Sunday, September 03, 2006

ARFC suffered first defeat in Classiq League 06

In a match played under extreme hot weather and in front of the usual 77, 777 fanatical ARFC fans, ARFC suffered its first defeat in the Classiq League after going down to a 6-3 defeat by Aces United.

ARFC received a good and bad news prior to the match. Veteran utility full-back David Mak (father of Marco Mak), informed through his lawyer that he would be out of 7 weeks as his lovely wife is going to give birth soon. While all the ARFC warriors are all very happy for him, this meant that ARFC would be deprived of an experienced player.

ARFC started with Jinzhong in goal, Elvis and Towering Toh at the heart of defence and Huiming and Bernard flanking it. In the midfield, Kiat Gulam took up right-midfield, Sebastiano and Tong patrolled the centre while the sublime Khim taking up the left. Up front, ARFC scoring legend Haron and powerful Alvin led the front-line. WO Neo, Speedy Hee and unpredictable Blackburn filled up the subs bench.

As predicted, ARFC was immediately put under heavy pressure by a very strong Aces Utd. In the 17th min, Aces Utd took the lead. 0-1.

ARFC equalized 7 mins later. Haron and Alvin exchanged passes that put Haron through. Naturally, Haron did not disappoint the 77, 777 fans and his cool finish leveled the score. 1-1. Chants of ‘Haron, Haron’ were heard round the stadium for about 7 mins.

However, another error by ARFC and a rather dubious off-side call resulted in them taking the lead again within minutes. Half-time 1-2.

A string of substitutions took place in the 2nd half. However, ARFC suffered another blow when Blackburn limped off after only about 3 mins on the field.

ARFC nevertheless took it in its stride and 7 mins after the re-start, a quick throw-in by Alvin resulted in Kiat Gulam flicking the ball to Haron who again showed such deadly finishing by scoring another equalizer. 2-2.

Once again, Aces Utd took the lead within mins. Off a corner, their chief striker lost Tong’s marking and headed the ball home. 2-3. They then went on to score another quick goal off a counter-attack for 2-4.

7 mins later, the sublime Khim beat 3 defenders down the left flank and delivered an inch-perfect cross for Alvin to dive home ARFC’s third goal. This was Alvin’s 9th goal for ARFC.

By now, ARFC warriors are fast-tiring and Aces Utd then went on to score another 2 goals for a 6-3 victory.


The fans, however, gave a rousing applause to all the ARFC warriors who, although out-classed by Aces Utd, never gave up the fight and continued battling till the end of the match.

In the post-match interview, Huiming, one of the ARFC Board of Directors, apologized for not giving the fanatical fans to celebrate. Huiming, however, promised a better showing in its next match against Yaakeen on 10 Sep 06 @ 3 pm @ ITE Stadia.

All fans are welcome.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

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Link to http://www.sghomeground.com/ created in this blog for the convenience of all ARFC warriors

Monday, August 28, 2006

ApexRangersFC

ARFC will take on ACES Utd on 03 Sep 06 @ Stadia ITE @ 3 pm.

A full-house is expected.

I will be sending SMS to you to get our team attendance.

Cheers....

Monday, August 21, 2006

Headliner of the week - 20 Aug 06

Dear ARFC warriors:

Pl pick your choice.

Headliner 1: “Towering Toh uses his head to great effect yet again”

Headliner 2: “ARFC chalked up 3rd consecutive victory in Classiq League”

Headliner 3: “Tong turns creator for ARFC’s 2 goals”

Headliner 4: “ARFC scoring legend, Haron, fails to score”

ARFC's 3rd consecutive win in Classiq League

Dear ARFC warriors:

ARFC chalked up its third successive victory in as many matches in the Classiq League with a comprehensive 2-0 victory over KG Utd watched by the ever-loyal and faithful 77,777 fans at ITE Stadia.

Prior to the match, ARFC received devastating news that “2001-ARFC Most-Improved Player” David (father of Marco Mak) withdrew from the match due to family commitments. However, the blow was cushioned by the presence of Huiming (aka Duck), who just returned from a one-week intensive training in Tianjing, China. ARFC, however, continued to miss the physical presence of Tjioe who apparently had impressed the staff at DC Utd (Freddy Adu’s club) so much that he was offered an additional one month’s stint.

ARFC started the match with Jinzhong in goal. The defence was marshalled by astute-reading Elvis, towering Toh, with work-horse Tong and Bernard flanking the defence. In the midfield, Sebastiano partnered Kiat Gulam at the centre, with the sublime Khim and youthful Guoxiong taking the flanks. ARFC scoring legend Haron and speedy Hee formed the deadly partnership unfront. For the first time in about 27 matches, ARFC actually had 4 subs waiting - powerful Alvin, unpredictable Blackburn, Keng and Huiming (aka Duck)

In the beginning, ARFC was clearly troubled by their speedy and trickery left-winger who ran rings round Tong. The experienced Tong was, however, well-covered by Elvis and Sebastiano. Things took a toll when Guoxiong tired out and was replaced by Huiming who switched to right-back to counter the speed of their left-winger. Tong took up the right-mid position.

