Match Result - UKRV vs UKRC Veterans

Saya dapat khabar berita yang menyatakan kita kalah 3 biji kali ini. Ada juga berita yang tidak meyenangkan ....... kita hampir2 "clash" dengan team lawan. Macam mana boleh jadi begini, adakah kita di provoke keterlaluan? Selalunya beginilah kalau local derby, tapi tak semestinya berlaku permainan kotor ...... apa pun nanti kita dapatkan penjelasan dari para pemain yang terlibat.

GAME ANNOUNCEMENT

UKRV will play a friendly game against UKRC Veterans this weekend. The following are details of the event.

Match Day : Saturday 26th December 2009
Match Kick off: 5 pm
Venue : UKRC Football Field
Team Captain : Murti (Fauzi tak confirm main)
Team Manager : Black (sebab regular Manager gi cuti)
Assistant Team Manager: Raja (sentiasa ada)
Tukang bawa Air: tanya black
Tukang gambar : Bab akan suruh anak dia volunteer "tangkap" gambar
Tukang collect duit: Black & Raja

Pemain yang sudah confirmed akan turun padang untuk beraksi adalah seperti berikut:

1. Nik Aziz (always the 1st to confirm)
2. Abdah (what a relieve, finally we have a goalkeeper playing kali ini, so Nik boleh main striker & score goals)
3. Ali Hanafiah
4. Amin (top scorer pasti score lagi)
5. Mat Bab
6. Azmi (last chance to "pecahkan telur" tahun ni)
7. Azrul Nizam
8. Hatta (parent baru, dia ni kawan Black and main untuk UK Rovers kalau tak silap saya)
9. Krishnan (kalau dapat penalti, boleh kasi masuk ke bro kali ini?)
10. Mohammed (the other full back yang confirm beraksi ..... penatlah bang)
11. Mohd Radziff (Black)
12. Shah (tambah lagi goal tally yang sedia ada .....)
13. Murti (u kena main last man lah bro)
14. Raja (Raja Bola)
15. Wan Akmal
16. Hashim
17. Nik Zainuddin
18. Miezi (the other defense player that confirmed playing late last night)

Player UKRV yang nama tak ada dalam senarai diatas adalah mereka yang sudah confirm tak dapat turun padang kerana cuti atau yang tak respond langsung.

Bro Murti, u kena pandai2 lah arrange players. Nampaknya back line tu ada sikit kurang ............ Walaubagaimanapun, minta players keep our record tanpa kalah intact. Selamat berjuang!

Our Kids at PKNS Football Academy Annual Age Group Tournament

Last weekend, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th December 2009, our kids at UKRC played in the PKNS Football Academy annual tournament. They represented UKRC in the Under 8, Under 10 and Under 12 age group.


However UKRC weren't represented in the Under 14 & Under 16 age group .... what a pity. The U8, U0 and U12 did well in their group matches with the U8 and U10 reaching the quarter finals. The U12 team did better by reaching the semifinals of their age group competition.



Follow this link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157622892281215/ view photos of the U8 in action, and here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157622903952199/ for the U10 photos and here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157622902569255/ for the U12 team in action. I have also taken some photos of the other team in action here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157622900105763/ ....... enjoy !

GAME CANCELLATION

ADALAH DIMAKLUMKAN BAHAWA PERLAWANAN PERSAHABATAN DENGAN AEON YANG DIJADUALKAN BERLANSUNG PADA 6hb DISEMBER 2009 BERTEMPAT DI SMK SJI TERPAKSA DIBATALKAN. PASUKAN AEON TIDAK DAPAT MENYEDIAKAN PADANG SEPERTI YANG TELAH DIJANJIKAN. HARAP MAKLUM & THOUSANDS OF APOLOGIES TO ALL YANG TELAH MEMBUAT PERSIAPAN UNTUK BERAKSI PADA HARI TERSEBUT.

SALAM AIDIL ADHA

To all my muslim brothers of UKRV, wishing you & your family a blissful Aidil Adha. Selamat menyempurnakan ibadah korban.




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NEXT FRIENDLY MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT

SILA AMBIL PERHATIAN.

Perlawanan persahabatan seterusnya akan diadakan pada 6hb Disember 2009. UKRV akan mengadakan perlawanan persahabatan dengan AEON. Perlawanan ini akan berlangsung di padang bolasepak SMK St. John (St. John Institution - SJI, Jalan Bukit Nenas, Kuala Lumpur. Diharap tuan2 sekelian datang awal kerana permainan di jadual bermula pada pukul 4.45 petang. Kita cadangkan permainan sebanyak 3 halves.

For those who does not know where SMK St John is located, below is a map for your reference.


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UKRC Football Academy vs PKNS Football Academy - Football Friendly Matches

UKRC U8, U10 & U12 teams played a series of friendly matches against their similar age group of boys from the PKNS Football Academy at PKNS Sports Club field in Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya last Sunday 22nd November 2009.

The event had a good turnout of parents from both the academies, accompanying their kids to the game and giving moral as well as vocal support to their kids during the game. The weather was good for field soccer but we had some very, very light drizzle (macam snow tak menjadi) every now and then. The match started at 9 am and the final game ended at 12 noon.

The boys thoroughly enjoyed the morning and some just could not get enough playing the game. Some were seen begging their coaches to be fielded. The boys are already looking forward to play the next game which will be the RSC age group tournament to be held on 12th Dec 2009 at RSC field in Bukit Kiara and the PKNS age group annual tournament to be held the next day at PKNS Sports Club.

Follow the link here to view the photos taken during the event. The photos were taken with my newly bought Canon EOS 500D equipped with Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 55-250mm ...... Enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157622745332717/

Sunday morning Futsal

Pagi tadi, Sunday 15/11/09 9am, 14 of us had a good futsal session at Ampang Sports Planet. We had a good 1 hour workout on the FIFA standard size futsal court (much bigger than "Wembley") and play was at times fast and furious. I was sweating profusely. It took me quite awhile getting used to the futsal court surface ...... bola rolls much faster than on grass and you can't kick a high ball unless you lift the ball up with your toes. Well, the score line was like .... 13 goals to 9. Ravin and Mohammad can't get enough .... dia orang nak main sampai 2 jam. Actually they came late, almost half an hour after we started at 9am. The team players planned to have the futsal session as often as we can given the current situation of "Wembley" in the months of Nov and Dec. The least pun we plan to play once a month. I sempat ambil 2 gambar saja before the battery ran out. Besides me, the following are the players who played this morning:

1. Amir
2. Ammar
3. Azmi
4. Christian
5. Jinggo
6. Karuna
7. Krishnan
8. Meizi
9. Mohammed
10. Mohd Shah
11. Nik Aziz
12. Ravin
13. Abdul Saheed

Match Report - UKRV vs KPJ APH

UKRV had a good game yesterday evening, 8th November 2009 and we had a good turnout of players too. Initially I thought we'll face the same problem we had playing against MBPJ when several players could not make it to the game for health reasons and other last minute turn of events that caused them to be unavailable for the match that night. But I was relieved when UKRV players started to trickle in after 5 pm. As usual, Christian was the first to arrive. He was already there at 4.30pm. Me and Garrett tiba pukul 4.50pm and soon after the rest. Our opponent, Kumpulan Perubatan Johor Ampang Putri Hospital (KPJ APH), also arrived late and by 5.30pm they had only 9 players. They managed to get a complete team just before the match started, while the others arrived after the game started.

