Playing a 11 am match (I could not even remember the last time we last played at such timing) at the magnificent artificial pitch at Boon Lay SS, ARFC routed The Kowloon team 10-3 courtesy of a Man-of-the-Match display from How Meng.
Due to the timing and also Puasa month, ARFC had to call up several guest players and started with this 4-4-2 line-up:
Jersey No.: | Name | Position |
xx | Andrew | Goalkeeper |
16 | Marauding Guoxiong | Right back |
5 | Impeccable How Meng | Sweeper |
6 | Unbeatable Darren | Stopper |
xx | Pardiphan | Left back |
xx | Cloud | Right mid |
7 | Influential Sebastian (captain) | Centre Mid |
8 | Talented Chun Haw | Centre Mid |
19 | Skillful Weilit | Left Mid |
66 | Wonder Wayne | Striker |
xx | Shamizie | Striker |
Substitutes: | ||
13 | Energetic Kerwin |
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99 | Powerful Alvin |
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xx | Xavier |
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Missing In Action: | ||
1 | Flying Fremont |
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2 | Unpredictable Blackburn |
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3 | Astute-reading sweeper Elvis |
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4 | Dynamic Soon |
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8 | Precocious Javier |
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9 | ARFC Scoring Legend Haron |
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10 | Sublime Khim |
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11 | Speedy Hee |
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12 | Remarkable Rashid |
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14 | Combative Ron |
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15 | Towering Toh |
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17 | Nippy Kenny |
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18 | Determined Huiming |
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20 | Composed Eng Lai |
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21 | Rampaging Raymond |
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28 | Hard-man Tjioe |
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31 | Vintage Chua |
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33 | Talisman Derrick |
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77 | Dependable Jinzhong |
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78 | Steely Tze Ern |
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Alvin made a last-min surprise appearance to huge cheers from the fans.
ARFC promptly went down in the 5th min after it was caught out by a quick counter-attack. 0-1
ARFC then stepped up a gear and nearly equalised 3 mins later. Sebastian’s free-kick from the left was nearly flicked home by the highly-impressive Cloud but he could not get a clean connection.
ARFC equalised with its next attack. Pardiphan, who played like Andrew Robertson, swung in a long cross to the far post. Wayne did well to attract their tall defender to him and Cloud dashed in from deep to thump home a powerful header for his first goal for ARFC. 1-1
Darren then kept their young, tall and mobile striker in check with some experienced and determined defending that gave him no room to move at all.
ARFC then took the lead in a very fortuitous manner. Again, Pardiphan whipped in a cross, albeit a bit mishit, which went to their GK. Almost all ARFC warriors were heading back to take up positions but surprisingly, their GK spilled the ball despite no ARFC warriors near him. The ball then slowly trickled over the line at 0.77 mm/per hour. 2-1 and this was the 38th own goal conceded by ARFC’s opponents.
ARFC then piled on the pressure and extended its lead. Xavier, who came on for Wayne after the latter asked to be substituted, harassed their defenders in the box into a hasty clearance. Cloud picked up the loose ball and laid to Chun Haw who was standing just outside the box. Needing no second invitation, Chun Haw leashed home a low shot to beat their despairing GK for his 95th ARFC goal. 3-1
Kerwin, who was slightly late for the match, then tested their GK with his Ronald Koeman-like free-kick but his fiercely-struck shot was palmed over by their GK for a corner.
Alvin then came on and immediately made his powerful presence felt. Cloud had their left back in knots with his close control and dribbles down the right flank, before sending a precise ball into the 6-yard box area. Alvin powered in, leaped and nodded the ball in for his 336th ARFC goal. 4-1
With almost the last kick of the half, Shamizie latched on a loose ball outside the box, took a great first touch before drilling in a powerful shot to leave their GK rooted to the spot. 5-1 at half-time.
ARFC extended its lead within 2 mins after the re-start. How Meng’s long clearance saw Wayne challenging their sweeper for the bouncing ball. While their sweeper was dealing with Wayne, Alvin sensed an opening. He sprinted in from left, swooped in and then lifted the ball expertly over their GK. 6-1 and this was Alvin’s 337th ARFC goal.
