Derrick grabbed 5 goals in 7-0 win

In the most one-sided match since our 14-0 whipping on FC Corpus Christi on 18 Jan 2009, ARFC demolished our opponents 7-0 though the score-line could have easily reached 20 goals.

The only justification is that our opponents played the 1^st half with 9 players and the 2^nd half with 10 players. But even with 11 players, they would also be thrashed.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Dependable Jinzhong

Right-back - Earl

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis  

Stopper - Weng Tuck (guest player)

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid - Speedy Hee

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian

Right-mid - Talisman Derrick

Striker - Powerful Alvin

Striker - Unpredictable Blackburn

   

Subs:

Steely Tze Ern (late)

Absent:

Marauding Guoxiong C

omposed Jackson

Combative Ron

Resolute Jasper

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Impeccable How Meng

Hard-man Tjioe

Talented Chun Haw

Skillful Weilit

Wonder Wayne

Towering Toh

Regal Roy

Nippy Kenny

Sublime Khim

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

Within minutes, AFC already spurned 2 chances and continued to miss several chances.

ARFC finally opened the scoring in the 17^th min. The ball was not cleared in their penalty area and Derrick’s shot took a cruel wicked deflection to completely wrong-foot their keeper. 1-0 and this was Derrick’s 61^st ARFC goal.

77 seconds later, ARFC doubled its lead. Blackburn’s corner from the left sailed high over to the right and Earl cleverly headed the ball back into the 6-yard area. Derrick was there at the right spot and he simply nodded the ball home for his 62^nd ARFC goal. 2-0

ARFC then continued to miss chances.

At this juncture, ARFC wanted to offer Weng Tuck to them to provide more competitiveness but strangely enough, they rejected!

Derrick completed his hat-trick after Hee robbed their player in ARFC’s half and sped away. Hee fed Alvin who in turn laid the ball out for the lurking Derrick on the right. Without hesitation, Derrick rifled the ball high into the net, giving their keeper no chance at all. 3-0 and this was Derrick’s 63^rd ARFC goal and his 3^rd-eevr hat-trick for ARFC.

After the end of the 1^st half, the opponents finally asked for a player and Weng Tuck was offered.

Things did not change, however, and Derrick grabbed his 4^th goal in the match. Again, Alvin, Hee and Blackburn combined to free Derrick whose mis-hit weak shot was somehow spilled by their keeper and trickled into the net. 4-0 and this was Derrick’s 64^th ARFC goal, putting him on level terms with Toh.

ARFC still continued to miss chances.

Blackburn’s corner from the left was brilliantly met by Hee at the far post who connected with a header from a mere 0.77 mm from the goal-line. This headed goal was almost similar to Miroslav Klose’s headed goal against Saudi Arabia in Germany’s 8-0 win at the 2002 World Cup. 5-0 and this was Hee’s 89^th ARFC goal.

Derrick then notched his 5^th goal in the match when he slalomed his was past so many defenders before firing home his 65^th ARFC goal. 6-0 and with this goal, Derrick overtook Toh to stay at 7^th position in the ARFC’s Leading Scorers’ List.

This was also Derrick's 3rd hat-trick for ARFC and incredibly, he had scored 14 goals in these 3 hat-tricks.

ARFC still missed several chances.

ARFC rounded off the score with 77 seconds remaining. Blackburn did very well to dribble down the right touch-line before pulling the ball back for the grateful Alvin to place the ball home for his 199^th ARFC goal. 7-0.

Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Soon and Hee.

Derrick reached 60 ARFC goals in rout

Playing on a Saturday for the second time this year, ARFC totally destroyed its opponents 6-3 on the back of an inspiring display from Jackson.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Impeccable How Meng

Right-back - Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper - Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper - Composed Jackson  

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid - Speedy Hee

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Marauding Guoxiong

Right-mid - Talisman Derrick

Striker - Powerful Alvin

Striker - ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

   

Subs:

Combative Ron

Resolute Jasper

Earl (guest player)

Ah Di (guest player)

Victor (guest player)

Absent:

Hard-man Tjioe

Talented Chun Haw

Skillful Weilit

Wonder Wayne

Towering Toh

Influential Sebastian

Regal Roy

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis  

Nippy Kenny

Sublime Khim

Steely Tze Ern

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

ARFC was in total control for the first 20 minutes but could not get an opening goal. The way ARFC was playing, however, it would only be a matter of time before the floodgates were opened.

