Voting results for 28 Jul 2013 match against Zouk

Guoxiong - 27 pts;
Soon - 16 pts;
Darren - 14 pts;
Sebastian - 9 pts;
Toh - 8 pts;
Alvin - 7 pts;
Haron - 5 pts;
Ron - 5 pts;
Chun Haw - 2 pts;
Jasper - 2 pts;
Derrick - 1 pt.

Congratulations to both Guoxiong and Soon for wining $10 and $5 mil respectively. The cheque will be sent to their kangtao's addresses within 7 working days...

ARFC brought down to earth in exciting match

Playing at the Tampines SAFRA pitch for the 3^rd consecutive week, ARFC’s 4-match winning streak was halted by the Zouk team who triumphed 4-3 in a pulsating match with end-to-end action throughout.

ARFC was supported by Wayne (injured), Boon and Brendan.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Talisman Derrick

Right-back - Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Combative Ron

Left-mid - Marauding Guoxiong

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian

Right-mid - Skillful Weilit  

Striker - Talented Chun Haw

Striker - Powerful Alvin (captain)

 

Subs:

Resolute Jasper

Unpredictable Blackburn

Composed Jackson

Nippy Kenny

Unbeatable Darren

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Absent:

Speedy Hee

Wonder Wayne

Sublime Khim

Steely Tze Ern

Hard-man Tjioe

Impeccable How Meng

Booming Boon

ARFC was put under intense pressure from Zouk but held out.

ARFC took the lead in the 17^th min from a corner. Chun Haw’s corner was swung high to the far post and Alvin headed a low ball back across goal. Showing Robbie Fowler-like predatory instinct, Toh swopped in with a brilliant left foot shot to beat their keeper. 1-0 and this was Toh’s first goal in 2013!

ARFC then conceded a goal. 1-1

ARFC then conceded another goal 1-2

ARFC equalized after Soon’s over-hit pass down the right flank looked to be picked up by their left back who passed back to their keeper. However, Guoxiong had other ideas as he continued his lung-busting run and amazingly, he reached the ball ahead of their keeper. He nipped the ball away from him and easily rolled the bal into the empty net for his 17^th ARFC goal. 2-2

However, ARFC conceded another goal. 2-3

ARFC then had a seemingly legitimate goal chalked off. Kenny found Blackburn with a clever ball down the left flank and Blackburn immediately thundered a ball ala Ryan Giggs into the 6-yard area. Chun Haw dashed in and crashed the ball high into the net but the referee decided that Blackburn was already offside. Bad call!

In the 2^nd half, ARFC conceded another goal. 2-4

Sebastian then released Haron with a reverse pass. With just their keeper to beat, Haron chipped the ball wide of the goal.

ARFC then had another goal disallowed. From Sebastian’s corner, Toh leaped like a salmon and powered the ball home with his forehead. However, the referee deemed that Toh had pushed their defender in the aerial dual. Unlucky!

The referee then made yet another mistake when Soon made a brilliant run from deep and was free. However, the referee blew for offside. To his credit, when probed by Sebastian discreetly, he admitted that he had made the wrong call.

ARFC then pulled a goal back. From the left, Alvin hit a delicious ball in between their keeper and sweeper. With the ball bouncing, Haron came in and nodded the ball away from their keeper. With just an empty net, Haron could not miss and scored his 192^nd ARFC goal and 2^nd successive goal at the same venue. 3-4

ARFC pushed for the late equalizer and was indebted to Derrick when he produced a one-on-one save.

ARFC could not grab an equalizer and lost 3-4

At press time, the voting results are still not in.  

Tze Ern starred in dominant ARFC 4-2 victory

Playing at the Tampines SAFRA pitch for the successive week, ARFC put in a dominant performance to win 4-2 against a rather-strong team.

The victory was witnessed by Lingzhi (Ron’s wife), Melissa (Hee’s girlfriend), Anna and Tiara (Elvis’ 2 precious).

Special credit to Derrick for turning up to play keeper despite not fully recovered from his knee injury. 77 ice-creams for him!!

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Talisman Derrick

Right-back - Resolute Jasper

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis (captain)

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Combative Ron

Left-mid - Sublime Khim

Centre-mid - Steely Tze Ern

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian

Right-mid - Dynamic Soon

Striker - Speedy Hee

Striker - Powerful Alvin (captain)

 

Subs:

Wonder Wayne (late)

Unpredictable Blackburn (late)

Talented Chun Haw (late)

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (only arrived at half-time due to fasting)

Absent:

Dependable Jinzhong

Composed Jackson

Hard-man Tjioe

Nippy Kenny

Unbeatable Darren

Marauding Guoxiong

Impeccable How Meng

Skillful Weilit

Booming Boon

ARFC immediately got down to business and hardly put a foot wrong in the opening minutes.  In the 7^th min, Sebastian released Alvin with a slide rule pass and with only their keeper to beat, Alvin only managed to come up with a feeble shot.

