The match against Samalongkok was called off mid-way through the second half. At that time, ARFC was leading 1-0 thanks to Blackburn's expertly-converted penalty.
The match will be replayed at another date.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
3rd League Match details
10 April 2011 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
North Vista Sec Sch (located at junction of Punggol Road and Sengkang East Ave)
Opponent is Samalongkok
Pls bring both colours.
3 pm = 1500 hrs
North Vista Sec Sch (located at junction of Punggol Road and Sengkang East Ave)
Opponent is Samalongkok
Pls bring both colours.
ARFC in unlucky draw
In its D2D League 2nd match, ARFC was really unlucky not to notch a victory over the formidable The OC when it squandered a host of chances to draw 1-1 in front of 77,777 fans which included Anna at MacPherson SS.
Prior to the match, Tjioe withdrew due to high fever and tonjilsjiyltollis on Saturday night (I also don’t know what is that but sounds like the stupid Greek Liverpool defender’s name). Worst to come was when Jinzhong pulled out on Sunday at around noon time, citing work commitment. Luckily, we managed to call up 3 guest players, Raymond, Sze Meng and Yao Yang.
ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:
Keeper: Sze Meng (guest player)
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Combative Ron
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Raymond (guest player)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Subs:
Wonder Wayne
Yao Yang (guest player)
Absent:
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Dependable Jinzhong
Hard-man Tjioe
Precocious En Dian
Unbeatable Darren
Sublime Khim
Speedy Hee
Nippy Kenny
Talisman Derrick
Steely Tze Ern
Talented Chun Haw
Credit must be given to Wayne who turned up early and despite nursing a high fever.
ARFC was quickest off the blocks and was powered by Raymond’s incisive runs down the left flank which their right back could not handled.
ARFC could have opened the scoring in the 7th min after some good work down the left flank by Raymond and Alvin. The ball rolled to the centre just outside the box and hearing a shout from Blackburn, Soon dummied the ball but Blackburn shot hit row Z.
7 mins later, off Sebastian’s corner, Raymond connected with a powerful header but their defender cleared off the line. Unlucky!
7 mins later, Raymond repeated the act. From Alvin’s corner, Raymond again rose like a fish and headed powerfully towards the top right-hand corner. Just when the whole stadium is expecting a goal, their keeper produced a top-draw save to push the ball out for a corner. Totally unlucky!
From their first shot, The OC opened the scoring in the 27th min. 0-1
ARFC could have equalized mins later. From a quick counter-attack, Blackburn laid the ball nicely for Soon in the box but Soon also shot into row Z, sparking furious reaction from Blackburn.
Just mins before the end of 1st half, Blackburn lofted the ball into the 6-yard box where Alvin tried to execute a stooping header but failed to connect. In hindsight, Alvin could have just steered the ball using his foot.
In the 2nd half, Ron volunteered to be keeper and Sze Meng took over the left-back position with Yao Yang at left mid and Raymond moved in to partner Sebastian as Soon was carrying a minor knee injury. Wayne moved up to join Blackburn in attack.
Sze Meng and Yao Yang combined very well at the left side and thereby easing the team.
Wayne then conjured up a chance but could not take it.
Raymond and Yao Yang then combined down the left and from the cross, Blackburn and Wayne both dummied which saw the ball rolled nicely into the path of Norman. However, Norman could not connect the ball well enough and produced a weak shot which was easily gathered by their keeper.
ARFC finally got its reward with 7 mins left on the clock. From Norman’s corner, Toh flicked the ball on and there was the unmarked Raymond who was determined to score with his header with his 3rd chance. He jerked his body back, summoned all his 777 neck muscles and headed the ball powerfully into the net for his 4th ARFC goal. 1-1
I think this is a match where ARFC played very well despite some limitations in terms of players.
Special credit must be given to Elvis’ defence of Toh, Guoxiong, Ron, Sze Meng and Sebastian (replaced Elvis when he went off injured) who constantly kept the opponents at bay.
