Wayne nets ARFC's 1900th goal in 4-0 win

Courtesy of yet another solid performance from Chua, ARFC brushed aside Pionneer FC 4-0 at Mayflower SS.

ARFC was hit by the last-min withdrawal of Ismail who was down with work commitment. Thankfully, How Meng stepped up to the plate to take his place in goal.

ARFC also welcomed back Derrick who returned after his lengthy lay-off. He was rightly and proudly cheered by ARFC’s supporters.

ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:

Jersey no.	Name	Position
5	Impeccable How Meng	Goalkeeper
16	Marauding Guoxiong	Right-back
31	Vintage Chua	Sweeper
15	Towering Toh (captain)	Stopper
6	Unbeatable Darren	Left-back
2	Unpredictable Blackburn	Right-mid
4	Dynamic Soon	Centre-mid
28	Hard-man Tjioe	Centre-mid
10	Sublime Khim	Left-mid
11	Speedy Hee	Striker
99	Powerful Alvin	Striker
Subs:
8	Talented Chun Haw
14	Combative Ron
17	Nippy Kenny
33	Talisman Derrick
66	Wonder Wayne
Absent:
3	Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
7	Influential Sebastian
9	ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
18	Determined Huiming
19	Skillful Weilit
20	Composed Eng Lai
21	Rampaging Raymond
45	Commanding Ismail
77	Dependable Jinzhong
78	Steely Tze Ern

ARFC opened the scoring in the 11^th min. Spotting Hee making a good run, Blackburn unpredictably back-heeled to Hee who expertly put the ball past their keeper for his 106^th ARFC goal. 1-0

Within 111 seconds, Hee turned provider when he “lobang” their sweeper to the left by-line. Hee’s sweet cross gave Alvin the easiest of task to tap into the open net. 2-0 and this was Alvin’s 284^th ARFC goal.

6 mins before half-time, Chun Haw lived up to his high billing when he executed a throuh ball ala Zidane for Wayne to place the ball past their keeper. 3-0 and this was Wayne’s 22^nd ARFC goal.

With a comfortable 3-goal cushion, ARFC took its foot off the pedal and focusd on keeping possession and passing.

In the 66^th min, ARFC earned a free-kick. To loud applause, Derrick took a quick free-kick from outside the box but his shot was parried by their keeper. The ball fell kindly and invitingly for Wayne who duly slot home his 23^rd ARFC goal. 4-0 this was also ARFC’s 1900^th goal in its illustrious history.

Wayne’s goal took him to level terms with former ARFC Legend David on 23 goals.

Despite conjuring more chances, ARFC could not add to its 4-goal tally.

Voting results:

Chua – 12

Hee – 8

Soon – 8

Wayne – 4

Darren – 2

Ron – 2

How Meng  - 1

Kenny – 1

Toh – 1

Guoxiong – 1

Tjioe – 1

Derrick – 1

Ron and Chua sizzled in ARFC's emphatic 3-1 win

Determined to shrug off last week’s unlucky loss to the SJO Old Boys (young team), ARFC bounced back with an emphatic 3-1 victory against a tough Glasgow Hotspurs.

ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:

Jersey no.	Name	Position
45	Commanding Ismail	Goalkeeper
31	Vintage Chua	Right-back
20	Composed Eng Lai	Sweeper
14	Combative Ron	Stopper
6	Unbeatable Darren	Left-back
16	Marauding Guoxiong	Right-mid
8	Talented Chun Haw (captain)	Centre-mid
4	Dynamic Soon	Centre-mid
2	Unpredictable Blackburn	Left-mid
11	Speedy Hee	Striker
17	Nippy Kenny	Striker
Subs:
15	Towering Toh
19	Skillful Weilit
99	Powerful Alvin
Absent:
3	Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
5	Impeccable How Meng
7	Influential Sebastian
9	ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
10	Sublime Khim
18	Determined Huiming
21	Rampaging Raymond
28	Hard-man Tjioe
33	Talisman Derrick
66	Wonder Wayne
77	Dependable Jinzhong
78	Steely Tze Ern

ARFC stamped it authoriy right from the start.  In the 15^th min, Alvin floated in a hanging corner that saw both Soon and Darren going for the kill.  The ball then ricochetted off Soon’s head for a 1-0 lead. This was Soon’s 73^rd ARFC goal.

15 seconds before half-time, Darren’s torpedo-like throw-in saw Toh backheaded the ball to the gleeful Wayne who was unmaked at the far post.  Wayne simply could not miss as he tapped the ball into the empty net. 2-0 and this was Wayne’s 21^st ARFC goal.

In the 2^nd half and in its zest to pile on more goals, ARFC conceded a goal from their counter-attack. 2-1

In the 77^th min, ARFC finally scored its 3^rd goal. From Ron’s long free-kick from his defence position, Alvin calmly controlled the ball before thumping the ball past their despairing keeper. Alvin’s 283^rd ARFC goal almost ripped the net off. 3-1

Voting results:

Ron – 9

Chua – 7

Alvin – 5

Soon – 5

Hee – 3

Guoxiong – 3

Toh – 3

Chun Haw – 3

Darren – 2

Kenny – 1

Eng Lai – 1