After some near misses, ARFC took the lead in the 27^th min. Ron played the ball to Khim who spotted Sebastian running in from deep. Khim’s played a low ball with his outside right foot, Sebastian took a touch, penetrated their central defence by piercing through and was about to pull the trigger when he was crudely brought down in the box. Sebastian dusted himself off the ground to put the penalty past their diving keeper for his 85^th ARFC goal. 1-0

After scoring, Sebastian left the field as he suffered abrasions on his face and knee from the foul.

Soon was next when he was released by Alvin into the box and although it was clear that he was being given a slight push, Soon still stayed on his feet but the momentum was lost. Thus, he could only drilled a weak shot.

The opponents then made ARFC paid for its profligacy when their speedy forward glided into the box to beat Derrick. 1-1 Incredibly, this was only their first real chance in the half.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC continued to dominate. Within 7 mins, ARFC regained the lead.  From about 37.7 metres out, Alvin looked up and looked determined to mimic Ron’s goal last week. He hit a rising shot that kept on rising and rising till it nestled nicely into the top left hand corner.  2-1 and this was Alvin’s 205^th ARFC goal.

Alvin’s goal was almost similar to Ron’s last week goal at the same venue, except the ball landed into the opposite spot.

ARFC extended its lead after some good passing moves. Blackburn played the ball down to Tze Ern who produced a superb sizzling cross that eluded every opponents. Haron showed that the fasting did not affect him at all when he came in from the blind side to fiercely side-foot the ball home for his 191^st ARFC goal. 3-1

ARFC then conceded another goal. 3-2.

Haron nearly scored his 2^nd goal in the match when Blackburn’s bullet-like corner found Haron dashing in. However, the ball was a wee bit too high for Haron and he headed the ball over.

Khim then released Alvin with a Xabi Alonso-like ground ball and Alvin turned and sped away. With their keeper to beat, Alvin again missed.

Hee was next to be the culprit when he was also put clean through. However, he hurried his shot when he actually had time and the chance was gone.

Alvin then made amends for his 2 horrendous misses with the last kick of the match. Alvin robbed their sweeper and placed the ball home for his 206^th ARFC goal. 4-2

The referee immediately blew for the final whistle.

In our voting system, Tze Ern narrowly edged out Alvin for the Man-of-the-Match award. They will be given $10 and $5 respectively.

This is the voting result derived from all 15 warriors present:

1. Tze Ern – 22 pts;
2. Alvin – 21 pts;
3. Soon – 18 pts;
4.  Toh – 12 pts;
5.  Khim – 9 pts;
6.  Sebastian – 6 pts;
7. Derrick – 1 pt;
8. Haron – 1 pt.

Tjioe delivered perfect present for his Megan in 6-3 win

Playing for the first time in 2013 at the refurbished artificial pitch at Tampines SAFRA, ARFC fashioned a vintage performance to brush aside a OPOD team 6-3.

The high-energy victory was witnessed by Melissa and Joy, Hee and Kenny’s beau respectively.

ARFC also welcomed Tjioe back after the birth of his daughter, Megan. Inspired by her, Tijoe then went on to produce a performance not seen since his earlier ITE AMK days.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Impeccable How Meng

Right-back - Marauding Guoxiong

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid - Speedy Hee

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian

Right-mid - Nippy Kenny

Striker - Wonder Wayne 

Striker - Powerful Alvin (captain)

 

Subs:

Hard-man Tjioe

Unpredictable Blackburn

Dependable Jinzhong

Combative Ron (late)

Composed Jackson (late)

Absent:

Steely Tze Ern

Skillful Weilit

Resolute Jasper

Talisman Derrick

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Talented Chun Haw

Booming Boon

Sublime Khim

ARFC took the lead in the 7^th min. Fresh from his Man-of-the-Match performance last week, Darren again launched a scud missile-like throw-in from the left.  Under pressure from Toh, their defender took a slight headed touch to wrong-foot his own keeper. 1-0 and this was the 31^st own goal conceded by ARFC’s opponents down these years.

However, ARFC then conceded 3 goals in quick succession to trail 1-3!

Sebastian then signaled a change and in came Tjioe, Blackburn and Jinzhong for Hee, Kenny and Wayne respectively. Tjioe moved to partner Sebastian with Soon moving to the left, Blackburn paired with Alvin and Jinzhong took the right-back with Guxiong pushing to right mid.