In the 17th min, ARFC earned a corner which was taken by Tong. Tong flighted in the corner and who else but Towering Toh to thump in yet another header. The fans went delirious and started performing 7 “ARFC-waves” around the stadia. 1-0!!

Things got better in the 27th. A superb long ball down the right from Khim to Tong resulted in the latter delivering yet another perfect cross for Alvin, who had replaced Speedy Hee 7 minutes earlier, to head in ARFC’s second goal. 2-0!!! The fans really went wild and started performing another 7 “Mexican waves” with chants of “Tong, Tong, Tong!!” continuously for 7 minutes.

& mins later, Khim nearly scored ARFC;’s 3rd goal with a tremendous shot which rocketed off the cross-bar. Hard luck!! L

In the second half, ARFC stamped its authority on the game but Alvin missed 2 chances for his hat-trick. 10 minutes into the 2nd half, however, scoring legend Haron had to depart the field due to work and with unpredictable Blackburn using his crazy antics again, ARFC was put under intense pressure by the opponents.

Of course, the experienced ARFC warriors held on for a 2-0 win in the end.


My personal Man-of-the-Match is Huiming (aka Duck), with Bernard and Tong coming in a close second.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Headliner of the Week

Dear ARFC warriors:

Your choice, please.....

Headliner 1: "Kiat Gulam continues scoring spree at Braddell-Westlake Stadia!!"

Headliner 2: "Towering Toh scores with another header"

Headliner 3: "Slowest dive by David (father of Marco Mak)"

Headliner 4: "Sebastiano banned from playing GK for 77 matches due to rooted performance"

Headliner 5: "Speedy Hee shows his mettle !!"

ARFC top-ten scorers

After the match on 13 Aug 06, these are ARFC top-ten goal-scorers:

Haron - 90
Robin - 69
Blackburn - 59
Sebastian - 41
WO Neo - 40
Speedy Hee - 40
Tjioe - 30
David (father of Marco Mak) - 22
Kiat Gulam - 22
Jiong Jiong - 21

Thanks.

3rd tournament game - Classiq League

ARFC will be playing its 3rd tournament game against KG Utd on 20 Aug @ 3pm @ ITE AMK.

ESPN will be televising the match live.


All fans are welcome.

ARFC laboured to 4-2 victory

Dear ARFC warriors:

In a match played in front of only 2,000 fans, ARFC laboured to a 4-2 victory over a very-determined but clearly inferior opponent at the Braddell-Westlake Stadia.

ARFC was rocked by the withdrawal of several first-team players, including the reliable sweeper Elvis and top-scoring legend Haron, from the start as only 10 players turned up for the match. As a result, Sebastiano was subjected to a slur of abuses from the ageing ARFC warriors who felt that their ageing legs would be pushed to the limit. Thankfully, Bernard quickly activated his friend, Raymond, who later turned out to be such a fine, but at times self-fish, player.

To atone for his error, Sebastiano stood in goal for probably the first time in his ARFC career. He was well-covered by Kiat Gulam (sweeper), Towering Toh (stopper), with David (father of Marco Mak) and Bernard flanking the defence. In the midfield, workhorse Tong and Raymond took charge of the centre with Speedy Hee and the sublime Khim taking the wings. Up front, powerful Alvin and unpredictable Blackburn lead the attack.

ARFC started well and completely dominated the proceedings. After some relentless pressure, ARFC open the scoring in the 17th min after a clever ball from Khim bounced over Blackburn and Raymond capitalised on a lapse in oppoenent's defence to volley home the opener. 1-0

Tragedy struck, however, in the 27th min, when David (father of Marco Mak) made an uncharacteristic error by hesitated in his clearance. Their left-winger took a quick shot and easily beat Sebastiano, who did not even make an attempt to dive at all. With that, Sebastiano will be banned from playing GK in the next 77 matches. 1-1 at half-time.

A string of tactical and positional changes resulted in the second half. Just 77 seconds in the 2nd half, Sebastiano made amends for his lousy GK play by delivering a measured ball into the heart of their defence for Speedy Hee. Of course, Speedy Hee lived up to his speedy tag by getting to the ball before their sweeper and GK and top-poked the ball into the empty net. 2-1 now!! This was Speedy Hee's 40th goal for ARFC.

In the 57th min, Kiat Gulam continued his good form at the Braddell-Westlake Stadia by lobbing the ball exquisitely into the top right-hand corner for his 22nd goal for ARFC, and thereby overtaking Jiong jiong in the 9th position in the ARFC top-scorers chart.

ARFC got complacent and Blackburn, as usual, started playing crazily and abandoned his sweeper position at will. Off such a move, the opponent sent a ball into ARFC's defence and with Blackburn at the left-wing position(!!!), their left-winger shot past David (father of Marco Mak). 3-2 now!! It is also noted that David (father of Marco Mak) took almost 7 millimetres per second in his desperate dive to save the ball.

