Playing FC Simpang for the 2nd time in the league, ARFC took the lead but self-destructed in the last 15 mins to go down 1-4 at the poor East Spring SS pitch.
ARFC welcomed back Wayne who was out with a shoulder injury suffered after scoring his debut ARFC goal in the 5-1 win over Team Kangtao on 22 Aug 2010. However, he has to be contented with a place on the bench together with his smoke-drink-sex buddy Tjioe.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Chun Haw (talented 14 year-old keeper)
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis (captain)
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Unpredictable Blackburn
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Speedy Hee
Subs:
Wayne
Hard-man Tjioe
The first half was evenly matched and Hee impressed with his relentless pressure but was unable to score. Alvin also showed his prowess by cutting in from the left but his shot hit the side-netting.
1st-half ended goalless.
In the 2nd half, chances were far and few though ARFC threatened with a couple of corners and free-kicks.
The break-through finally arrived in the 67th min. Tjioe did very well to win a foul right at the edge of their penalty box. Wayne joined their defensive wall and Sebastian steadied himself to take the free-kick. Wayne then broke away, creating a hole in the wall and Sebastian duly obliged by firing in a low shot that went through the hole vacated by Wayne to wrong-foot their keeper who was anticipating a high curling ball. 1-0 and this was Sebastian’s 75th ARFC goal, ¾ to the centurion mark but would probably take another 10 years to reach the 100-goal mark.
Strangely enough and to the huge surprise of the crowd, ARFC conceded 4 goals in the last 15 mins to go down 1-4.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
10th Tournament Match details
24 Oct 2010 ( Sun)
5 pm = 1700 hrs
East Spring Sec Sch
Opponent is FC Simpang
Pls bring both colours and e-mail/SMS Sebastian of your availability.
Thanks a lot
5 pm = 1700 hrs
East Spring Sec Sch
Opponent is FC Simpang
Pls bring both colours and e-mail/SMS Sebastian of your availability.
Thanks a lot
Monday, October 11, 2010
ARFC put in impressive showing in front of potential sponsor
Taking on Holland Park for the 2nd time in its 9th tournament match, ARFC put in their best performance in recent times by posting a comprehensive 4-0 victory, but which could have been more, at Punggol SS.
The match was witnessed by Cerine (beau of Jinzhong), En Dian (injured) and Toni (potential jerseys sponsor).
ARFC received 3 doses of boosts when Soon, Ron and Darren made last-min appearances. Special mention to Soon for turning up even after his morning marathon run.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Combative Ron
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Unpredictable Blackburn
Striker: Powerful Alvin (captain)
Striker: Speedy Hee
Subs:
Chun Haw (talented 14 year-old keeper)
Dynamic Soon
Talisman Derrick (late)
Minghui (guest player)
ARFC and in particular Cerine suffered a huge heart-ache when Jinzhong lasted only about 7 mins after his right foot was caught in the ground after attempting a clearance. In came Chun Haw to take his place.
In the 17th min, Darren was booked for a very fiery protest against a wrong decision by the otherwise-excellent referee. Just mins later, Darren turned his anger into productive energy when he made a Roberto Carlos-like run down the left bye-line and squared the ball in. Blackburn did very well to dummy the ball to Derrick who had replaced Norman just mins earlier. Derrick rolled the ball back to Alvin juts outside the 6-yard box and the latter duly drove the ball towards goal that bounced off the left post, then the right post before slowly crossing the line for his 132nd ARFC goal. 1-0
Excellent build-up goal.
ARFC only led 1-0 as a couple of chances went awry.
In the 2nd half, it was clear that ARFC would be the winners as it continued to dominate the match. Just 7 mins after the restart, ARFC doubled the lead when Darren won possession at left back, laid the ball to the impressive Minghui who spotted Alvin from inside his own half. Minghui released Alvin who then sped away, looked to have lost the ball to their keeper, but somehow managed to prod the ball past their bewildered keeper for his 133rd ARFC goal. 2-0.
By now, the opponents were deflated and ARFC created chances after chances. Hee had 2 very good opportunities spurned, Derrick’s shot did not carry enough power, and even Toh showed Beckenbauer-like skill when he moved from his stopper position all the way just outside the penalty box but he screwed his shot high and wide.
