the chief culprits.
Tjioe then took over Derrick’s position as keeper for the 2nd half.
In the 2nd half, ARFC conceded another goal. 1-3.
ARFC then pulled a goal back when Sebastian sent in a floated corner which saw the ball hanging in the air. To the crowd’s expectations, Toh came charging in and thumped home yet another header ala Sami Hyypia for his 49th ARFC goal!
Toh’s goal also saw him on level terms with ex-warrior Jeffrey’s 49 goals.
ARFC then conceded another goal 2-4.
Responding, Sebastian executed a Xabi Alonso-like ball by chipping in a laser-like high through ball to Alvin who broke through, held off their covering defender before firing past their keeper for his 153rd ARFC goal! 3-4
ARFC threatened to equalize with Toh, Derrick and Soon coming real close with their headers. ARFC also saw several chances clawed away by their keeper.
ARFC then conceded another goal from a counter-attack to trail 3-5.
Despite mounting waves after waves of aerial bombardments from Darren’s Rory Delap-like throw-ins and Sebastian’s Jamie Redknapp-like high balls from dead-ball situations, ARFC could not rescue the match and lost 3-5.
This is the match where we deserved to lose not because we played badly but simply due to the 10-warrior situation. I hope that our attendance can be better in coming matches.
Due to the last-min pull-outs of both Chun Haw and Wayne, ARFC could only field 10 warriors which ultimately led to its downfall.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Talisman Derrick
Right-back: Unpredictable Blackburn
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Striker: Powerful Alvin (captain)
Absent:
Talented Chun Haw
Long-throw specialist Norman
Combative Ron
Marauding Guoxiong
Dependable Jinzhong
Sublime Khim
Wonder Wayne
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
ARFC got off to a good start when Alvin wriggled his way down the left touch-line. Hearing a call from Soon who was running in from the right, Alvin squared the ball across goal and under pressure from Soon, their defender slide the ball home for an own goal. 1-0 and this was the 27th own goal gifted by ARFC’s opponents.
However, ARFC inexplicably conceded 2 quick goals to trail 1-2.
Derrick then gave away a clear penalty but to his credit, he saved the spot-kick to keep ARFC in the match.
ARFC conjured up several chances but was unable to capitalize with Sebastian and Soon the chief culprits.
Tjioe then took over Derrick’s position as keeper for the 2nd half.
In the 2nd half, ARFC conceded another goal. 1-3.
ARFC then pulled a goal back when Sebastian sent in a floated corner which saw the ball hanging in the air. To the crowd’s expectations, Toh came charging in and thumped home yet another header ala Sami Hyypia for his 49th ARFC goal!
Toh’s goal also saw him on level terms with ex-warrior Jeffrey’s 49 goals.
ARFC then conceded another goal 2-4.
Responding, Sebastian executed a Xabi Alonso-like ball by chipping in a laser-like high through ball to Alvin who broke through, held off their covering defender before firing past their keeper for his 153rd ARFC goal! 3-4
ARFC threatened to equalize with Toh, Derrick and Soon coming real close with their headers. ARFC also saw several chances clawed away by their keeper.
ARFC then conceded another goal from a counter-attack to trail 3-5.
Despite mounting waves after waves of aerial bombardments from Darren’s Rory Delap-like throw-ins and Sebastian’s Jamie Redknapp-like high balls from dead-ball situations, ARFC could not rescue the match and lost 3-5.
This is the match where we deserved to lose not because we played badly but simply due to the 10-warrior situation. I hope that our attendance can be better in coming matches.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
1st League match - 11 Sep 2011
11 Sep 2011 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Ping Yi SS (artificial pitch)
Opponent is Casanova XI.
New Season!!
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Ping Yi SS (artificial pitch)
Opponent is Casanova XI.
New Season!!
Monday, September 05, 2011
Derrick equalled record in front of his cute son, Rayes
In a friendly match at Ping Yi SS, ARFC shrugged off last week’s demoralizing defeat with a scintillating 12-2 win over its opponent. The victory also saw Derrick equaling ARFC’s most goals in a match by a warrior – 6 goals! Derrick’s feat was witnessed by none other than his son – the very cute Rayes!
Special credit, however, must be accorded to the most hardworking and fittest warrior in ARFC’s entire history – Soon. I mentioned this because we all know that Soon regularly goes for his marathon competitions in the morning and despite so, he would always turn up for our afternoon matches. If this happens to any one of us, we would take at least 7 days’ MC after a marathon, not to mention turning up for afternoon matches. Of course, being fit is one thing but I think it is really very kind, mature, responsible and dedicated of Soon to still turn up for our matches and played his hearts and lungs out!
For this match, Soon did the same thing but I took him out because he looked tired as he woke up at 2 am earlier in the day and also the opponents are rather weak and there is no need to tired him out further.