Things took a turn immediately after the substitutions. Guoxiong launched a violent tackle on their impressive centre midfielder and before things turned nasty, both players were sensibly substituted.

ARFC regained control henceforth.

From Sebastian’s corner from the right, Tjioe rose above their keeper at almost the goal-line to glance the ball home for his 59^th ARFC goal. 2-3 and this was also Tjioe’s first ARFC goal in 2013.

After scoring, Tjioe immediately screamed “MEGAN, this is for you from daddy!!!!”

ARFC equalized after yet another throw-in from Darren. His throw-in missed everyone but Tjioe who headed against the bar. From the rebound, Alvin reacted quickest to head the ball in for his 204^th ARFC goal. 3-3

In the 2^nd half, ARFC was in total control despite being the much-older team.

ARFC took the lead 7 mins after the re-start. Wayne fizzed an excellent low ball down the left flank for Hee to chase. Hee brought the ball inwards ala Ryan Giggs and laid to Kenny. Under the watchful eyes of Joy, Kenny steadied himself, looked up and curled a delicious lob over their keeper ala Matthew Le Tissier for his 19^th ARFC goal. What a world-class goal.

With this goal, Kenny moved on level with ex-ARFC warrior Jesmond at 19 goals.

Ron then bettered Kenny’s goal in the 77^th min. From Jackson’s throw-in from the right, Ron had the luxury of time to take aim. From 37.77 metres, Ron unleashed a rising violent shot ala Steven Gerrard that flew right into the right-hand corner that gave their diving keeper no chance at all. 5-3 and this was Ron’s 2^nd goal in successive matches.

7 mins from the end, both Alvin and Hee combined to put the icing on the cake. Their very big and strong sweeper was harassed by Alvin and he tried to be clever by turning away from Alvin. Unknown to him, Hee crept up from the side using his Usain Bolt speed and stole the ball away from him who then had no choice but to bring Hee down in the box. Blackburn stepped up to sedn their keeper the wrong way for his 127^th ARFC goal. 6-3

In our voting system, Ron was deservingly voted to be the Man-of-the-Match though Tjioe came extremely close. They will be given $10 and $5 respectively.

This is the voting result derived from all 16 warriors present:

1.     Ron – 24 pts;

2.     Tjioe – 23 pts;

3.     Darren – 16 pts;

4.     Soon – 10 pts;

5.     Kenny – 9 pts;

6.     Hee – 4 pts;

7.     Alvin – 3 pts;

8.     Sebastian – 1 pt.

ARFC in complete control in 3-0 victory

Playing on Sebastian’s 6^th wedding anniversary (07 Jul), ARFC delivered a perfect present to him by easily brushing aside a Malay team 3-0.

Witnessing the comprehensive victory is Melissa, Hee’s muse.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Impeccable How Meng

Right-back - Resolute Jasper

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid - Skillful Weilit

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian

Right-mid - Unpredictable Blackburn

Striker - Speedy Hee (captain)

Striker - Powerful Alvin

   

Subs:

Dependable Jinzhong

Wonder Wayne 

Steely Tze Ern

Combative Ron (late)

Absent:

Talisman Derrick

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Talented Chun Haw

Marauding Guoxiong

Nippy Kenny

Composed Jackson

Booming Boon

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

ARFC could not settled down on the hard pitch within the first 7 mins and the opponents were quick to launch several attacks down their left. However, Jasper, ably supported by Toh, Elvis, Soon and Sebastian, stood tall to their speedy left winger.

ARFC took the lead in the 17^th min. Of from yet another scud missile throw-in from Darren, Alvin trapped the ball expertly before turning to fire home a diagonal low shot ala Fernando Torres (Liverpool version). 1-0 and this was his 202^nd ARFC goal.

ARFC then totally dominated the half and created many chances but all were spurned.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC doubled its lead with almost a carbon copy goal from the first. Darren’s torpedo-like throw in caused chaotic scenes in the 6-yard box and after their keeper fumbled with his catch, Alvin simply turned the ball into the net for his 203^rd AFC goal. 2-0

Toh then came close with so many headers from corners.

ARFC continued to squander away chances created.

In the 77^th min, Ron put the icing on the cake. Wayne wheeled away down the left flank and swung in a perfect cross to the far post. Ron burst in from deep and produced a BPL-like goal when he slided in and volleyed the ball into the net ala   Didier Drogba. 3-0 and this was Ron’s 8^th ARFC goal, putting him level with Wayne.

In all honesty, ARFC could have won by a much bigger margin as it as totally a one-sided match. Indeed, How Meng only touched the ball less than 7 times in the entire match.