True enough, the first goal duly arrived in the 25^th min. Alvin fizzed a cross from the right and Derrick attempted a V. Sundram Moorthy’s move (in 1993 against Brunei) by attempting a bicycle-kick. However, Derrick forgot that he can only ride bicycle at East Coast Park with a babe and hence it was no surprise that he missed. Ah Di, who just came in for Soon, latched on the loose ball and shot home his 2^nd ARFC goal. 1-0

7 mins later, a corner from Blackburn created chaos in the box and Earl reacted fastest to poke in his 2^nd ARFC goal. 2-0

77 seconds later, ARFC put the result to bed. Following up on his impressive right-back showing last week, Jasper produced yet another stunning overlapping run and flashed a cross from right. Earl dummied their defender who was fooled and the ball fell kindly to Alvin. Naturally, Alvin gleefully shot home his 197^th ARFC goal. 3-0

The opponents then pulled a goal back when their towering John Hunter striker headed home. 3-1.

7 mins into the restart, ARFC produced the move of the match.  Guoxiong passed to Alvin who held up the ball while Guoxiong galloped down the left flank ala Ryan Giggs. Alvin then backheeled the ball, ala Luis Garcia, that put Guoxiong through. With his left foot, Guoxiong whipped in a cross which saw Haron headed against the cross-bar. Unlucky and the miss meant Haron hit the woodwork for the 2^nd successive match.

7 mins later, Jackson showcased his class when he won the ball in the middle, weaved past 4 defenders and hit a cross-field ball, ala Xabi Alonso and Jamie Redknapp, to Haron who was urking on the right. Haron was adamant not to hit the woodwork again and true enough, he nonchalantly lobbed over their bemused keeper for his 189^th ARFC goal. 4-1

7 mins later, Derrick, as usual, was hacked down outside the box. While the opponents were still arranging the wall, Blackburn showed that his sharp mind when he quickly released Derrick who quickly dusted himself up from the deck. Derrick faced their keeper alone and he simply placed the ball home for his 60^th ARFC goal. 5-1

The opponents then pulled 2 goals back. 5-3.

Alvin then had the last word. From Blackburn’s corner, Alvin connected with his shoulder ala R.Sasikumar’s goal in 1998, for his 198^th ARFC goal. 6-3

Man-of-the-match is given to Jackson who is slowly but surely emerging as a huge talent. The only wish is that he can turn out for ARFC more often.

ARFC also put in a great team display.

Special mention to Soon who came despite having the full marathon later in the same day.

Tjioe starred in ARFC's victory

With a dominating performance, ARFC chalked up its 4^th successive victories with a 2-0 win over IW.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper             -           Impeccable How Meng

Right-back       -           Resolute Jasper

Sweeper           -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper                        -           Combative Ron

Left-back         -           Wonder Wayne

Left-mid          -           Talisman Derrick

Centre-mid       -           Hard-man Tjioe  

Centre-mid       -           Talented Chun Haw

Right-mid         -           Skillful Weilit  

Striker              -           Powerful Alvin

Striker              -           Speedy Hee

             

Subs:

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Dynamic Soon

Influential Sebastian (late)

Absent:

Towering Toh

Marauding Guoxiong  

Regal Roy

Composed Jackson  

Unbeatable Darren

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis  

Dependable Jinzhong

Nippy Kenny

Sublime Khim

Steely Tze Ern

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

Earl (guest player)

ARFC was determined to correct the wrong (1-1 draw in the previous match against the same opponent) and Tjioe was particularly menacing.

ARFC opened the scoring in the 17^th min.  Alvin’s corner was hit way too high and reached no ARFC warrior.  However, Ron did not give up and chased the ball till the byline. With a sharp turn ala Dennis Bergkamp, Ron floated the ball back in and Chun Haw connected with a vicious looping header to beat their keeper for his 20^th ARFC goal. 1-0

7 mins later, Haron replaced Hee.

