NFL Results

AMK Utd 4-0 Gambas

Keppel Monaco 1-1 West United

Prison 2-2 Summerville

Sunrise Place 0-2 Singapore Power Club

Jollilads 3-0 Admiralty

Postponed Game played on Thur:

Admiralty 0-0 Singapore Power Club

JAFC 3-0 Admiralty

With Dez Corkill and his camera crew by the sidelines, JAFC dished out their most clinical performance to date with a 3-0 win over former Div 1 champions Admiralty.

Coach Arasu went for an all SMU backline, NTU midfield and a forward line spearheaded by the returning Pramod and Dean's-Lister Fu Chengwei. With the Admiralty players showing scant interest in the game, as evident in their lack of warmup and punctuality, JAFC looked to hit them hard and fast from the first whistle.

JAFC's determination was epitomised by Nadeem's lung-bursting run to chase down an errant long ball from Jerry, earning a corner and a couple of stud marks. Midway through the first half, JAFC almost opened the scoring with the prolific Steven Lam's half volley crashing off the post. Soon after, JAFC were not to be denied as a mixup in the Admiralty defence, after some pressure from Pramod, resulted in the defender lifting the ball into his own net past the onrushing goalkeeper.

As is typical of most teams in NFL, going a goal down always seems to ignite their engines. It was something we were all aware of and were ready to face the Admiralty onslaught. With a touch of good fortune, JAFC put the game out of touch as Pramod's cross from the right floated over the keeper and nestled into the corner of the net.

2-0 up and cruising, Khai, Jerome and Tianci were brought on to consolidate the lead. Soon after, Khai played in Pramod to round the keeper and to add some much needed gloss to JAFC's "Goals For" column.

Other notable highlights include:

1. Chengwei's dribble from the left flank past 4 men, drawing audible gasps from the AMK Utd players warming-up along the sidelines.

2. "HE MAKAN ME FIRST!" - Chengwei's outburst after the ref penalised him for a heavy challenege

3. Tianci's introduction as striker. He showed us the way with his 2-touch play - control, pass, move, and capped his display with an elegant flick to pry open the Admiralty defence.

4. Tianci's honesty in front of coach and the team, "i have always had the vision, but dont have the technical ability to make the pass"

Lineup: Tim, Andrew, Junrong, Jerry, Weiming (Jerome), Fuhang, Aaron (Khai), Nadeem, Winston (Tianci), Chengwei, Pramod

This is a morale boosting win and shows our ability to bounce back from last week's defeat to Keppel. Lets keep up the good work, and see you at training. Next week, a tough game awaits.

PS Thanks Gerald and Fabian for coming down to support us.

Missing Persons Notice - AWOL Anand

Our dear beloved Anand is missing. If you have any information on the missing player, please call the JAFC hotline.

Quote from an unknown source: Do not be fooled by his docile appearance, for Anand is a cunning foe, smooth on and off the pitch. He goes by many appearances - long hair, short hair or scales, and is difficult to spot. Tracking using telecommunications has proven futile as Anand is known to be an expert of the mobile phone, conversing on his personal handheld phone for up to 20hours a day.

Here are some recent pictures of the missing player, who was last spotted working part time at KFC.

NFL Week 6 Results

Saturday, 18 April 2009

Ang Mo Kio United FC 2 Admiralty Football Club 1
Serangoon Stadium

Jollilads Arsenal Football Club 0 Keppel Monaco FC 3
NTU

Gambas Avenue SC 1 Prison Sports & Rec Club 8
BRTC

Summerville Football Club 0 Singapore Power Club 1
Meridian JC

West United Football Club Vs Sunrise Place FC
Farrer Park
Called Off

Rusty Jollilads' Nailed by Keppel

JAFC 0-3 Keppel Monaco

Going into the 3rd consecutive week without training, JAFC looked to preserve their unbeaten run against a Keppel team that boasted NTU players - Leslie, Gary, Harold and KT. The stifling heat of the Saturday afternoon sun would traditionally be a boost to JAFC, as it would have meant our opponents tiring by the 50th min and our energetic team running them ragged till the final whistle. However, zero training and maybe even physical activity for some of us proved our downfall.

