ARFC in 0-7 debacle on Boxing Day

Playing on Boxing Day, ARFC was totally out-boxed by TeamCuzz 0-7.


ARFC started with this line-up:


Keeper – Talisman Derrick
Right-back – Vintage Chua
Sweeper – Composed Eng Lai
Stopper - Determined Huiming
Left-back - Unbeatable Darren
Left mid – Steely Tze Ern
Right mid – Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid - Combative Ron
Centre-mid – Influential Sebastian (captain)
Striker – Speedy Hee
Striker – ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
 

Subs:

 

Talented Chun Haw (late)
Skilful Weilit (late)
Unpredictable Blackburn (late)
 

Absent:

 

Impeccable How Meng
Nippy Kenny
Powerful Alvin
Hard-man Tjioe
Marauding Guoxiong
Towering Toh

Sublime Khim
Wonder Wayne
Dependable Jinzhong
Rampaging Raymond
Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Commanding Ismail

 

ARFC was severely hit by the last-min withdrawals of Ismail, How Meng and Alvin. 
 

ARFC soon found itself 0-3 down.


Hee nearly pulled a goal back after Soon stole the ball away from their midfielder and passed to Hee. From nearly 41.11 metres out, Hee lofted the ball over their keeper but unfortunately, the ball struck the cross-bar.


ARFC then conceded 2 more goals to trail 0-5 at half-time.


In the 2^nd half, ARFC played so much better but still conceded 2 more goals. 0-7


ARFC then nearly pulled a goal back. From Tze Ern’s superb left-wing cross, Hee leaped highest to beat their tall defender but could only sent the ball just 0.11 mm above the bar.

 

ARFC in unlucky 1-2 defeat

After 3 wins on the trot, ARFc came crashing down to earth after an undeserved 1-2 loss to Great FC.

 

Sebastian made his return after a long hiatus due to his vertigo sickness.

 

ARFC started with this line-up:

 

Keeper – Talisman Derrick

Right-back – Vintage Chua

Sweeper – Combative Ron

Stopper - Towering Toh (captain)

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left mid – Unpredictable Blackburn

Right mid – Marauding Guoxiong

Centre-mid - Steely Tze Ern

Centre-mid – Hard-man Tjioe

Striker – Powerful Alvin

Striker – Nippy Kenny

 

Subs:

 

Talented Chun Haw

Skilful Weilit

Dynamic Soon

Influential Sebastian

Composed Eng Lai

Impeccable How Meng

 

Absent:

 

Speedy Hee

Sublime Khim

Wonder Wayne

Dependable Jinzhong

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Rampaging Raymond

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Determined Huiming

Commanding Ismail

 

Both teams were evenly matched in the opening exchanges. Particularly, Chua was very impressive with several vital interceptions.

 

ARFC conceded a penalty in the 20^th min. However, Derrick proved to be a specialist penalty-stopper when he spread low, stuck out his left leg to deflect the ball away for a corner.  Simply world-class penalty save!

 

Toh then stuck the crossbar after connecting beautifully from Alvin’s corner. Unlucky!

 

ARFC then conceded a goal. 0-1

From the re-start point, Kenny unleashed a high dipping ball that struck the cross-bar! Super unlucky!

 

Derrick then kept ARFC in the match when he again produced a brilliant diving save to deny their impressive midfielder.

 

In the 2^nd half, ARFC pressed for an equaliser and Chun Haw was brought down several times in crucial positions. However, free-kicks from Blackburn and Sebastian proved unsuccessful.

 

ARFC then conceded another goal from a corner. 0-2

 

ARFC did not give up and instead had the upper hand in the closing stages.

 

From Sebastian’s free-kick, Toh flicked the ball backwards to the far post and How Meng dashed in from deep to head home his 8^th ARFC goal. 1-2

 

Alvin then came close with an equaliser in the dying seconds but his left-foot shot was turned away for a corner.

 

Despite the loss, ARFC played very well and there were several instances when ARFC played beautiful passing and one-touch football. Kudos!

 

 

 

Khim inspired ARFC's 3-1 victory

ARFC chalked up its 3 successive wins in as many matches when it came from behind to defeat One Utd FC 3-1 at Naval Base SS.
 

ARFC started with this 10-man line-up:

 

Keeper – Talisman Derrick
Right-back – Vintage Chua
Sweeper – Composed Eng Lai
Stopper - Towering Toh (captain)
Left-back - Unbeatable Darren
Left mid – Sublime Khim
Right mid – Marauding Guoxiong
Centre-mid - Unpredictable Blackburn
Centre-mid – Combative Ron
Striker – Speedy Hee 


Subs (all late):

 
Powerful Alvin
Talented Chun Haw
Skilful Weilit
Steely Tze Ern 


Absent:

 
Wonder Wayne
Hard-man Tjioe
Dynamic Soon
Influential Sebastian
Dependable Jinzhong
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Rampaging Raymond
Nippy Kenny
Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Determined Huiming
Commanding Ismail
Impeccable How Meng 


With just 10 aging warriors playing, it was no surprise that the opponents took the lead. 0-1


In the 2^nd half, ARFC finally showed its true colours.


