2nd heaviest defeat of ARFC's history

In a match played under extremely hot weather at Admiralty Secondary School, ARFC suffered a crushing 5-1 defeat to Raven.

As Raven turned up with only 9 players, and at the request of Raven’s captain, ARFC lent its 2 most senior players, unpredictable Blackburn and determined Huiming to them. The loan of determined Huiming was to prove ARFC’s own downfall later.

Dependable Jinzhong started in goal, with astute-reading Elvis, Towering Toh, Kiat Gulam and left-foot wizard Bernard as the defence. In the midfield, sublime Khim and entrepreneur Guoxiong were at the flanks, with Sebastiano partnering hardworking Tong in the middle. Up front, ARFC scoring legend Haron and Speedy Hee led the line. Hard-man Tjioe, powerful Alvin and WO Neo were the subs.

ARFC started the match brightly with ARFC scoring legend Haron and Speedy Hee troubling their defence often with their speed and guile. However, ARFC fell behind after its defence stood like wood which allowed their highly-impressive left-winger to slot in their first goal. 0-1 but ARFC continued to stay calm.

In the 17th min, ARFC drew level through influential Sebastiano. A clever exchange between sublime Khim and ARFC scoring legend Haron resulted in the latter laying the ball to influential Sebastiano just outside the penalty box. Taking a touch, influential Sebastiano unleashed a shot that took a slight deflection past their keeper. 1-1 and it was his 46th ARFC goal, thereby lifting him to ARFC’s 4th highest goal-scorer. Immediately after his goal, he asked to be substituted as he was clearly unwell after suffering from whole-night “lao-sai” on Saturday.

In the 27th min, Raven went ahead but a dubious penalty call against left-foot wizard Bernard. Though Dependable Jinzhong got a hand to the ball taken by their penalty-taker, the ball somehow trickled over the line. Agonising!!

Just 7 seconds before half-time, disaster struck when Raven launched a counter-attack and their left-winger sprinted clear of ARFC’s defence to slot the ball past our keeper.


In the second-half, ARFC tried its best at a comeback and was roared on by the ever-faithful 77,777 fans. However, the referee, who was having an extremely poor game, made some disgusting calls against ARFC which infuriated some ARFC warriors.

ARFC then conceded 2 more goals and lost 5-1, its second-heaviest defeat of all time.

Due to the questionable refereeing decisions, Kiat Gulam, one of the ARFC Board of Directors, refused to attend the post-match mortem.

ARFC gave a 3-0 hiding to the Hiding Place team

Dear ARFC warriors:

ARFC gave a 3-0 hiding to the Hiding Place team last sunday.

ARFC scoring legend Haron scored 2 well-taken goals while sublime Khim added a sublimely-executed lob into the net that gave their keeper no chance at all. In fact, any world-class keeper such as Gordon Banks, Pat Jennings, Petr Cech, Bruce Grobblearr, Neville Southall, Gary Bailey, Dino Zoff, Peter Schmeichel, Joel Bats, Ray Clemence and David Lee, could not have saved the lob.....

Just for the record, sublime Khim's goal was ARFC's 700th goal in its entire history......

Cheers....

"We live in Singapura" MTV clips

Halo ARFC warriors,

For all the proud Singaporeans...please see the below clips...

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/43025356/

Game this sunday (15 Apr 07)

Dear ARFC warriors:

Our next game is this sunday (15 Apr 07) at 1700 hrs at The Hiding Place located at Jalan Kayu/Yio Chu Kang Road.

We played there before during our 2001 Classiq League triumph.

I will still send out SMS notice to you all.

If got problems getting there, pl let me know then....

Cheers...

