Soon skipped into 8th position on ARFC all-time scorers' list in 7-1 win

Playing on a humid afternoon at Orchid Park SS, ARFC romped to a land-slide 7-1 win over Otaku City.

ARFC welcomed back Derrick after his knee operation but he has to be contented with a place on the bench as he is still not fully fit.

Keeper - Dependable Jinzhong

Right-back – Guohui (guest player)

Sweeper - Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper - Combative Ron

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren  

Left mid - Wonder Wayne

Right mid - Talented Chun Haw

Centre-mid - Hard-man Tjioe

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Striker - Nippy Kenny

Striker - Powerful Alvin (captain)

Subs:

Talisman Derrick

JefF (guest player)

Absent:

Skilful Weilit

Towering Toh

Influential Sebastian

Speedy Hee

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Commanding Ismail

Steely Tze Ern

Impeccable How Meng

Marauding Guoxiong

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Sublime Khim

ARFC went ahead within 5 mins. Alvin floated in a corner from the left and Soon, fresh from his record-breaking charity skipping act last Saturday, skipped (no pun intended) into the box unnoticed to chest the ball home for his 69^th ARFC goal.  

1-0 and with this goal, Soon has moved to level terms with ex-ARFC goal-scoring machine Robin (Elvis’ elder brother).

10 mins later, ARFC doubled its lead after Alvin scored with a swerving free-kick just outside the box for his 259^th ARFC goal. 2-0 and this was Alvin’s 5^th successive scoring streak.

In the 25^th min, Alvin swung in another corner, this time from the right, which saw Chun Haw connected with a sweet half-volley for his 31^st ARFC goal. 3-0

10 mins later, Blackburn threaded in a brilliant through ball for guest-player Jeff whose first-time shot almost burst the net. 4-0 and what a debut goal from a guest player.

In the 2^nd half, Derrick replaced Jinzhong in goal.

ARFC continued where it let off when Jinzhong charged in and thumped in a bullet header off Blackburn’s corner for his 4^th ARFC goal. 5-0

In the 65^th min, Kenny turned creator when his world-class through ball saw Alvin faced their keeper alone. In such a situation, there can only be one outcome – Alvin triumphed over their keeper. 6-0 and this was Alvin’s 260^th ARFC goal.

The opponents then pulled a goal back. 6-1

ARFC had the last say when Alvin returned the favour to Kenny with an almost identical world-class through ball. Kenny rounded their keeper and slotted the ball into the empty net for his 52^nd ARFC goal. 7-1 

Voting results:

Blackburn – 6

Jinzhong – 6

Chun Haw – 4

Tjioe – 4

Darren – 4

Alvin – 3

Ron – 2

Kenny – 1