Man-of-the-Match is given to Blackburn though I must say Raymond came close.
Prior to the match, Tjioe withdrew due to high fever and tonjilsjiyltollis on Saturday night (I also don’t know what is that but sounds like the stupid Greek Liverpool defender’s name). Worst to come was when Jinzhong pulled out on Sunday at around noon time, citing work commitment. Luckily, we managed to call up 3 guest players, Raymond, Sze Meng and Yao Yang.
ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:
Keeper: Sze Meng (guest player)
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Combative Ron
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Raymond (guest player)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Subs:
Wonder Wayne
Yao Yang (guest player)
Absent:
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Dependable Jinzhong
Hard-man Tjioe
Precocious En Dian
Unbeatable Darren
Sublime Khim
Speedy Hee
Nippy Kenny
Talisman Derrick
Steely Tze Ern
Talented Chun Haw
Credit must be given to Wayne who turned up early and despite nursing a high fever.
ARFC was quickest off the blocks and was powered by Raymond’s incisive runs down the left flank which their right back could not handled.
ARFC could have opened the scoring in the 7th min after some good work down the left flank by Raymond and Alvin. The ball rolled to the centre just outside the box and hearing a shout from Blackburn, Soon dummied the ball but Blackburn shot hit row Z.
7 mins later, off Sebastian’s corner, Raymond connected with a powerful header but their defender cleared off the line. Unlucky!
7 mins later, Raymond repeated the act. From Alvin’s corner, Raymond again rose like a fish and headed powerfully towards the top right-hand corner. Just when the whole stadium is expecting a goal, their keeper produced a top-draw save to push the ball out for a corner. Totally unlucky!
From their first shot, The OC opened the scoring in the 27th min. 0-1
ARFC could have equalized mins later. From a quick counter-attack, Blackburn laid the ball nicely for Soon in the box but Soon also shot into row Z, sparking furious reaction from Blackburn.
Just mins before the end of 1st half, Blackburn lofted the ball into the 6-yard box where Alvin tried to execute a stooping header but failed to connect. In hindsight, Alvin could have just steered the ball using his foot.
In the 2nd half, Ron volunteered to be keeper and Sze Meng took over the left-back position with Yao Yang at left mid and Raymond moved in to partner Sebastian as Soon was carrying a minor knee injury. Wayne moved up to join Blackburn in attack.
Sze Meng and Yao Yang combined very well at the left side and thereby easing the team.
Wayne then conjured up a chance but could not take it.
Raymond and Yao Yang then combined down the left and from the cross, Blackburn and Wayne both dummied which saw the ball rolled nicely into the path of Norman. However, Norman could not connect the ball well enough and produced a weak shot which was easily gathered by their keeper.
ARFC finally got its reward with 7 mins left on the clock. From Norman’s corner, Toh flicked the ball on and there was the unmarked Raymond who was determined to score with his header with his 3rd chance. He jerked his body back, summoned all his 777 neck muscles and headed the ball powerfully into the net for his 4th ARFC goal. 1-1
I think this is a match where ARFC played very well despite some limitations in terms of players.
Special credit must be given to Elvis’ defence of Toh, Guoxiong, Ron, Sze Meng and Sebastian (replaced Elvis when he went off injured) who constantly kept the opponents at bay.
Man-of-the-Match is given to Blackburn though I must say Raymond came close.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
2nd League Match Details
03 April 2011 (Sun) 3pm = 1500 hrs MacPherson Sec Sch Opponent is The OC. Pls bring both colours though we should be wearing white jerseys. Thanks.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
No Match this sunday - 27 March 2011
There is no match this sunday (27 March 2011).
For the many of you who are carrying injuries, please do not go and aggravate your injuries. Rest well.
Thanks.
For the many of you who are carrying injuries, please do not go and aggravate your injuries. Rest well.
Thanks.