ARFC’s 3rd goal finally arrived. Picking up a shot, Chun Haw showed great awareness beyond his youthful years when he spotted Alvin at the half-way line. With a great strong kick, the ball flew to Alvin who shrugged off their defender’s challenge and flew down the right flank. Bringing the ball into the penalty box, Alvin was unselfish when he lured their keeper out and squared the ball to the unmarked Blackburn who gleefully placed the ball home into the unguarded net for his 93rd ARFC goal. 3-0
In the 77th min, Blackburn did a Xabi Alonso when he chipped the ball into the net from almost at the half-way line. Though their keeper tried his best to back-pedal and keep the ball out, Blackburn’s precision was simply too much for him to handle.4-0 and this was Blackburn’s 94th ARFC goal, just 6 shy of the century mark.
This was a match where every warrior did very well and there was no warrior who disappointed the crowd and sponsor.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Ron (who did everything right at sweeper) and Alvin (who put in a captain’s display but must watch the off-side more often).
The match was witnessed by Cerine (beau of Jinzhong), En Dian (injured) and Toni (potential jerseys sponsor).
ARFC received 3 doses of boosts when Soon, Ron and Darren made last-min appearances. Special mention to Soon for turning up even after his morning marathon run.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Combative Ron
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Unpredictable Blackburn
Striker: Powerful Alvin (captain)
Striker: Speedy Hee
Subs:
Chun Haw (talented 14 year-old keeper)
Dynamic Soon
Talisman Derrick (late)
Minghui (guest player)
ARFC and in particular Cerine suffered a huge heart-ache when Jinzhong lasted only about 7 mins after his right foot was caught in the ground after attempting a clearance. In came Chun Haw to take his place.
In the 17th min, Darren was booked for a very fiery protest against a wrong decision by the otherwise-excellent referee. Just mins later, Darren turned his anger into productive energy when he made a Roberto Carlos-like run down the left bye-line and squared the ball in. Blackburn did very well to dummy the ball to Derrick who had replaced Norman just mins earlier. Derrick rolled the ball back to Alvin juts outside the 6-yard box and the latter duly drove the ball towards goal that bounced off the left post, then the right post before slowly crossing the line for his 132nd ARFC goal. 1-0
Excellent build-up goal.
ARFC only led 1-0 as a couple of chances went awry.
In the 2nd half, it was clear that ARFC would be the winners as it continued to dominate the match. Just 7 mins after the restart, ARFC doubled the lead when Darren won possession at left back, laid the ball to the impressive Minghui who spotted Alvin from inside his own half. Minghui released Alvin who then sped away, looked to have lost the ball to their keeper, but somehow managed to prod the ball past their bewildered keeper for his 133rd ARFC goal. 2-0.
By now, the opponents were deflated and ARFC created chances after chances. Hee had 2 very good opportunities spurned, Derrick’s shot did not carry enough power, and even Toh showed Beckenbauer-like skill when he moved from his stopper position all the way just outside the penalty box but he screwed his shot high and wide.
ARFC’s 3rd goal finally arrived. Picking up a shot, Chun Haw showed great awareness beyond his youthful years when he spotted Alvin at the half-way line. With a great strong kick, the ball flew to Alvin who shrugged off their defender’s challenge and flew down the right flank. Bringing the ball into the penalty box, Alvin was unselfish when he lured their keeper out and squared the ball to the unmarked Blackburn who gleefully placed the ball home into the unguarded net for his 93rd ARFC goal. 3-0
In the 77th min, Blackburn did a Xabi Alonso when he chipped the ball into the net from almost at the half-way line. Though their keeper tried his best to back-pedal and keep the ball out, Blackburn’s precision was simply too much for him to handle.4-0 and this was Blackburn’s 94th ARFC goal, just 6 shy of the century mark.
This was a match where every warrior did very well and there was no warrior who disappointed the crowd and sponsor.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Ron (who did everything right at sweeper) and Alvin (who put in a captain’s display but must watch the off-side more often).
