Kenny inspired ARFC's come-back triumph over DBS

In the 3^rd reunion match this year, ARFC left it late before snatching a 4-3 victory over DBS with virtually the last kick of the match at the Floating Platform.

ARFC was supported by:

S/N	Warrior	Partner	Children
1.	Ismail	-	-
2.	Huiming	Yan Xiu	-
3.	Blackburn	-	-
4.	Jinzhong	-	-
5.	Darren	-	-
6.	Hee	-	-
7.	Tjioe	Sandy	Megan
8.	Sebastian (captain)	-	-
9.	Kenny	-	-
10.	Haron	Suhana	Afiqah and Ariq
11.	Alvin	Irene	Germaine
12.	Eng Lai	-	-
13.	Robin	Sidia	Ernest and Brenda
14.	Wayne	-	-
15.	Khim	Brenda	Dylan and Dylis
16.	Kiat	Josephine	Teajanz and Tiara
17.	Chun Haw	-	-
18.	David	Dora	Marco, Kalea and Asher
19.	Derrick	-	-
20.	Qingxing	Amanda	-

Note:

o   Derrick and Qingxing did not play due to injury.

o   First 11 names are the starting 11.

Probably affected by the sleepy 8 pm kick-off time, ARFC conceded probably its fastest goal when it gave away a controversial penalty within 17 seconds! 0-1

ARFC hit back with a penalty of its own after Kenny’s footwork had their defender totally in knots. Haron converted the resulting penalty for his 222^nd ARFC goal and immediately dashed towards his family members for a 9-seconds wet kiss. 1-1

After a few misses, ARFC conceded another break-away goal. 1-2

Eng Lai and Wayne then came on for Blackburn and Jinzhong respectively, with Darren switching to centre back to stabilize things.

Chun Haw then replaced Tjioe, while Khim took over Hee. David also replaced Haron, with Kenny moving to partner Alvin upfront. A while more, Kiat came in for Huiming with David moving to right-back. Alvin was also substituted by Robin

Despite many chances, ARFC could not score and was in fact indebted to Wayne who cleared off the line.

Robin almost scored when he turned away from his marker, made a space for a shot but could not get it in.

Alvin was then cruelly upended by their lunging keeper but the referee only awarded a free-kick though the foul was inside the box.

Kenny then equalized for ARFC after his brilliant curling right-foot shot from 37 metres eluded the diving keeper, struck the right post and nestled nicely into the net for his 51^st ARFC goal. 2-2

In the 2^nd half, ARFC continued pressing. First, Tjioe just headed wide from Sebastian’s corner on the right.

Then, Chun Haw found Alvin wheeling away to the far post but his precise chip over their defence was glanced wide by Alvin.

ARFC then conceded from another counter-attack to trail for the 3^rd time in the match. 2-3

With the minutes ticking away, ARFC did not give up. A long punt was picked up by Alvin at the left. Alvin squeezed his way through to the bye-line and centred a low ball in. Turning back the years when Tjioe was a box-to-box midfielder, Tjioe made a late dash into the box and somehow turned the ball in through their keeper’s grasp. The ball trickled into the net at a speed of 77 metres per hour for his 60^th ARFC goal. 

After scoring, Tjioe let out a loud growl that could be heard even at the sky pool at MBS. Naturally, both Sandy and Megan were over the moon at the sight of Tjioe scoring.

The match seemed headed for a draw but Khim had other ideas. With almost the last attack, Khim moved menacingly into the center before cutting the ball to his left with a reverse pas to Alvin. With the opponents appealing for an off-side, their Caucasian defender played Alvin on.  In a swift move, Alvin rifled the ball high into the roof of the net with his trade-mark outside right shot for his 257^th ARFC goal.  4-3

From the re-start, Tjioe was sent off for his lunging tackle which almost sparked a free-for-all.

All in all, it was a good match and clearly, all ex-ARFC warriors namely Huiming, David, Eng Lai, Kiat, Robin still had it in them to play for ARFC effectively.