Towering Toh, however, restored the 2-goal lead 7 minutes later. Off a brilliant corner kick by Khim (who else), Toh powered home a header that gave their keeper no chance at all!!! 4-2 now.

David then made 2 superb saves and Toh's another header was also cleared off the line. Tong also had a shot that almost spilled into the net.

After the match, ARFC was locked in the dressing room for about 70 minutes as the ever-loyal fans were clearly unhappy with its inept performance. As a result, the ARFC Board of Directors, Kiat Gulam and David (father of Marco Mak) had to start a media conference and issued a press statement assuring the fans that ARFC would play well in its next match, which would take place on 20 Aug 06 at 3 pm at ITE AMK (the 3rd tournament game). The press statement can be viewed at all major newspapers and publications, The Straits Times, TODAY, The New Paper, Berita Harian, Tamil Marusu, Lianhe Wanbao and Zaobao, Shin Min Daily, Business Times, Shoot Magazine, Female, Her World, FHM, Maxim, Cosmopolitan and Playboy Magazine.

Thanks.

ARFC laboured to 4-2 victory in friendly

Dear ARFC warriors:

In a match played in front of only 2,000 fans, ARFC laboured to a 4-2 victory over a very-determined but clearly inferior opponent at the Bradell-Westlake Stadia.

ARFC was rocked by the withdrawal of several first-team players, including the reliable sweeper Elvis and top-scoring legend Haron, from the start as only 10 players turned up for the match. As a result, Sebastiano was subjected to a slur of abuses from the ageing ARFC warriors who felt that theur ageing legs would be pushed to the limit. Thankfully, Bernard quickly activated his friend, Raymond, who later turned out to be such a fine, but at times self-fish, player.

To atone for his error, Sebastiano stood in goal for probably the first time in his ARFC career. He was well-covered by Kiat Gulam (sweeper), Towering Toh (stopper), with David (father of Marco Mak) and Bernard flanking the defence. In the midfield, workhorse Tong and Raymond took charge of the centre with Speedy Hee and the sublime Khim taking the wings. Up front, powerful Alvin and unpredictable Blackburn lead the attack.

ARFC started well and completely dominated the proceedings. After some relentless pressure, ARFC open the scoring in the 17th min after a clever ball from Khim bounced over Blackburn and Raymond capitalised on a lapse in oppoenent's defence to volley home the opener. 1-0

Tragedy struck, however, in the 27th min, when David (father of Marco Mak) made an uncharacteristic error by hesitated in his clearance. Their left-winger took a quick shot and easily beat Sebastiano, who did not even make an attempt to dive at all. With that, Sebastiano will be banned from playing GK in the next 77 matches. 1-1 at half-time.

A string of tactical and positional changes resulted in the second half. Just 77 seconds in the 2nd half, Sebastiano made amends for his lousy GK play by delivering a measured ball into the heart of their defence for Speedy Hee. Of course, Speedy Hee lived up to his speedy tag by getting to the ball before their sweeper and GK and top-poked the ball into the empty net. 2-1 now!! This was Speedy Hee's 40th goal for ARFC.

In the 57th min, Kiat Gulam continued his good form at the Braddell-Westlake Stadia by lobbing the ball exquisitely into the top right-hand corner for his 22nd goal for ARFC, and thereby overtaking Jiong jiong in the 9th position in the ARFC top-scorers chart.

ARFC got complacent and Blackburn, as usual, started playing crazily and abandoned his sweeper position at will. Off such a move, the opponent sent a ball into ARFC's defence and with Blackburn at the left-wing position(!!!), their left-winger shot past David (father of Marco Mak). 3-2 now!! It is also noted that David (father of Marco Mak) took almost 7 millimetres per second in his desperate dive to save the ball.

Towering Toh, however, restored the 2-goal lead 7 minutes later. Off a brilliant corner kick by Khim (who else), Toh powered home a header that gave their keeper no chance at all!!! 4-2 now.

David then made 2 superb saves and Toh's another header was also cleared off the line. Tong also had a shot that almost spilled into the net.

After the match, ARFC was locked in the dressing room for about 70 minutes as the ever-loyal fans were clearly unhappy with its inept performance. As a result, the ARFC Board of Directors, Kiat Gulam and David (father of Marco Mak) had to start a media conference and issued a press statement assuring the fans that ARFC would play well in its next match, which would take place on 20 Aug 06 at 3 pm at ITE AMK (the 3rd tournament game).

The press statement can be viewed at all major newspapers and publications, The Straits Times, TODAY, The New Paper, Berita Harian, Tamil Marusu, Lianhe Wanbao and Zaobao, Shin Min Daily, Business Times, Shoot Magazine, Female, Her World, FHM, Maxim, Cosmopolitan and Playboy Magazine.

Thanks.