Votes Tally as at end of March 2014

Votes Tally as at end of March 2014:

Ron & Toh - 22
Soon - 18
Guoxiong & Alvin - 16
Blackburn & Chun Haw - 13
Kenny, Jinzhong & Weilit - 12
How Meng - 9
Haron - 8
Darren - 6
Hee & Tze Ern - 5
Sebastian & Derrick 4
Jasper - 3
Elvis - 1

Indra nets debut ARFC goal in hard-fought win

In worse than Sahara Desert-like weather, ARFC rounded off the month of March with an emphatic 4-0 victory over TGIK.

Special mention to both Toh and Wayne for coming despite having very little sleep due to QingMing this morning and kt last night. Derrick also deserved a praise for coming to play one half despite having a multi-million renovation deal with the sister of a certain ex-ARFC pioneer warrior.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Ismail

Right-back - Marauding Guoxiong  

Sweeper - Combative Ron

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - YY (not to be confused with Jasper’s girlfriend)

Left-mid - Wonder Wayne

Centre-mid - Nippy Kenny

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon   

Right-mid - Unpredictable Blackburn

Striker - Talisman Derrick

Striker - ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (captain)

Subs:

Influential Sebastian (late)

Indra (guest player – also late)

Absent:

Dependable Jinzhong

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Resolute Jasper

Composed Jackson

Unbeatable Darren

Skillful Weilit

Precocious Chun Haw

Speedy Hee

Steely Tze Ern

Powerful Alvin

Impeccable How Meng

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

Booming Boon

Jiawei

Derrick was soon rewarded for rushing down to play. From Guoxiong’s pin-point cross from the right, Derrick showed world-class technique to chest the ball down before calmly dispatching the ball past their bewildered keeper. Brilliant cross and shot! 1-0 and this was Derrick’s 76^th ARFC goal.

Guoxiong then made another telling contribution when he hacked the ball off the line from their corner.

Sebastian then came on for Soon who requested to be substituted due to his grueling run last night.

Sebastian then chipped in a long ball over the opponents’ defence for Derrick who could not capitalize.

Mins later, Sebastian repeated the move when his left-foot loft found Derrick racing clear. Derrick squared the ball across goal but Guoxiong shot into row Z.

Indra then came on for Wayne.

Kenny then won a free-kick when he upended just outside the box. Dusting himself off the ground, Kenny’s curling free-kick was just slightly off-target.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC took the lead within 7 mins. Sebastian intercepted a counter-attack move by the opponents just outside the box. Hearing Indra’s call for the ball, Sebastian rolled the ball to him and Indra immediately and immaculately fired the ball with his outside right foot. The sweetly-struck ball hit the right stachion and cannoned into the goal. 2-0 and this was Indra’s debut goal.

ARFC then extended its lead 7 mins later through rather fortuitous circumstances. Blackburn picked up a clearance on the left side and lifted the ball into the 6-yard box. Somehow, the ball sailed over their back-pedalling keeper and netted Blackburn’s 137^th ARFC goal. 3-0

Within seconds, ARFC out the result to bed. Blackburn was again the architect when he played Soon in. Soon ran in from deep and just reached the ball before their charging keeper. Soon lifted the ball over him and though their recovering defender made a last-ditch attempt to clear the ball, he could not keep the ball from crossing the line. 4-0 and this was Soon’s 57^th ARFC goal.

Haron then nearly scored the goal of the match.  Blackburn swung in a laser-sharp cross from the left and Haron readied and steadied himself before flying in with a thumping header. Unfortunately, their keeper made a world-class save to turn the ball over the bar.

Wayne then almost grabbed a goal when Blackburn once again crossed from the left. The ball eluded everyone and Wayne came sliding in but could not get a clean connection and the ball went over the bar. Unlucky!

Toh then came close with 2 thumping headers which flew just wide.

The opponents then tried to lob Ismail but the latter was very alert to keep out the high ball.

Ismail was to produce the save of the match 7 mins later. From a counter-attack, their nippy striker brought the ball into the box but Ismail came charging out like Peter Schmeichel to keep out his low shot. World-class save!

In the dying moments, Sebastian cleared the ball away just as their striker was going to pull the trigger.

These are the voting results:

Soon – 7

Ron – 6

Blackburn – 6

Toh – 5

Guoxiong – 2

Sebastian – 2

Kenny – 1

Derrick – 1

ARFC matched same scoreline in Liverpool's 6-3 win over Cardiff

Inspired by Liverpool’s demolishing 6-3 victory over Cardiff last night, ARFC also chalked up the same scoreline with a victory over Scorpions (not to be confused with multiple-awards winning and legendary rock band Scorpions).