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
9th Tournament Match Details
10 October 2010 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Punggol Sec Sch
Opponent is Holland Park
Pls bring both colours.
Pls e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
Thanks a lot.
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Punggol Sec Sch
Opponent is Holland Park
Pls bring both colours.
Pls e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
Thanks a lot.
Monday, October 04, 2010
Kenny hit double-digit ARFC goals in easy win
As tournament opponent FC Tempestalla pulled out at the 11th hour due to insufficient players, ARFC played a friendly match instead against a social team at Pei Hwa SS in front of 77,777 fans including Anna (Elvis’ beau), Irene (Alvin’s wife) and Tracie, newly-minted wife of Guoxiong.
This was the 1st match for newly-married Guoxiong and hence he was given the honour to captain ARFC for this match.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Chun Haw (talented 14 year-old keeper)
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong (captain)
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Combative Ron
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Hardman Tjioe
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Dynamic Soon
Striker: Nippy Kenny
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn
Subs:
Steely Tze Ern
Powerful Alvin
Straight from kick-off, Kenny unleashed a powerful shot which was picked up by their keeper who was dropped the ball to the ground. The keeper then picked the ball up again and the referee awarded an indirect free-kick right outside the 6-yard box. Unfortunately, Kenny’s venomous thunderbolt was blocked by their wall on the goal-line.
After 7 mins, it became obvious that the opponent was at least 2 or 3 class below ARFC. Kenny and Norman repeatedly found space and Kenny was particularly unlucky when he flashed 2 low drives wide after being put through.
Alvin came on for the ineffective Blackburn and immediately posed problems with his powerful runs and scuffed 2 shots wide.
Sebastian then put Guoxiong, who seemed to have found extra spring in his steps after his recent marriage (maybe got 7 rounds?), through but Guoxiong was hesitant between choosing to shoot himself or square across for the unmarked Alvin. As a result, his shot also went wide.
Tragedy struck in the 27th min when incredibly, they scored after a defensive error. 0-1.
Tze Ern then came on for the injured Ron at stopper and put in an impressive performance as stopper.
After yet another couple of near misses, ARFC finally equalized. Sebastian found Norman galloping down the right flank with an exquisite overhead chip. Looking up, Norman delivered a cross, ala David Beckham, that sailed over their entire defence and keeper and it was so precise that Alvin simply needed to put his forehead to the ball and nod home for his 131st ARFC goal! 1-1
In the 2nd half, ARFC continued its domination and created so many chances that the fans were anticipating a huge win. However, all these chances were spurned by Blackburn, Kenny, Alvin and all.
Particularly heart-breaking moment came in the 67th min. Kenny did very well to speed away down the left flank ala Ryan Giggs and his excellent centre found Alvin right inside the 6-yeard box and about 0.77 metres from the goal-line. Incredulously, Alvin stopped the ball just nice for their keeper to pick it up when a volley would have found the net.
Guoxiong then won a foul about 37 metres away from goal. Sebastian took aim and curled the ball over the wall which looked destined for the top left-hand corner. From nowhere, their keeper showed Peter Schmeichel-like reflexes when he flung himself across goal to tip the ball over for a corner.
ARFC finally made the break-through in the 77th min. Sebastian played a quick short corner to Kenny who tried to hit a shot but was blocked. The rebound fell kindly back to him and he steadied himself before whacked in a high curling shot which the keeper got a touch but was unable to keep out. Wonderful world-class goal which was similar to those type of goals that Matthew Le Tissier used to score. 2-1 and this was Kenny’s 10th ARFC goal.
Man-of-the-Match award is jointly given to Sebastian and Kenny.
This was the 1st match for newly-married Guoxiong and hence he was given the honour to captain ARFC for this match.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Chun Haw (talented 14 year-old keeper)
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong (captain)
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Combative Ron
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Hardman Tjioe
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Dynamic Soon
Striker: Nippy Kenny
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn
Subs:
Steely Tze Ern
Powerful Alvin
Straight from kick-off, Kenny unleashed a powerful shot which was picked up by their keeper who was dropped the ball to the ground. The keeper then picked the ball up again and the referee awarded an indirect free-kick right outside the 6-yard box. Unfortunately, Kenny’s venomous thunderbolt was blocked by their wall on the goal-line.