ARFC top-scorers

ARFC scoring legend Haron - 105
Retired Robin - 69
Unpredictable Blackburn - 59
Sebastiano - 45
WO Neo - 45
Speedy Hee - 44
Hard-man Tjioe - 32
Powerful Alvin - 26
Kiat Gulam - 24
Reliable David (father of Marco Mak) - 22
Sublime Khim - 22
Towering Toh - 21
Jiong jiong (ex-player) - 21

ARFC brushed aside St. James Power House team

In a match played under rather cool weather (match kick-off time is at 1330 hrs!!) and muddy condition at Stadia 367, ARFC easily brushed aside the newly-formed team St. James Power House.

ARFC was bolstered by the last-minute appearance of Kiat Gulam, powerful Alvin and most significant of all, sublime Khim. ARFC scoring legend Haron also enlisted the assistance of his brother (real brother I mean) and his friend to play for us. However, ARFC started with its original warriors first.

Dependable Jinzhong started in goal, with astute-reading Elvis, determined Huiming, Kiat Gulam and hardworking Tong as the defence. In the midfield, sublime Khim and entrepreneur Guoxiong were at the flanks, with Sebastiano partnering unpredictable Blackburn, who earned a surprise call-up in the first team. Up front, ARFC scoring legend Haron and Speedy Hee led the line and the former was also the Captain of the Day. Hard-man Tjioe, powerful Alvin and our 2 guest players were the subs.

ARF started the match gingerly due to the almost 1-month lay-off. As usual, ARFC quickly settled down and displayed the brand of football that all ESPN viewers, including Charlie Webster, are used to see week-in-week-out. Speedy Hee spurned 2 golden opportunities when he shot meekly at the keeper when presented with open goal.

In the 17th min, sublime Khim picked up a stray clearance and played a quick one-two with unpredictable Blackburn. Eluding 2 more defenders in the congested penalty box, Khim expertly slotted the ball past their keeper for the opening goal and opened up the flood-gate. This was sublime Khim’s 22nd ARFC goal.

ARFC went 2-0 up 7 minutes later. Again, a stray clearance fell to Speedy Hee. Spotting ARFC scoring legend Haron making a run through the defence, Speedy Hee chipped in a delicious ball ala Glenn Hoddle, and the latter calmly lobbed over the keeper for his 104th goal for ARFC. Wonderful!!

Powerful Alvin replaced the tiring Speedy Hee. Within minutes of coming on, he made his presence felt when he thumped in his 24th goal for ARFC after a superb long ball over the top for him by unpredictable Blackburn.

7 minutes before the half-time whistle, powerful Alvin got his second goal of the match when he finished off another wonderful ARFC move. 4-0!!!

When second half resumed, ARFC seemed to be complacent and was not the same team as the first half. ARFC then conceded 2 sloppy goals after 2 horrendous mistakes by the dependable Jinzhong, thereby giving opponent a glimpse of hope.

In the 57th min, ARFC won a free-kick on the left flank. Opting to take a quick free-kick, Sebastiano floated in the ball which was spilled by their keeper to ARFC scoring legend who gleefully put the ball into the empty net. This was his 105th ARFCgoal!!!

In the 67th min, powerful Alvin grabbed his hat-trick when hard-man Tjioe whipped in a fabulous ball from the right flank and powerful Alvin scored with a stooping header for his 26th ARFC goal. Powerful Alvin also became the only player in ARFC history to score hat-tricks in 3 successive matches!!!!!

ARFC was not done. In the 87th min, ARFC won a corner which was quickly taken by unpredictable Blackburn to hardworking Tong. Looking up, hardworking Tong delivered a measured ball and Speedy Hee leaped the highest and scored with a well-placed header ala Peter Crouch. Fantastic!!! This was his 44th goal for ARFC.

Speaking to the horde of reporters, Man-of-the-Match hardworking Tong felt that his performance could have been better if not for his new job as a make-up artist which ook up lots of his time. He also took the opportunity to advertise his services to the reporters.

Separately, Kiat Gulam, hard-man Tjioe and powerful Alvin were heard trying to cajole the opponent for free entry and free drinks at St. James Power House later tonight.…….