Pardiphan then brought the ball all the way from his left back position, exchanged passes with Weilit, drove inwards to the left and then rifled a high ball to the roof of the next, beating their GK at his near post. 7-1.
Weilit did well by drawing many fouls as the opponents struggled to live up with his close control and dribbling.
Chun Haw then scored his 2nd goal of the match when he expertly dispatched the ball from outside the box, after some clever work between Sebastian, Cloud and Guoxiong. 8-1 and this was Chun Haw’s 96th ARFC goal.
ARFC then conceded a penalty. Andrew stood tall and dived to his right to save the spot kick which the taker looked to despatch the rebound into the net. Andrew had other ideas though as he quickly got up sharply to block the rebound and conceded a corner. World-class goal-keeping there!
The opponents then pulled a goal back 2 mins later. 8-2.
Andrew then came up with another superb one-on-one save.
2 mins later, Alvin nearly grabbed his hat-trick. Sebastian hit a laser-sharp corner into the 6-yard area over their GK. However, Alvin seemed to have leaped just a little bit too fast and headed the ball just 0.99 mm over the bar.
How Meng then forayed up before pouncing on a pass from Chun Haw and smacked in a thunderball for his 17th ARFC goal. 9-2
With this goal, How Meng has edged one goal head of Tze Ern, Ron and Weilit who are all on 17 ARFC goals.
How Meng then followed up with a brilliant recovery block right in front of the goalmouth to deny them a certain goal.
Guoxiong then turned back the clock with a Rob Jones-like overlapping on the right flank. He appeared to have lost out in a duel with the opponents but his never-say-die attitude saw him winning the ball back at the right area. Looking up, he spotted Wayne in the box and duly sent in a precise cross. Wayne took 1 step forward before stooping low to glance home a beautiful header past their bewildered GK for his 54th ARFC goal. 10-2 and this was Wayne’s second goal in as many matches in 2022.
This goal also took Wayne past Jeffrey Neo’s 53 ARFC goals.
ARFC then conceded another goal with virtually the last kick of the match to win 10-3.
The last time that ARF reached double-digit score was actually back on 25 July 2015 when it beat Eng Lai’s team 10-0 at the HYFA pitch.
Since ARFC was formed in Jun 1991, ARFC had attained double-digit in a match on 16 occasions (including this match). The details are as follows:
S/N | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score-line |
1 | 8 Jun 1991 | Northland PS | Peng | 11-3 |
2 | 5-Jul-92 | Yishun Town SS | Yishun Crystal | 14-2 |
3 | 20-Mar-94 | Blk 367 Yishun Ring Road | Unknowns | 11-1 |
4 | 17-Apr-94 | Northview SS | Unknowns | 11-0 |
5 | 22-May-94 | Northview SS | Electrical Dept (Ngee Ann Poly) | 10-1 |
6 | 31-Mar-02 | Braddell-Westlake SS | Boon's team | 11-2 |
7 | 18-Jan-09 | Yio Chu Kang SS | FC Corpus Christi | 14-0 |
8 | 29-Nov-09 | Bowen SS | Nitroz | 14-0 |
9 | 11-Apr-10 | Bedok South SS | Eng Lai's team | 12-0 |
10 | 25-Jul-10 | Tampines SAFRA | ST Auto | 10-3 |
11 | 21-Aug-11 | Ping Yi SS | Qiuntero Utd | 13-2 |
12 | 4-Sep-11 | Ping Yi SS | Unknowns | 12-3 |
13 | 2-Mar-14 | Mayflower SS | CBCV | 10-0 |
14 | 25-May-14 | 1st Toa Payoh SS | Green Hornets | 12-1 |
15 | 25-Jul-15 | HYFA | Eng Lai's team | 10-0 |
16 | 10-Apr-22 | Boon Lay SS | Kowloon Club | 10-3 |
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