Friday, November 20, 2009

Last Game For Macallum Youth!!!!!

Macallum Youth VS Hamilton FC (16th March 2008)
Scoreline : Macallum Youth 2 VS 0 Hamilton FC

It was a fine Sunday morning with both team arrived safely on Polo Ground . Today , again , marked another new history for Macallum Youth . With the arrival former Macallum Manchester’s midfielder and Ah Hue who is Tuah Poh and Ah Khee’s younger brother , Macallum Youth seem to be a better team than before . However , there was a unpleasing news for Macallum Youth as well was that , Malik and Taufiq couldn’t make it on this match . So Macallum Youth went on with their new formation and tactic . Hamilton FC was short of players with a few of their key players absent for the match , so they were forced to asked some outsiders to play for them . It was a good start for Macallum Youth as they seem to control the match well . Macallum Youth was the one who held the most possession . The two debutants didn’t disappoint the team by putting in their best performance . Ah Hue had a few chances but he couldn’t make any fruit out of it . Ah Khee too was having the same problem . With team-work and understanding , Macallum Youth managed to provided a few good chances but were unlucky . On the defensive side , good clearance and positioning especially Calvin , managed to deny Hamilton’s effort to score . Half time arrived with the scoreline 0-0 . After a few minutes of rest , the game continued . Kelvin , the team’s top scorer came out for Ah Khee while Alex substituted Ah Boon . On the 2nd half , Macallum Youth was better now . Hamilton was pilling up pressures with good understandings and hard works from the Macallum Youth . First goal came from Kelvin . Jimmy ran the ball down from the right before he squared it slowly for Kelvin . Kelvin didn’t waste any chance , he smartly slotted in the ball passed the goalkeeper . As the match went on , Hamilton became more desperate . Their eagerness to equalise the scoreline made them confused and their team-work worsened . Eugene was the one who contributed the 2nd goal for Macallum Youth . It came from the corner kick which was taken by E.Hua . Eugene jumped high up and slightly headed the ball into the far post . 10 minutes the match ended , Roti who was on the trial-list came in for Bali Siang and he did quite good on his debut . At last , both team settled with the scoreline 2-0 .

Importent Game For Macallum Youth !!!

Macallum Youth VS Macallum Veteran[Stallion FC] (10th Feb 2008)
Scoreline : Macallum Youth 2 VS 1 Macallum Veteran(Stallion FC)

It was the first time for Macallum Youth to play a match on the evening . The match was planned to be played at 5.30pm , but somehow due to some inconvenients , the match was delayed until 6.00pm . Macallum Veteran(Stallion FC) was one the sworn rivals of the legendary Zing Ying . Hence , this match was important for each of every Macallum Youth’s player because it was more than winning or losing , it’s about dignity and honor . Macallum Youth was facing a much bigger trouble than winning the match . Both of the attacking wingers , Michael and Jason , were unavaible for this match . As a result , Macallum Youth couldn’t play with their best squad . As pressures pilling on them , Macallum Youth at least must settle with a draw because it was the first day of their new jerseys being worn by the players . The match started with advantages looked to side to the opponent . Macallum Youth faced a lot of threats on their ride side . The opponents held the most possession throughout the game . Although they did have beautiful chances but they were wasted away . First goal of the match came from Ah Khee . Kelvin took a cross from the left but the ball was too high for the strike to connect it . Luckily , Eugene was on the right side and he took the loose ball . As Eugene tried to dribble pass the defender , he cheekily gave a nutmeg to the defender and the ball reached for Ah Khee . Without much consideration , Ah Khee gave a thundering shot pass the goalkeeper . It was the first time Ah Khee scored after for so long , since the beginning of December . As the match went on with the opponent looked more fierce on their style of playing . Several of the Macallum Youth players were knocked down by the opponent and some unfair incidents were waved away by the referee . On the second half of the first period , Ah Boon intercepted the opponent’s pass and gave a nice through ball for Kelvin . Kelvin was all by himself and there was nothing he could do , except to dribble the defender . Kelvin managed to bang his way through the defender and slotted in the ball pass the on-charging goalkeeper , Macallum Youth was 2 goals up . Few minutes before half time , the referee awarded the opponent corner kick . As the ball flew into the box , there was a mess-up between the defenders and the strikers and thus , the ball bounced out . One of the midfielders of the opponent gave a beautiful volley to the loose ball and he managed to lob it beautifully over the goalkeeper . As half time approaching ,the injured T.Poh was forced to leave the field for Ah Hao who was formerly Zing Ying’s star . Half time arrived with the scoreline 2-1 . After a few minutes of rest , the referee signalled the second half to be played . For the first time in Macallum Youth’s history , they were fully pressed by the opponent for most of the time of the second half . A few times , the opponent seem to equalise the game , or maybe over-turn the scoreboard , but somehow each of the Macallum Youth’s players didn’t give up but gave out their best of the best . At the 2nd half of the final set , W.Loon was too exhausted to go on , hence he substituted out Ah Yam(Macallum Youth Reserve) . After a long brave fighting spirits , at last the referee blew the final whistle to signal the end of the match . Each of the Macallum Youth’s players celebrated it as if they won the final ! Although it was only a friendly match , but it was a good lesson day for them . They have learnt that scoring is not everything and they also learnt that they need to support each other regardless wheter at the good time or bad time but everytime . This match was really precious for each one of them , but it was only the beginning ……