In the 27^th min, ARFC nearly doubled the scoring. Alvin was put away down the left flank by Tjioe. With a powerful first touch, Alvin pushed the ball beyond their covering defender. Looking up, Alvin heard Haron’s call and he duly obliged with a low outside right footer ball. The onrushing Haron looked to have added to his 188 ARFC goals but his shot inexplicably smacked against the post with the goal gaping! Unlucky but what a great awareness by Haron!

Soon then replaced Weilit who suffered a hand injury.

In the 2^nd half, Sebastian came on for Ron with Tjioe dropping to stopper.

Sebastian made an immediate impact when he chipped in a free-kick from the middle to the right flank. Jasper produced a stunning over-lapping run down the right flank, looked up and sent in a delicious ball into the box. Haron and their keeper and defender challenged for the ball but Haron won the duel when he flicked the ball over them. With the ball rolling nicely about 0.77 mm from the goal-line, Soon made sure of the goal by simply tapping into the unguarded net for his 47^th ARFC goal. 2-0

Sebastian then executed a curling free-kick from the left which was not met by any warrior but it bounced off the post. Unlucky for ARFC again.

Haron then released Alvin with a clever pass and Alvin surged clear only to see his low right-footed shot cannoned off the post. Yet another unlucky ARFC miss!

Man-of-the-Match must be given to both Tjioe and Wayne. 

Special mention to Jasper who put in several over-lapping runs from his right-back position. Wonderful improving player.

Haron netted a brace to inspire 5-1 win over Anfield Warriors FC

Playing a Saturday afternoon match for the first time since ages ago, ARFC put up a strong display to dismiss the challenge of the ‘Anfield Warriors FC’ (Liverpool Supporters team) 5-1 with Haron back to his groove.

This was also the first time that ARFC is playing in a 3-halves match of 30 mins each.

Due to its illustrious opponents ARFC, ‘Anfield Warriors’ invited past Liverpool greats to witness the match. The greats are Bruce Grobblearr, Steve Nicol, Mark Lawrenson, Alan Kennedy, Jim Beglin, Phil Neal, Alan Hansen, Jan Molby, Steve McMahon, Graeme Souness, Craig Johnston, John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Ian Rush, John Aldridge, Ray Houghton, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Kenny Dalglish, Alonso, Luis Garcia, Javier Mascherano, Patrick Berger, Sami Hyypia, Jerzy Dudek, Stephen Henchoz and many lesser names (too many to mention).

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper             -           Impeccable How Meng

Right-back       -           Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper           -           Astute-reading sweeper Elvis  

Stopper            -           Unbeatable Darren (captain)

Left-back         -           Regal Roy

Left-mid          -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Centre-mid       -           Marauding Guoxiong  

Centre-mid       -           Composed Jackson  

Right-mid         -           Talisman Derrick

Striker              -           Powerful Alvin

Striker              -           Talented Chun Haw

             

Subs:

Towering Toh

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (late)

Speedy Hee

Resolute Jasper

Dexter (guest player)

Absent:

Influential Sebastian 

Nippy Kenny

Dynamic Soon

Sublime Khim

Steely Tze Ern

Combative Ron

Wonder Wayne

Hard-man Tjioe

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

Skillful Weilit

Earl (guest player)

ARFC opened the scoring in the 7^th min. From Darren’s searching ball down the left channel ala Bjornebye, Alvin turned and chipped to Chun Haw. Without missing a beat, Chun Haw headed the ball back to Alvin who cracked in a crisp volley in the air ala Fernando Torres (the Liverpool version, not the Chelski version) that almost burst the net. 1-0 and this was Alvin’s 196^th ARFC goal.

With this goal, Alvin has now scored in his 4^th successive match.

The 1^st tri-half ended 1-0 as chances were at a premium.