Nice Video Clip to view....

Hi ARFC warriors,

Shall we consider to get him to compose & rap a team song for the prestigious ARFC?? He certainly looks talented...Click on the below link to see his work...Damn damn cool.....:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmjPbYU1og

ARFC slammed 6 past hapless opponent

In a home-coming match at ARFC’s old homeground at Blk 367 Yishun Ring Road, ARFC slammed 6 past a hapless Raven in front of 77,777 fanatical fans.

ARFC suffered a major set-back prior to the match when it was revealed that astute-reading sweeper Elvis could not make it to the match due to urgent personal commitment. However, sources disclosed that he was seen dancing merrily and drinking heartily with a huge group of bikini-clad babes at “Dragonfly” way into the wee hours of the day.

Luckily, hard-man Tjioe unexpectedly turned up after his 1-week stint at Mumbai FC sponsored by ARFC. Mean machine Hock also announced his availability. Hence, ARFC, for the second week in a row, did not have to depend any guest players and in fact, could even afford to loan unpredictable Blackburn to the opponent for the match.

ARFC started with dependable Jinzhong in goal, Towering Toh took over the sweeper’s role with determined Huiming as stopper and flanking the defence was hard-working Tong and left-foot wizard Bernard. Sublime Khim returned to left midfield and entrepreneur Guoxiong on the opposite flank. Sebastiano and hard-man Tjioe were at the centre. The forward line was led by ARFC scoring legend Haron and Speedy Hee. Last week’s hat-trick hero, powerful Alvin, was unexpectedly left on the bench together with reliable David Mak (father of Marco Mak) and mean-machine Hock were the subs.

When the referee blew the starting whistle, ARFC took a while to settle and was rattled by couple of attacks by Raven. Of course, ARFC’s experience proved invaluable and warded off these attacks and starting imposing itself on the match.

In the 17th min, a quick attack down the left flank resulted in the opponent clearing the ball out to the centre of the pitch about 37 metres out. The loose ball was pickedf up by Sebastiano who looked up and chipped in a swerving ball that completely fooled the keeper ala Matthew-Le-Tissier style. 1-0 and this was Sebastiano’s 45th goal for ARFC, putting him level with WO Neo in the all-time ARFC goal-scoring chart.

7 minutes later, powerful Alvin, who replaced Speedy Hee minutes earlier, put ARFC 2-0 up. Picking up the ball on the left flank, he eluded 2 defenders and all almost 7 seconds to take aim. Ignoring the free ARFC scoring legend Haron in the 6-yard box, powerful Alvin squeezed the ball from a very acute angle. This was his 21st goal for ARFC.

Before half-time ended, mean-machine Hock missed 2 glit-edged chances and Speedy Hee also squandered couple opportunities. When the referee blew for half-time whistle, ARFC was greeted by loud chorus of chanting by the fans as they totally outplayed the opponent.


When second half resumed, ARFC continued their relentless attack. The half was barely 7 minutes old when powerful Alvin put the result beyond doubt. Not surprisingly and expectedly, the architect of the goal was who else but sublime Khim. Breaking up their attack on our right flank, sublime Khim looked up and spotted powerful Alvin making a fantastic run down their left flank. His ball found powerful Alvin who took the ball right up to the box and steered into the goal. 3-0!!

In the 57th min, a superb pressure by several ARFC warriors on their sweeper in the centre of the pitch resulted in sublime Khim nicking the ball away from him. Embarking on a 70-metres run, sublime Khim crossed for the lurking Speedy Hee who in turn returned the ball to him. With the crowd rising to their feet expecting a goal, sublime Khim easily and cleverly slotted the ball home for his 21st ARFC goal. 4-0 !!

By now, Raven was totally deflated. Powerful Alvin completed his second hat-trick in as many games when he out-muscled the hapless defender to powered in the ball for his 23rd ARFC goal. 5-0!!