After 7 mins, it became obvious that the opponent was at least 2 or 3 class below ARFC. Kenny and Norman repeatedly found space and Kenny was particularly unlucky when he flashed 2 low drives wide after being put through.
Alvin came on for the ineffective Blackburn and immediately posed problems with his powerful runs and scuffed 2 shots wide.
Sebastian then put Guoxiong, who seemed to have found extra spring in his steps after his recent marriage (maybe got 7 rounds?), through but Guoxiong was hesitant between choosing to shoot himself or square across for the unmarked Alvin. As a result, his shot also went wide.
Tragedy struck in the 27th min when incredibly, they scored after a defensive error. 0-1.
Tze Ern then came on for the injured Ron at stopper and put in an impressive performance as stopper.
After yet another couple of near misses, ARFC finally equalized. Sebastian found Norman galloping down the right flank with an exquisite overhead chip. Looking up, Norman delivered a cross, ala David Beckham, that sailed over their entire defence and keeper and it was so precise that Alvin simply needed to put his forehead to the ball and nod home for his 131st ARFC goal! 1-1
In the 2nd half, ARFC continued its domination and created so many chances that the fans were anticipating a huge win. However, all these chances were spurned by Blackburn, Kenny, Alvin and all.
Particularly heart-breaking moment came in the 67th min. Kenny did very well to speed away down the left flank ala Ryan Giggs and his excellent centre found Alvin right inside the 6-yeard box and about 0.77 metres from the goal-line. Incredulously, Alvin stopped the ball just nice for their keeper to pick it up when a volley would have found the net.
Guoxiong then won a foul about 37 metres away from goal. Sebastian took aim and curled the ball over the wall which looked destined for the top left-hand corner. From nowhere, their keeper showed Peter Schmeichel-like reflexes when he flung himself across goal to tip the ball over for a corner.
ARFC finally made the break-through in the 77th min. Sebastian played a quick short corner to Kenny who tried to hit a shot but was blocked. The rebound fell kindly back to him and he steadied himself before whacked in a high curling shot which the keeper got a touch but was unable to keep out. Wonderful world-class goal which was similar to those type of goals that Matthew Le Tissier used to score. 2-1 and this was Kenny’s 10th ARFC goal.
Man-of-the-Match award is jointly given to Sebastian and Kenny.
Monday, September 27, 2010
"Half-ARFC" fell to The OC
Despite playing with a superior numerical advantage, ARFC still fell 1-2 to The OC at Compassvale SS yesterday.
Prior to the match, ARFC was already confirmed to be missing many key warriors due to Guoxiong’s wedding, Andrew’s birthday party the night before and many injuries sustained in last week’s heavy defeat by Team BI. ARFC was further rocked when Toh was caught in JB and could not make it back in time for the match. As such, ARFC called up an unprecedented 5 guest players for the match!!
Thankfully, Tjioe turned up despite having a strong hang-over and Hee and Derrick also made last-min appearances.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Weili (Rendezvous FC’s steady keeper)
Right-back: Sng (Rendezvous FC’s marauding right-back)
Sweeper: Daniel (Rendezvous FC’s vocal sweeper)
Stopper: Bob (Rendezvous FC’s central midfielder)
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Speedy Hee
Subs:
Talisman Derrick
Glenn (guest player – Wayne’s friend)
Hardman Tjioe
Playing with a lousy ball on a lousy pitch, ARFC’s passes were all under-hit and the strong anti-wind direction often resulted in balls not reaching our warriors. In addition, The OC’s impressive sweeper seemed to mop up every balls played to our forwards.
ARFC had Weili to thank for when he made 2 superb one-on-one saves. With ARFC failing to conjure up decent chances, it was no surprise that the half was goal-less.
ARFC then conceded 2 goals to trail 0-2.
