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.

Tjioe starred in ARFC's victory

With a dominating performance, ARFC chalked up its 4^th successive victories with a 2-0 win over IW.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper             -           Impeccable How Meng

Right-back       -           Resolute Jasper

Sweeper           -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper                        -           Combative Ron

Left-back         -           Wonder Wayne

Left-mid          -           Talisman Derrick

Centre-mid       -           Hard-man Tjioe  

Centre-mid       -           Talented Chun Haw

Right-mid         -           Skillful Weilit  

Striker              -           Powerful Alvin

Striker              -           Speedy Hee

             

Subs:

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Dynamic Soon

Influential Sebastian (late)

Absent:

Towering Toh

Marauding Guoxiong  

Regal Roy

Composed Jackson  

Unbeatable Darren

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis  

Dependable Jinzhong

Nippy Kenny

Sublime Khim

Steely Tze Ern

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

Earl (guest player)

ARFC was determined to correct the wrong (1-1 draw in the previous match against the same opponent) and Tjioe was particularly menacing.

ARFC opened the scoring in the 17^th min.  Alvin’s corner was hit way too high and reached no ARFC warrior.  However, Ron did not give up and chased the ball till the byline. With a sharp turn ala Dennis Bergkamp, Ron floated the ball back in and Chun Haw connected with a vicious looping header to beat their keeper for his 20^th ARFC goal. 1-0

7 mins later, Haron replaced Hee.

In the 27^th min, ARFC nearly doubled the scoring. Alvin was put away down the left flank by Tjioe. With a powerful first touch, Alvin pushed the ball beyond their covering defender. Looking up, Alvin heard Haron’s call and he duly obliged with a low outside right footer ball. The onrushing Haron looked to have added to his 188 ARFC goals but his shot inexplicably smacked against the post with the goal gaping! Unlucky but what a great awareness by Haron!

Soon then replaced Weilit who suffered a hand injury.

In the 2^nd half, Sebastian came on for Ron with Tjioe dropping to stopper.

Sebastian made an immediate impact when he chipped in a free-kick from the middle to the right flank. Jasper produced a stunning over-lapping run down the right flank, looked up and sent in a delicious ball into the box. Haron and their keeper and defender challenged for the ball but Haron won the duel when he flicked the ball over them. With the ball rolling nicely about 0.77 mm from the goal-line, Soon made sure of the goal by simply tapping into the unguarded net for his 47^th ARFC goal. 2-0

Sebastian then executed a curling free-kick from the left which was not met by any warrior but it bounced off the post. Unlucky for ARFC again.

Haron then released Alvin with a clever pass and Alvin surged clear only to see his low right-footed shot cannoned off the post. Yet another unlucky ARFC miss!

Man-of-the-Match must be given to both Tjioe and Wayne. 

Special mention to Jasper who put in several over-lapping runs from his right-back position. Wonderful improving player.

Haron netted a brace to inspire 5-1 win over Anfield Warriors FC

Playing a Saturday afternoon match for the first time since ages ago, ARFC put up a strong display to dismiss the challenge of the ‘Anfield Warriors FC’ (Liverpool Supporters team) 5-1 with Haron back to his groove.

This was also the first time that ARFC is playing in a 3-halves match of 30 mins each.

Due to its illustrious opponents ARFC, ‘Anfield Warriors’ invited past Liverpool greats to witness the match. The greats are Bruce Grobblearr, Steve Nicol, Mark Lawrenson, Alan Kennedy, Jim Beglin, Phil Neal, Alan Hansen, Jan Molby, Steve McMahon, Graeme Souness, Craig Johnston, John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Ian Rush, John Aldridge, Ray Houghton, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Kenny Dalglish, Alonso, Luis Garcia, Javier Mascherano, Patrick Berger, Sami Hyypia, Jerzy Dudek, Stephen Henchoz and many lesser names (too many to mention).

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper             -           Impeccable How Meng

Right-back       -           Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper           -           Astute-reading sweeper Elvis  

Stopper            -           Unbeatable Darren (captain)

Left-back         -           Regal Roy

Left-mid          -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Centre-mid       -           Marauding Guoxiong  

Centre-mid       -           Composed Jackson  

Right-mid         -           Talisman Derrick

Striker              -           Powerful Alvin

Striker              -           Talented Chun Haw

             

Subs:

Towering Toh

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (late)

Speedy Hee

Resolute Jasper

Dexter (guest player)

Absent:

Influential Sebastian 

Nippy Kenny

Dynamic Soon

Sublime Khim

Steely Tze Ern

Combative Ron

Wonder Wayne

Hard-man Tjioe

Mean-machine Hock

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

Skillful Weilit

Earl (guest player)

ARFC opened the scoring in the 7^th min. From Darren’s searching ball down the left channel ala Bjornebye, Alvin turned and chipped to Chun Haw. Without missing a beat, Chun Haw headed the ball back to Alvin who cracked in a crisp volley in the air ala Fernando Torres (the Liverpool version, not the Chelski version) that almost burst the net. 1-0 and this was Alvin’s 196^th ARFC goal.

With this goal, Alvin has now scored in his 4^th successive match.

The 1^st tri-half ended 1-0 as chances were at a premium.

7 mins after the start of the 2^nd tri-half, ARFC conceded after it failed to clear a corner. 1-1

ARFC regained its lead just 7 mins later.  Derrick performed a Steve McManaman when he weaved and wriggled his way into the box and was chopped down by their defender. Haron stepped up to plant the penalty firmly into the bottom right corner ala Robbie Fowler for his 187^th ARFC goal. 2-1

7 mins later, ARFC extended its lead. Alvin muscled his way and won the ball on the right and quickly played in Chun Haw ala Steven Gerrard. Chun Haw faced their keeper one-on-one and he won the dual by placing the ball past him ala Michael Owen. 3-1 and this was Chun Haw’s 19^th ARFC goal, putting him on level terms with ex-warrior Jesmond.

17^th mins later, Alvin again robbed their player of possession and powered down the left flank. His cross was cleared by their defender but was blocked by Hee ala Mascherano. The ball fell kindly to the lurking Haron who needed no second invitation to hit home his 188^th ARFC goal ala Robbie Fowler. 4-1

In the 3^rd tri-half, Toh finally arrived to lend strength. ARFC continued to create chances and both Haron and Chun Haw were put through on goal on a couple of occasions but could not hit the target.

Just mins from the end, ARFC won a free-kick. As the opponents were busy forming the wall, Blackburn took full advantage and caught them by surprise by simply firing a quick free-kick into the net for his 126^th ARFC goal. 5-1

Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to both Roy and Jackson.

After the match, both teams gathered for a hand-shake as Liverpool fans, like Liverpool players, are always sporting losers. A group photo was taken and all sang Liverpool songs together.

This gesture moved long-time Man Yoo supporters Guoxiong, Derrick, Hee and Jasper so much that they vowed to become Liverpool supporters henceforth.  In fact, all 4 of them even commented that they were ashamed to be Man Yoo supporters for so long as Man Yoo is always a sore loser.

Even Tjioe, another long-term Man Yoo supporter and who was watching the match via live streaming while receiving BBBJ from a “lady-boy” in a dinghy hotel room in Bangkok, was moved to tears after witnessing the post-match gesture. Tjioe also realized his mistake in supporting Man Yoo and after ejaculating, chanted “I will be a die-hard Liverpool supporter from now on……”

Before ARFC left, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen and Kenny Dalglish commented that Alvin, Haron and Chun Haw are almost as good as they were in their prime, and invited them to join them for the Masters Futsal tournament in 2014.