In the 50^th min, Guoxiong, who has been playing like Andrei Kanchelski in recent times, looked up and saw Alvin making a run to the center. Within 10 milli-seconds, a high precise ball was crossed over. With 2 defender to beat, Alvin jumped 10 mm above the first defender and flicked the ball over the second, leaving Khim free on the left.  Within 10 steps, Khim run out of air but still somehow managed to whack hard with his left foot for his 53^rd ARFC goal. 1-1


Galvanised by the equaliser, ARFC pushed forward and was rewarded 10 mins later.  From yet another missile long throw from Darren, Alvin dashed to the left corner, knowing fully well that there is no offside for throw in.  Alvin got the ball, cut inwards a little and delivered an outrageous, out-of-the-world "banana scooloo shot" that curve around the keeper, hit the right side pole before spinning into the net.  The Indian field keeper was complaining there was hairline crack found on the goal pole after the match. 2-1 and this was Alvin’s 272^nd ARFC goal.


ARFC then put the result to bed 10 mins later.  Blackburn floated his corner towards the penalty box. Khim jumped and headed the ball towards the left bottom corner. Their GK made a 10/10 perfect save but Alvin cheong in with a power shot that even Mohamad Izwan can't handle that shot even if he was there. 3-1 and this was Alvin’s 273^rd ARFC goal.

Hee scored ARFC's 100th goal in 2015 in 3-1 win

ARFC continued its recent resurgence by beating Tebing FC 3-1


ARFC started with this line-up: 


Keeper – Talisman Derrick

Right-back – Vintage Chua
Sweeper – Composed Eng Lai

Stopper - Towering Toh (captain)
Left-back - Unbeatable Darren
Left mid – Dynamic Soon
Right mid – Marauding Guoxiong
Centre-mid - Hard-man Tjioe
Centre-mid – Combative Ron
Striker – Powerful Alvin
Striker – Speedy Hee 
 

Subs:
 

Wonder Wayne (late)
Rashid (guest player)
Yusman (guest player)
Kamal (guest player)
YY (guest player)

 

Absent:

 
Influential Sebastian
Dependable Jinzhong
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Sublime Khim
Unpredictable Blackburn
Rampaging Raymond
Talented Chun Haw

Nippy Kenny
Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Steely Tze Ern
Determined Huiming
Commanding Ismail
Impeccable How Meng
Skilful Weilit 


Alvin continued his recent rich vein of form when his curling corner hit their defender for an apparent own goal.  However, replay showed that the ball would have gone in anyway and hence the goal was credited to Alvin. 1-0 and this was Alvin’s 271^st ARFC goal.

Hee then etched his name into the record book when he scored ARFC’s 100^th goal in the year 2015.  From Derrick’s superb goal-kick, Alvin knocked the ball down for Hee. Clearly a much better player after his recent marriage to Melissa, Hee’s powerful shot was too much for their GK to handle. 2-0 and this was Hee’s 102^nd ARFC goal, moving him on level terms with Derrick.


Guest player Rashid then scored ARFC’s 3^rd goal. 3-0.

ARFC then conceded a late goal to win 3-1.

ARFC back to winning ways

ARFC shrugged off its 2 recent 1-4 losses by trouncing Kakis United 6-1.

 

ARFC was supported by Anna and Melissa aka Mrs Chua.

Present:

Vintage Chua

Talisman Derrick

Composed Eng Lai

Talented Chun Haw

Unpredictable Blackburn

Marauding Guoxiong

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Combative Ron

Towering Toh (captain)

Unbeatable Darren

Dynamic Soon

Powerful Alvin

Nippy Kenny

Speedy Hee  

Determined Huiming

Tong (guest player)

 

Absent:

Wonder Wayne

Rampaging Raymond

Influential Sebastian

Dependable Jinzhong

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Sublime Khim

Steely Tze Ern

Commanding Ismail

Impeccable How Meng

Skilful Weilit

Hard-man Tjioe

 

ARFC drew first blood within minutes when the impressive Darren played the ball to Hee who then produced a defence-splitting pass to Kenny. Fresh from his wedding photo-shoot, Kenny showed why he is so highly-regarded when he instinctively smashed a low ball into the net with his first touch, ala Robin Van Persie. 1-0 and this was Kenny’s 64^th ARFC goal.

