On 19 Jan 2014 at
7 pm at Tampines SAFRA, ARFC played its 2nd Reunion match where a
total of 34 former and current warriors turned out. The match was also attended
by so many WAGs and children.
Prior to the
match, a draw was conducted between Sebastian and Haron (standing in for
Blackburn who was unusually late). The teams are:
RED Hot Chilli
Peppers:
Unpredictable
Blackburn (captain)
Impeccable How
Meng
Astute-reading
sweeper Elvis
Towering Toh
Dependable
Jinzhong
Nippy Kenny
Dynamic Soon
Steely Tze Ern
Speedy Hee
Precocious Chun Haw
Resolute Jasper
Composed Jackson
Hard-man Tjioe
Robin
Norman
Guigui
Hock
BLACK Eyed Peas
Influential
Sebastian (captain)
Unbeatable Darren
Combative
Ron
Powerful Alvin
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Wonder Wayne
Skillful Weilit
Talisman Derrick
Marauding
Guoxiong
Sublime Khim
Booming Boon
Huiming
David
Eng Lai
Kiat
Hwee
Qingxing
The match started
with at a frantic pace as both teams were really eager to show who’s the boss.
BLACK Eyed Peas
fired the first salvo when Alvin robbed hesitant Toh just outside the box.
Alvin sped inwards but just drilled his low shot slightly wide.
RED Hot Chilli
Peppers then returned fire when Guigui threatened down the left but could not
find the target.
RED Hot Chilli
Peppers then took the lead through rather fortuitous manner. Blackburn’s free-kick
from the right was hit right into the heart of BLACK Eyed Peas defence.
Goalkeeper Derrick charged out but missed the ball. The ball then hit the shin
of Guoxiong, who was tracking back, and rolled nicely into the empty net. 1-0
to RED Hot Chilli Peppers.
Despite the
own-goal, Guoxiong’s 2 beaus, Tracie and Clara, still showed their undying support
by shouting “We Still Love You, Dear!!”
Disaster then hit
BLACK Eyed Peas 7 mins later. A long punt down the field seemed harmless and
innocuous enough. Ron heard a shout from Derrick for the ball and let the ball
bounced to him. Within a flash, Kenny came from nowhere to just slightly nick
the ball away from Derrick and virtually walked the ball into the empty net. 2-0
to RED Hot Chilli Peppers.
After scoring the
goal, Kenny ran towards his girlfriend Joy and expressed his joy to her.
First-half 2-0 to
RED Hot Chilli Peppers.
During the
interval break, balloons were given out to all children. ARFC Annual Award
prizes were also given to the following:
ARFC’s Player of
the Year (Manager’s Choice) - Darren
ARFC’s Most
Improved Player (Manager’s Choice) - Derrick
ARFC’s Best
Supporter of the Year (Manager’s Choice) - Melissa
ARFC’s Player of
the Year 1st (Players’ Choice) - Soon
ARFC’s Player of
the Year joint-2nd (Players’ Choice) - Darren
ARFC’s Player of
the Year joint-2nd (Players’ Choice) - Alvin
ARFC’s Player of
the Year 4th (Players’ Choice) - Ron
ARFC’s Player of
the Year 5th (Players’ Choice) - Chun
Haw
200 goals - Haron
200 goals - Alvin
50 goals - Soon
BLACK Eyed Peas
was determined to set things right in the 2nd half. Within 7 minas
from the re-start, BLACK Eyed Peas earned a reprieve when Derrick tricked Tze
Ern into committing a tackle in the box. With a sharp turn inwards, Tze Ern missed
his tackle and touched Derrick who immediately went down like he was shot with
a shot-gun. The eagle-eyed referee blew for a penalty without hesitation.
Haron stepped up
and his rising spot-kick was touched by How Meng but he could not prevent the
ball from hitting the net. 2-1 now.
Su, Afiqa and
Ariq were so happy that they performed their own Mexican Wave 77 times.
As time goes by,
it was clear that RED Hot Chilli Peppers’ superior fitness would prevail.
Indeed, Hock
showed all why he was so well-regarded when, standing on the left side, he
chipped an audacious diagonal to the far corner of Boon’s goal. The ball sailed
over everyone, hit the stanchion, and landed nicely into goal. The ball was so
precise that not even Peter Schmeichel, Pepe Reina, David Lee or How Meng could
have saved it. 3-1 to RED Hot Chilli Peppers now.
Weilit then came
close for BLACK Eyed Peas but his shot was saved by the impressive How Meng.
How Meng then
topped his Weilit save mins later. Derrick and Alvin combined to set Sebastian
free inside the box. Spotting a gape, Sebastian tried to squeeze the ball in
but How Meng showed cat-like reflexes to go down quickly and parried the shot
for a corner. World Class save but Sebastian should have done better.
RED Hot Chilli
Peppers then put the result to bed from a quick counter-attack. Blackburn
released the ball down the centre and Robin ran in from deep. With just Boon to
beat, Robin sliced a grounder which saw the ball happily rolling into the empty
net. 4-1 to RED Hot Chilli Peppers.
Toh then put the
icing on the cake 7 mins later. From Blackburn’s corner on the left, Toh charged
in like a Russian tank and completely bullied Huiming who was powerless to
prevent Toh from thumping in a bullet header. 5-1 to RED Hot Chilli Peppers.
Toh then ran to
the sidelines and hoisted his whole family, Linda, Gerrard, Jerald and Nicole, on his shoulders and head.
Man-of-the-Match
is jointly given to Blackburn and How Meng from RED Hot Chilli Peppers.
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