With 7 mins to go, Sebastian sprinted down the right flank, cut inside and beat their left-back and squared the ball to the lurking Alvin just outside the 6-yard box. Alvin eluded their defenders and was brought down, giving the referee an easy decision in awarding a penalty. The offender was shown a yellow card and as this was his 2nd yellow, he was dismissed.
Sebastian stepped up and sent their keeper the wrong way for his 74th ARFC goal.
ARFC then pressed forward in its bid to grab an equalizer but it did not come.
There is no Man-of-the-Match award to ARFC warriors as no one played well enough to deserve it. (Note: The guest players are not eligible for the MOM award.)
Speaking to the angry crowd of fans after the match, Sebastian apologized for the abject performance of the warriors. Mirroring the current state of the greatest team in the world, Liverpool FC, Sebastian said:
“We need funds to rejuvenate ARFC as our jerseys are past the sell-by date with all names, sponsor’s name, numbers all falling apart. Playing with such torn-and-tattered jerseys, it is no surprise that ARFC warriors could not raise their standards. Hence, if there is any kind millionaire soul willing enough to sponsor, please contact me immediately.”
Prior to the match, ARFC was already confirmed to be missing many key warriors due to Guoxiong’s wedding, Andrew’s birthday party the night before and many injuries sustained in last week’s heavy defeat by Team BI. ARFC was further rocked when Toh was caught in JB and could not make it back in time for the match. As such, ARFC called up an unprecedented 5 guest players for the match!!
Thankfully, Tjioe turned up despite having a strong hang-over and Hee and Derrick also made last-min appearances.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Weili (Rendezvous FC’s steady keeper)
Right-back: Sng (Rendezvous FC’s marauding right-back)
Sweeper: Daniel (Rendezvous FC’s vocal sweeper)
Stopper: Bob (Rendezvous FC’s central midfielder)
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Speedy Hee
Subs:
Talisman Derrick
Glenn (guest player – Wayne’s friend)
Hardman Tjioe
Playing with a lousy ball on a lousy pitch, ARFC’s passes were all under-hit and the strong anti-wind direction often resulted in balls not reaching our warriors. In addition, The OC’s impressive sweeper seemed to mop up every balls played to our forwards.
ARFC had Weili to thank for when he made 2 superb one-on-one saves. With ARFC failing to conjure up decent chances, it was no surprise that the half was goal-less.
ARFC then conceded 2 goals to trail 0-2.
With 7 mins to go, Sebastian sprinted down the right flank, cut inside and beat their left-back and squared the ball to the lurking Alvin just outside the 6-yard box. Alvin eluded their defenders and was brought down, giving the referee an easy decision in awarding a penalty. The offender was shown a yellow card and as this was his 2nd yellow, he was dismissed.
Sebastian stepped up and sent their keeper the wrong way for his 74th ARFC goal.
ARFC then pressed forward in its bid to grab an equalizer but it did not come.
There is no Man-of-the-Match award to ARFC warriors as no one played well enough to deserve it. (Note: The guest players are not eligible for the MOM award.)
Speaking to the angry crowd of fans after the match, Sebastian apologized for the abject performance of the warriors. Mirroring the current state of the greatest team in the world, Liverpool FC, Sebastian said:
“We need funds to rejuvenate ARFC as our jerseys are past the sell-by date with all names, sponsor’s name, numbers all falling apart. Playing with such torn-and-tattered jerseys, it is no surprise that ARFC warriors could not raise their standards. Hence, if there is any kind millionaire soul willing enough to sponsor, please contact me immediately.”
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
8th Tournament Match Details
26 September 2010 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Compassvale Sec Sch
Opponent is The OC
Please bring both colours.
Please e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Compassvale Sec Sch
Opponent is The OC
Please bring both colours.
Please e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
Monday, September 20, 2010
ARFC suffered heaviest defeat since formation
ARFC suffered its heaviest defeat since its formation in Jun 1991 after going down 0-8 to Team BI at Tanjong Katong SS.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Unpredictable Blackburn
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Nippy Kenny
Striker: ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (captain)
Striker: Yoong
Subs:
Dynamic Soon
Long-throw Specialist Norman
Talisman Derrick
En Dian
Hardman Tjioe
ARFC actually was the better team in the opening 15-20 mins but after Ron suffered a serious right ankle injury from a heavy tackle, ARFC simply fell apart.