We played on the same field we played against Maybank Vet. However this time around, the field was set-up with a rugby goalpost. Fortunately with Azhar's initiative, we had all the players to help replace the rugby goalpost with the football goal post on both ends of the field before the start of the game.

The game kick-off at 5.45pm and due to the lack of time, we only managed to complete 2 halves of play in 80 minutes with a ten minute break. The referee blew the final whistle at 7pm as soon as the Azan was heard from the nearby mosque.

Play was fast and furious in the 1st ten minutes and mostly concentrated on the left flank and the middle of the park. I could say that we had about 60% possession of the ball but could have had more goals scored in the second half if we had converted the opportunities presented to us on at least 3 or 4 occasion. Yes, Krish missed converting a penalty for the second time in his "profeesional" career with UKRV. Next time kena suruh dia pumping 20 kali depan goal post. "Dia orang sudah "bomoh" pintu gol-lah bang!" says Krish when asked why he missed the penalty ........... we had a good laugh (see some photos (lepas saya uploaded nanti) on the other two goals he missed, satu sebelah kiri and the other one sebelah kanan).

Shah gave us the lead after 10 minutes of play with a nice lob of the ball into the right hand corner of the opponents goal post after receiving a beautiful pass from Amin. On the 15th minute of play Shah returned Amin's favour and Amin scored through a well struck ball into the goal leaving the goalkeeper wondering where the ball went.

We seems to have relaxed a bit and slowed the paced of the game after scoring the two goals. KPJ APH players took advantage of the situation and launched several penetrating attack from the left and right flanks. Our central defender Hafiz, left back Meizi and Shariff "Roberto Carlos" managed to keep them at bay. However we weren't able to keep up with the pace of the attack .... nampak "injin dah mula berasap" (macam kereta F1 before the injin meletup ... keluar asap biru). Pusing punya pusing, Shariff terlepas bola and the opponent took advantage of the situation to score their first and only goal of the match.

After the break, we had an almost complete change of players with Garrett marshalling the defense back four, Krish and Nik providing the firepower up front with Ali and Raja on the left and right flanks. We had Bab playing in the middle of the field. The second set of players played very well and Nik Aziz kept a clean sheet in the second half making a couple of good saves, thus denying the strikers of the opposing team from scoring. He clearly frustrated them with some fine good saves of the ball on the goal line. We made some changes towards the end of the second half with Adzrin coming in for Jinggo and Azrul Kenit replacing Ammar. Azrul was presented with a goal scoring opportunity a couple of minutes after coming in and he added his name to the scoring list.

It was evident from this game that we were able to play against a much younger opponents, given that there are enough players for substitution, say between 17 to 19 players with the key players forming the backbone of the team. Tapi we have to be cautious too; not to run ourselves to the ground. Ingat tu, especially those that have crossed 40 and have not gone for a yearly complete check-up yet. We need to know our limits too. Let's enjoy the game.

You guys have to wait for the photos to be uploaded as I can only get them from Bab this weekend. Itu pun kalau dia tak lupa download the photos on a thumb drive for me. Sekali lagi, thank you to all the players who managed to turn up for the game. The following are the list of players who managed to play yesterday:

1. Azhar (captain for the match)
2. Ammar
3. Christian
4. Amin
5. Nik Zainuddin
6. Azrin
7. Azrul Nizam
8. Ravin
9. Krishnan
10. Shah
11. Nik Aziz
12. Meizi
13. Bab "Veron"
14. Raja Radzmi
15. Shariff "Roberto Carlos"
16. Garrett
17. Ali Hanafiah
18. Hafiz (new team member)
19. Jinggo (new team member)

Till the next game ....... stay healthy. Enjoy the photos at the following link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157622683076149/

MATCH RESULT - UKRV vs UNIKES UTM

Tahniah to all the players who played in UKRV match against UNIKES UTM. We won by 4 goals to 2. The goals was scored by Ravi, Azhar, Amin & Shah. Did anybody took photos of the event. My apology for not being able to attend the event as I had to be away on a work assignment. Senarai pemain yang turun padang untuk perlawanan tersebut adalah seperti berikut:

1. Mohd Fauzi (Captain)
2. Mohd Radziff "Black"
3. Mat Bab "Veron"
4. Garrett
5. Krishnan
6. Ravin
7. Mohamad Mustaffa
8. Meizi
9. Nik Aziz
10. Abdah
11. Adzrin Isa
12. Ali Hanafiah
13. Amin
14. Azhar
15. Azmi
16. Shah
17. OM
18. Jinggo
19. Wan Akmal
20. Azrul Nizam

MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT

SILA AMBIL PERHATIAN.

Perlawanan persahabatan seterusnya akan diadakan pada 1hb November 2009. UKRV akan menentang UTM UNIKES, bertempat di padang bolasepak UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur. Kickoff time is at 5.00 pm.

For those who does not know where UTM is, below is a map for your reference.


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RESULT OF MATCH AGAINST MBPJ

Yes, our kekalahan yang ketiga for the year. We were beaten 5 goals to 2, but we had a good game in the first 2 halves. In the third half ...... kepenatan .... I'll come back later with the match report. Meanwhile, here is the group photo of UKRV players who played that night. Note: Meizi is not in the photo. He came in the second half of the game.



