407 triumphs on shitty pitch

407 proved their strength in spirit and game by bouncing back from last week's defeat with a resolute 2-1 win over P**** united. Other than the umpire hiccup, the pitch was the major disappointment that day, freaking $%#%$@^ number of holes.

P-manager Alex was back at the helm and with jinyu at the center of the field in the starting line up, there was a greater stability in the game play. Missing another defensive mid, top scorer kheng wee had to be shuffled into the midfield for more aggressive bite.

The team started brightly as we tried to showed our worth in the passing game and the full backs doing well in covering the counter attacks. A few decent crosses by on form wilson and kheng wee jus eluded desmond tang who were close on several occasion. But tackles came in high and late on our players throwing the game into disarray on a few occasion. Kelvin was the first casualty and we shuffled new official signing zip, highly rated player. true enough, he showed his presence at the back with touches of flair.

the 1st break came at about the mid of the 1st half, after some good work down the left by daryl his cross in eluded the keeper and desmond showed vision by squaring it to onrushing zip for his debut goal!!! WOOT cool finishing by our full back

407 managed to grab a hold onto the game with more direct passes and fardil another exciting young prospect was on for veteran ivan providing more options for daryl on the left and more pace in our forward line. the team surged forward more dispite the occasion swearing and tackles and not forgetting the generous foul throws by our opposition. We got another notch when daryl whipped in another delicious cross with desmond tang sliding in for a sweet goal 2-0.

The half was about to end on a high note but success normally hurts the head a bit, as a incredibly huge lapse in concentrate allowed the opposition to surge pass the entire right side to pull a huge scare on us, eventually we gave away a silly set piece at the edge of the box, and our keeper untroubled till that point had to hit air after caught slow back peddling back the rocky ground. 2-1

half time prep tok was spent mainly on cooling hot heads and the manager had half to mind to send some for counselling. haha the team kept to the same formation with desmond tang dropping to the right side while ben and khengwee taking the center and kelvin re drafted to the center with shantan.

the opposition started the game with more spirit, probably wanting to get back on level terms but the game was still pretty even and kelvin and shantan not the most perfect pairup but was doing fine and gaining valuable exp. in the meanwhile, ivan showed his worth by toying with the offside trap and pulling off several deft touches which our players probably could lean from. after several good work from alvin and khengwee a perfect through pass almost let ivan through but the ref gave a stupid whistle.

Khengwee later also had a volley set up by a wilson cross saved at the near post and the game was pretty alive as robin had to be on the toes for long crosses and back passes. END TO END action, wilson and zip came in back to the game with jinyu gave us addition edge as later fardil received a good ball from wilson should have done really better infront of goal.

a rough up in the game ends up with kheng wee limping off and a messy reshuffle to 4-2-3-1 had to try to hold the game tight. desmond v was back in for kw and alex for alvin. a foul was conceeded at the edge of the box, and robin was at his best to keep the lead alive with a tipping save from the free kick.

our attack kept the other side on their toes and ben could have closed the game after fine work by desmond v but close was never enough. Shanthen was having a fine game at the back and a great header helped cleared a crucial ball but he eventually gave way to a knock and kudos to his bravery in the head knock too! we eventually held on for the win and a good dinner ends the day, thanks to the supporters, Alicia, Noble and Guoxiang for the support!!! woot

Team line up: Robin, Alex, Desmond V, Desmond T, Wilson, Shantan, Alvin, Scott, Kheng Wee, Jinyu, Ben, Ivan, Fardil, Daryl

Man of Match: Zip

Another Logo Idea?

FR: 407 United 2 - 4 Yishun Wanderers

2 minutes into the game, referee gave a controversial freekick which was converted into a goal for the opponent. Not a very fantastic goal, but it did beat our keeper. Passing was not as fluent, our midfield was dominated and controlled by the opponents. Their one-touch passing was something that we could have adopt and learn as we grow. The referee's whistle blew for the half time break. 407 United was down 0-3.

Had a debrief by Daryl and Kw, Kw's questioned our effort and commitment towards our training attitude the past 2 weeks. "Wake up call"?

The second half kicked off beautifully; the midfield was gaining their presence. More fluent passing; the addition of Sham (Import Striker by Desmond V) was indeed a great switch to 407 side. A through ball from Jinyu went straight to Sham who dribbled past one defender before unselfishly pass the ball to Kw who did not hesitate to convert this important goal after missing his first open goal in the first half. 1-3 ! 407 was getting back into the game. Until the 4th goal by our opponents which more or less sealed the scoreline of the game. The game ended off with a fantastic long range shot from Sham who earned back the pride of 407. A great consolation goal which could be the top few beauties from 407.

Final score line: 407 United 2 - 4 Yishun Wanderers

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Big Match - 29th June 2008 0900 Hrs

Location: Safra - Tampines Field

Thai Ghosts?

EURO COUNTDOWN!

Raffles Place Elevator Ghost (Its on the news)

Guys; decide whether its real or not? It seems real.

New holiday added to the animal chain!

