Wayne's 2nd-ever ARFC hat-trick in 3-1 victory

Despite having with just one substitute after Derrick’s last-min pull-out, ARFC dismissed the energetic and enthusiastic challenge from the NUS students from the King George Hall 3-1 courtesy of a magnificent hat-trick from Wayne.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Jersey no.	Name	Position
6	Unbeatable Darren	Goalkeeper
20	Composed Eng Lai (captain)	Right-back
3	Astute-reading sweeper Elvis	Sweeper
14	Combative Ron	Stopper
2	Unpredictable Blackburn	Left-back
16	Marauding Guoxiong	Right-mid
4	Dynamic Soon	Centre-mid
12	Remarkable Rashid	Centre-mid
17	Nippy Kenny	Left-mid
66	Wonder Wayne	Striker
99	Powerful Alvin	Striker
Subs:
xx	Bernard (guest player)
Absent:
5	Impeccable How Meng
7	Influential Sebastian
8	Talented Chun Haw
9	ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
10	Sublime Khim
11	Speedy Hee
15	Towering Toh
18	Determined Huiming
19	Skillful Weilit
21	Rampaging Raymond
28	Hard-man Tjioe
31	Vintage Chua
33	Talisman Derrick
45	Commanding Ismail
77	Dependable Jinzhong
78	Steely Tze Ern

ARFC opened the scoring in the 17^th min.  Guoxiong, who was in rich vein of form in recent matches, embarked on a stunning mazy run down the right flank. Easily beating their left-back, Guoxiong crossed into the space n the middle of the box and Wayne came from deep to slide the ball home ala Andy Cole. 1-0 and this was Wayne’s 40^th ARFC goal.

In the 27^th min, in a typical trademark move, Kenny robbed the opponent off the ball and squared to Wayne.  Wayne could have scored but his shot was deliberately blocked by their defender.  Wayne shrugged aside several keen penalty-takers by dispatching the ball into the net to double the lead with his 41^st ARFC goal. 2-0

In the 57^th min, ARFC eased off and allowed the opponents to pull a goal back. 2-1

ARFC then stepped up another gear and had Alvin to thank for its 3^rd goal. Turning back the clock, Alvin took on and beat 2 opponents down the left with his powerful bursting run.  Hearing Wayne’s call, Alvin crossed into the box and their GK spilled the ball which fell nicely and kindly into Wayne’s path.  In a move typical of Thierry Henry’s goal against Newcastle United in a league match in 2009, Wayne nonchalantly back-heeled the ball into goal which nearly broke the net.  3-1 and this was Wayne’s 42^nd ARFC goal and his 2^nd-ever ARFC hat-trick.

Wayne’s 1^st-ever hat-trick for ARFC was on 28 Dec 2011 when ARFC triumphed 5-3 against Westminister at the Turf City Premier pitch.