Monday, March 21, 2011
ARFC suffers opening match blues
Kicking off the new D2D League season, ARFC crashed to a 0-3 defeat against FC Simpang at the artificial pitch at Tampines SS in front of just 7,777 fans which included 4 hot babes Tracie, Anna, Cerine and SuI. The low turn-out was due to the heavy downpour just before the match.
ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Influential Sebastian
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Subs:
Unpredictable Blackburn (late)
Wonder Wayne (late)
Absent:
Hard-man Tjioe
Precocious En Dian
Unbeatable Darren
Sublime Khim
Speedy Hee
Nippy Kenny
Talisman Derrick
Talented Chun Haw
ARFC was determined to start the new season on a positive note and played really well in the opening exchanges. Just mins into the match, Jinzhong made a superb save to deny their striker from putting FC Simpang ahead.
ARFC then returned fire 7 mins later. Sebastian’s piercing slide-rule grounder saw Alvin springing and bore down on goal. However, his attempt to lob their keeper was thwarted when their keeper clawed the ball away for a corner.
Haron, who was carrying a niggling ankle injury but still gamely turned up to play, wriggled his way past 4 defenders but was cruelly brought down just outside the penalty box. From the resulting free-kick, Sebastian curled the ball low but was really narrowly just 0.77 m wide!
ARFC then conceded a goal. 0-1
Haron then combined very well with Alvin by exchanging several one-two passes. However, Alvin could not get a decent shot in.
Blackburn then came in for the slightly-injured Soon with Sebastian moving back to centre-mid position.
Norman also impressed with several throw-ins which FC Simpang had problems dealing with but ARFC could not benefit from those missiles.
In the 2nd half, Wayne, who only arrived at the break after going to the wrong venue, came in at left-back with Blackburn partnering Haron in attack.
ARFC fell further behind when its off-side trap failed and the striker was able to take almost 7 mins before rolling the ball into the empty net. At this juncture, Sebastian totally flew his top as no one even bothered to chase after their striker after the failed off-side trap which is totally suicidal!
ARFC suffered yet another crushing blow when Haron picked up a thigh injury and had to be substituted. L
ARFC then threatened with a few corners but was unable to capitalize. Blackburn also flashed a shot wide.
ARFC then conceded another suicidal goal. 0-3.
From Sebastian’s diagonal cross-field pass, Tze Ern shot meekly at their keeper.
In the dying mins, Soon showed ARFC his world-renowned determination when he came from nowhere to chase after Jinzhong’s long punt. Just when everyone thought their keeper would get the ball, Soon nicked the ball away from him but his shot from an acute angle just rolled across the goal-mouth with no ARFC there to tap in. Unlucky but what a world-class determined run!
Besides the morale-sapping 0-3 loss, ARFC is also looking at potential injury victims in Haron, Soon, Alvin and Guoxiong.
Just one thing to add, considering the injuries that both Alvin and Haron were carrying prior to the match, both did well. If there is anything to blame, it’s us midfielders as we did not feed them with quality balls and they had to rely mostly on scraps.
ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Influential Sebastian
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Subs:
Unpredictable Blackburn (late)
Wonder Wayne (late)
Absent:
Hard-man Tjioe
Precocious En Dian
Unbeatable Darren
Sublime Khim
Speedy Hee
Nippy Kenny
Talisman Derrick
Talented Chun Haw
ARFC was determined to start the new season on a positive note and played really well in the opening exchanges. Just mins into the match, Jinzhong made a superb save to deny their striker from putting FC Simpang ahead.
ARFC then returned fire 7 mins later. Sebastian’s piercing slide-rule grounder saw Alvin springing and bore down on goal. However, his attempt to lob their keeper was thwarted when their keeper clawed the ball away for a corner.
Haron, who was carrying a niggling ankle injury but still gamely turned up to play, wriggled his way past 4 defenders but was cruelly brought down just outside the penalty box. From the resulting free-kick, Sebastian curled the ball low but was really narrowly just 0.77 m wide!