After the match, in a new voting system implemented, Darren was awarded the Man-of-the-Match while Soon came in second. They will be given $10 and $5 respectively.

This is the voting result derived from all 15 warriors present:

1.     Darren – 33 pts;

2.     Soon – 19 pts;

3.     Ron – 14 pts;

4.     Toh – 10 pts;

5.     Weilit – 7 pts;

6.     Wayne – 5 pts;

7.     Hee – 2 pts.

Inspiring team performance paved the way to 5-2 victory

Playing its first night match in 2013, ARFC put in a high-octane performance to suffocate its opponent, Bedok Police FC, 5-2.  

The match also witnessed the appearance of ARFC’s first-ever right-back Boon, who went MIA for 7 years.

Special credit to both Darren and Chun How for volunteering to be keeper for each half.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper           -           Unbeatable Darren

Right-back     -           Resolute Jasper

Sweeper         -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper          -           Towering Toh

Left-back       -           Marauding Guoxiong

Left-mid         -           Skillful Weilit

Centre-mid    -           Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid    -           Influential Sebastian

Right-mid      -           Talisman Derrick

Striker                        -           ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Striker                        -           Talented Chun Haw  

             

Subs:

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis (late)

Speedy Hee (late)

Powerful Alvin (no boots till late in first half)

Composed Jackson (came but did not play)

Booming Boon

Victor (guest player)

Ryan (guest player)

Absent:

Wonder Wayne  

Steely Tze Ern

Combative Ron

Impeccable How Meng

Nippy Kenny

Dependable Jinzhong

Earl

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

ARFC quickly gained control upon kick-off. Particularly, Weilit was very impressive with his mazy dribbles down the left flank.

In the 17^th min, ARFC took the lead after Chun Haw cleverly won a free-kick out on the left. Before taking the free-kick, Sebastian already exchanged eye-signals with Haron. Playing his 2^nd match in successive days, Sebastian showed no signs of fatigue when he lasered in a high ball all the way to the far post for Haron to come in from deep to powered-head the ball with a flying header ala Juergen Klinsmann for his 190^th ARFC goal. 1-0

Hee then took over from Sebastian, with Chun Haw moving back to centre mid.

Chun Haw then showed his class when he received the ball at the left, spotted Derrick calling for the ball from right, and immediately threaded a diagonal low ball. Derrick’s first touch was heavy and nearly lost the ball to their covering defender and keeper but somehow, Derrick gave a last-min burst and prodded the ball home for his 66^th ARFC goal. 2-0.

Ryan then took over from Derrick, Elvis from Soon, Victor from Toh, Boon from Jasper.

ARFC then conceded a goal. 2-1

Alvin’s boots finally arrived and he took over from Blackburn.

Ryan then created a golden opportunity when his right wing cross eluded every opponent and landed right at the feet of Alvin, who was totally, absolutely and completely unmarked in the 6-yard area! Faced with their keeper who was shocked till rooted on the ground, Alvin inexplicably fired wide!!

Derrick then replaced Weilit who signalled for change. Alas, tragedy soon struck when Derrick was kicked from behind and injured his right knee.

ARFC quickly regained its 2-goal margin after a series of wall passes. Guoxiong passed to Blackburn and continued his run, Blackburn then passed to Ryan who, after spotted Guoxiong’s run, quickly passed the ball in. Without breaking his stride, Guoxiong thumped home his 16^th ARFC goal. 3-1 and this was also Guoxiong’s first goal for ARFC in 2013.

Blackburn then spurned a golden chance when he beat their keeper. But faced with an gaping goal, Blackburn chose to square the ball to Ryan who was also free in the 6-yard area. Due to a combination of a soft pass and Ryan’s shockness, the ball was cleared away by their covering defender.

The opponents then scored from a quick break-away. 3-2

Weilit then finally justified his ARFC nick-name when he produced a mazy dribble to weave past 4 defenders to rifle in his 3^rd ARFC goal. World-class goal ala Neymar.   4-2 and this was also Weilit’s first ARFC goal in 2013.

Toh then suffered a nasty cut at his right eye-brow area after a clash of heads.

By now, the opponents were totally deflated and ARFC continued to harass and close down space non-stop. From one such move, Blackburn galloped down the left flank and swung in a vicious cross. Before the ball reach Hee, Guoxiong was heard shouting ‘MELISSA’ and inspired by the name, Hee came from blind side to sweep home a thunderous volley alas Robin van Persie for his 90^th ARFC goal. 5-2 and MELISSA has indeed done wonders to Hee.

Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Weilit and Soon.  However, what is most heartening is the great teamwork and play by all warriors tonight.

Jasper also deserved special mention for his 6-7 overlapping runs from right-back, while Boon lasted more than 7 mins!