7 minutes later, left-foot wizard Bernard had the perfect opportunity to open his ARFC goal-scoring account. Unfortunately, his rather-weak shot, after taking aim for yet another 7 seconds, was easily smothered by the impressive keeper. Unlucky!!

In the 77th min, trust who else but ARFC goal-scoring legend Haron to complete the scoring. Hard-working Tong sent in a perfect cross from the right to Haron who brought the ball down with a perfect first touch and calmly shot home for his 103rd goals for ARFC.

Addressing the packed-o-the-seams room of reporters and babes from St.James Power House, powerful Alvin was clearly over the moon with his hat-trick in successive games: “I just want to thank all the superb ARFC warriors for giving me such strong support and chances. I hope that with my performances over the past 2 weeks, I can be guaranteed a starting role in ARFC or else I might consider a move to Gombak Utd in the S-League, though my heart and soul will always be with ARFC.”

Once again, the central defence of Towering Toh and determined Huiming had a blinding game by keeping out all attacks. Entrepreneur Guoxiong, hard-working Tong and mean-machine Hock provided much-needed speed, running and stability on the right flank, while left-foot wizard Bernard, reliable David Mak (father of Marco Mak) and sublime Khim were unbeatable on the left flank. Hard-man Tjioe provided the steel at the centre with the forward line linking up very well. Goalkeeper dependable Jinzhong had almost a very free match.

ARFC scoring chart (with 20 goals or more)

ARFC scoring legend Haron - 102
Retired Robin - 69
Unpredictable Blackburn - 59
WO Neo - 45
Sebastiano - 44
Speedy Hee - 43
Hard-man Tjioe - 32
Kiat Gulam - 24
David Mak (father of Marco Mak) - 22
ex-player Jiongjiong - 21
Towering Toh - 21
Sublime Khim - 20
Powerful Alvin - 20

ARFC's thumping 9-1 victory

In a match played under drizzling rain and on a mud-soaked pitch at Bedok North Secondary School, ARFC scored a thumping 9-1 victory against a young-but-anyhow-tackle opponent.

ARFC received crushing news when ARFC scoring legend pulled out of the match with sore eyes. According to rumours, the sore eyes was due to too much viewing of naked old women who are working as office cleaners at his work place.

Fortunately, several ARFC stalwarts turned up unexpectedly – Kiat Gulam, David Mak (father of Marco Mak), entrepreneur Guoxiong and powerful Alvin. The match was also a long time that ARFC did not depend on guest players to play for them as all are authentic ARFC warriors.

ARFC started with dependable Jinzhong in goal, astute-reading sweeper Elvis led the defence of Towering Toh, David Mak (father of Marco Mak) and determined Huiming. Left-foot wizard Bernard moved up to left midfield, Sebastiano and hard-working Tong guard the centre and unpredictable Blackburn was given a surprising starting role at right midfield. Up front, WO Neo was partnered by Speedy Hee. Entrepreneur Guoxiong, Kiat Gulam, powerful Alvin and sublime Khim were the subs.

As in their previous matches, ARFC quickly stamped its authority on the field, with hardworking Tong and Sebastiano bossing the midfield. Left-foot wizard had a wonderful time tearing down the left flank, with WO Neo and Speedy Hee fully utilizing their speed to constantly harass their defenders.

Hence, it was no surprise when ARFC opened its scoring in the 7th min. A wicked high and long clearance by David Mak (father of Marco Mak) eluded their defender and WO Neo latched on to the ball and shot past their keeper. 1-0 and this goal brought WO Neo level on Sebastiano with 44 goals.

7 minutes later, WO Neo again found the net. After some brilliant inter-passes, Speedy Hee laid on the ball to WO Neo who slipped the ball past their keeper with his 45th goal for ARFC. With this goal, WO Neo moved up to 4th position in the all-time ARFC scoring chart.

