Chun Haw almost back to his best in 2-5 loss

 Playing its 3^rd match of 2026, ARFC lost 2-5 against HSBC on 28 Jan 2026 at 9 pm at Our Tampines Hub pitch.

 

Prior to the match, the attendance was not ideal and hence 2 guest players were activated.  A few hours before the match, some ARFC warriors announced their availability.

 

Haron and Chong Ghee (both injured) also turned up to support and collect their new jerseys.

 

The match also saw the unveiling of ARFC’s new jerseys, courtesy of the sponsorship from Mr Derrick Teh Boon Ngee, big boss of Cosy Living Pte Ltd.

 

 

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ARFC took to the pitch with this 4-5-1 line-up:

 

Jersey No.:	Name	Position
88	Talisman Derrick	Goalkeeper
16	Marauding Guoxiong	Right back
5	Energetic Kerwin	Sweeper
15	Towering Toh	Stopper
11	Steely Tze Ern	Left back
19	Skillful Wei Lit	Right mid
2	Remarkable Rashid	Centre Mid
23	Talented Chun Haw	Centre Mid
7	Influential Sebastian (captain)	Centre Mid
10	Sublime Khim	Left Mid
99	Powerful Alvin	Striker
Substitutes:
3	Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
6	Unbeatable Darren
8	Versatile Allan
18	Wonder Wayne
20	Composed Eng Lai
30	Divine Delon
xx	Arumi
xx	Minghui
Missing In Action:
4	Dynamic Soon
9	ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
14	Combative Ron
17	Nippy Kenny
21	Devastating Dominic
24	Fearless Chong Ghee
26	Rampaging Raymond
28	Hard-man Tjioe
66	Vintage Chua
77	Robust Hong Lee
79	Enigma Enoch
98	Impeccable How Meng

 

 

ARFC conceded a goal in the 13^th min after their striker broke our offside trap, though replay seemed to suggest that the opponent was offside, to steer the ball past Derrick.  0-1.

 

ARFC then equalised 13 mins later thanks to a great piece of work from Chun Haw.

 

Despite being surrounded by several players who were closing in on him, Chun Haw showed that he is close to back to his best when he eluded them, looked up and whipped in a delicious cross field ball down the right flank ala Xabi Alonso.  Delon who had came on for Wei Lit, then made a great run down the right, held off the challenge of their left-back before despatching a shot with aplomb from angle to beat their GK. 

 

1-1    and this was Delon’s 2^nd goal for ARFC.

 

The opponents then scored from a free-kick. 1-2.

 

Derrick was then cruelly hacked down by the opponent when he charged in at Derrick from a corner when Derrick had already gotten hold of the ball.

 

ARFC then equalised for the 2^nd time when Chun Haw pounced on a loose ball in their box but was upended by the opponents, giving the referee the easiest of decisions to award a penalty.   

 

Rashid stepped up to send their GK the wrong way for his 6^th ARFC goal.

 

2-2 which remained the score at half-time.

 

Somehow, ARFC lost its shape and way by allowing the opponents too much space and also did not challenge them enough.

 

The opponents then scored 3 more goals to win 5-2.

 

ARFC will regroup and go again.