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Ismail (guest keeper)

Right-back - Wonder Wayne

Sweeper - Combative Ron

Stopper - Composed Jackson

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid - Speedy Hee

Centre-mid - Precocious Chun Haw

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon   

Right-mid - Skillful Weilit

Striker - Nippy Kenny

Striker - ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (captain)

Subs: (ALL late)

Unpredictable Blackburn

Talisman Derrick

Dependable Jinzhong

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Resolute Jasper

Absent:

Influential Sebastian

Steely Tze Ern

Powerful Alvin

Marauding Guoxiong

Towering Toh

Impeccable How Meng

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

Booming Boon

Jiawei

ARFC took the lead after Chun Haw created an opening for Weilit to score his 7^th ARFC goal. 1-0 and Weilit is now on level terms with Tze Ern.

Just before the half-time whistle, Jinzhong underlined his case for Most Improved Player thus far when he teed Blackburn up for the latter’s 135^th ARFC goal. 2-0

Rushing down to the match after inking yet another multi-million dollar renovation deal, Derrick was clearly in jubilant mood and he soon assisted Blackburn’s 136^th ARFC goal. 3-0

The opponents then pulled a goal back. 3-1

Chun Haw then made up for his recent amazing misses at the same itch when he embarked on a 37.77-metre solo run to put ARFC 4-1 ahead. This was Chun Haw’s 29^th ARFC goal and first goal for ARFC in 2014.

The opponents then scored again. 4-2

The opponents then pulled nearer with another goal. 4-3 and looks like ARFC is in deep trouble.

Captain of the day Haron then made an inspired substitution by replacing veteran Blackburn with himself.

Within seconds, Haron laid the ball nicely on a platter for Kenny to belt in a scorcher for his 33^rd ARFC goal. 5-3

With seconds to go, Haron made sure of ARFC’s victory when Kenny returned the favour and Haron duly made it 6-3 for his 203^rd ARFC goal.

These are the voting results:

Chun Haw – 13

Kenny – 7

Blackburn – 5

Soon – 4

Darren – 3

Weilit – 2

Ron – 2

Elvis – 1

Haron – 1

Jinzhong – 1

Sebastian scored 90th ARFC goal in bizarre loss

For the first time in 2014, a strange heavy downpour greeted ARFC prior to its 1 pm match at Springfield SS. In a strange concidence, ARFC also put up a strange display to lose 5-6 to FPU.

Credit to Soon for turning up to support despite nursing a sickness and after his 14-km run in the morning. A role model and example for all ARFC warriors to emulate.

The FPU also had 7 players and ARFC ended up loaning Derrick, Elvis and Jinzhong to them first.

The following ARFC warriors turned up:

Impeccable How Meng

Dependable Jinzhong

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Towering Toh (captain)

Combative Ron

Unpredictable Blackburn

Talisman Derrick

Speedy Hee

Powerful Alvin

Influential Sebastian

Steely Tze Ern

Nippy Kenny

Resolute Jasper

Supporter:

Dynamic Soon  

Absent:

Marauding Guoxiong    

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Precocious Chun Haw

Skillful Weilit

Wonder Wayne

Composed Jackson

Unbeatable Darren

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

Booming Boon

Jiawei

ARFC conceded the first goal within 3 mins due to no mood. 0-1

ARFC quickly equalized after Tze Ern slipped Kenny through on goal with a well-timed through ball. Kenny duly obliged by chipping over their keeper for his 32^nd ARFC goal. 1-1

ARFC took the lead after Hee won a free kick near the left touch-line. Sebastian reminded all of his set-piece prowess by hitting in a curling ball over their keeper which saw the ball nestled nicely into the net. 2-1 and this was Sebastian’s 90^th ARFC goal.

The opponents then equalized. 2-2

ARFC regained its lead after Toh’s thunderous clearance reached their keeper. Alvin, however, did not give up and closed down on their keeper. Their keeper then fumbled the ball and Alvin nicked the ball away from him and slot the ball home for his 226^th ARFC goal.

Just 7 mins into the re-start, ARFC scored its 4^th goal of the match from a corner. Blackburn arrowed his rocket-like corner all the way to the most dangerous area (mid-point at the 6-yard box area) and Toh swooped in to score with his stooping header for his 72^nd ARFC goal. 4-2

ARFC then conceded another goal. 4-3

ARFC then grabbed its 5^th goal after Derrick’s quick throw-in on the right was picked up by Kenny who galloped down the right flank. Kenny whipped in a low cross to the far post and Alvin showed immaculate timing to side-foot the ball home for his 227^th ARFC goal. 5-3

ARFC then somehow conjured to concede 3 goals to lose 5-6!