Setakat hari ini, saya belum sempat buat match report, but I have uploaded the photos taken that night on Flickr (using only the other half's Canon IXUS 860IS - so photo quality tak berapa bagus). I will edit them later bila kesempatan. Meanwhile enjoy the photos at the following link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157622695142374

Kepada semua pemain yang sudah confirmed turun padang (senarai pemain seperti tertera dibawah) pada hari Rabu 28/10/2009, disini saya sertakan "driving direction map" dari toll Jalan Lapangan Subang NKVE ke Stadium MBPJ Kelana Jaya. The fastest way would be to use DUKE dari ULU Kelang and masuk toll Jalan Duta dan terus ke exit di toll Jalan Lapangan Subang NKVE. Kick off time 8.00pm


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Berikut adalah pemain yang dah confirm:

1. Adzrin
2. Ali Hanafiah
3. Amin
4. Azhar
5. Azli - Bab Veron
6. Azmi Jusoh
7. Azrul Nizam
8. Garrett
9. Ammar
10. Mani Raju
11. Meizi
12. Ravindran
13. Mohammed
14. Mohd Fauzi
15. Mohd Radziff - Black
16. Mohd Shah
17. Murti
18. Nik Aziz
19. Omran
20. Raja Radzmi
21. Shariff Carnavaro
22. Wan Akmal Hisham

Next Friendly Match

Details of the next friendly match are as follows:

Opponent : MBPJ Veteran Team
Date : Wednesday 28th October 2009
Venue : MBPJ Stadium, Kelana Jaya
Kick-off Time : 8.00 pm

HAPPY DIWALI GREETINGS

TO ALL OUR HINDU FRIENDS OF UKRV

"MAY THE DIYAS LIGHT YOUR LIFE WITH
PEACE, PROSPERITY & HAPPINESS"

"IT'S AIDIL FITRI OPEN HOUSE SEASON"

TO ALL MY MUSLIM BROTHERS OF UKRV
SALAM AIDIL FITRI MA'AF ZAHIR BATIN

Match Report - UKRV vs MAYBANK VETERANS

Note: For this match ada 2 match report; one by me and the other by KARUNA.

Selepas beberapa kali terpaksa cancel & menangguh permainan disebabkan ketiadaan padang bola di sekitar lembah klang, we finally got a game going petang semalam. Thanks to Raja Radzmi who had worked extra hard the whole of last week trying to secure a football field around Klang Valley. After a dozen phone calls made to "owners" of football fields as far as Subang and Bangi, he finally managed to get Padang A at PULAPOL for our last football match before UKRV calls it a break from football activities during Ramadhan which would most likely begin on Saturday next week. He would have called Stadium Bukit Jalil had Padang A at PULAPOL had been unavailable ...... seriously .... that how bad we wanted to play yesterday, gian semacam aje.

We were initially scheduled to play against a team from Taman Melawati but since our game against Maybank Veterans that was scheduled for the 14th August was cancelled due to unavailability of the Maybank superb turf in Bangi, we decided to invite them for the game yesterday, Sunday 16th August 2009. Many thanks to NIK "Messi" Aziz for arranging the game against Maybank Veterans. Nik used to work in Maybank and he played for Maybank in the FAM League during his younger days .............. not that he is old now, masih muda lagi kan Nik .... chokeng !!!!.



We would normally have around 25 players for a friendly match but this time around only 16 players managed to turn up to play as the others had prior commitments especially when yesterday was the last weekend before fasting commences on 22nd August 2009 for the muslim members.

Ramai yang mengadakan atau menunaikan jemputan kenduri arwah di rumah sendiri, neighbour, mertua etc yesterday like Azrin and OM. Some were still nursing hamstring injuries and pains in the lower back & groins like those being experienced by Garrett, Mani, Ammar and Hisham. While there were also others who have other commitments like Mizei (auditing outstation bank branches), Azrul, Chris, Abdah (attending his post graduate classes) and Venu (habiskan thesis MBA) etc etc.

Even then we had to "loan" two players to Maybank because their players did not turn up on time (lupa nak minta "loan fees" dari depa ....... mahal tu, our 2 top players Nik and Karu were on "loan" to our opponent. Lepas tu score goal against us lagi ........... Karu pass bola kat Nik and Nik had to score ...... Karu did not want to score against me). That left us with only 14 players when we started the match and we had 15 players when Fauzi managed to arrived from KLIA just in time to play at the start of the match in the 2nd half.



The match which was scheduled for a 5.00pm kick-off finally got underway at quarter to 6.00 pm and the referee blew the final whistle at 7.20pm. We were blessed with good weather yesterday. It was fortunate that it had rained earlier at 3.00 pm. For the past 3 hari, hujan lebat with thunderstorm and lightning would start at 6.00 pm and doesn't let up till half an hour later. Tapi semalam, we were blessed with clear skies and a cool temperature. The conditions was just right for a game of football. Surprisingly there weren't any haze. The rain at 3.00 pm earlier must have cleared the haze.

In the absence of Fauzi our captain, who only managed to be at the field for the 2nd half of the match (tiba di KLIA at 4.30pm and made his way directly to the field), I had requested Azhar to be the Captain of the team for the match. He decided on a 4-1-4-1 playing formation, reminding the players to play the ball to the feet and have Amin as the lone striker. Our opponents had Amin checked with their offside trap several times. But whenever Amin got through, he gave the Maybank defense a hard time. Play was well balanced with both sides attacking and defending well in the 1st half. The ball was played throughout the field; left and right, up & down the field. The half ended with the score at 2-1 in our favour. Ravin scored once and Amin added 1 goal to the score line while Nik "Messi" Aziz @ "Shaolin I keeper", scored for the opposing side. By the way, Black is now "Shaolin III keeper".



We made some changes in the 2nd half, with Shah, Azmi, Karu and Black coming in to replace me, Bab, Amir and Ravin. Karu was "released" from "loan" when one of Maybank Veteran's player turned up just before the half time break. With fresh legs, UKRV were mounting attack after attack at the opponent goal area. We soon increased our lead with a goals from Amin & Shah after several attempt at goal. Soon after, Maybak Veterans managed to reply with a goal from a shot well taken from outside our penalty box. The score then stood at 5-2 before Shah again increased his personal goal tally to 9 as a result of a beautiful pass from Amin.



The 4-1-4-1 playing formation has suddenly now turned to 3-2-5 playing formation, with all attacking UKRV players eagerly trying to get on the score sheet. Just then Ravin came in for Karu and added his personal goal tally to 3 before Shariff "Bentara Guru", who was "released" from his central defensive role when Fauzi came on in the second half, scored 2 well struck goals from outside the penalty box to give UKRV a well deserved win with a 8 goals to 3 scoreline.

All in all, I must say that we had a very good game yesterday with plenty of goals. It was a win with the 2nd biggest margin so far (we defeated PKNS Football Academy Parents Team 8 goals to 1 a couple of months ago). UKRV goals were scored by Ravin (1) and Nor Amin (2) in the first half and again from Ravin (1) , Shah (2) and Shariff (2) our central defender in the second half (Fauzi, who says defender couldn't get their name in the top scorer's table). We had more than 3 clear chances at scoring goals but we were thwart by good defensive play by the Maybank players.