In all honesty, the match was even until Keppel opened the scoring with a towering header after some slack marking from a corner. In fact, things would have been a lot different had Daowei's half volley smashed the net instead of smashing the cross-bar (leaving it shaking for the next half a minute). Or had Aaron's quick thinking with an indirect free-kick, awarded for the keeper handling outside the box, resulted in an early 1st half goal.

After going 1-0 down, JAFC was up in spirit but down on stamina as they labored to find a goal. The tired legs were punished by KT as he pounced on 2 defensive errors to score 1 and set up another.

In retrospect, a heavy defeat like this was coming our way. We have been suffering in the 2nd half of most of our games but weren't punished. Lets get our act together after our exams and start enjoying our football once more.

Lineup: Aziz, Jerry, Jerome, Andrew (Rafi), Aaron, Fuhang, Zul, Daowei, Weiming (Chengwei), Khai (Winston), Sudi

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After the game, i received an sms from one of the guys who apologized for not playing well. I believe all of us feel the same way about ourselves as we should definitely expect so much more.

But more importantly, i want to convey this idea that i hope we can all ascribe to:

we lose and win as a team, and no individual should be more sorry than the next.

To those who have exams, study hard!

To those who have ended theirs, seeya at training.

NFL Week 5 Results

Admiralty Football Club 3 Keppel Monaco FC 3
Serangoon Stadium

Prison Sports & Rec Club 3 Ang Mo Kio United FC 2
BRTC

Sunrise Place Football Club 1 Jollilads Arsenal FC 2
St Wilfred

Singapore Power Club 5 Gambas Avenue Sports Club 2
St Wilfred

Summerville Football Club Vs West United FC
Called Off

Jollilads 2-1 Sunrise

With only 2 available substitutes in Jollilads' "arsenal", the team fought off a late surge by Sunrise to emerge 2-1 victors.

Midway through the first period, with Jollilads pressing high into the Sunrise half, a turn of possession saw the ball slipped to Khai on the right flank. Laying the ball off to Sudhi, a quick cross then met the head of a diving Stephen Lam to see Jollilads steal a precious lead.

But the scoreline did not stay at 1-0 for long. A long clearance by the Sunrise goalkeeper was not dealt with adequately by Chris. The Sunrise striker then took their chance decisively, lobbing Tianci from inside the penalty box.

In the second half, determined to put schoolboy errors behind them, Jollilads pushed ahead for the winner. A sharp corner kick by the Combined Uni side was cleared only to the edge of the penalty box. Debutant Daowei then smashed home a half volley from just outside the area to put the pressure back on the opposing team.

Late into the game, a Sunrise shot from distance was well saved by Tianci but fell comfortably into the path of an on-coming Sunrise striker. Sending it smashing into the net, the forward was disappointed to find out that he was adjudged to be offside. As the sun slowly set into the evening sky, it probably dawned on Sunrise that this was just not their day.

Lineup: Tianci, Jerome, Jerry, Chris, Aaron, Rafi (Aziz), Sudi (Winston), Zul, Khai, Fuhang, Daowei

Unused sub: Victor (injured)

NFL Results

National Football League Division 2

4 April 2009, Saturday

Prison Sports & Rec Club 0 Admiralty FC 2
BRTC

Keppel Monaco FC 1 Sunrise Place FC 1
Serangoon Stadium

Ang Mo Kio United FC 0 Singapore Power Club 1
St Wilfred

Summerville FC 0 Jollilads Arsenal FC 0
St Wilfred

Gambas Avenue Sports Club 2 West United FC 2
Farrer Park

NUS Victorious!

Congratulations NUS for defeating the overwhelming favorites NYP 1-0 and winning the IVP! You guys are the stuff of legends and your names will be etched into the history books.

We are honored to have played beside these braves heroes from NUS. Expect a very warm welcome into JAFC!

ps Vincent is my hero!

Wed Training Cancelled

Wed training cancelled due to our various exam commitments.

Update: Training Cancelled

Due to the poor turnout, training today is cancelled. pls spread the word.

see you on sat