On 20 Jul 2025 at 5 pm at Tanjong Katong SS, ARFC played against home team Eurasian Association for the very first time and came unstuck with a 2-5 loss.
At the request of the opponents, the match was played in 3 30-mins period.
ARFC took to the pitch with this 4-4-2 line-up:
Jersey No.: | Name | Position |
13 | Talisman Derrick | Goalkeeper |
16 | Marauding Guoxiong | Right back |
14 | Combative Ron | Sweeper |
15 | Towering Toh | Stopper |
6 | Unbeatable Darren | Left back |
78 | Steely Tze Ern | Right mid |
7 | Influential Sebastian (captain) | Centre Mid |
28 | Hard-man Tjioe | Centre Mid |
19 | Skillful Wei Lit | Left Mid |
9 | ARFC Scoring Legend Haron | Striker |
99 | Powerful Alvin | Striker |
Substitutes: | ||
2 | Remarkable Rashid |
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3 | Astute-reading sweeper Elvis |
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66 | Vintage Chua |
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xx | Divine Delon |
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Missing In Action: | ||
4 | Dynamic Soon |
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5 | Energetic Kerwin |
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10 | Sublime Khim |
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17 | Nippy Kenny |
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20 | Composed Eng Lai |
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23 | Talented Chun Haw |
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26 | Rampaging Raymond |
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31 | Wonder Wayne |
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98 | Impeccable How Meng |
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ARFC conceded 2 soft goals to trail 0-2.
Guoxiong then kept the scoreline down when he headed off the line.
Tze Ern was unlucky when he blasted just over when clean on goal.
Tjioe then pinged a great ball down the left which saw Wei Lit bearing down at goal. He then squared the ball across that eluded their GK and defenders but Tze Ern was just 0.11 seconds too late to tap the ball home.
In the 2nd period, Haron was unlucky after he was put through by Rashid. Facing their GK one-on-one, Haron’s first shot was blocked by their GK but from the rebound, Haron sliced the ball wide.
ARFC then conceded 3 more goals to trail 0-5.
ARFC did not give up and soon pulled a goal back.
From a great long ball from Ron, Derrick (who played as right winger in the 3rd period) was brutally chopped to the ground by their defender, giving the biased referee the easiest of decisions to award a penalty.
Rashid stood up and sent their GK the wrong way with a precise ball to the left. 1-5 and this was Rashid’s 5th ARFC goal.
ARFC scored its second goal 5 mins later.
Chua did well to win the ball at right-back and passed to Guoxiong who duly passed inwards to Sebastian. Looking up, Sebastian switched the ball to the left, ala Xabi Alonso, and Rashid swooped in like an eagle.
Drawing their GK out, Rashid squared the ball across for Derrick who killed the ball with a great first touch but waited too long before prodding the ball into the empty net. However, his delay allowed their GK to hit his ribs on the pretext of challenging for the ball. What a dirty GK there!
2-5 and with the goal, Derrick has now scored 116 ARFC goals, putting him on level terms with Chun Haw.
A check also revealed that Derrick’s last goal for ARFC was on 22 Sep 2022 at Pasir Ris Crest SS, in a 3-0 win over DC FC.
ARFC then closed out the match to lose 2-5.
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