ARFC then conceded a goal. 0-1
Haron then combined very well with Alvin by exchanging several one-two passes. However, Alvin could not get a decent shot in.
Blackburn then came in for the slightly-injured Soon with Sebastian moving back to centre-mid position.
Norman also impressed with several throw-ins which FC Simpang had problems dealing with but ARFC could not benefit from those missiles.
In the 2nd half, Wayne, who only arrived at the break after going to the wrong venue, came in at left-back with Blackburn partnering Haron in attack.
ARFC fell further behind when its off-side trap failed and the striker was able to take almost 7 mins before rolling the ball into the empty net. At this juncture, Sebastian totally flew his top as no one even bothered to chase after their striker after the failed off-side trap which is totally suicidal!
ARFC suffered yet another crushing blow when Haron picked up a thigh injury and had to be substituted. L
ARFC then threatened with a few corners but was unable to capitalize. Blackburn also flashed a shot wide.
ARFC then conceded another suicidal goal. 0-3.
From Sebastian’s diagonal cross-field pass, Tze Ern shot meekly at their keeper.
In the dying mins, Soon showed ARFC his world-renowned determination when he came from nowhere to chase after Jinzhong’s long punt. Just when everyone thought their keeper would get the ball, Soon nicked the ball away from him but his shot from an acute angle just rolled across the goal-mouth with no ARFC there to tap in. Unlucky but what a world-class determined run!
Besides the morale-sapping 0-3 loss, ARFC is also looking at potential injury victims in Haron, Soon, Alvin and Guoxiong.
Just one thing to add, considering the injuries that both Alvin and Haron were carrying prior to the match, both did well. If there is anything to blame, it’s us midfielders as we did not feed them with quality balls and they had to rely mostly on scraps.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
D2D League New Season - 1st match details
20 March 2011 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Tampines Secondary School (artificial pitch)
Opponent is FC Simpang
Please bring both colours.
Please e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Tampines Secondary School (artificial pitch)
Opponent is FC Simpang
Please bring both colours.
Please e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
No match this sunday (13 March 2011)
Dear ARFC warriors,
Due to a spate of injuries picked up by many of us during the past few matches, I have requested the D2D organiser to grant us a break for this sunday in order for us to rest and recover.
Hence, no match this sunday but please rest and get well.
Due to a spate of injuries picked up by many of us during the past few matches, I have requested the D2D organiser to grant us a break for this sunday in order for us to rest and recover.
Hence, no match this sunday but please rest and get well.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Under-strength ARFC out-classed and crashed out of D2D Cup
In the D2D Cup quarter-final match, an under-strength ARFC was out-classed 2-6 by Luchas Locos at Bedok Green SS in front of 77,777 fans which included 3 babes – Anna, Su and Afiqah.
The loss also saw an end of ARFC’s 7-match unbeaten streak in 2011.
ARFC started with this 4-5-1 line-up:
Keeper: Guest keeper Michael
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong (captain)
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Combative Ron
Left-back: Unpredictable Blackburn
Right-mid: Talisman Derrick
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Subs:
Wonder Wayne
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Absent:
Towering Toh
Precocious En Dian
Unbeatable Darren
Long-throw specialist Norman
Dependable Jinzhong
Sublime Khim
Speedy Hee
Nippy Kenny
Talented Chun Haw
Things got off to a worst possible start when ARFC conceded a goal after just 7 mins.
To its credit, ARFC did not give up and equalized 7 mins later. Guoxiong was brutally hacked down when he tried to embark his trade-mark over-lapping run on the right. From the free-kick, Sebastian’s ball was hit high into the 6-yard area. Under pressure from a host of ARFC warriors like Tjioe, Ron, Derrick and Alvin, their keeper fumbled and spilled the ball into his own net for the 24th own goal to ARFC. 1-1
Wayne then took over Blackburn’s position at left back. Haron also replaced the injured Soon.
ARFC then fell behind again. 1-2.