Macallum Youth Finally Lose!!!!

Macallum Youth VS Riverside FC (14th Feb 2008) Scoreline : Macallum Youth 1 VS 2 Riverside FC

Today is a the first match for Macallum Youth after 2008’s Chinese New Year celebration . Everyone in the team was anxious to play the match . With the opponent , Riverside FC , arrived at the field earlier than Macallum Youth , it seem like they were also anxious and excited about the match . Macallum Youth faced a serious problem with Jason Leow couldn’t make it due to his match on Monday(15/02/08) plus L.Hua was unavailable due to injury . The match started well for Riverside FC with numerous of chances and open-goals , but they were unfruitful . Half way through the match , the referee stopped the match because a helicopter came out from nowhere and landed beside our field but resume the match after the helicopter left . Riverside was dangerous on both of Macallum Youth’s flanks and a couple of times , Macallum Youth could have drifted away but luckily for them , that Riverside was unlucky with their finishings . Macallum Youth managed to break the deadlock with a score from Kelvin . A weak shot by Macallum Youth’s striker could have easily saved by the goalkeeper , but he made a blunder . Kelvin was at the right place , he took the loose ball and dribbled pass the goalkeeper before slotting in the first goal . Macallum Youth was happy with the one-goal-lead but before long , Riverside attacked fiercely on the left . The striker received the ball from the left wing and gave a low shot passed the goalkeeper and scored an equaliser . Half time arrived with the scoreline , 1-1 . Second half started after a few minutes , and Riverside seem to be a better side . Macallum Youth couldn’t control their tempo and rhythm of the game and thus , it gave Riverside the adavantage of controlling the match and possession . Riverside second goal came from a corner kick . A corner kick was taken on the right . It was a real mess between players in Macallum Youth’s penalty box , before the striker took the ball and shot in the 2nd goal . The match went badly for Macallum Youth as they failed to equalise . At last , Macallum Youth tasted the first defeat after 2 months of unbeaten streak . It was a good lesson for each of the Macallum Youth’s player that they are not good enough to be the best youth team in Penang …. yet .

Play With Hamilton FC Again !!!

