ARFC was hit by the
last-min withdrawal of Ismail who was down with work commitment. Thankfully,
How Meng stepped up to the plate to take his place in goal.
ARFC also welcomed back
Derrick who returned after his lengthy lay-off. He was rightly and proudly
cheered by ARFC’s supporters.
ARFC started with this 4-4-2
line-up:
Jersey no.
|
Name
|
Position
|
5
|
Impeccable How Meng
|
Goalkeeper
|
16
|
Marauding Guoxiong
|
Right-back
|
31
|
Vintage Chua
|
Sweeper
|
15
|
Towering Toh (captain)
|
Stopper
|
6
|
Unbeatable Darren
|
Left-back
|
2
|
Unpredictable Blackburn
|
Right-mid
|
4
|
Dynamic Soon
|
Centre-mid
|
28
|
Hard-man Tjioe
|
Centre-mid
|
10
|
Sublime Khim
|
Left-mid
|
11
|
Speedy Hee
|
Striker
|
99
|
Powerful Alvin
|
Striker
|
Subs:
|
||
8
|
Talented Chun Haw
|
|
14
|
Combative Ron
|
|
17
|
Nippy Kenny
|
|
33
|
Talisman Derrick
|
|
66
|
Wonder Wayne
|
|
Absent:
|
||
3
|
Astute-reading sweeper
Elvis
|
|
7
|
Influential Sebastian
|
|
9
|
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
|
|
18
|
Determined Huiming
|
|
19
|
Skillful Weilit
|
|
20
|
Composed Eng Lai
|
|
21
|
Rampaging Raymond
|
|
45
|
Commanding Ismail
|
|
77
|
Dependable Jinzhong
|
|
78
|
Steely Tze Ern
|
|
ARFC opened the scoring in the 11th
min. Spotting Hee making a good run, Blackburn unpredictably back-heeled to Hee
who expertly put the ball past their keeper for his 106th ARFC goal.
1-0
Within 111 seconds, Hee turned
provider when he “lobang” their sweeper to the left by-line. Hee’s sweet cross
gave Alvin the easiest of task to tap into the open net. 2-0 and this was Alvin’s
284th ARFC goal.
6 mins before half-time, Chun Haw
lived up to his high billing when he executed a throuh ball ala Zidane for
Wayne to place the ball past their keeper. 3-0 and this was Wayne’s 22nd
ARFC goal.
With a comfortable 3-goal
cushion, ARFC took its foot off the pedal and focusd on keeping possession and
passing.
In the 66th min, ARFC
earned a free-kick. To loud applause, Derrick took a quick free-kick from
outside the box but his shot was parried by their keeper. The ball fell kindly
and invitingly for Wayne who duly slot home his 23rd ARFC goal. 4-0
this was also ARFC’s 1900th goal in its illustrious history.
Wayne’s goal took him to level
terms with former ARFC Legend David on 23 goals.
Despite conjuring more chances,
ARFC could not add to its 4-goal tally.
Voting results:
Chua – 12
Hee – 8
Soon – 8
Wayne – 4
Darren – 2
Ron – 2
How Meng - 1
Kenny – 1
Toh – 1
Guoxiong – 1
Tjioe – 1
Derrick – 1
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