I let in a goal towards the end of the 1st half, a goal scored by our "loan" player to Maybank, yes!!!!!!! Nik Aziz. It was a one-on-one situation and he slotted a grounder to the right hand side of the goal mouth. I really should have gone straight for the ball coming out from my goal line (tak ada experience ........ badan pun sudah terlalu berat and my reaction pun slow). Maybank Veterans also added a couple more goals in the second half of the match. Black was keeping goal then. He did well to make some marvelous saves during the second half.

I rasa semua players berpuas hati dapat bermain at least 40 minutes of the match and enjoyed themselves tremendously. I know I did. We played 40 minutes in each half with a 10 minutes break between halves for the total duration of the match.

I must thank Garrett and his son, Aidit Alfian and Hashim for coming to the match to give the team moral support and to cheer on the team. My gratitude to the kids of some of our players (anak2 Murti, Raja, Shariff, Nik, Bab, Azmi and the others) for giving us a helping hand with the logistics.



So buat sementara waktu ni, kita kena tangguh dulu aktiviti2 bolasepak UKRV ke suatu masa yang akan ditentukan nanti ......... seperti kata Bentara Guru, kita akan mula balik bila ketupat & lemang dah habis ........ bila tu, I tak tahu. It depends on all of you members.

I heard that the training session for the kids at UKRC would still continue every Saturday & Sunday for an hour starting from 5.30 pm during the fasting months. Maybe the parents can have a kickabout at "Wembley" while the kids are having their training. Maybe I heard wrong.

Anyway saya ucapkan selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa di bulan Ramadhan to all our Muslim brothers. Pesanan saya, carilah Lailatulqadar di malam2 Ramadhan dan janganlah cari Nasi Kandar di siang hari ...... ha! ha! ha! ha!. Siapa nak belanja buka puasa bolehlah diwar2kan di Sembang-Sembang Di Sini.

Match Report by KARU
TIGERS MAULED BY UKRV

UKRV has ended a series of football friendlies over the last 5 months with a big win over Maybank Veterans at Pulapol field yesterday evening. Our 8-3 victory was proof that our weekly training on every Sunday at “Wembley” is beginning to produce results.

The match which was supposed to kick off at 5pm was delayed due to the late arrival of players from both teams. UKRV players, as real veterans, we need to improve our punctuality in our future games. It is worse for the Maybankers as they have to call up their team members to play.

Finally, the match started at around 5.45pm, just a few minutes before the registration deadline for new players, Maybank Veterans managed to sign three players from UKRV. Nik Senior, Nik Junior and Karuna were promised a lifetime waiver on Maybank Platinum Credit Cards for playing for them.



The only notable change in our line up is that our team manager Din had to transform himself as a keeper. UKRV started the game aggressively with our players passing the ball really well. The accuracy of passes from Azhar to our players, made a huge threat to our opponents who may have underestimated our ability to play good football. A lapse in concentration in our defence has resulted in Nik Senior having a one on one opportunity with our keeper. Our keeper only had to say to Nik if you score, you’ll have to pay a monthly membership fee of RM60 instead of RM20. That’s reminder alone was good enough for Nik to kick the ball straight to Din.



UKRV realized that they needed to raise the tempo of the game and a beautiful one two one between Azhar, Amin and Ravin resulted in our first goal by Ravin. To our fans, this is not a typo error, yes Ravin scored our first goal when he placed the ball in the back of the net. As usual, we missed many opportunities before Amin added our second goal.

After the second goal it was our opponent’s turn to attack us. Din managed to save many long range attempts by their strikers and midfielders. A beautiful pass between Nik and his midfield created another opportunity for Nik to place the ball in our net. This time our manager/keeper was too late to remind Nik of the consequences of scoring goals against his own team.

UKRV will be a forming a panel to decide on any disciplinary action to be taken against Nik. If we were to follow the UKRV Football Act, Nik would have to pay a RM100,000 fine and he would be banned from playing football for the next 250 years. Nik, now you know why I decided to pass the ball to others when I had a similar opportunity. UKRV was leading 2-1 when the referee blew the whistle for half time.

It was a major boost for the team when they saw their team captain had just arrived from Tokyo in time to lead the team in the second half. It was indeed bad news for our opponents as Fauzi has strengthened our defence and the players were charged up to score more goals. Black took over the keeper’s role from our manager.

UKRV added six more goals in the second half with a brace from Shah and Sharif, Amin. Ravin (not a typo error) each bagged their second goal. Black was beaten twice by the Maybankers. Does anyone have a clue as to why our opponents like to shoot from afar every time Black is a keeper? Black kena mandi bunga lah kali ini.



Man of the Match was a tie between Sharif and Ravin. So if you would like to participate, please vote in our blog.

Till we resume our friendly match in two months time, happy fasting to all our muslims friends.

Editor's Note
Meanwhile follow the link below to view the photos taken during the match. These photos were taken by Rashidi as I had to become the goalkeeper yesterday ..... so tak berapa banyak sangat gambar yang dapat diambil because Rashidi was trying to get used to handling my camera.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157621934840981/

UKRC U11 NOJCFL 2009 Matches on 18-07-2009

The UKRC U11 team had a good outing last Saturday 18th July 2009, winning both their matches thus earning them 6 valuable points. With the 2 wins, UKRC U11 team move into 5th place in the Group A of the National Open Junior Community Football League 2009. The team played TTDI First Touch whom they trashed 16-0 in their previous encounter. But this time around the team only managed a 6 nil victory. TTDI First Touch has improved their game very much since the last encounter since they managed to reduce the scoreline by over 60%.

In the second game UKRC U 11 managed a 3 nil victory over an all Japanese outfit ASTAKA FC.



However, I personally feel that they should have done much more against the 2 lesser opponents. The team should have scored more goals given that both the matches was pretty much one-sided with the team having more than 70% possession of the ball and with play was most of the time concentrated in the opponent's half. UKRC U11 goalkeeper hardly handled the ball in both the matches.

The team kena main the game more "openly" and not get "crowded". Whatever happened to their short passing skills and players making spaces for themselves. Half way through the League and we still have players being given a foul for a throw-in. The players should be given the encouragement to play a "thinking" game. We need 2 to 3 players who can distribute the ball from the back and the middle of the field and dictate play and create open spaces.