ARFC suffered yet another blow when the impressive En Dian, who came on for Haron, also departed after suffering a left knee injury.
Half-time score was 0-3.
ARFC conceded another 5 goals to go down 0-8.
Kenny almost pulled a goal back from a free-kick in the dying mins but his powerful shot was parried by their keeper and Derrick was unable to capitalize on the rebound.
Besides the injuries to both Ron and En Dian, other warriors like Toh, Elvis, Tze Ern and Sebastian also had heavy knocks and remained doubtful for the coming match.
For this match, our ARFC forwards did very well but unfortunately, our midfielders and defenders, except Darren, simply had a bad day.
Ironically enough, there is nothing to fault on attendance this time round as the attendance of 16 was fantastic. But things just did not go the way of ARFC and to their credit, Team BI was really a class apart for this league. I think they should be playing in a higher standard league rather than D2D League. It is no good that they have been winning leagues for the past few seasons and stayed unbeaten throughout.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Yoong, Kenny and Darren.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Unpredictable Blackburn
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Nippy Kenny
Striker: ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (captain)
Striker: Yoong
Subs:
Dynamic Soon
Long-throw Specialist Norman
Talisman Derrick
En Dian
Hardman Tjioe
ARFC actually was the better team in the opening 15-20 mins but after Ron suffered a serious right ankle injury from a heavy tackle, ARFC simply fell apart.
ARFC suffered yet another blow when the impressive En Dian, who came on for Haron, also departed after suffering a left knee injury.
Half-time score was 0-3.
ARFC conceded another 5 goals to go down 0-8.
Kenny almost pulled a goal back from a free-kick in the dying mins but his powerful shot was parried by their keeper and Derrick was unable to capitalize on the rebound.
Besides the injuries to both Ron and En Dian, other warriors like Toh, Elvis, Tze Ern and Sebastian also had heavy knocks and remained doubtful for the coming match.
For this match, our ARFC forwards did very well but unfortunately, our midfielders and defenders, except Darren, simply had a bad day.
Ironically enough, there is nothing to fault on attendance this time round as the attendance of 16 was fantastic. But things just did not go the way of ARFC and to their credit, Team BI was really a class apart for this league. I think they should be playing in a higher standard league rather than D2D League. It is no good that they have been winning leagues for the past few seasons and stayed unbeaten throughout.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Yoong, Kenny and Darren.
Monday, September 13, 2010
7th tournament match details
19 September 2010 (Sun)
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Tanjong Katong SS
Good grass pitch with decent size.
Opponent is Team BI
Pls bring both colours
Pls e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
3 pm = 1500 hrs
Tanjong Katong SS
Good grass pitch with decent size.
Opponent is Team BI
Pls bring both colours
Pls e-mail Sebastian of your availability.
Monday, September 06, 2010
ARFC welcomes Alvin back in easy 6-1 win
ARFC’s 7th tournament match against FC Tempestella was cancelled at the last min but thankfully, the organizer managed to arrange a last-min friendly match against Ultras at the same venue and time, Pasir Ris Crest SS and 5 pm respectively.
For fear of affecting attendance, the warriors only found out when they turned up at the match. The fans were subsequently treated a feast of goals from ARFC.
ARFC’s attendance was boosted by Kenny (cup final cancelled) and Alvin who wanted to see if he had fully recovered. ARFC was also supported by Anna and Tracie, beaus of Elvis and Guoxiong respectively. Kenny’ love, Joyce, also made her first appearance as ARFC supporter and hopefully, we will see more of her soon.
ARFC started with this strong line-up:
Keeper: ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (captain)
Right-back: Sliding King Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Long-throw Specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Left-mid: Talisman Derrick
Striker: En Dian
Striker: Nippy Kenny
Subs:
Dynamic Soon
Influential Sebastian
Unpredictable Blackburn
Powerful Alvin
Within mins of the match, ARFC almost opened the scoring after En Dian was put through. However, his attempted dink was pushed away for a corner.