Alvin's 24th ARFC hat-trick snapped 3-match winless streak

Playing at an unearthly kick-off time at 9pm, ARFC ended its 3-mach winless streak with a comprehensive 5-3 victory over Westminister.

ARFC was supported by Derrick who turned up with beer as he is working his way back to full fitness. Derrick also went to fetch Chun Haw and Weilit from their homes. What a wonderful and dedicated commitment to ARFC!

ARFC was hit by the 11^th-hour withdrawal of Ismail due to work. Thankfully, Chun Haw and Wayne agreed to stand in as GK for each half respectively.

Keeper - Talented Chun Haw

Right-back - Unbeatable Darren  

Sweeper - Combative Ron

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Wonder Wayne

Left mid - Speedy Hee

Right mid - Unpredictable Blackburn

Centre-mid - Hard-man Tjioe

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian (captain)

Striker - Nippy Kenny

Striker - Powerful Alvin

Subs:

Dynamic Soon (slightly late)

Skilful Weilit

Guohui (guest player)

Absent:

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Commanding Ismail

Steely Tze Ern

Impeccable How Meng

Talisman Derrick

Marauding Guoxiong

Dependable Jinzhong

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Sublime Khim

ARFC went ahead within 5 mins. Kenny robbed their sweeper, broke clear and bore down on their goal. Spotting Alvin running in from the left, Kenny unselfishly paid the ball to Alvin who duly placed the ball with his outside right foot for his 254^th ARFC goal. 1-0

Kenny, who had an inspiring match, turned provider yet again for Alvin. Wayne’s glided pass saw Kenny running down the left wing. Kenny again spotted Alvin’s run from the right and produced an inviting ball across goal and Alvin needed no second invitation to crash in his 255^th ARFC goal. 2-0

Wayne then put the result to bed with his first goal for ARFC in 2015.  From Blackburn’s corner on the right, Alvin put in a shot that was blocked on the line. Wayne reacted quickest and smashed home a jumping shot. 3-0 and this was Wayne’s 13^th ARFC goal, moving him on level terms with Elvis.

Wayne then conjured a stunning sliding block to deny a clean shot from the opponent.

From the left, Weilit passed to Sebastian who was at the middle and continued his run. Sebastian’s slide-rule pass pierced right through their defence but Weilit inexplicably shot over with just the keeper to beat.

ARFC then conceded a goal from the corner. 3-1

In the 2^nd half, ARFC continued its dominance in the match.

Sebastian passed to Alvin on the left centre area and peeling away to the right. Alvin read his move perfectly and chipped the ball into the box, right in front of Sebastian. Sebastian took a touch, volleyed in but the ball was blocked for a corner.

From the corner, Toh, who recovered from his seemingly drunken stupor (caused by Derrick’s inviting beer) but put up a better performance, capped his display by ghosting in and thumping home an emphatic header from Sebastian’s laser-like corner from the right.  4-1 and this was Toh’s 82^nd ARFC goal.

Alvin then grabbed his 24^th career hat-trick for ARFC. Soon won the ball on the right and passed to Toh who had stayed up from a corner. Toh then cut in the ball to his left and passed to the lurking Alvin who simply just beat their keeper for his 256^th ARFC goal. 5-1

Sebastian then found Kenny with yet again a Jamie Redknapp-like grounder and Kenny drew their keeper out before squaring the ball to his left.  Chun Haw converted but was controversially ruled off-side. Unlucky!

Guohui then found Weilit unmarked on the left but Weilit‘s placed grounder was pushed out by their keeper.

Darren, who once again did not let a fly pass through him, created a golden chance for Soon who unfortunately lifted his shot onto the bar!

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

Voting results:

Kenny – 11

Alvin – 8

Toh – 4

Wayne – 3

Sebastian – 3

Chun Haw – 3

Ron – 2

Darren – 1

Tjioe – 1