The team should also make full use of set pieces opportunities like the corner kicks and free kicks, to create opportunities and chances to score goals. Kena try macam2 plan masa practise sessions. We have some "hard kicker of the ball in the team", they can try scoring from long range, and when playing against a weaker opponent, we should have used all the players available, thus giving them the game exposure they much needed.

Hey! wait a minute, these are 11 years old we are talking about ..... and I am asking them to play like adults, sorry. Anyway, congratulation to the players. They did a marvelous job winning the 2 matches. Keep up the momentum, practise hard and hopefully make much more improvement in your game as you would need them in the coming games against tougher opponents. I believe the team can make it to be among the top in the table standings.

Click on the link below to view some of the photos taken during on that day

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157621777280566/


and click on this link for the latest results from NOJCFL 2009 website

http://jrleague-malaysia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=89

Match Report - UKRV vs Butcher FC

This match report was written by Karuna as the regular writer was away on "tugas-tugas rasmi" hari ini. Thanks Karuna. An excellent report.


After merely missing entering the final on goal difference in the Venezuela Football Week Invitational tournament a fortnight ago, UKRV today played a friendly match against Butcher FC, a club which recently won the FA cup in the football league organized by Club Aman.

There were many challenges for UKRV in the built up to the game. The first test was for the UKRV players to play a match against a team which not only plays competitive football on a weekly basis but have so many young players in their early thirties .... or maybe even in their late twenties.

Secondly, this was the first 3pm kick-off match for UKRV. It was pretty obvious that our players were not used to the early kick-off time and many were evidently tired and out of sort. Our Captain Fauzi had to rush from a 9 a-side tournament to join the team and many parents had to similarly rushed back for the game against Butcher FC after a long day at MBPJ grounds (since 7.30 am) where their sons were participating in the U11 NOJC Football League 2009. The U11 played their last match for the day at 12.30pm and the match ended at 1.30pm. After a quick lunch, the players had to rush to UKRC field for the match against Butcher FC.

The late lunch menu of rojak, ais kacang, nasi lemak, asam pedas and what have you did not help the cause either. It goes to prove that we were real veterans and are not bothered by the early kick-off time.

Thirdly, we were without our regular goalkeepers. Our regular keepers were unable to play today due to other personal commitments thus forcing UKRV to start the match with BLACK as the stand-in goalkeeper (at this point we have not "unearthed" the jewel in the team yet ......).

As expected, it was a fast pace game from the moment the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game. Butcher FC fast game pushed UKRV to play more defensively. Within the first 15 minutes, Butcher FC were on the way to "butcher" UKRV by taking a lead of 2 goals to nothing.

When the late lunch finally got digested, UKRV players began to play like REAL VETERANS. A quick pass from OM to Karuna, resulted in a through pass to Amin who coolly placed the ball in the back of Butcher FC's net for UKRV first goal. Hmm, nasi lemak and rojak actually may not be a bad idea to boost stamina. A game which was initially one-sided has now turned into a more balanced match.



A lapsed in concentration resulted in Butcher FC's 3rd goal. Even an acrobatic dive by our keeper Black failed to keep the ball from going into the far post of his goal. Fauzi and OM, decided that we were giving too much space and decided to push the defensive line further up to limit the opponents movement. Hooray, that strategy works immediately and UKRV were beginning to have more possession of the ball and put more pressure on Butcher FC's goalkeeper. An error by their keeper gave our striker Amin an opportunity to score our second goal. Now all of a sudden, it was UKRV who were attacking from the left and right flanks through Amin, Mi, Bab and Raja. Butcher FC were now being butchered by UKRV. From another good move by our forward line, Mi Kelate had a one-on-one situation with only their goalkeeper to beat ....... but alas he failed to find the back of the net yet again. It must have been such a frustration for him not to score yet again given the opportunity to do so. Mi, nampaknya mu kena mandi bungalah .......... . The first half of the match ended in 3-2 scoreline in favour of Butcher FC.

At the end of the first half, Black decided to hang up his gloves after dia sudah penat making so many saves from the many attempts at goal by the Butcher FC strike force. Yang peliknya kenapa Black tangkap bola pakai lutut dan bukannya dengan tangan? Unsolved mystery. Ni case CSI .......!!!



In the second half we started with fresh legs with the introduction of a new set of players with Nik Aziz volunteering to become the goalkeeper. Butcher FC started the game aggressively yet again with the intention of extending their slim lead by attacking from all sides and angels. Our defense back four controlled by Mizi, Murthy, Azrin and Mohd were able to contain the fast pace game at the beginning of the half but cracks soon begin to show in our defense after countless attacked by the opposing team.

The first strike at goal by Butcher FC was well saved by Nik and the fans thought he had just made a lucky save. The avalanche of attempts at goal by Butcher FC from all angles as they searched for their fourth goal was time and again stopped by Nik. Suddenly the fans are seeing the emergence of a "Shaolin Soccer" goalkeeper. They were cheering Nik on by shouts and chants of “Gomo Kelante Gomo”. The endless attack by Butcher FC resulted in their fourth goal being scored from another defensive error. The score remained at 4-2 till the second half ended. Note: For those interested, see "Shaolin Goalkeeper" movie trailer on U-Tube at the end of this page.



The UKRV players started the 3 half of the match aggressively and we soon saw tackles flying everywhere. Nampaknya semuanya dah lupa yang this was a friendly match. It was also clearly evident that our players were really drained then. My salute to the match referee who managed to handle the match well before it really got out of hand. My hats off to Mizei for his leadership in handling our players so professionally. The referee blew the final whistle with the final scoreline at 4-2 in favour of Butcher FC.

This could be the toughest game that UKRV has played so far and I must say that we have passed the test with flying colours. Akhirnya, kaweh nak cakap “ A Blessing in Defeat” as we were surprised by a revelation of our new found hero by chance, Nik "Van der Sar" Aziz (tukar nama dari "Messi"). Nik "Van der Sar" was clearly our "Man of The Match" without doubt this afternoon. But he has a problem now. He has to decide whether he wants to be a "Van der Sar" or a "Messi" in the future games. Gomo Kelate Gomo.

PS from the regular writer - Unfortunately, hari ini tiada siapa ambil gambar. So I am on a mission to get an alternate cameramen so that this does not happen again. Karuna, you need to do this on a regular basis, brilliant reporting and once again many thanks.

National Open Junior Community Football League 2009

The UKRC U11 team that is participating in the National Open Junior Community Football League 2009 was blessed with 2 wins in their Group A matches played today, Saturday 4th July 2009, that took place at 8.30 am and 12.30pm against PNSB FA and ASTAKA FC respectively.

