game.

It was a game as drab as the weather. The sun was merciless and it seemed to have taken a toll on the level of play on the field. BPFC’s makeshift squad could not conjure up any creativity and deservingly fell to the opposition 2-1.

The game started brightly with BPFC dominating the early proceedings. With only 5 minutes gone, Li Heng was presented with a one-on-one that was kept out by their onrushing goalkeeper. BPFC continue to pressure the opposition with Leonard making a series of promising runs only to be stopped by the referee’s whistle. It was controversial, as Leonard insisted that he had been playing off the shoulder of the last defender.

However, against the run of play, a lapse in defense allowed the opposition’s winger to place a curler beyond the despairing dive of Zhi Kai. One shot, one goal.

BPFC was presented with a glorious opportunity to equalize when right back Joel spotted Alison’s run and looped the ball over the defence to send him through. Alison looked up and saw Alan unmarked and squared the ball across the 6 yard box. However, the pass was a tad over hit and another good chance went begging.

Meanwhile, Peng Yong provided a surging run from the right flank and sped past two defenders before blazing his shot over the bar. Alan had his chances too, he had used his pace to good effect to put him through on goal, only to be let down by his first touch.

First half drew to a close and it was plain for all to see that BPFC was losing the midfield battle. Newly recruited players Li Heng and Leonard were too enthusiastic in supporting the attack and often left empty pockets behind the midfield. BPFC was also quick to realize that the opposition goalkeeper was playing so high up to the extent that he was sweeping away all the through balls like a sweeper. Hong Yun’s instruction was clear “Test him from distance. He is playing too far off his line.”

Test him BPFC surely did. In fact, BPFC did more than that. This strategy reaped instant dividends as Oon tried a shot from distance which the Goalkeeper spilled into the bottom corner of his goal. It was 1-1 and game on.

Buoyed by the equalizer, BPFC was clearly on the ascendancy now as they enjoyed the lion’s share of the possession encamped inside the opposition’s half. Peng Yong headed over the bar from a corner and Oon sliced a shot wide from a Alan lay-off.

A long goal kick was controlled brilliantly by the opposition’s striker who then executed a volley on the turn in one sweeping move. His outrageous shot caught Zhi Kai by surprise as the ball sailed over him and nestled into the bottom of the net. It was a goal that brought back memories of Henry’s turn shot against Manchester United at Highbury and also similar to Drogba’s 90^th minute effort against Everton. The goal totally came out of nothing. Just like that; 2 shots from the opposition and 2 goal. Talk about taking your chances.

Brave keeper keeps it going

And he continues his goalkeeping stints in Finland... Do u have the balls to do what he did?

Update!

Sunday's game team line up :

Zhi kai

Hong yun (+1 frd)

GuoXing (+2 frd)

Steven

Alan

Alison

Pengo( +1 frd)

Shu heng cant cfm yet.

With the addition of Shu heng we would only managed to squeeze out 12 players. Lets work things out on the field tmr. BP!

Urgent

coming,

yun, heng, py, xing, oon, kai, alan, kt, alison

In view of kt and alison not being able to join us for the game this sunday, BP-FC is currently left with 7 players. With the addition of 3 invited players from guo xing and hong yun, we are still low in numbers.

Please try to get more friends/players.

game on sunday

game on sunday. 3pm. at MARSILING APARTMENT.

coming,

yun, heng, py, xing, oon, kai, alan, kt, alison

nv reply/not coming

e rest.

those haven reply pls reply?

and i don't really know where that place is, yun say take 913 frm woodlands interchange. where exactly to alight i duno. so yun suggested that those that are not driving to meet first.

heng

game

who can get game for next weekend? yun is thinking of booking a field. pls tell me or him asap. thanks.

shuheng

Cancelled. again.

The match has been cancelled.

"MORNING SSC TAKE BACK D FIELD GAME CANCEL. UR OPP PLAYING AT DEYI. SORI 4 2 WKS"

This was the extact msg the ref text me.