Macallum Youth VS Hamilton FC (3rd Feb 2008) Scoreline : Macallum Youth 3 VS 3 Hamilton FC

A fine Sunday morning with Macallum Youth arrived first at the field . The night before , it was raining and so the field condition was kinda wet . On that day marked another important event for Macallum Youth . It was the debut for Jason Leow who was formerly from Zing Ying A and one of the all-Chinese-schools in the whole of Malaysia’s elite players . With the recruitment of Jason Leow , Macallum Youth’s attacking force has been sharpen like leap and bouce . The match started a little bit later than the actual time , few minutes before 9.00am . It was a good start for Macallum Youth with a few good chances and attempts to score . As for Hamilton FC , they took advantages from Macallum Youth’s defensive players mistakes but were unlucky to make it fruity . 15 minutes after the match started , L.Hua was tackled hard by the defender and was forced to leave the field , Jason came in for him . The first goal of the match came from Jimmy . Jason was fouled by the defender on the left side . Jimmy who took the freekick , curled the ball passed the above of the goalkeeper . As the match goes on , an misjudge by Ah Khee who was the right back allowed the striker to take the ball and dribbled to one-on-one with the goalkeeper and he made no mistake to equalise the scoreline , 1-1 . A few of Macallum Youth’s players hit the post . Half time arrived with the scoreline 1-1 . On the second half of the match , Malik was substitute out for W.Wei and Eugene came in for W.Loon . Second half started after 10 minutes of rest . This time , Macallum Youth proved to be a better side . Good visions by Jason and excellent efforts by T.Boon to cut off the opponent’s ball from sending it to the striker , allowed Macallum Youth to master the midfield . Good understandings among each others , allowed Macallum Youth to pressure their opponent on their own half . A lot of good chances were given to Macallum Youth’s attacking force but their fail to slot in any goal . Not until the last 15 minutes , Jason managed to break the deadlock by scoring a thunderous long shot from the right . The goalkeeper only manage block it but the ball went it . However , Hamilton hit-back with a sweet through-ball from the left side and their fast striker took the ball and again , he slot into the goal easily . Just 5 minutes before the match end , Jimmy took the throw-in from Kelvin and dribbled pass 2 defenders from the left before gave a hard shot to make the scoreline 3-2 . Jimmy celebrated it by taking off his shirts and he was given a warning by the referee . Macallum Youth seem to go back with a win but Hamilton didn’t give up at all . A foul by Macallum Youth’s defender allowed Hamilton FC to earn a free kick on the right side . It was unlucky for Macallum Youth as Eugene headed the ball into his own goal . Macallum Youth was eager to win the match so they went all-out to score the winning goal . As the match tensed up , tacklings among the players fueled up the tension of the match but was soon settle down . The referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the match and so both team had to settle with a drew , 3-3 .

Macallum Youth Play 1st Friendly At Other Place!!

Macallum Youth VS Boys From Bukit Jambul (27th Jan 2008)
Scoreline : Macallum Youth 7 VS 2 Boys From Bukit Jambul

This was the first time Macallum Youth played friendly match at other place . They played at the field behind SK Jip Sin , Bukit Jambul . Macallum Youth arrived late but somehow the opponent wasn’t really ready yet . With the W.Loon and Shorty Chun absent , Macallum Youth was short of players and was forced to ask Wen Wei’s friend , Gee Leong for helping hand . The field condition was poor with loops and holes on the field plus there were no lines . What’s worse that the opponent didn’t hire referee for this match . At last both teams agreed to play without referee this time . The match started fine for the opponent and was kind of sloopy for Macallum Youth . A few attempts were made by the opponent but off-target . First goal came when the ball crossed from the left and the goalkeeper punched it out . Malik was at the right place , thus he controlled the ball down and gave a power-low shot passed the goalkeeper . As the match went on , Macallum Youth became more fierce with their attacks . A few attempts were made but just unlucky . An unclean by the opponent’s defender allowed Jimmy to take the ball ball and tried to tap in the ball into the goal but was blocked by the defender . Y.Tat was at the right place took a shot but miscued it , and for the third attempts , Jimmy took the lost ball and shot it in with left leg . Few minutes before half time , T.Khee crossed the ball from the left for Y.Tat but was headed back own goal by the defender , so unlucky for the opponent . 2nd half ended with the scoreline 3-0 . The players rested for a some time and Jimmy was forced to leave the match due to his work . The game continued . After a few minutes , Kelvin again contributed his killing instint in front of the goal . He dribbled the ball passed 2 defenders from the left before slot it through the defender . Macallum Youth’s fifth goal came from Malik . He dribbled the ball from the right but the ball was too fast for him . So he made a few big steps and crossed it . Instead , the ball curled into the net and what’s more , it was top of the right post corner ! The opponent’s first goal came when the striker took the ball and ran to W.Wei and T.Kooi and shot it , W.Wei avoided the ball and the ball went passed Taufiq who couldn’t see the ball because was blocked by the defenders . A few minutes later , C.Keat took the ball from the left and gave a shot to the goalkeeper . The goalkeeper saved it but he slipped the ball into the net and it was the first time for C.Keat to contribute a goal from outside the penalty box . How happy he was ! Plus , he was the captain at that moment . Everything comes around , goes around . A blunder mistake made by Taufiq gave the scoreline , 6-2 . Last minute just before the match ended , Gee Leong headed the ball from the left crossing and made it 7-2 . The match ended well