Things started turning tragic when ARFC conceded another 2 goals to go down 1-4 at half-time.
In the 2nd half, Soon replaced Sebastian after the latter suffered a slight twist to his left ankle.
In the 2nd half, ARFC played much better. In the 57th min, Haron combined effectively with Alvin but the latter shot wide.
Blackburn then put Alvin clean through with a clever quickly-taken free-kick but again Alvin shot wide.
ARFC then concede another 2 goals. 1-6.
Michael then made 2 world-class saves.
Mins before the end, Michael threw a quick ball to Derrick who was standing at the mid right flank area. Spotting their keeper off his line, Derrick unleashed a swinging volley which saw the ball sailed over their keeper for his 33rd ARFC foal. 2-6
Derrick’s goal was similar to David Beckham’s 1997 goal against Crystal Palace which launched his stardom. Hopefully, Derrick will also go on to be as famous as Beckham.
Man-of-the-Match is Tze Ern though Ron and Guoxiong stood out too.
From this match, it was clear that ARFC missed Speedy Hee’s constant harassing of defenders. Also, Darren was a BIG miss as our left-back position was hopelessly and haplessly exposed time and again especially in the 1st half. Last but not least, ARFC really needs a keeper who can commit to the team.
The loss also saw an end of ARFC’s 7-match unbeaten streak in 2011.
ARFC started with this 4-5-1 line-up:
Keeper: Guest keeper Michael
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong (captain)
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Combative Ron
Left-back: Unpredictable Blackburn
Right-mid: Talisman Derrick
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Subs:
Wonder Wayne
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Absent:
Towering Toh
Precocious En Dian
Unbeatable Darren
Long-throw specialist Norman
Dependable Jinzhong
Sublime Khim
Speedy Hee
Nippy Kenny
Talented Chun Haw
Things got off to a worst possible start when ARFC conceded a goal after just 7 mins.
To its credit, ARFC did not give up and equalized 7 mins later. Guoxiong was brutally hacked down when he tried to embark his trade-mark over-lapping run on the right. From the free-kick, Sebastian’s ball was hit high into the 6-yard area. Under pressure from a host of ARFC warriors like Tjioe, Ron, Derrick and Alvin, their keeper fumbled and spilled the ball into his own net for the 24th own goal to ARFC. 1-1
Wayne then took over Blackburn’s position at left back. Haron also replaced the injured Soon.
ARFC then fell behind again. 1-2.
Things started turning tragic when ARFC conceded another 2 goals to go down 1-4 at half-time.
In the 2nd half, Soon replaced Sebastian after the latter suffered a slight twist to his left ankle.
In the 2nd half, ARFC played much better. In the 57th min, Haron combined effectively with Alvin but the latter shot wide.
Blackburn then put Alvin clean through with a clever quickly-taken free-kick but again Alvin shot wide.
ARFC then concede another 2 goals. 1-6.
Michael then made 2 world-class saves.
Mins before the end, Michael threw a quick ball to Derrick who was standing at the mid right flank area. Spotting their keeper off his line, Derrick unleashed a swinging volley which saw the ball sailed over their keeper for his 33rd ARFC foal. 2-6
Derrick’s goal was similar to David Beckham’s 1997 goal against Crystal Palace which launched his stardom. Hopefully, Derrick will also go on to be as famous as Beckham.
Man-of-the-Match is Tze Ern though Ron and Guoxiong stood out too.
From this match, it was clear that ARFC missed Speedy Hee’s constant harassing of defenders. Also, Darren was a BIG miss as our left-back position was hopelessly and haplessly exposed time and again especially in the 1st half. Last but not least, ARFC really needs a keeper who can commit to the team.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
D2D Cup - Quarter-Final match details
06 March 2011 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Bedok Green Sec Sch
Opponent is Luchas Locos.
Please bring both colours.
Please e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Bedok Green Sec Sch
Opponent is Luchas Locos.
Please bring both colours.
Please e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
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