Lets hope we get to play real soon.

yun

KRANJI

Hey guys,

The ref texted saying there is some cock up with their booking of the field with SSC. He cant confirm that we get to play at krangi and asked if we would like to play at deyi secondary which is at amk. Thats a obvious no-no. The ref would update me regarding this, told him if krangi cannot, find some other fields which are near.

Would update shortly.

yun

sunday

Sunday 3 at kranji.

Coming

Shuheng, Hongyun, Jackson, Steven, Alan, Alison, Zhikai, Kiantat, Pengyong

Maybe

BX

The rest haven reply. Pls tell me or tag here when u guys can confirm your attendance. thanks.

Cancelled

The match has been cancelled as the opponent pulled out and the referee couldnt find any other opponent in such short notice.

Please help to spread the message.

sunday game

Sunday 3-5 at west spring sec.

coming,
Hongyun, Shuheng, Alison, Jackson, Alan, Kiantat, Steven, Pengyong.

I think so far only SJ nv reply.

Mixed reaction from Ang

Amidst the clubs statement on their official site that they are ready to accept offers for Ang, it was reported that Ang is disappointed at the club's decision. Despite appearing for every game since BPFC was founded, the decision by the club to sell their ever reliable right back was received with bad reactions from the fans as well as the player himself.

The club is ready to use Ang as a marketing tool to boost the club's finances. Given his high level of performance for the club, the whole world knows that the sale of Ang would bring about fortunes for BPFC, perhaps even beating Ronaldo to being the world's most expensive player. But all these aside, Ang had clarified to the press that despite Man United being his childhood team, he is ready to put pen to paper for a new future at BPFC.

Ang would also like to take the opportunity to thank the fans that stood by him in times of crisis, especially when a large number of them turned out in support of him when there were doubts over his future. A certain tag on the tagboard has also said to start a war of words between teammates, as first choice set piece taker is said to be happy for the release of Ang.

Dressing room unrest would now seem unavoidable and it remains to be seen how the club would react to Ang's unhappiness to the board.

Brought to you live from London.

Offers

BPFC ready to listen to offers.

Speculation is rife in the media that Monchester United is preparing a Multi Million pound bid for BPFC's ever-present right back Ang. Following theirs shocking loss to Liids United in the FA cup where their defensive problems are there for all to see, rumor is that Monchester United would want to complete this deal swiftly so that they can register Ang for their next match.

A spokeperson from BPFC told the media that any deal which is beneficial to the club will be considered, but he also stressed that BPFC is not considering to sell their players, unless a ridiculous offer is being made for their players.

Following the news of Mon U's interest in Ang, BPFC supporters has gather around the club's headquarters and protest the possible sale of their right back. Whether the club will heed the advice of the fans remains to be seen.

Bragging rights

BPFC began 2010 by continuing their 2 games winning streak, sweeping aside their opponents 4-1 in Woodgrove Secondary School, the same ground where BPFC made their debut.

It was a performance which Carlo Ancholetti should be watching and learning from when his African stars starts to leave for African Nation’s Cup as BPFC showed how well they coped with the absence of several of their regulars. BPFC deployed a 4-5-1 formation with on-loan keeper Eric in goal. ShuHeng and HongYun were the rock of the central defence while they were supported by KianTat on the left and on-loan player Joel on the right. GuoXing and BingXian were the creative playmakers in the middle of the park while on-loan midfielder Elton tidied things up for them as a defensive midfielder. Steven and PengYong took their places on the left and right flanks respectively and top scorer Alan started as the lone striker up front. On-loan midfielder Lih Heng and striker Gervas provided reinforcement from the substitute bench.