The match against PNSB FA resulted in a 2 nil scoreline in favour of UKRC. Both goals were scored in the 2nd half of the match. Shahrul of UKRC scored with a well taken shot from well outside the penalty box. The opposing goalkeeper was well off his line after taking a clearance kick when the goal was scored. Quick thinking by Shahrul resulted in the goal being scored.



The second goal was an own goal as a result of a deflection from a well taken cross by "Angah" from the right flank. Angah made a good run down the right flank and made a cross to the middle of the goal mouth. The well taken cross took a deflection off one of the defenders in the goal mouth resulting in an own goal.



In the second game UKRC did not exactly played well. Nampak macam "berat" aje permainan UKRC. Maybe this was a result of a long 3 hours wait for the game. It could also be that the players have been stuffing themselves with too much food during the break or maybe they are too familiar with ASTAKA after having played them a couple of times before this. Anyway ASTAKA took the lead in the 1st half before UKRC recovered with 2 goals in the second half, one each from Shahrul and "Angah". The second goal by Angah was a beaut ........ a bicycle kick goal that took a deflection of the goal post and went into the goal mouth. It's the best goal that has been scored in the tournament so far. Must catch the Astro match highlights on TV next week to see the beautiful goal.



All in all, it was a good outing for UKRC, collecting 6 points from the 2 matches and putting them in the 6th position in the Group A league table. Congratulations to the UKRC U11 players and to coach Kamil Majid and coach Rashidi for a job well done.

Click on this link to view some of the photos taken during on that day

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620805408797/


and click on this link for the latest results from NOJCFL 2009 website
http://jrleague-malaysia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=89

National Open Junior Community Football League 2009

In the last Saturday 27th June 2009 NOJCFL 2009 matches held at MBPJ Field in Petaling Jaya, UKRC U11 lost to Mahkota FA 2-4 and drew with Kido Kickers Academy 2-2. It seems that there was a dispute in the UKRC U11 vs Mahkota FA match. The dispute was that Mahkota FA had 12 players at one point during the game as a result of a confusion in players substitution. An official complaint had been lodged by the UKRC team management with the organiser of the league.

To the supporters of UKRC U11, please be informed that the UKRC U11 team will play against PNSB FA and Astaka FC on Saturday 4th July 2009 at 8.30am and 11.30 am respectively at the same venue.

For the latest in team standings and match result go to NOJCFL 2009 website here:

http://jrleague-malaysia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=89

UKRV Player's Profile

I have uploaded 32 UKRV player's profile thus far. Hanya tinggal Rashidi, Ammar & Hisham. Will try to get their photos this weekend. I should have this section completed by then. Kalau ada sesiapa yang nak tukar gambar (manalah tahu kalau ada gambar sendiri ke ..... tapi kena gambar solo, gambar berdua dengan girlfriend tak boleh terima) atau inginkan saya tambah atau delete info player's profile boleh SMS atau email kepada saya.

Match Report - Venezuela Football Week Tournament

Ah! ..... Venezuela Football Week Tournament to commemorate Venezuela's Independence Day ...... if you can call it a tournament at all ..... more like a Saturday morning friendlies if you asked me. We were told to be there at HKL field by 8.30am but batang hidung organisers pun tak nampak and there was nothing to indicate that there was going to be a football tournament to be held there that morning. We were supposed to have the match fixture drawn at 8.30 am but ........ kena tunggu, punya tunggu, punya tunggu .......

I take my hats off to the team dari Subang Jaya led by their team manager Bathu. They arrived early, 8.15am, saw them at the car park. They were very well organised. They recce for a good spot under the tree, pitched their tents, laid down their tikar plastic and fixed their table & chair DIY style ....... and by 9 am Subang Jaya team were all ready ......... the team were already warmed-up and ready to go and play ball ......... but their opponent pulak belum arrive lagi..... how to play ball lah dei!



Time was 9am, tapi batang hidung organiser pun tak nampak. Orang Malaysia selalu kena kutuk kerana tak keep time, but from the experience of last Saturday, orang Malaysia lebih arif tentang keeping time as demonstrated by the Subang Jaya team. Tak silap saya pukul 9.15am baru organiser tiba. Terhegeh2 pulak tu. Match fixture ke-mana, draw ke-mana .............. entah lah.

We were told that it would be a veteran's game. It was definitely not. Some of our opponents were in their late twenties and early thirties (ada yang rambut bermacam-macam color lagi dan bertindik pulak tu !!!!) ..... but its OK kita boleh terima main dengan sesiapa pun, tapi janganlah bagi tahu kita rules ada age limit, kesian players kita yang below 35 tak dapat main ............



To make matters worse, the match schedule was changed and we had to play our game earlier because one of the team that was supposed to play the first game of the "tournament" weren't complete, tak cukup kuorum...... ada yang belum sampai lagi (imagine that, sudah pukul 9.30am) nama aje orang yang sentiasa keep time ....... maybe depa ni yang dah "Malaysianise" kot !



Anyway we only have ourselves to blame because we weren't exactly ready ourselves pun when we were called to play the 1st game at 9.40am. We were told initially that our game will start at 10am. So we took our time to get ready. Ada diantara kita pun yang lambat sampai ke padang. Yang dah sampai awal pun tak ready. We really need to be serious with our time and to get ready as soon as we arrive on the field. Saya telah berpesan melalui SMS, at least twice before match day, minta pemain sampai pukul 8.30am dan game akan bermula pukul 9am. Tujuan saya minta datang awal is because we need ample time to get ready ......... kan dah OTAI (especially the parents), engine diesel pakai carburettor pulak tu, bukan fuel injection, nak start pagi2 pun susah. Maybe ada kemungkinan tergendala dengan hal2 masing2, maklumlah dah berkeluarga, ada2 saja yang came up at the last minute......... kita merancang tapi ada kuasa yang lebih besar yang menentukan segala2nya.



Anyway, in future, kita semua kena bersedia sebaik sahaja tiba di padang .... kerana in a tournament (bukannya friendly game), anything can happen .... like the last minute change in the match fixture last Saturday, mula2 diberitahu UKRV akan bermain pada pukul 10 pagi ......... tiba2 diberitahu pula kena main 20 minit lebih awal ...... and our unpreparedness to start play was clearly evident in the 1st half of our match against the South Americans. Nampak macam berat aje! Permainan kurang teratur, not like in our normal friendly game.



But we still did manage a 1-1 draw against the South American team, thanks to a well taken free kick by Azhar. But I personally feel that we could have won the game if we were more organised at the start of the game. Bukan bagus sangat pun depa main. 1st half memanglah we were on our back heels. Tapi masuk second half, kita dah boleh berentap dengan mereka. I forget to tell u all, match ini macam main 9 aside, tak ada offside rule.



