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 .

Players’ Profile ^^

December 23rd, 2007 by macallum-youth-fc

NAME : Taufiq
NICKNAME : Fiq
AGE : 18
POSITION : Goalkeeper
NUMBER : 1
FORMER TEAM : None
QUOTE : Jaga orang lah !!! (Mark Someone !!!)

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NAME : C.Keat
NICKNAME : Or Khee (Black Khee)
AGE : 17
POSITION : Defender Right
NUMBER : 2
FORMER TEAM : Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Boon ah !! Thak Kah Ho Lah !!! (Boon ar !!! Play properly lah)

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NAME : C.Boon
NICKNAME : Chiu Sing (Football Star)
AGE : 20
POSITION : Defensive Midfielder/Defender Left/Left Wing
NUMBER : 4
FORMER TEAM : Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Hwah !!! Chou Se Liau !!! (Hwah !!! Is A Volley !!!)

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NAME : Jimmy
NICKNAME : Siau Eh (The Crazy One)
AGE : 20
POSITION : Defender Center/Striker
NUMBER : 5
FORMER TEAM : Macallum Unicorn , Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Good One !!!

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NAME : T.Kooi
NICKNAME : Tuah Poh (Big Poh)
AGE : 23
POSITION : Defender Center/Defensive Midfielder
NUMBER : 6
FORMER TEAM : Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Loh Lai Kor Lang Lah !!! (Come Down And Mark Someone !!!)

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NAME : W.Chun [RETIRED]
NICKNAME : And1
AGE : 20
POSITION : Left Back/Left Wing/Right Wing
NUMBER : 7 [switch to Kelvin]
FORMER TEAM : None
QUOTE : Le Mah Eh !!! (Your Mother !!!)

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NAME : T.Khee
NICKNAME : Khee Khee
AGE : 20
POSITION : Forward/Defensive Midfielder
NUMBER : 8
FORMER TEAM : Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Good Ball !!!

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NAME : L.Hua
NICKNAME : Mai Ko Kong (Don’t say anymore)
AGE : 20
POSITION : Left Wing/Attacking Mid/Forward
NUMBER : 11
FORMER TEAM : Macallum Manchester United
QUOTE : ???

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NAME : Kelvin
NICKNAME : Rabbit
AGE : 19
POSITION : Left Wing/Left Back/Forward
NUMBER : 7
FORMER TEAM : ECFC , Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Nvm Try Again!!!

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NAME : Malik
NICKNAME : Lik
AGE : 18
POSITION : Right Wing/Forward
NUMBER : 17
FORMER TEAM : None
QUOTE : Pass Sini !!! (Pass Over Here)

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NAME : W.Loon
NICKNAME : Tuah Pui Loon
AGE : 18
POSITION : Defender Center
NUMBER : 3
FORMER TEAM : Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Uh Wah Tiok Si Yiah Puah Loh Liau (The Team Will Win 6 Goals If He Plays)

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NAME : Eugene
NICKNAME : Yamaha
AGE : 20
POSITION : Midfielder Center/Right Wing/Defensive Midfielder
NUMBER : 20
FORMER TEAM : Macallum Manchester United , Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Through Ball Kelvin !!!

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NAME : Y.Tat
NICKNAME : Khun Hoot (Sleeping Buddha)
AGE : 18
POSITION : Striker/Defender Center
NUMBER : 26
FORMER TEAM : Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Actually lai kong leh ….. (Actually the thing is …..)

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NAME : Chun
NICKNAME : Eh Yah Chun (Shorty Chun)
AGE : 15
POSITION : Striker
NUMBER : 9
FORMER TEAM : None
QUOTE : ???

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NAME : W.Wei
NICKNAME : Jiu Len (Nine Dicks)
AGE : 20
POSITION : Right Wing/Defender Right/Center Defender
NUMBER : 10
FORMER TEAM : Zing Ying A
QUOTE : ???

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NAME : T.Siang
NICKNAME : Bali Siang
AGE : 18
POSITION : Coach/Manager
FORMER TEAM : Zing Ying B
QUOTE : Por Center Lah !!! (Defend Center !!!)