ARFC was not to be denied its goal soon. In the 7th min, Derrick worked his way down the left flank, looked up and sent in a delicious ball for the lurking En Dian to plant the ball home with his head for his 6th ARFC goal. En Dian’s goal was also his 3rd successive header goals for the past 3 matches. 1-0
ARFC doubled its lead just mins later. Again, the goal came from the left after Darren galloped down the left bye-line, left their defender for dead and chipped in a high ball into the penalty area. From pressure by Toh, their keeper fumbled and Toh was on hand to sweep home his 41st ARFC goal. Fantastic proacher goal. 2-0
ARFC then conceded a goal after our defence failed to block their shot. 2-1
In the 17th min, ARFC regained its 2-goal lead straight from counter-attack. Guoxiong and Ron did well as right back and won the ball. The ball was passed to Tze Ern, who again had an impressive match, and he brought the ball upfield before releasing Kenny with a slide-rule pass. Kenny gleefully latched on to the ball and with Joyce taking photographs from behind the goal, duly obliged and placed the ball to the far bottom corner for his 8th ARFC goal. 3-1
Soon, Sebastian, Blackburn and Alvin then replaced Derrick, Toh, Kenny and Darren respectively.
Haron then made a world-class save when he palmed the ball over the bar from a venomous shot by the opponent. Simply brilliant ala Pepe Reina.
ARFC got its 4th goal in the 27th min. Norman did well to win the ball at the right flank and guoxiong powered into their danger area just outside the box. Ignoring calls from Alvin, Guoxiong fired in a powerful left-foot shot, which is rare, and the ball took a wicked slight deflection to wrong-foot their keeper for his 11th ARFC goal. 4-1.
Just 7 mins into the re-start, Kenny got his 2nd goal of the match after some strong pressure by En Dian, Alvin and Sebastian saw the ball rolled towards Kenny. With a quick swivel, Kenny fired in a high curling right-foot shot that sailed over their keeper with the ball nestled nicely into the far right stanchion for his 9th ARFC goal. Again, the goal had Joyce performing 7 Mexican waves. 5-1
ARFC had a scare when the opponent spotted Derrick out of his goal-line after his clearance. Turning back the years, however, Derrick showed quick feet to rush back and turned the ball away for a corner.
From the corner, the opponent nearly scored but Guoxiong was on hand to head the ball away. World-class defending ala Ashley Cole.
Kenny tried his best to secure his first-ever hat-trick for ARFC with 2 power-packed shots but both did not find the target.
In the 77th min, Sebastian’s well-aimed corner found Darren’s head at the far post but the ball was deflected away for a corner.
From the ensuing corner, ARFC got its 6th goal. Blackburn played a quick short corner to En Dian who spotted Toh in the 6-yard box. The cross was precise and even before Toh got to the ball, the 77,777 fans were already up on their feet in anticipation of a goal. True enough, Toh obliged as he emphatically thumped home with his head ala Alan Shearer for his 42nd ARFC goal. 6-1
Alvin nearly capped his return his a goal after he went one-on-one with their keeper. Unfortunately, his long lay-off was telling as he used his outside right foot to shoot wide when an easy place-shot would suffice.
Toh also nearly scored his 1st-ever ARFC hat-trick but his left foot instinctive shot went wide.
In the last 10 mins, ARFC displayed fantasy football with clever and quick passing that totally bamboozled the opponents.
Credit must be given yet again to both keepers, Haron and Derrick with the latter only playing about 20 mins in the 1st half. For that, his match fees was waived.
The attendance was once again good. The only negative point is that ARFC still did not keep a clean sheet.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to both Darren and Tze Ern.
For fear of affecting attendance, the warriors only found out when they turned up at the match. The fans were subsequently treated a feast of goals from ARFC.
ARFC’s attendance was boosted by Kenny (cup final cancelled) and Alvin who wanted to see if he had fully recovered. ARFC was also supported by Anna and Tracie, beaus of Elvis and Guoxiong respectively. Kenny’ love, Joyce, also made her first appearance as ARFC supporter and hopefully, we will see more of her soon.