The opponents were comfortable on the ball and they stroke it around in the opening minutes. They tried to play ball through to the strikers on several occasions but our defence were quick to every ball and keeper Eric did not have anything much to do but he was equally impressive in his decision making. With the makeshift defence coping so well, the team was growing in confidence and the first goal in 2010 for BPFC was inevitable. No prizes for guessing who scored for BPFC. The opponent played a high defensive line and they were punished by the pace of Alan when he broke the offside trap after a flick-on header from GuoXing. Outpacing his markers, Alan took the ball to the right of the penalty box before passing the ball into the bottom corner, showing us that you do not need to blast the ball in order to score. 1-0 to BPFC!

For the rest of the half, BPFC continued to create chances with perfectly weighted through balls but clearly the referee was having an off-day as he ruled many offside decisions against BPFC. BPFC continued to exploit their opponent’s high defensive line and on one occasion, BingXian took a quick free-kick to release PengYong through on goal, caught between going for goal and passing the ball to a oncoming team-mate on his left, he chose to lay the ball to the left which proved to be a wrong one as the ball went too wide and the good chance goes begging. Minutes later, Alan broke free again but this time pressure from the 2 centre-backs closing in on him caused him to shoot the ball wide to the right of the goal.

It was clear that BPFC was enjoying their free-flowing football with good one-twos and good spreading of play from the midfielders and they should be 2-0 up in the 2^nd half when PengYong rounded the keeper but could only hit the side netting with the goal at his mercy from a narrow angle. BPFC’s wastage of chances was punished when a rare chance from the opponent gave them an equalising goal to make it 1-1. A ball was floated from the opponent’s midfielder it went over the head of our centre-backs before felling nicely into the path of their striker who took his chance brilliantly leaving keeper Eric with no chance.

BPFC reacted well to the goal which was against the run of play. Playing positive attacking football, it clear to their fans that BPFC wanted to take the lead badly. The next goal was a team goal which resulted from a counter attack from an opponent’s corner. Good defensive work from our defenders and a couple of neat passes found Steven on the left who played a perfect one-two with PengYong to release Steven free in the left of the edge of the penalty box. Steven swung in a cross but it was slightly over hit but it found BingXian arriving late. Unselfishly, BingXian spotted the run of Gervas rushing into the penalty box and he squared the ball for Gervas who mercilessly smashed the ball low and hard into the net. 2-1 to BPFC!

BPFC’s morale was riding high and it they were desperate to extend their lead. Gervas had a great chance when he controlled a long ball but his left-footed shot was closed down immediately by the onrushing keeper. Steven had another good chance to finally end his goal-drought when he was left with the keeper to beat, but his stinging shot rattled the cross-bar.

Finally, the efforts were paid off and it was another team goal for BPFC. Good work from the midfielders found Alan on the right this time and Alan side footed the left-back before squaring the ball back into the centre where Steven was available. It remains a mystery whether Steven has eyes behind his back or he missed the ball, but what happened next was a defence-fooling dummy which resulted in the ball landing perfectly into BingXian’s path. Totally unmarked, BingXian controlled the ball under his cultured left-foot before wrapping his left boot around the ball to send a curler into the top left corner and the rooted keeper could do nothing but be amazed by the precision of the shot. 3-1 to BPFC!

With only a minute left to play, Alan who earlier have been subbed out, decided to sub himself in for Gervas and his first touch of the ball was to receive the ball from the midfield before showing great strength and speed to dribble pass the centre-defend and slotting the ball home to cap off a magnificent victory for BPFC in a super hot afternoon.

This brilliant showing from BPFC and the impressive debuts of our loan players has put some of our regular’s first-team places in threat, in particularly right-back Ang who has been increasingly linked with a move to Man U. It now seems that BPFC can cope well with the absence of Ang and BPFC might be looking to offload him in the January transfer window if an offer comes from Man U.

2010 Goal tally:

Alan – 2

BX—1

Gervas (loan) –1

2010 Assist tally:

Guoxing –1

BX – 1

Alan –1

(anyone know who assist Alan for the last goal??)

Game!

Sunday 3pm at woodgrove. Refree's game.

Do let me know if you guys wanna play and I would let the ref know.