Special mention must be accorded to How Meng who produced saves after saves from close-range. The most impressive moment came when he demonstrated quick reaction time by blocking 2 close-range shots in succession! Simply world-class!

These are the voting results:

How Meng – 9

Ron – 9

Tze Ern – 4

Kenny – 3

Toh – 3

Alvin – 2

Derrick – 1

Sebastian – 1

Jasper – 1

Guoxiong hit 20-goal mark in 5-2 win

In a 1 pm match at Pasir Ris SS, ARFC overcame 777 degrees celcius temperature to beat The Maestros 5-1

Not surprisingly, no supporters turned up to watch ARFC due to the weather.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Talisman Derrick

Right-back - Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper - Towering Toh (captain)

Left-back - Unpredictable Blackburn

Left-mid - Speedy Hee

Centre-mid - Combative Ron

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon   

Right-mid - Marauding Guoxiong    

Striker - Powerful Alvin

Striker - ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

 

Subs:

Precocious Chun Haw

Influential Sebastian (late)

Skillful Weilit (late)

Steely Tze Ern (late)

Absent:

Wonder Wayne

Nippy Kenny

Resolute Jasper

Composed Jackson

Unbeatable Darren

Impeccable How Meng

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

Booming Boon

Jiawei

ARFC struggled in the opening exchanges but quickly settled down.

ARFC took the lead in the 7^th min after wonderful work by Haron and Hee. First, their keeper made a hasty clearance after a superb closing down by Haron. The cleared ball was picked up by Hee who immediately pierced right into their heart of defence with a penetrative run. Hee then squared the ball to the unmarked Alvin on the right. Alvin then showed immerse composure to dispatch the ball into the bottom right-corner of their keeper who simply had no chance at all. 1-0 and this was Alvin’s 225^th ARFC goal.

ARFC doubled its lead 7 mins later. Blackburn pinged a long ball down the left flank to Alvin who beat their right-back and crossed a low ball in. The ball looked to have reached Haron at the far post until Soon came from don’t know where to steer the ball home just right at the middle of the 6-yard box. 2-0 and this was Soon’s 56^th ARFC goal and also his 3 successive goal in as many matches.

ARFC then went to sleep and conceded a goal. 2-1

Due to the searing heat, Chun Haw, Sebastian and Tze Ern then came on for Ron, Soon and Haron respectively.

Within mins, Chun Haw combined with Alvin but like last week, Chun Haw hurried his shot and skied the ball.

Chun Haw, however, made amends, just 77 seconds later. His long diagonal high ball from the left ala Steven Gerrard saw their left-back miscued a back-pass to their keeper. In the meantime, Guoxiong continued his run and before their keeper could make a recovery save, Guoxiong just managed to nick the ball ahead by a mere 0.777 mm and scored his 20^th ARFC goal. 3-1

Weilit then came on for Hee who was really a menace to the opponents.

ARFC then won a corner taken by Blackburn on the left. His corner was hit with much force and high velocity and both Toh and Jinzhong charged in like 2 Russian tanks ala John Terry and Sami Hyypia.  Toh met the ball ahead of Jinzhong and scored with a world-class bullet header, knocking down everybody that was in his way. 4-1 and this was Toh’s 70^th ARFC goal, eclipsing previous ARFC scoring great Robin’s 69 goals.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC did not let up and continued creating chances. From a well-orchestrated move which Derrick and Chun Haw were alerted 77 seconds earlier due to an opponent’s substitution, Sebastian exchanged wall-pass with Chun Haw at the middle. Sebastian then chipped in a ball down the right flank for Derrick to run in from the blind-side. With their keeper out to close down Derrick, Derrick appeared to be in 2 minds and his tentative chip across goal was not met by any warriors. Unlucky!

Sebastian’s freekick from the left was arrowed right into the most dangerous zone in the centre of the 6-yard box. Toh did not connect cleanly and Haron just managed to scoop the ball 0.77 mm over the bar. Unlucky.

ARFC then scored the goal of the match. Intercepting a ball, Toh charged upfield and passed to Haron who was standing at the top of the penalty box. Toh continued his bull-run and Haron’s neat and sublime back-heel fooled their defence. Toh ran in from deep, faced their keeper alone and duly thrashed the ball into the net for his 71^st ARFC goal.

The referee then gifted an extremely soft penalty to the opponents after he adjudged Ron’s extremely clean tackle to be a foul. The tackle was so clean and precise that even their striker did not shout for a penalty. Justice was served, however, when Jinzhong saved their poorly-struck penalty. Superb Jinzhong.

These are the voting results:

Toh – 12

Alvin – 9

Soon – 7

Ron – 4

Hee – 4

Guoxiong – 3

Haron – 3

Sebastian – 1

Weilit – 1

Tze Ern – 1