 

Guoxiong then doubled ARFC’s lead when he brought the ball expertly at the right flank. His intended cross somehow eluded everybody and landed in the net for his 24^th ARFC goal. 2-0 and with his goal, Guoxiong has moved to level terms with ex-ARFC warrior Tong who also made his guest appearance today.

 

Boosted by his goal, Guoxiong fizzed a delicious ball to the right flank for Soon to square the ball to the box. Alvin killed the ball with a brilliant first touch and almost burst the net with a thunderbolt.  3-0 and this was Alvin’s 269^th ARFC goal.

 

Kenny doubled his tally after yet another peach of a goal. Receiving the ball at the corner of the penalty box, there seemed no danger at all until he suddenly let fly a left-foot curler to the top corner to leave their GK stunned for 7 seconds. 4-0 and this was Kenny’s 65^th ARFC goal.

 

ARFC was not done. With minutes to go before the end of the half, Alvin showed brilliant speed of thought when he latched onto a poor back-pass. With their GK hesitating, Alvin needed no second invitation to simply thump the ball home for his 270^th ARFC goal. 5-0

 

In the 2^nd half, ARFC eased off much but still managed to grab its 6^th goal through Chun Haw.  Receiving a nice lay-off from Alvin outside the box, Chun Haw unleashed a Steven Gerrard-like missile to give their GK no chance at all. 6-0 and this was Chun Haw’s 35^th ARFC goal.

 

ARFC then conceded a late goal to win 6-1.

ARFC in bizarre 1-4 loss

Just like last week, ARFC lost by an identical scoreline of 1-4 in a friendly match on 15 Nov 2015.

 

The ARFC warriors present were:

 

Nippy Kenny

Unpredictable Blackburn

Dynamic Soon

Talented Chun Haw

Vintage Chua

Composed Eng Lai

Dependable Jinzhong

Combative Ron

Marauding Guoxiong

Rampaging Raymond

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Unbeatable Darren

Hard-man Tjioe

Impeccable How Meng

Talisman Derrick

Towering Toh

Powerful Alvin

Skilful Weilit

 

Absent:

 

Wonder Wayne

Influential Sebastian

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Sublime Khim

Speedy Hee

Steely Tze Ern

Determined Huiming

Commanding Ismail

 

ARFC scored first with a thumping header from How Meng who notched his 7^th ARFC goal.

 

But somehow, ARFC self-imploded and conceded 4 goals to lose 1-4.

 

 

Wedding-bliss Hee scored in 1-4 defeat

In its match on 08 Nov 2015, ARFC came up against a clearly-superior Inglorious FC and despite playing one of its better matches, ARFC still lost 1-4.

ARFC also welcomed back Hee from his recent happy marriage to Melissa who, however, was not present.

 

ARFC started with a very strong and energetic line-up:

 

Keeper – Talisman Derrick

Right-back – Marauding Guoxiong

Sweeper – Combative Ron

Stopper - Towering Toh (captain)

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left mid – Unpredictable Blackburn

Right mid – Rampaging Raymond

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid – Talented Chun Haw

Striker – Powerful Alvin

Striker – Speedy Hee 

Subs:

 

Wonder Wayne

Vintage Chua

Composed Eng Lai

Influential Sebastian

Dependable Jinzhong

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Sublime Khim

 

Absent:

 

Nippy Kenny

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Steely Tze Ern

Determined Huiming

Commanding Ismail

Impeccable How Meng

Skilful Weilit

Hard-man Tjioe

 

ARFC played one of its best-ever first 20 minutes of a match by pressing the opponents relentlessly, with both Alvin and Hee giving their defence plenty of nightmares.

 

In our defence, the back four did not even let a fly into its rearguard.

 

ARFC almost took the lead when Chun Haw’s fiercely-struck free-kick was tipped over by their flying GK.

 

Off a corner kick, Alvin played a short corner and the ball went to Chun Haw but he put his shot too close to their GK.

 

The opponents then scored 2 goals. 0-2 at half-time.

 

ARFC pulled a goal back within 7 minutes of the re-start. From left midfield, Khim chipped in a delicious ball to Alvin who had pulled away to the left.  Without breaking his stride, Alvin immediately laid a grounder to the centre and Hee sped in to simply toe-poke the ball which then rolled past their stunned GK and defenders.  Superb team goal.

 

1-0 and this was Hee’s 101^st ARFC goal. What a good way to commemorate his recent wedding.  

 

However, ARFC conceded 2 more goals to lose 1-4.

 

Despite the 3-goal defeat, ARFC actually played one of its better matches and with some luck, we might have narrowed the scoreline.

 

Most encouraging was also the attendance.