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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Diaries from the Past - RI Soccer 1982 - 1984 The Lean Years

After the Pre U students left to form RJC, lean years followed the RI soccer in the U14 and U17 tournaments until I left the school at the end of 1985. However I still have some records of the results for that few years.Not much was heard about soccer in RI since then......

1982 - Year of the Dog
 U14
5 Feb      vs Monk's Hill       0-1
10 Feb    vs Whitley            0-1
11 Feb    vs Swiss Cottage  0-0

Out of tournament

U17        
5 Feb        vs SJI                1-2
11 Feb      vs PPVI              1-2

Ortega Cup vs SJI               0-1

1983 - Year of the Pig

U14
31 Jan    Friendly   vs Assumption English   2-1
11 Feb   vs Gan Eng Seng         0-2
18 Feb   vs Henderson Sec        1-0
22 Feb   vs Anderson Sec          1-5
25 Feb   vs SJI                         0-2
Did not qualify for 2nd Rd

U17
28 Jan    Friendly vs ACS                  2-1
31 Jan Friendly vs Assumption          2-0
4 Feb   Return Friendly vs ACS          0-2
8 Feb    vs Anderson                        1-2
11 Feb  vs Kim Seng Tech                0-2
22 Feb  vs Christchurch Sec             0-0
Did not qualify for 2nd Rd

1984 - Year of the Rat

U14
20 Feb     vs Henderson          0-2
5 Mar       vs Kim Seng Tech    9-0
7 Mar       vs Anderson Sec      0-0
19 Mar     vs Rangoon Sec       0-0
Did not qualify for 2nd Rd

U17
2 Mar       vs St Thomas          1-1
5 Mar       vs Henderson Sec    1-2
Did not qualify for 2nd Rd

Really dreadful records for these three years!!!!!!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Good evening sir,

We actually won the 1985 South Zone Championships beating SJI in the final through a tense penalty shootout after match ended 3-3 at the end of extra time. The Final was played at Delta Sports Complex. Our Coach was also a caretaker in RI by the name of Pakcik Khamis. I have several photos of our victory and would like to share it with you.
Pakcik Khamis was with us only till the end of the South Zone Championships and we were left coachkess during the nationals (me who was in Sec 2 then, had to double up as player/coach). We ended up losing narrowly in the 1st round of the nationals. Amazingly, SJI emerged as national champions that year.

Unknown said...

1985 U14

Vs Madrasah Aljunied 6-0
Vs Henderson 11-0
Vs St Thomas 6-0
Vs Rangoon 4-0

2nd Round
Vs Monks Hill 11-1
Vs Hua Yi 2-1
Vs Gan Eng Seng 2-1

Semi Finals
Vs Bukit Merah 2-1

Final
Vs SJI 3-3 (after extra time & 6-5 after penalty shootout)

Nationals 1st Rd

Vs Mayflower 0-1
Vs Buona Vista 0-1
Vs TK Tech 1-1