Wayne’s 60th ARFC goal in ARFC’s 670th match

 Kicking off its playing calendar in 2026, ARFC succumbed 1-4 to a very good team Sunday FC on 9 Jan 2026 at 9 pm at Our Tampines Hub.

 

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

 

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

 

 

Both teams were evens-stevens for the first 15 mins though ARFC received a sucker punch when the opponents scored from a counter attack though it had a suspicious look of an offside.  0-1.

 

John then came on and almost created an impact when he found himself free on the left and squared across to Tjioe who was unmarked in the box and with just their GK to beat.  Alas, Tjioe could only produce a meekly shot straight at their GK.

 

How Meng then came up with an outrageous block to deny a certain goal from the opponents after Nash had dashed, pun not intended, out to try to block their counter-attack.

 

In the second half, ARFC made a string of substitutions and had a strong start. 

 

From a pressing by both Hong Lee and Khim inside their half, Khim sprayed a pass across goal for Haron who expertly trapped the ball.  With their GK wrong-footed, Haron could not capitalise and just placed the ball slightly wide of goal. 

 

Rashid then exchanged a quick wall-passes with Haron before clipping the ball just about 0.77 mm over the crossbar!

 

Chun Haw then hit a long-range which was just over and minutes later, How Meng’s shot from distance was also just slightly over the bar.

 

Wayne then found himself free in the box after some neat passes from ARFC but his hesitation let him down and the ball was thumped clear by the opponents.

 

ARFC defenders then blocked a few shots but Nash topped it all when he came up with 2 world-class saves in quick succession by getting up fast to block a follow-up shot.

 

ARFC was made to pay for its profligacy when it conceded 3 more goals due to tiring legs to trail 0-4.

 

However, ARFC did not let its heads dropped and clawed a goal back with 3 mins to go.  From the left, John whipped a cross-field ball to Chun Haw who had dashed in from the right wing. Bringing the ball down with an elegant touch, Chun Haw lifted the ball over their on-rushing GK but it struck the left post.  Thankfully, Wayne was on hand to tuck home the rebound.

 

1-4 and this was Wayne’s 60^th ARFC goal.

 

Despite the scoreline, ARFC played well and it was no shame to lose to a strong Sunday FC team.  Good efforts from all ARFC warriors.