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