Team For Outside Penang Island !!!

Macallum Youth VS Boys From Seberang Perai (20th Jan 2008)
Scoreline : Macallum Youth 8 VS 1 Boys From Seberang Perai

A beautiful Sunday morning with Macallum Youth’s players arrived earlier . It was the day to mark some ‘histories’ for the team . It was the first time that all the players did the warming-up together as a team and it really made each one of the players proud of their appearance and the team spirit . Secondly , it was the first match for Wen Wei after a long-absent for the past few matches due to injury and the newly recruited young-rising-player , Eh Yah Chun (Shorty Chun) and of course , it was the first time for Macallum Youth to play with people from outside Penang Island . The match started around 8.45am , 15 minutes later than the actual time . Both teams looked good with the possession of the ball . It was then , C.Keat get the return-pass from Wen Wei and gave a beautiful run toward the opponent goal post . Just before C.Keat shot , he will upended by the opponent last man and the referee was not hesistated to give Macallum Youth a penalty . L.Hua stepped-up for the penalty and he made no mistake by slotting the ball in passed the right side of the goalkeeper . A few minute laters , Macallum Youth’s attacking force seem to make something more from their numerous attempts to break the keeper’s deadlock . The opponent’s goalkeeper came out to clear the ball but so unlucky , the clearance went off unclean onto Kelvin’s foot . Kelvin pushed the ball forward a few steps before slipped the ball into the back of the net to widen the gap , 2-0 . As the referee looked as his watch - to stop the match for half-time , T.Khee took the ball from L.Hua from the left side and gave a sharp through ball to Kelvin who was at the right place slotted in his second goal’s for the day . The match halted 15 minutes at half time with the scoreline ,3-0 . Second half started with some changes made by Macallum Youth , Shorty Chun came in for Y.Tat . A few moments after the signal of the second half , Kelvin took the ball from the left and dribbled pass a defender before gave a low-shot passed the goalkeeper ; 4-0 . The opponent seem to try to cope with the pressures given by Macallum Youth’s attacking force . A low-goal-kick the opponent’s goalkeeper allowed Jimmy took the ball but he miscued it . Lucky enough for Macallum Youth , L.Hua was on the run and Jimmy took the loose ball back again and passed the ball to L.Hua who easily slotted in another goal for Macallum Youth . Few minutes after this goal , Jimmy stole the ball from the center defender and dribbled the ball one-on-one with the goalkeeper . He then faked the goalkeeper to the right before passed ball to the on-the-run C.Boon who easily tapped in for Macallum Youth’s sixth goal . Few minutes later , Jimmy again did the same thing but this time the ball went too fast for C.Keat who shot the ball . The ball hit the one of the defenders’ hand and the referee decided that it was a penalty . Macallum Youth decided to let Shorty Chun to take the penalty but he missed it . However , he repaid Macallum Youth’s faith onto him by scoring a marvelous goal . He took the ball from the left and dribbled pass the opponent’s right defender before gave a top-corner shot to make the scoreline far more than expected , 7-0 plus scoring on his debut . The opponent , Boys from Seberang Perai’s efforts at last showed it’s fruit . A cross by the right winger was misjudged by Wen Wei who was then the last man . The striker took the cross and gave a tap-over Taufiq . It was so beautiful that the ball hit the upper-post and thus , falled into the net , but surely it was not going to be more than a consolation for that team . Last goal for Macallum Youth was contributed by L.Hua who dribbled passed a defender from the left before slotted pass the goalkeeper . The match ended with the scoreline 8-1 . A new record for Macallum Youth

Super Play For Macallum Youth !!!

