Inspiring team performance paved the way to 5-2 victory

Playing its first night match in 2013, ARFC put in a high-octane performance to suffocate its opponent, Bedok Police FC, 5-2.  

The match also witnessed the appearance of ARFC’s first-ever right-back Boon, who went MIA for 7 years.

Special credit to both Darren and Chun How for volunteering to be keeper for each half.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper           -           Unbeatable Darren

Right-back     -           Resolute Jasper

Sweeper         -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper          -           Towering Toh

Left-back       -           Marauding Guoxiong

Left-mid         -           Skillful Weilit

Centre-mid    -           Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid    -           Influential Sebastian

Right-mid      -           Talisman Derrick

Striker                        -           ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Striker                        -           Talented Chun Haw  

             

Subs:

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis (late)

Speedy Hee (late)

Powerful Alvin (no boots till late in first half)

Composed Jackson (came but did not play)

Booming Boon

Victor (guest player)

Ryan (guest player)

Absent:

Wonder Wayne  

Steely Tze Ern

Combative Ron

Impeccable How Meng

Nippy Kenny

Dependable Jinzhong

Earl

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

ARFC quickly gained control upon kick-off. Particularly, Weilit was very impressive with his mazy dribbles down the left flank.

In the 17^th min, ARFC took the lead after Chun Haw cleverly won a free-kick out on the left. Before taking the free-kick, Sebastian already exchanged eye-signals with Haron. Playing his 2^nd match in successive days, Sebastian showed no signs of fatigue when he lasered in a high ball all the way to the far post for Haron to come in from deep to powered-head the ball with a flying header ala Juergen Klinsmann for his 190^th ARFC goal. 1-0

Hee then took over from Sebastian, with Chun Haw moving back to centre mid.

Chun Haw then showed his class when he received the ball at the left, spotted Derrick calling for the ball from right, and immediately threaded a diagonal low ball. Derrick’s first touch was heavy and nearly lost the ball to their covering defender and keeper but somehow, Derrick gave a last-min burst and prodded the ball home for his 66^th ARFC goal. 2-0.

Ryan then took over from Derrick, Elvis from Soon, Victor from Toh, Boon from Jasper.

ARFC then conceded a goal. 2-1

Alvin’s boots finally arrived and he took over from Blackburn.

Ryan then created a golden opportunity when his right wing cross eluded every opponent and landed right at the feet of Alvin, who was totally, absolutely and completely unmarked in the 6-yard area! Faced with their keeper who was shocked till rooted on the ground, Alvin inexplicably fired wide!!

Derrick then replaced Weilit who signalled for change. Alas, tragedy soon struck when Derrick was kicked from behind and injured his right knee.

ARFC quickly regained its 2-goal margin after a series of wall passes. Guoxiong passed to Blackburn and continued his run, Blackburn then passed to Ryan who, after spotted Guoxiong’s run, quickly passed the ball in. Without breaking his stride, Guoxiong thumped home his 16^th ARFC goal. 3-1 and this was also Guoxiong’s first goal for ARFC in 2013.

Blackburn then spurned a golden chance when he beat their keeper. But faced with an gaping goal, Blackburn chose to square the ball to Ryan who was also free in the 6-yard area. Due to a combination of a soft pass and Ryan’s shockness, the ball was cleared away by their covering defender.

The opponents then scored from a quick break-away. 3-2

Weilit then finally justified his ARFC nick-name when he produced a mazy dribble to weave past 4 defenders to rifle in his 3^rd ARFC goal. World-class goal ala Neymar.   4-2 and this was also Weilit’s first ARFC goal in 2013.

Toh then suffered a nasty cut at his right eye-brow area after a clash of heads.

By now, the opponents were totally deflated and ARFC continued to harass and close down space non-stop. From one such move, Blackburn galloped down the left flank and swung in a vicious cross. Before the ball reach Hee, Guoxiong was heard shouting ‘MELISSA’ and inspired by the name, Hee came from blind side to sweep home a thunderous volley alas Robin van Persie for his 90^th ARFC goal. 5-2 and MELISSA has indeed done wonders to Hee.

Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Weilit and Soon.  However, what is most heartening is the great teamwork and play by all warriors tonight.

Jasper also deserved special mention for his 6-7 overlapping runs from right-back, while Boon lasted more than 7 mins!  

ARFC's 13-match unbeaten streak in 2013 came to end

In a hastily-arranged friendly match, no thanks to the Indons, ARFC lost their 13-match unbeaten streak in 2103 after going down 2-3 to The Outsiders. This was also ARFC’s 2^nd defeat in 2013.

The full match was witnessed for the very first time by Hee’s muse – Melissa!

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper           -           Impeccable How Meng

Right-back     -           Marauding Guoxiong

Sweeper         -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper          -           Victor (guest player)

Left-back       -           Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid         -           Speedy Hee

Centre-mid    -           Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid    -           Steely Tze Ern

Right-mid      -           Talisman Derrick

Striker                        -           Powerful Alvin

Striker                        -           Wonder Wayne  

             

Subs:

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Resolute Jasper

Skillful Weilit

Combative Ron (late)

Absent:

Influential Sebastian

Nippy Kenny

Talented Chun Haw

Dependable Jinzhong

Earl

Composed Jackson

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Hard-man Tjioe

Towering Toh

Regal Roy

Sublime Khim

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

The Outsiders is currently playing in the D2D Sunday afternoon league and has a good central midfielder and 2 very fast wingers. However, when faced with ARFC’s Guoxiong and Darren, they were not able to gain any significant advantage.

In the 7^th min, they took the lead. 0-1

10 mins later, ARFC equalized thanks to fast thinking from Wayne.  Wayne’s quick throw-in saw Alvin scampering away down the right flank. Alvin’s cut-back was met with precision-like timing from Soon who came from deep to place the ball home for his 48^th ARFC goal. 1-1.

In the 27^th min, ARFC conceded an own goal. 1-2

ARFC staged a strong fight-back. First, Guoxiong produced a superb over-lapping run ala Dani Alves and crossed to the far post. Alvin headed the ball back to Soon who was totally unmarked from 7.7 metres. Alas, he headed the ball just over. Unfortunate miss but what a fantastic build-up.

How Meng then punted a long goal-kick ala Pepe Reina that sailed over their defence to Alvin. With their keeper charging out, Alvin looped the ball over him but sailed just 0.77 cm wide. Unlucky!

ARFC finally equalized in the 37^th min. From yet another fast break, Soon sliced in a through ball down the left to Hee. Obviously, Hee is now much (x 77) lighter than before and despite the close attention of 3 defenders, Hee simply glided past them ala Ryan Giggs (20 years ago) with his speed and squared the ball across goal. Alvin killed the ball with a great first touch ala Fernando Torres (the Liverpool version), saw their keeper coming out, and simply whacked the ball into the bottom left corner for his 201^st ARFC goal. 2-2

This was Alvin’s 4^th consecutive match that he has scored.

Both teams were evenly matched in the 2^nd half.

ARFC then conceded another goal. 2-3

How Meng the kept ARFC in the match when he produced a superb reflex save from their header. World class goalkeeping!

In the last 7 mins, ARFC’s superior fitness prevailed and bombarded the opponent’s goal but to no avail.

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

Alvin reaches 200 ARFC goals !!!!!!!