We only had a 30 minutes rest before we had to play the 2nd game against a team that call themselves Black Eagle Football Club; a team of youngsters ... but UKRV under the guidance of OM, managed to get back to its normal game of play in that match but the opposition proved to be a tough nut to crack. We need to re-assess our front line as we weren't effective in that area of play in that game. But we finally managed to secure a goal through OM's well taken penalty kick that was given as a result of a foul on Amin in the penalty box. It was a grounder to the right side of the goal mouth. The keeper did not have a chance. We won the game 1-0.



We topped group A with the South American team with 4 points each but had to miss out the final due to goal difference. The South Americans had it easy against a depleted Black Eagle FC ........ you see, the Black Eagle players were playing a back-to-back matches as half of them were playing for 2 different teams in the "tournament" (their other team was in Group B). By the time they played against the South Americans after our game, they have already ran themselves to the ground ... and by the time we decided to leave the field of Hospital Kuala Lumpur while Black Eagle FC vs Venezuela match was in progress in the 1st half, the score was already 4-0 in Venezuela's favour.



Well, ini "tournament" pertama kita as a team ........ tapi yang pentingnya, we did not lose any of our matches but we could have won both matches. There are definitely lessons to be learnt, like being on time for a game, for a start. We need to be on time as this would give us ample time to get ready for a match irrespective whether it is a tournament or a friendly match .... otherwise kita akan merasai babak2 yang serupa semasa 1st half dalam game pertama dengan team dari South America tu.



Tapi yang cantiknya kita dapat adjust ourselves quickly to the situation. Maybe it is due to the experience that we have gained from playing the game in the past. Itu yang dapat memberi kita an edge over our opponents. Our team is strong and is very capable of playing good football and we have it in us to beat the best if we want to...........so what do we want to achieve out of playing together for UKRV? itu semua sendiri mau tanya lah!



Tahniah to all the players for showing a 100% commitments on the field, main bermatian untuk kemenangan UKRV. Thank you for coming and playing for UKRV. We need to keep this up.



Thanks Karu for your support. Datang juga ke padang walaupun injured. Terima kasih Shah kerana kena bergegas dari Rawang menyambut sahutan saya untuk bermain since tak ada had umur; thank you also to Black for volunteering as the linesman and tukang siapkan air untuk pemain2, Rashidi for the logistics and not forgetting Doc Nathan for belanja makan lunch untuk pemain2 di Kampong Baru (saya tak dapat join kerana ada tugas2 Dalam Negeri atas perintah "Menteri Dalam Negeri"...... way to go Doc, may god bless you with more wealth and happiness!



Till the next friendly match, do get fit and stay fit & enjoy playing the game. Click the link below to view the photos taken during the match .... enjoy!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620496568043/

Match Report - UKRV vs PKNS Football Academy Parents Team

Amidst a slight drizzle after hujan lebat at 4 pm, UKRV players started trickling into UKRC Club house slightly after 4.30pm. By 5 pm most of our team players were already at the club house getting ready for the kick off at 5.30pm. A few though could only make it after the kick off at 5.30pm thus missing on the group photo session.

OM took the players to the field for a warm-up session amidst the slight drizzle. "Saya suka cuaca macam ni" kata Adzrin ...... ya saya faham ..... memang sesuai untuk berbagai jenis sukan. Tapi petang tu kita main bolasepak.



After the warm-up session (rasanya macam dah berlari setengah jam) ..... apa lagi tiba lah masa yang dinantikan, group photo session. Kali ini, Mizei, Shah, Kamil, Rustam and Ali tak sampai on time. So depa tak ada dalam gambar. Mani & Abang Jo ada, tapi segan nak bergambar. Saya pun tak ada dalam gambar, sebab kena ambil gambar. Here is the photo, semuanya handsome2 belaka. Cuma yang pakai baju light blue tu comel.Sesiapa yang berminat, sila hubungi saya ........... berminat nak beli pemain saja !



We kick-off with quite a balanced team of players with Chris, Fauzi, Om & Muhammad at the back and Abdah in goal. Azhar and Karu played in midfield. Bab and Garrett were on the flanks with Shah and Azmi playing in the forward line.

We needed to guage the abilities of our opponents and make adjustments if necessary as this is the first time we are facing them. Generally we had possession of the ball 70% of the time in the 1st half. Play was concentrated in the middle and in the opponent's half. We used the middle and the left flanks in most of our attack. Azhar, our midfield general, distributed the ball well and Karu managed to win and keep possession of the ball in the middle. We had several opportunities at goals with through balls down the middle and crosses from the left flanks.

The 1st goal came quick enough in the 10th minutes through a well taken strike by Karu in the penalty box. It was a simple goal, but a well struck one leaving the keeper well beaten. UKRV dominated play after the 1st goal with endless surge forward by the midfield and the forwards down the middle and the left flanks where Garrett was playing.



It didn't take long for Azhar, our midfield general, to see an opportunity at goal. Azhar had ample time to strike a well taken shot from well outside the penalty area. A well taken goal ................ into the left hand corner of the goal post, leaving the keeper clutching air. Azhar struck the ball with his instep aje ...... power tu bang, from 30 yards.

Saya tak sempat nak ambil gambar kesemua gol2 yang di score pemain kita kerana too excited melihat permainan UKRV....... apa kata orang putih ........... mesmerising ....... (orang melayu kata menakjubkan lah!) .................. pemainan yang penuh dengan skillfull short passing, through passes, sliding tackling, ball dribbling skills, burst of speed macam Ronaldo, keeping tight possession of the ball .......................macam2 ada. Pada hal masa practise, kita main kat padang sekangkang kera aje. OTAI2 UKRV ni memang hebatlah.

Tapi kita terpaksa juga melupakan beberapa "adegan2", "moments of truth" dan "incidents yang mengecewakan", ha! ha! ha! paham2 ajelah. Ianya berlaku ......... mungkin disebabkan kehilangan konsentrasi seperti "tendangan penalty" and situasi "one-on-one" dengan goalkeeper, situasi "open goal mouth" yang "termiss dengan tak sengaja", atau pun juga telah "dikompromi dengan pihak lawan". Tak apa, kita ma'afkan .................. pumping 100 kali bang next training !.

Gol ketiga saya "termiss", kerana terpaksa ke T _ N _ A _ , hari hujan bang, sejuk. Tapi Abang Jo beritahu Bab scored from a free kick. Bagus betul engkau Bab, tiap2 perlawanan engkau score (orang Melaka suka cakap engkau/aku). Right on brother ...... fetish stokin, siap engkau Bab, dah ada peminat di Flickr. Shah added another goal towards the end of the 1st half and the score remains at 4-0 at break time.