Macallum Youth VS Swansea FC (30th Dec 2007)
Scoreline : Macallum Youth 6 VS 2 Swansea FC

It was a perfect Sunday morning . Everyone woke up and arrived at the venue earlier than the opponent . At first it was kinda uneasy for the whole team because the time was almost up with the referees and the opponent (Swansea FC) were no where to be seen . Plus , Boon , C.Keat and T.Siang were not in sight too . Some of the players thought that the match will be cancelled . However , after a few minutes , the opponents arrived at last , so did the referees . As everyone was getting ready , C.Keat , Boon and T.Siang too had arrived as well . There were some changes for the formation since the newly recruited L.Hua and the-long-time-absent Y.Tat came for the match . Hence , Kelvin and Khiew started off as substitutes . The match started off badly for Macallum Youth with a few dangerous to score from Swansea FC . Macallum Youth replied their opponent with few shots and one of the shots from Malik hit the low left post . A misjudge from Jimmy allowed Swansea’s striker to be opened and he made no mistake by placing the ball beautifully over the Taufiq who was the goal keeper . A few minutes later , Swansea added salt on Macallum Youth’s wound with a fantastic volley from their midfielder which pull the gap to 2-0 . The current formation proved to be a threat for Macallum Youth , hence a few changes were made with Jimmy switched place with T.Khee and Eugene was pulled back as the last man . Y.Tat then subtituted out for Kelvin . With the formation , Macallum Youth seem to be backed for the real business . Jimmy took a through ball from L.Hua and gave a good dribbling passed one defender and carefully tried to slipped through the goalkeeper but his attempt hit the woodwork . A foul from the Swansea’s defender gave Macallum Youth a beautiful placing for a freekick . Kelvin took the freekick nicely but was again hit the upper goal post . Malik tried to shoot with the rebound but he miscued it . Luckily L.Hua was at the right place , he smartly gave a low shot passed the goalkeeper . Half time arrived with the scoreline 2-1 . Manager/Coach T.Siang gave a few instructions and changes on the formation for the players at half time . 15 minutes later , the referee whistled signalling the match to be continued . 2nd half , Macallum Youth proved to be more effective on their attacking force . A sweet tap on the ball from Jimmy , gave L.Hua a chance to score and he made no mistake by slotting through the low left of the goalkeeper and it was an important equliser goal . Few minutes later , a pass from C.Keat to Jimmy who controlled the ball well and dribbled pass the defender at the right-wing-side . Jimmy wasted no time and quickly dribbled the ball into the penalty box who then gave a powerful shot into the top-left of the goal . The team celebrated the goal but the referee waved the goal as a set netting . A true disappointment for Macallum Youth but they made no arguments to the referee . A few minutes later , Kelvin gave a lob-over to Malik who was open on the right side of the field but the ball was too fast for Malik and the goalkeeper was out to take the ball . However , lucky lady seem to smile to Macallum Youth . The goalkeeper slipped and couldn’t catch the ball , Malik took the loose ball and slot in the third goal for Macallum Youth . As the match went on , a sharp through ball from the defenders gave Kelvin one-on-one with the goalkeeper . He dribbled the ball to the left and turned around before placed the ball nicely pass the goalkeeper . It was about 15 minutes from time , Boon gave a sharp through ball for Jimmy from the left and again , the ball was too fast to be chased and the goalkeeper came out to catch the ball . Who knew , the goalkeeper made a blunder and the ball passed between his legs . Jimmy , who was on the run , took the loose ball and dribbled into the goal . Few minutes before the match ended , Jimmy dribbled the ball from the left and tried to slot passed the goalkeeper but his effort was again hit the low-left-post . Malik was at the right place , onside , simply tap the ball in . Final score , Macallum Youth won 6-2 . A great come-back .