Soccer on 15th night? Cage?

Deprived! Guys..anyone onz for soccer on 15th night? Do tag for ur response.

AN ALL ENGLISH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL~!

Is It Manchester United or Chelsea?
I will bet on Chelsea. All the way Grant! Win and silence critics; you are better than the arrogant freak (Jose Morinhno)

Think Twice Before Buying Expensive Furry Products..

Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org.

Try watching the whole video. It disgust me thoroughly.

Earth Day 22nd of April 2008

History of Earth Day
In September 1969, at a conference in Seattle, Senator Gaylord Nelson announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration concerning the environment. The Earth Day founder first proposed the nationwide environmental protest to thrust the environment onto the national agenda. "It was a gamble," he recalls, "but it worked."

Try the test to see if you are green: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-21-green-quiz_N.htm

Bored? Try this game: Power Soccer @ www.miniclip.com

Team Logo? Check This Out..

Song Name: Triple Room (Nice Lyrics)

Are You Awared?

Support Our Nation together as a team?

Wanna be part of the Kallang Roar? Eh..not join the team; "Kallang Roar" la. But to relish the famous Kallang Roar at the National stadium while giving our support to our national team who is fighting for a place in the World Cup Qualifiers.






Details are as follow:

2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone Qualifying Tournament

Singapore v Lebanon

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

7.30pm

National Stadium

Grandstand – S$18.00 till 25 March, S$25.00 on Match Day

Gallery Adult – S$8.00 till 25 March, S$10.00 on Match Day

Gallery Student – S$3.00 till Match Day (for Secondary & ITE students only)

(Free entry for Primary School students and younger)

Pre-sale for the Lebanon match is from 10 March till 25 March. Sales hours are 11.00am – 7.00pm (closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays)

((Please Tag your name on the blog if you guys are interested.))

407 United In Action!!

^ Our Goalkeeper; Robin"son" watching the game, looks like no business on his side.
^ Woot! Corner Kick taken by Wil-walcott. Jinyu and Mayu waiting at the centre.

^ In coming corner kick seemingly going towards desmond.. is it going to be a goal?
^The Man behind the scene; Chengxi watching the game from outside. (Inset: kw going towards goal.)
^Counter Attack!! Notice our player manager playing with "long sleeves".. Eh not hot ar?


Credits:
Photographers; Chengxi and Scott.

Rainy Goal Rush

Last rainy sunday morning, our most complete line up so far this season traveled to Changkat Changi Sec's field looking to preserve our run of wins against Kallang Roar Utd.

Our opposition, youngsters formed from Singapore's soccer fans site was there early warming up early while our team arrived just on time again. Team manager didnt take that lightly.

Our team started the match brightly with an offensive 4-3-3 and piled up the pressure on KR in the early opening minutes before our keeper decided to donate a goal to them, failing to collect a light grounder, he does a taibi!

we didnt make much of that goal as it was against the play of the game and almost answered immediately when kheng wee rocked their. Yet, our team decided to cry at the miss allowing KR to play the ball upwards and a perfect through pass allow them to increase their lead to 2-0.

A worst possible start possible, luckily the team wasn't short on fighting spirit and we chased to a 2-2 draw with quick goals from kheng wee and desmond who was leading our front line together with ben impressively.

KR once again snatched the lead after their CB slipped unnoticed and planted a free header from their corner. much to the anger of the Manager, "who the FUCK is marking him!!!"

a improvised long shot from the restart saw KW's shot rocketed off the cross bar and desmond free to net the return, we were back in business! taking matters into his own hands, ben made a fool out of KR's defence and turn in a superb curl effort into the bottom left, 4-3!!!

half time talk proved clinical as we sorted out our mistakes. we headed straight back into the game with KW finishing a hat trick on his debut official match and jinyu's first goal a repeat of his first half miss from a wilson corner.

Although unable to put his penetrative skills to good use in the game, daryl proved his critics with some fine defending although with some questionable backpasses. Desmond and Kelvin made their presence felt at the back after the cold start and we were making mincemeat out of KR. Jinyu shone in the center of the park, threading passes forward and spraying balls to all areas.

Robin made up for his mistakes with a fine second half display and even had 2 assists as his long balls throw KR's defence into disarray letting KW through on goal. Although they clawed one back in the second half we also saw our team practice shouting at posts.....

It could have been more if not for silly refreeing who didnt leave the middle circle throughout the game and giving wrong offside calls and accusing players of 2 legged tackles when they are standing up. wat rubbish!

good game guys and time to work on our defence!

Manager's pick of MOM: Jinyu/Kheng Wee

Our First Official Win!

"A picture says a thousand words" First official win, great game and of course..a wonderful effort by each and everyone of us in the team.

407 United:
Robin, Scott, Desmond, Shanthen, Kelvin, Alex, Eric, Alvin, Wilson, Jinyu, Chengxi, Daryl, Yi Kai, Chunseng, Sing Ping, Norman, Desmond Tang, Mayu.

Special Support From:
Ah Xing, Alicia, Vannessa, Noble.