7 mins after the start of the 2^nd tri-half, ARFC conceded after it failed to clear a corner. 1-1

ARFC regained its lead just 7 mins later.  Derrick performed a Steve McManaman when he weaved and wriggled his way into the box and was chopped down by their defender. Haron stepped up to plant the penalty firmly into the bottom right corner ala Robbie Fowler for his 187^th ARFC goal. 2-1

7 mins later, ARFC extended its lead. Alvin muscled his way and won the ball on the right and quickly played in Chun Haw ala Steven Gerrard. Chun Haw faced their keeper one-on-one and he won the dual by placing the ball past him ala Michael Owen. 3-1 and this was Chun Haw’s 19^th ARFC goal, putting him on level terms with ex-warrior Jesmond.

17^th mins later, Alvin again robbed their player of possession and powered down the left flank. His cross was cleared by their defender but was blocked by Hee ala Mascherano. The ball fell kindly to the lurking Haron who needed no second invitation to hit home his 188^th ARFC goal ala Robbie Fowler. 4-1

In the 3^rd tri-half, Toh finally arrived to lend strength. ARFC continued to create chances and both Haron and Chun Haw were put through on goal on a couple of occasions but could not hit the target.

Just mins from the end, ARFC won a free-kick. As the opponents were busy forming the wall, Blackburn took full advantage and caught them by surprise by simply firing a quick free-kick into the net for his 126^th ARFC goal. 5-1

Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to both Roy and Jackson.

After the match, both teams gathered for a hand-shake as Liverpool fans, like Liverpool players, are always sporting losers. A group photo was taken and all sang Liverpool songs together.

This gesture moved long-time Man Yoo supporters Guoxiong, Derrick, Hee and Jasper so much that they vowed to become Liverpool supporters henceforth.  In fact, all 4 of them even commented that they were ashamed to be Man Yoo supporters for so long as Man Yoo is always a sore loser.

Even Tjioe, another long-term Man Yoo supporter and who was watching the match via live streaming while receiving BBBJ from a “lady-boy” in a dinghy hotel room in Bangkok, was moved to tears after witnessing the post-match gesture. Tjioe also realized his mistake in supporting Man Yoo and after ejaculating, chanted “I will be a die-hard Liverpool supporter from now on……”

Before ARFC left, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen and Kenny Dalglish commented that Alvin, Haron and Chun Haw are almost as good as they were in their prime, and invited them to join them for the Masters Futsal tournament in 2014.

ARFC's top-22 scorers (as at 12 May 2013)

1. Alvin - 195 goals
2. Haron - 186 goals
3. Blackburn - 125 goals
4. Hee - 88 goals
5. Sebastian - 83 goals
6. Robin (ex-player) - 69 goals
7. Toh - 64 goals
8. Derrick - 59 goals
9. Tjioe - 58 goals
10. Khim - 50 goals
11. Jeffrey (ex-player) - 49 goals
12. Soon - 46 goals
13. Kiat (ex-player) - 25 goals
14. Tong (ex-player) - 24 goals
15. David (ex-player) - 23 goals
16. Jiongjiong (ex-player) - 21 goals
17. Hock - 21 goals
18. Jesmond (ex-player) - 19 goals
19. Chun Haw - 18 goals
20. Kenny - 17 goals
21. Guoxiong - 15 goals
22. Elvis - 13 goals

ARFC's hat-trick heroes list (as at 12 May 2013)

Alvin                        18 hat-tricks,  61 goals          

Haron                      11, 37

Robin                       10, 39

Blackburn               6, 18         

JiongJiong             4, 14

Hee                         4, 14

Sebastian              4, 12

Chun Haw            3, 9

Derrick                2, 9

Jeffrey                  2, 7

Tjioe                     2, 7

David, Jesmond and Kenny     1 hat-trick, 4 goals each

Tong, Kiat, Hock, Tino, Soon, Guoxiong, Yeong, Wayne  1 hat-trick, 3 goals each

         

Kenny joined elite ARFC hat-trick heroes list in thumping 8-2 triumph

Playing under approximately 77.77 degrees celcius temperature at Victoria School, ARFC destroyed OVA team 8-2 courtesy of a Man-of-the-Match performance from Alvin.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Wonder Wayne (volunteered to be keeper)