ARFC also welcomed back Jinzhong who has been out for a few matches.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Combative Ron
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Left-mid: Talisman Derrick
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn
Striker: Powerful Alvin (captain)
Subs:
Influential Sebastian (late)
Talented Chun Haw
Seh Meng (guest player – still negotiating weekly wages for him to join us permanently)
Absent:
Hard-man Tjioe
Sublime Khim
Wonder Wayne
Towering Toh
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Right from the kick-off, it is clear that ARFC is a far superior team than its opponents. Nevertheless, both teams still played their best.
In the 7th min, ARFC drew first blood when Alvin’s cross from the right found Derrick who duly shot home for his 38th ARFC goal. 1-0
Derrick doubled the lead when he exchanged one-two with Blackburn before moving in for the kill for his 39th ARFC goal. 2-0
Derrick then notched his 2nd ARFC hat-trick mins later. Seh Meng swung in a right-wing cross and hearing a very loud call from Derrick, Alvin let the ball run to Derrick who duly thumped home for his 40th ARFC goal and completed his hat-trick. 3-0.
The last time that Derrick scored a hat-trick was on 02 March 2008 in a 9-0 win which also saw Alvin netting 3 goals in the match.
Blackburn then got into the scoring act when he broke clear to leash home for his 101st ARFC goal. 4-0
ARFC then conceded a goal. 4-1
Clearly firing now and backed by Rayes’ cheering, Derrick scored his 4th goal in the match. From Darren’s wonderfully floated no-look high ball from his left-back position, Derrick burst through and easily beat their keeper for his 41st ARFC goal. 5-1
Straight from the re-start, Sebastian and Alvin combined to harass their players which saw Alvin easily beating their keeper for his 152nd ARFC goal. 6-1
Off yet another pressure, Blackburn scored for his 102nd ARFC goal. 7-1
Mins before the end of the half, Darren galloped his way down the left flank ala Roberto Carlos and from a very precise cross, Chun Haw ran in from deep and powered home with his head for his 1st-ever ARFC goal and thereby becoming ARFC’s youngest-ever goal-scorer! 8-1
In the 2nd half, ARFC eased up but still managed to score 4 more goals.
First, Derrick notched his 42nd ARFC goal for a 9-1 lead before the opponents pulled another goal back for 9-2.
Blackburn then completed his hat-trick when he expertly sliced the ball home all the way from the right flank area that bewildered their keeper. 10-2
This was Blackburn’s 103rd ARFC goal and his 4th-ever hat-trick for ARFC, putting him level with Jiong Jiong (ex-player), Hee and Sebastian.
Blackburn then created an opening for Chun Haw to double his ARFC tally. 11-2
The opponents pulled another goal back for 11-3 before Derrick scored his 6th and record-equaling goal for ARFC. 12-3.
Towards the end, ARFC tried to make Derrick a record by was somewhat let down by Blackburn’s rather selfish display.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Tze Ern and Derrick.
Special credit, however, must be accorded to the most hardworking and fittest warrior in ARFC’s entire history – Soon. I mentioned this because we all know that Soon regularly goes for his marathon competitions in the morning and despite so, he would always turn up for our afternoon matches. If this happens to any one of us, we would take at least 7 days’ MC after a marathon, not to mention turning up for afternoon matches. Of course, being fit is one thing but I think it is really very kind, mature, responsible and dedicated of Soon to still turn up for our matches and played his hearts and lungs out!
For this match, Soon did the same thing but I took him out because he looked tired as he woke up at 2 am earlier in the day and also the opponents are rather weak and there is no need to tired him out further.
ARFC also welcomed back Jinzhong who has been out for a few matches.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Combative Ron
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Left-mid: Talisman Derrick
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn
Striker: Powerful Alvin (captain)
Subs:
Influential Sebastian (late)
Talented Chun Haw
Seh Meng (guest player – still negotiating weekly wages for him to join us permanently)
Absent:
Hard-man Tjioe
Sublime Khim
Wonder Wayne
Towering Toh
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Right from the kick-off, it is clear that ARFC is a far superior team than its opponents. Nevertheless, both teams still played their best.
In the 7th min, ARFC drew first blood when Alvin’s cross from the right found Derrick who duly shot home for his 38th ARFC goal. 1-0
Derrick doubled the lead when he exchanged one-two with Blackburn before moving in for the kill for his 39th ARFC goal. 2-0
Derrick then notched his 2nd ARFC hat-trick mins later. Seh Meng swung in a right-wing cross and hearing a very loud call from Derrick, Alvin let the ball run to Derrick who duly thumped home for his 40th ARFC goal and completed his hat-trick. 3-0.
The last time that Derrick scored a hat-trick was on 02 March 2008 in a 9-0 win which also saw Alvin netting 3 goals in the match.