Disappointing For Macallum Youth top striker Yong Tat

Macallum Youth VS GYM FC (23rd Dec 2007)
Scoreline : Macallum Youth 7 VS 1 GYM FC

It was a beautiful morning with GYM FC’s players arrived earlier than Macallum Youth . The match was suppose to begin at 8.30am but due to photo’s session for Macallum Youth , the match was delayed to 9.00am . It was a good memorable day for Macallum Youth for the team has recruited yet another one of the reliable defenders in Macallum Neighbourhood , Alex (Tuah Pui Loon) . However it was also a disappointing morning for Macallum Youth as their top striker , Yong Tat skipped the match on that day . Hence , Macallum was forced to go through the photo session without him . After a few discussions among the team members , there was a suggestion of dropping him the team and therefore , his place in the team is currently insecured . The match started under the hot sun of 9.00am , with the game look good for both side of the teams . GYM made a couple of good through passes and over-lob , but the efforts were denied by Macallum Youth’s defensive players . As the match went on , Eugene took a powerful shot onto the goal but was denied by GYM’s goalkeeper . Luckily enough for Macallum Youth as their top striker was at the right place to pick up the rebound and chipped the ball gracefully passed the goalkeeper from the left . A few minutes later , Ah Boon picked up a nice pass from Kelvin who gave a good run from the left and smartly slipped the ball pass the bottom right of the opponent goalkeeper . At that moment , Macallum Youth looked comfortable with the scoreline 2-0 up . Not long after , a short dribbling then a sharp-but-slow through pass off 2 defenders from Ah Khee gave a space for Kelvin one-on-one with the goalkeeper and he made no mistake with a chip-ball over the goalkeeper from the left to make the gap bigger , 3-0 . GYM’s attacking force was quite venomous too at the first half . After 45 minutes , the match stopped at 3-0 . Both teams rested for 15 minutes and the game continued with both teams change sides of the field . Second half started with a few good chances from GYM FC which looked quite promising for the team to closer the gap but was wasted by poor finishing from the striking players . Just about 10 minutes , Eugene took a loose-ball from outside of the penalty box and gave a thundering-shot passed bottom left of the opponent’s goalkeeper and it added salt on GYM’s wound with the scoreline became 4-0 . A few minutes after Eugene’s goal , a blunder made by goalkeeper Taufiq gave GYM’s Wei Yang to pull one back with a clean tackle on Taufiq who tried to dribble pass him and the scoreline was pulled closer , 4-1 . After this , Macallum Youth put more effort on attacking rather than defensive . A flamboyant dribbling by Jimmy passed through 2 defenders and he passed the ball to Malik who smartly gave an ‘ole’ (nutmeg) to the goalkeeper made GYM’s day harder with the scoreline became 5-1 . The match went on with GYM proved to be a dangerous team too with their accurate passings and wide vision but somehow , they couldn’t make any fruit out of their hardworks . A quick passing from Or Khee to Eugene who directed the ball to Kelvin who then gave a lob over the defenders for on-the-run Jimmy . Jimmy controlled the ball down well and gave a great run toward the goalkeeper who was then tricked by Jimmy to fall onto the left while Jimmy slowly placed the ball pass the right of the goalkeeper and cooly slotted in to make the match 6-1 . As the match was journeyed to the end , Macallum Youth made the last significant attempt . T.Siang (coach/manager) who substituted W.Chun took the pass from his teammate and gave the ball nice placing to the right of the goalkeeper . Final score on that day , 7-1 . It was also a memorable day for Jimmy who met back his old school-mates who was his senior by one year , Wei Yang .

Angry match for Macallum Youth

Macallum Youth VS Padang Polo Man Utd (16th Dec 2007)
Scoreline : Macallum Youth 5 VS 2 Padang Polo Man Utd

Macallum Youth arrived late on that day due to some inconvinience but Padang Polo Man Utd has already started playing with another team . At first , the opponent said it was only a warm-up pratice but later they said that they didn’t want to have friendly match with us . This fueled most of the Macallum Youth’s players since most of the players were willing to sacrifice their weekend just to play with PPMU . After a few discussions , PPMU finally agreed to play with us since they were the one who challenge us . The match started badly for Macallum Youth with they trailing behind 0-2 . PPMU was really dangerous threat to Macallum Youth with a couple of dangerous attempts on goal . The mis-firing Macallum Youth attacking players made the whole team more frustrated . Thing was not well for Macallum Youth for the first 15 minutes . After some changes made , things started to look better for Macallum Youth . First goal was from Kelvin who slotted pass the goalkeeper’s right . A good team-work from Kelvin and And1 allowed to slot in the 2nd goal . A couple of minutes later , Bali Siang made a sharp but slow through ball to Jimmy who made an impressive run through 3 players before nicely put it in to make it 3-2 . Before long , a nice dribbling from Jimmy from right-to-left in front of the goal post before gave a sharp-turning pass to And1 who easily tap the ball in , 4-2 . A few minutes before final minute , Jimmy skillfully dribbled pass 3 players and passed to Kelvin who give an easy shot to make it 5-2 . Macallum Youth should have made it more with 3 attempts hit on the post and a couple of unlucky-shots . PPMU was a better side at the beginning but at last they had to settle with the score 5-2 .