Right-back - Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis  

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren (captain)

Left-mid - Sublime Khim  

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Unpredictable Blackburn

Right-mid - Speedy Hee

Striker - Powerful Alvin

Striker - Nippy Kenny

 

Subs:

Influential Sebastian 

Talisman Derrick

Steely Tze Ern

Combative Ron

Earl (guest player)

Absent:

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Marauding Guoxiong

Hard-man Tjioe

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

Impeccable How Meng

Skillful Weilit

Resolute Jasper

Roy

Composed Jackson

Talented Chun Haw

ARFC brushed aside the super-duper hot weather to start the match strongly with Alvin, Kenny and Hee at the forefront of things.

Just 7 mins gone, ARFC took the lead. Soon played a delicious ball down the right flank for Hee to, well, speed clear. Hee drew their keeper out before squaring the ball for the on-rushing Alvin to simply tap the ball home for his 194^th ARFC goal. 1-0.

Hee was then the “first victim” of the weather when he signaled to be substituted, with Tze Ern taking his place. Moments later, Sebastian, Derrick and Ron took over from Kenny, Alvin and Soon. Derrick and Blackburn then formed the front-two.

ARFC conjured so many chances but failed to take them with Derrick’s miss taking the cake. Playing under the watchful eyes of his wife and 4 (!!) children, captain-of-the-day Darren bombed down the left flank before sending in a inch-perfect cross ala David Beckham in the 6-yard box line. However, Derrick’s stooping header went high over the bar when unmarked.

ARFC was then made to pay for its prolificacy when their first shot on target resulted in a goal! 1-1

To ARFC’s credit, all warriors did not panic and most importantly, did not engage in any finger-pointing at all.

In the 2^nd half, Hee was put clean through down the left flank twice in quick succession by Sebastian but he failed to capitalize. Unlucky!

Alvin then restore ARFC’s lead when he surged down the right flank. Hee then distracted their keeper by shouting for the ball from the left. Alvin’s cross-shot then somehow sailed over their keeper at the far post with their keeper still keeping an eye on Hee’s run from behind. 2-1 and this was Alvin’s 195^th ARFC goal.

Mins later, Soon’s incessant pressurizing paid dividends when he robbed the opponent and laid the ball to Alvin. Instinctively, Alvin played Kenny, who just came on for Wayne only, in and the latter duly slotted the ball home for his 14^th ARFC goal. 3-1

ARFC scored almost immediately. Sebastian played a précise ground ball to Alvin who then executed a through ball for Kenny to run from deep and placed the ball low into the net for his 15^th ARFC goal. 4-1

Kenny’s 15^th ARFC goal tied with Guoxiong at the 20^th position at the ARFC’s all-time scorers’ list.

ARFC then conceded another goal.4-2.

Blackburn restored ARFC’s 3-goal lead when he robbed their defender and rifled home his 124^th ARFC goal. 5-2.

ARFC continued pressing and Alvin chalked up yet another assist in this match when he passed to Kenny who easily scored to notch his fist-ever hat-trick for ARFC. 6-2 and this was Kenny’s 16^th ARFC goal, moving him ahead of Guoxiong.

With his hat-trick, Kenny has now officially joined the elite list of ARFC’s hat-trick heroes.

ARFC could not stop and Blackburn brought a high ball now about 47.77 metres from their goal. Taking aim for close to 7 seconds, Blackburn crashed in a cannon-ball that hit the top right-hand corner of the goal, giving their despairing keeper no chance at ll. World-class goal and this was Blackburn’s 125^th ARFC goal. 7-2

Kenny was not done yet. Derrick sped down the right flank and though he could easily take a shot and score, Derrick chose team over personal glory by squaring the ball across goal for Kenny to poke home his 17^th ARFC goal. 8-2

This was a match where ARFC could easily at least reach double-figures. The good thing to note is that every warrior played very very well and played for each other.

Special mention to Hee who worked tirelessly both at helping out his left-back and also contributed so much to ARFC’s attack.

Of course, Man-of-the-Match must be given to Alvin for his world-class display today.