In the 27th min, left-foot wizard Bernard almost scored his first-ever goal for ARFC. Again, Speedy Hee found him in acres of space after yet another blinding move by ARFC warriors on the right midfield. Left-foot wizard Bernard had almost 7 seconds to take aim but his weak shot was amazingly saved by their keeper for a corner. What a waste!!!!


7 minutes later, left-foot wizard returned the compliments when his pin-point cross from the left was turned in by Speedy Hee whose speed allowed him to get to the ball first. 3-0 and this is his 43rd goal for ARFC.

The reward for left-foot wizard Bernard’s assistance? He was immediately replaced by sublime Khim. Kiat Gulam also took over from Towering Toh, with determined Huiming moving to stopper and Kiat Gulam at right-back. Entrepreneur Guoxiong took over from the fast-tiring unpredictable Blackburn at right midfield. Powerful Alvin also came in for Speedy Hee.

7 minutes before the end, Sebastiano delivered an exquisite slide-rule pass that found powerful Alvin lurking at the penalty box. Naturally and expectedly, powerful Alvin slot in for his 18th goal for ARFC. 4-0 at half-time and the game was effectively over. David Mak (father of Marco Mak) also left at half-time due to sickness as he was busy celebrating Everton’s miraculous draw with Sheffield United the night before.


In the second-half, ARFC was over-confident. Just 7 minutes into the half, ARFC was punished when their right-winger was allowed to bring the ball all the way into the penalty box and shot past Jinzhong, who was almost having performing the role of spectator in the game. 1-4. This resulted in a chorus of boos by the ever-faithful ARFC fans and this appeared to wake all ARFC warriors up.

7 minutes later, ARFC scored its 5th goal of the match. Hard-working Tong won the ball on the left, looked up and chipped in a delicious ball to the unmarked entrepreneur Guoxiong who had the easiest of task to scored with a stooping header. 5-1 and this was his 4th goal for ARFC.

In the 57th min, powerful Alvin notched up another goal when he received the ball from sublime Khim and powered his way past their defenders and shot past their keeper. 6-1 now!!

7 mins later, ARFC won a corner on the right. Powerful Alvin whipped in the ball which appeared to be handled easily by their keeper. To the away fans’ horror, he dropped the ball and the lurking Towering Toh could not miss from 0.7 metres from the goal line. He toe-pocked the ball home for his 21st goal for ARFC. 7-1!!!

In the 67th min, Sebastiano sent in a free-kick and both Kiat Gulam and Towering Toh were going for the ball. Kiat Gulam reached the ball first but his thumping header rocked the cross-bar. Unlucky!!!

In the 74th min, powerful Alvin finally scored his 3rd goal of the match. His hat-trick also allowed him to join a select band of ARFC warriors who had scored 3 goals or more in a single match. 8-1.


7 minutes later, powerful Alvin nearly scored his 4th goal of the match but his super-powerful bullet hit the post. The rebound fall to the on-rushing Speedy Hee who skied the ball as he had only 0.0077 seconds to react to the ball. Unlucky!!

In the 87th min, a quick throw-in by Kiat Gulam found powerful Alvin on the right flank. He took the ball past the defenders to the bye-line and crossed to sublime Khim. Of course, sublime Khim drilled the ball into the bottom left corner for his 20th goal for ARFC. 9-1!!!

Speaking to the horde of Hokkien-speaking journalists after the match, unpredictable Blackburn said: “Kanina, the opponent gan aw. If no rain, we sure scored many many more goals. Some of my players also jia-luk, rain and mud still play the ball on the ground. If they used more brains like me like that, sure got many many chances.”

Of course, this was unpredictable Blackburn’s usual self. Always blaming his team-mates for not doing more whereas he usually ran the less on the field ………..

One more thing, astute-reading sweeper Elvis and determined Huiming, as usual, live up to their high standards by repelling several attacks by the opponents.