Macallum Youth Revenge

Macallum Youth VS Hamilton FC (9th Dec 2007)
Scoreline : Macallum Youth 6 VS 0 Hamilton FC

In order to avoid uncontrolled match and more fair-play , both team agreed to hire referees for this match . Each team was to pay RM40 . Both teams arrived as early as 8.15am and the match started at 8.45am . There were changes made by Bali Siang in order to adapt to Hamilton’s style of playing . The match started of well with Macallum Youth had most of possession . The first goal was scored by Eugene . A sharp passing from And1 was thought to be offside but lineman said it was not . With Eugene one on one with the keeper , a smartly chipped from Eugene meant Macallum Youth was up with 1-0 . Before long , a through ball from Eugene allowed Fakhrie to have the ball with 3 defenders to beat . Brilliant skills from Fakhrie passed 3 defenders plus a shot onto low corner of the goal post gave Macallum Youth a comfortable scoreline of 2-0 . After about 10 minutes , Kelvin passed the ball to Ah Khee from the left with only a defender to beat before goalkeeper . Ah Khee smartly faked a shot before gave a powerful shot pass the goalkeeper which add the scoreline to 3-0 . Then it was the end of the first but both team suspected the referees only played the match for less than 35 minutes (As a result , both team asked their goalkeeper to be the time-keeper to prevent the referees from cheating again) . 2nd half started well . About 10 minutes , flamboyant Fakhrie dribbled pass 2 defenders before gave a low shot pass through the goalkeeper which pull the scoreline hire , 4-0 . Just after 5 minutes Fakhrie scored , Yong Tat came which his reason stating that he couldn’t wake up . Yong Tat came in for Fakhrie who was injured . A couple of minutes later , a brilliant through ball from And1 allowed Or Khee over-ran him and give a low crossed which is blocked by the defender and bounced up . A misunderstanding from the goalkeeper and the defender led Yong Tat who came from behind running and brought down the 2 of them but somehow the referee said play-on . Or Khee was there for the ball and slotted in easily which led the Hamilton drifted further , 5-0 . Last goal from ah boon outside-penalty-box-shot slipped passed the goalkeeper and settled the final scoreline 6-0 . Both team gave out all and it was a brilliant match

1st match for Macallum Youth

Macallum Youth VS Hamilton FC (25th Nov 2007)
Macallum Youth 2 VS 3 Hamilton FC

It was the first match for Macallum Youth . The first half side more to Macallum Youth . With a thundering shot from inside the penalty box after 30 meters of dribbling and a stunning volley 25 meters from the goal , Jimmy managed to secured the scoreline to 2-0 on the first half . On the 2nd half , Hamilton FC hit back Macallum Youth with 3 successful counter attacks and managed to pull the scoreline to 2-3 . Although Macallum Youth gave an all out attack but they failed to slot in any goal . Hamilton FC was too had a couple of chances but unlucky . Both teams were in high tensioned and some negative incidents happened but situation was controlled . Wen Wei and Ah Boon were both injured , and Macallum Youth was forced to let some outsiders to play so that the match could go on . The failure for the attacking players to score , it meant that Macallum Youth had to go back with the final scoreline 2-3 .

The Rise Of Macallum Youth (The Yellow Brigand)

After YB Lee Hack Teik Cup , Zing Ying B is buried together with Zing Ying A . Hence , Zing Ying is dead after a long-fighting spirit since the end of 1997 till mid of 2006 (8 and a half years) . Most of the players moved out from football in order to commit themselves to their careers . The leftover players came down and played just for fun without any honor or commitment to any team . There was nothing much to be seeked and nothing much to work hard on . On 18th Nov 2007 , Jimmy and Kelvin successfully arranged a friendly match with Hamilton FC which was held on 25th Nov 2007 . From then onward , a new team was formed . With the hearts of a young spirits , yellow represents their courage , unafraid as in black , their honor as red as their blood , New World (Sin Sei Kai) is their vision ….. they are the reincarnation of the legendary Zing Ying , the people who will bring glories for the past players , they are more than who they are , and they are Macallum Youth FC (The Yellow Brigand).

Thursday, November 19, 2009

My FootBall 1st Break Up and Separation On 2005

Arguments among friends is something that can’t be avoided . Near the end of 2005 , there were misunderstandings among the members . As a result , the team had broken into two teams . One consisted Para , Bali , Jimmy , Kelvin , Eugene , Yong Tat , Hong Keat , Or Khee , Or Thee , Tua Pui Loon and some others while the other side was Hey Bee , Jiu Len , Aeroplane , Jason , Ah Loon , Wei Kher and some others . There were fuels between these 2 teams even though they had been friends for a very long time and hence , caused a number of arguments between this them . At last it was decided that the 2nd team to be named as Zing Ying A while the first team as Zing Ying B on YB Lee Hack Teik Cup in the mid of 2006 . After the cup , both teams went on indefinite hiatus and it was rumor that the team had died .