ARFC started with this strong line-up:
Keeper: ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (captain)
Right-back: Sliding King Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unbeatable Darren
Right-mid: Long-throw Specialist Norman
Centre-mid: Combative Ron
Centre-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Left-mid: Talisman Derrick
Striker: En Dian
Striker: Nippy Kenny
Subs:
Dynamic Soon
Influential Sebastian
Unpredictable Blackburn
Powerful Alvin
Within mins of the match, ARFC almost opened the scoring after En Dian was put through. However, his attempted dink was pushed away for a corner.
ARFC was not to be denied its goal soon. In the 7th min, Derrick worked his way down the left flank, looked up and sent in a delicious ball for the lurking En Dian to plant the ball home with his head for his 6th ARFC goal. En Dian’s goal was also his 3rd successive header goals for the past 3 matches. 1-0
ARFC doubled its lead just mins later. Again, the goal came from the left after Darren galloped down the left bye-line, left their defender for dead and chipped in a high ball into the penalty area. From pressure by Toh, their keeper fumbled and Toh was on hand to sweep home his 41st ARFC goal. Fantastic proacher goal. 2-0
ARFC then conceded a goal after our defence failed to block their shot. 2-1
In the 17th min, ARFC regained its 2-goal lead straight from counter-attack. Guoxiong and Ron did well as right back and won the ball. The ball was passed to Tze Ern, who again had an impressive match, and he brought the ball upfield before releasing Kenny with a slide-rule pass. Kenny gleefully latched on to the ball and with Joyce taking photographs from behind the goal, duly obliged and placed the ball to the far bottom corner for his 8th ARFC goal. 3-1
Soon, Sebastian, Blackburn and Alvin then replaced Derrick, Toh, Kenny and Darren respectively.
Haron then made a world-class save when he palmed the ball over the bar from a venomous shot by the opponent. Simply brilliant ala Pepe Reina.
ARFC got its 4th goal in the 27th min. Norman did well to win the ball at the right flank and guoxiong powered into their danger area just outside the box. Ignoring calls from Alvin, Guoxiong fired in a powerful left-foot shot, which is rare, and the ball took a wicked slight deflection to wrong-foot their keeper for his 11th ARFC goal. 4-1.
Just 7 mins into the re-start, Kenny got his 2nd goal of the match after some strong pressure by En Dian, Alvin and Sebastian saw the ball rolled towards Kenny. With a quick swivel, Kenny fired in a high curling right-foot shot that sailed over their keeper with the ball nestled nicely into the far right stanchion for his 9th ARFC goal. Again, the goal had Joyce performing 7 Mexican waves. 5-1
ARFC had a scare when the opponent spotted Derrick out of his goal-line after his clearance. Turning back the years, however, Derrick showed quick feet to rush back and turned the ball away for a corner.
From the corner, the opponent nearly scored but Guoxiong was on hand to head the ball away. World-class defending ala Ashley Cole.
Kenny tried his best to secure his first-ever hat-trick for ARFC with 2 power-packed shots but both did not find the target.
In the 77th min, Sebastian’s well-aimed corner found Darren’s head at the far post but the ball was deflected away for a corner.
From the ensuing corner, ARFC got its 6th goal. Blackburn played a quick short corner to En Dian who spotted Toh in the 6-yard box. The cross was precise and even before Toh got to the ball, the 77,777 fans were already up on their feet in anticipation of a goal. True enough, Toh obliged as he emphatically thumped home with his head ala Alan Shearer for his 42nd ARFC goal. 6-1
Alvin nearly capped his return his a goal after he went one-on-one with their keeper. Unfortunately, his long lay-off was telling as he used his outside right foot to shoot wide when an easy place-shot would suffice.
Toh also nearly scored his 1st-ever ARFC hat-trick but his left foot instinctive shot went wide.
In the last 10 mins, ARFC displayed fantasy football with clever and quick passing that totally bamboozled the opponents.
Credit must be given yet again to both keepers, Haron and Derrick with the latter only playing about 20 mins in the 1st half. For that, his match fees was waived.
The attendance was once again good. The only negative point is that ARFC still did not keep a clean sheet.
Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to both Darren and Tze Ern.
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