In a friendly match against Monshi Monsters, which is filled with NBA-like height players, Alvin became the 1^st ARFC warrior to reach the 200-goal milestone in a 3-1 victory.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper             -           Impeccable How Meng

Right-back       -           Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper           -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper             -           Victor (guest player)

Left-back         -           Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid          -           Speedy Hee

Centre-mid       -           Marauding Guoxiong

Centre-mid       -           Talented Chun Haw

Right-mid         -           Talisman Derrick

Striker              -           Powerful Alvin

Striker              -           Wonder Wayne  

             

Subs:

Nippy Kenny

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Influential Sebastian (late)

Absent:

Dynamic Soon

Steely Tze Ern

Earl

Composed Jackson

Combative Ron

Resolute Jasper

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Hard-man Tjioe

Skillful Weilit

Towering Toh

Regal Roy

Sublime Khim

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

ARFC took a while to get used to their physical tackles with Derrick bearing the brunt the most.

ARFC opened the scoring in the 17^th min. Guoxiong popped a delicious ball down the right flank that saw Wayne breaking away in delight. With their keeper to beat, Wayne showed that he is unselfish when he squared the ball across after drawing out their keeper. The on-rushing Alvin had the easiest of easiest task to simply tap the ball into the unguarded net for his 200^th ARFC goal!!!!  1-0.

After scoring, Alvin took off his top, swung 7 times above his head and wheeled away in delirious fashion. After seeing his bulging muscles bouncing up and down, all the SYTs and PRC PDMMs present could not tahan anymore and started stripping off their tops in their efforts to entice and seduce Alvin. However, Alvin turned them down as he is now a changed man – a total family man.

The opponents then equalized in the most bizarre manner when the referee awarded an extremely soft penalty after the ball hit Darren. 1-1.

ARFC then spurned a few chances.

In the 27^th min, Guoxiong was put clean through by Blackburn. He sprinted clear, rounded their keeper and looked to have scored his 16^th ARFC goal. Unfortunately, he took an extra touch and his follow-up shot was incredibly cleared away by their back-tracking defender.

Derrick and Kenny were having a field day down the flanks with their dominating penetrative runs at right and left flank respectively. However, their efforts were not rewarded with goals.

ARFC regained the lead about 7 mins after the re-start. Sebastian played a low venomous slide-rule pass ala Jamie Redknapp/Xabi Alonso and Alvin came from deep and totally shattered their offside trap. With only their keeper to beat, Alvin could have gone for goal himself but he remembered Wayne’s kindness earlier. Alvin then squared the ball across and Kenny gleefully steered the ball in for his 18^th ARFC goal. 2-1

ARFC conjured several more chances but no goals.

In the 67^th min, Sebastian scored ARFC’s 3^rd goal. Chun Haw showed his great awareness when he cleverly won a free-kick just outside the box at the inner left area. Sebastian regained his deadly dead-ball skills when he plonked the ball right through the wall to beat their keeper at his near post. 3-1 and this was Sebastian’s 84^th ARFC goal.

7 mins later, ARFC had a goal disallowed. Sebastian threaded a no-look pass down the right flank and there was BLACKBURN (!!!!!) who turned back the clock in the early 90s when he galloped down the right flank. His low cross was turned in by Wayne but the referee correctly ruled that Wayne was offside.

Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Darren, Jinzhong, Derrick and Hee.

200-goal hero Alvin was clearly over the moon. Speaking to xinmsn.com in Mandarin, Alvin beamed:

“I want to thank all warriors all these years for creating the 200 goals for me. I never imagined that I would be the first ARFC warrior to reach 200 goals, especially since I could not even score in my first few matches for ARFC. Last but not least, I want to thank my wife, Irene, for allowing me to go for ARFC matches and staying at home to do all the housework.”

“To celebrate, I will be organizing a whole-night booze-dance-sex session soon…. All are welcome….Watch out for details of the session on WHATSAPP…..”

Tjioe becomes 1st-time father!

On behalf of ARFC, I would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Hard-man Tjioe for his new-born daughter, Megan Tjioe, who arrived in this beautiful world on 04 Jun 2013 weighing 3.29 kg and measuring 51 cm in height!

In about 18 years' time, we can expect Tjioe to go to Mambo Jumbo with Megan liao.......

Cheers!!

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.