Blackburn then got into the scoring act when he broke clear to leash home for his 101st ARFC goal. 4-0
ARFC then conceded a goal. 4-1
Clearly firing now and backed by Rayes’ cheering, Derrick scored his 4th goal in the match. From Darren’s wonderfully floated no-look high ball from his left-back position, Derrick burst through and easily beat their keeper for his 41st ARFC goal. 5-1
Straight from the re-start, Sebastian and Alvin combined to harass their players which saw Alvin easily beating their keeper for his 152nd ARFC goal. 6-1
Off yet another pressure, Blackburn scored for his 102nd ARFC goal. 7-1
Mins before the end of the half, Darren galloped his way down the left flank ala Roberto Carlos and from a very precise cross, Chun Haw ran in from deep and powered home with his head for his 1st-ever ARFC goal and thereby becoming ARFC’s youngest-ever goal-scorer! 8-1
In the 2nd half, ARFC eased up but still managed to score 4 more goals.
First, Derrick notched his 42nd ARFC goal for a 9-1 lead before the opponents pulled another goal back for 9-2.
Blackburn then completed his hat-trick when he expertly sliced the ball home all the way from the right flank area that bewildered their keeper. 10-2
This was Blackburn’s 103rd ARFC goal and his 4th-ever hat-trick for ARFC, putting him level with Jiong Jiong (ex-player), Hee and Sebastian.
Blackburn then created an opening for Chun Haw to double his ARFC tally. 11-2
The opponents pulled another goal back for 11-3 before Derrick scored his 6th and record-equaling goal for ARFC. 12-3.
Towards the end, ARFC tried to make Derrick a record by was somewhat let down by Blackburn’s rather selfish display.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Tze Ern and Derrick.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Friendly match details - 04 Sep 2011
04 Sep 2011 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Ping Yi Sec Sch (artificial pitch)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Ping Yi Sec Sch (artificial pitch)
ARFC's worst opponents since formation in Jun 1991
After a fascinating 13-2 win last week, ARFC came crashing down to earth after suffering a 2-6 defeat at Galaticos FC.
Special credit must be given to Haron who turned up despite fasting and volunteered to be keeper. Kudos to Khim too who also made a last-min appearance despite touching down from China in the wee hours earlier.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Wonder Wayne
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Subs:
Talisman Derrick (late)
Hard-man Tjioe
Absent:
Steely Tze Ern
Unbeatable Darren
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Long-throw specialist Norman
Dependable Jinzhong
Talented Chun Haw
The younger opponents were clearly superior to ARFC and Haron and defence managed to keep them at bay for the opening 20 mins. However, ARFC soon found itself 4 goals down before finally waking up from its slumber.
First, Tjioe’s wonderful ball from centre mid down to the left flank was latched on by Alvin who again showed his trade-mark powerful run by easily out-pacing and out-muscling their right back before unleashing a stinging grounder with his outside right foot for his 151st ARFC goal. 1-4.
Within mins ARFC pulled another goal back courtesy of Khim’s superb cross-field ball down the right flank. The ball flew over their left-back and there was Derrick who came charging in from the right. Reaching the ball ahead of their keeper, Derrick nonchalantly lifted the ball over him for his 37th ARFC goal. 2-4 and Derrick’s goal took him past Soon’s 36 goals to stay at ARFC’s 11th all-time leading scorers.
However, Derrick is still 10 goals short of Khim’s 47 goals which put him at 10th position.
ARFC conceded another goal just before half-time to trail 2-5.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Ron and Khim.
Special credit must be given to Haron who turned up despite fasting and volunteered to be keeper. Kudos to Khim too who also made a last-min appearance despite touching down from China in the wee hours earlier.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Wonder Wayne
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Subs:
Talisman Derrick (late)
Hard-man Tjioe
Absent:
Steely Tze Ern
Unbeatable Darren
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Long-throw specialist Norman
Dependable Jinzhong
Talented Chun Haw
The younger opponents were clearly superior to ARFC and Haron and defence managed to keep them at bay for the opening 20 mins. However, ARFC soon found itself 4 goals down before finally waking up from its slumber.
First, Tjioe’s wonderful ball from centre mid down to the left flank was latched on by Alvin who again showed his trade-mark powerful run by easily out-pacing and out-muscling their right back before unleashing a stinging grounder with his outside right foot for his 151st ARFC goal. 1-4.
Within mins ARFC pulled another goal back courtesy of Khim’s superb cross-field ball down the right flank. The ball flew over their left-back and there was Derrick who came charging in from the right. Reaching the ball ahead of their keeper, Derrick nonchalantly lifted the ball over him for his 37th ARFC goal. 2-4 and Derrick’s goal took him past Soon’s 36 goals to stay at ARFC’s 11th all-time leading scorers.
However, Derrick is still 10 goals short of Khim’s 47 goals which put him at 10th position.
ARFC conceded another goal just before half-time to trail 2-5.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Ron and Khim.
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