So 2nd half line-up pun main sikit punya confident lah. Sudah leading 4-0. Depa enjoy sakan lah. We were so dominant in the 2nd half that it was surprising that we only scored 2 goals. Mana tak surprise ................... banyaknya goal opportunities yang "termiss".



Rustam kept goal in the 2nd half, while the back four consist of Venu, Fauzi, Shariff and Adzrin while Murti, Black, Ismail and Azrul played in midfield. Krishnan and Amin played upfront. Our striker Amin scored both goals in the 2nd half. The first goal was a well executed flick of the ball over the head of the goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation and the other was well struck "on-the-run' kind of ball down the left flank, another typical Amin's goal (catch me if you can defender!). A superb goal. We could have added a third, fourth, fifth goal ............ tapi apakan daya, rezeki banyak tu aje in the 2nd half.

Krishnan missed the spot kick. Pada kebiasannya, Krish ni very precise with his kicking .............. siap boleh place the ball where he wants to. Tapi petang tu dia gugup sedikit ............... tak, dia gugup banyak ! Maklumlah dah 20 tahun tak tendang penalty. Nasib baik bukan "European Cup" final. Kalau tidak sure saya panggil Mr. Perez dan transfer Krish dari REAL Veterans ke REAL Madrid petang semalam.

Jeng ! jeng ! jeng !, then comes the 3rd half and the opponent had to score a goal just when I am playing. What luck ! PKNS FAPT came back at us in the 3rd half. I thought they were going to score a dozen. But we contained them with our back four of Ammar, Shariff, Mizei and Kamil with Abdah again in goal. I postioned myself in midfield (tak ada orang suruh pun, pilih sendiri position tu) with Karu, Raja Radzmi and Chris.



Raja Radzmi has turned into a very skilfull midfielder and has gained much confidence in his play ..... ini bakal jadi midfield maestro dia ni. Nama pun Raja, sahlah tu Raja Bola. If I remembered well, the forwards then was Ali and Hashim. Play was dominated by PKNS in the first few minutes and we were on our back heel during the first 5 minutes. PKNS FAPT took several shots at goal but was well saved by Abdah. The goal had to come. It finally did after about 5 minutes of play.

Tapi setelah kita settle down kita managed to bring play into their half with Raja and Karu getting through balls to the forwards down the middle. Tak boleh main flanks kerana tak ada yang boleh lari. We made some changes with Garrett, Ismail, Azmi & Shah coming in. It somehow had to happen ...................Azmi came running towards the goal after a through pass, the goalkeeper came out, there was a clash of bodies ................. and the ball trickled into the goal mouth. Tahniah MI, finally the goal came, after all the Mi ......sses. Shah then added a goal towards the end of the 3rd half, bringing the final tally to 8 for UKRV and 1 to PKNS FAPT.



But I must take off my hat to PKNS FAPT. With a team that is half of our squad, they were able to last the 3 halves and made some very good play down the flanks. Ariff was superb in the middle for PKNS and their sweeper played magnificently. I tought they played well in the 3rd half and could have scored a couple if not for our good defence and our goal custodian.

Gentlemen, I would say the game was a good warm-up match for this Saturday's game. This Saturday's game would be a real test of our fitness. I think we are already ok with our style of play. It would be excellent if our "midfield generals" dictates the tempo of play and flow of the ball to suit our players ability.

Though we often hear OM, Mizi, Fauzi, Azhar, Garrett, Murti shouting instructions on the field and asking for the ball when helping the others, the rest needs to be a bit more vocal too (me included) and support our team mate who has possession of the ball.

Yang ada ball possession tu, pass the ball to your team mates. Kadang2 kita tak mahu pass to certain players, takut kehilangan bola. Well mistakes made, are mistakes to be learnt. Kalau tak buat mistakes mana nak improve. Yang pandai ajar yang tak berapa pandai. Encourage them and give vocal support.

Ada OTAI2 yang dah lama tak main; mana nak tenguk bola, mana pulak nak tenguk kawan nak pass .........Kita kena bagi confidence kat team mates kita ni. Again yang pandai ajar yang tak berapa pandai. Matlamatnya, get everybody to play well enough to make football enjoyable for us. Kalau dia dah pandai main nanti, senang sikitlah yang dah pandai tadi on the field. Yang tak pandai tu jangan pula memandai pulak and marah bila kena tunjuk ajar, kenalah selalu practise and get fit. Yang mengajar tu, tegurlah dengan bersopan ................ ni bapak budak bang!.

I welcome onboard the new players who had their 1st game last Sunday; Venu Gopal, Ammar and Ali . Hope you had an enjoyable game and don't forget to pay your monthly dues, ha! ha! ha! and keep the UKRV flag flying high and .................that goes to everybody in the team.

Oh! yes before I forget, thank you Rashidi and Abang Jo for the helping hand with the drinks, jerseys, football and match fee collection. I would really feel lost and unable to cope without your help. And also to the player's "Other & Better halves" who came in full force with their children to support their husbands.



.... and thank your to the ever present Aidit ....... walaupun dia mai lambat, tapi dia tetap mai jugak to our game ...

............... and this mesaage is for Chris and Ammar. Please get your wife (or wives if you have more than 1) or your local friends to help you out when you are reading postings in this blog because it is written in a mixture of English and Bahasa Malaysia languages. Hope you guys can bear with me.

Here is the link to the photos taken on match day with PKNS Football Academy Parents Team, enjoy!!!!!!!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620082630780/

Match Highlight - UKRV vs PKNS FA Parents Team

What a fantastic turnout by the UKRV players. UKRV sekarang mempunyai 35 "playing" members. Out of 35, two cannot make, 33 players came ...... and guess what 31 played (Abang Jo and Mani could not play because of injuries). Bayangkan 31 orang pemain beraksi dalam 3 halves. Thank you guys for the largest turnout ever ................ and we commemorate it with our biggest margin of victory so far to-date ..... UKRV -
8 and PKNS FA Parents Team - 1.



Saya belum sempat buat Match Report. So untuk tidak menghampakan visitors ke blog ini saya muatkan Match Highlight bersama dengan gambar yang diambil semasa perlawanan petang tadi di link berikut:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620082630780/ enjoy !!!!!

I will come back later in the week for the Match Report, god willing. By the way, majority of the Team members have agreed with the proposed UKRV LOGO (sila lihat di Blog Header diatas). Apa macam ................ "world" ke tidak?