Readers’ nominated XI (by no. of votes)
Goalkeeper
Ifwat Wafiy (236 votes) — The Victoria Junior College (VJC) goalkeeper won 17% of the votes with his seven clean sheets in nine games.
Defenders
Jasper Lee (230 votes) — The VJC full back won 16% of the votes.
Parvesh Dhillon (245 votes) — The VJC centre back won 17% of the votes and has been described as a “composed and skilful defender”.
Khairul B Anwar (211 votes) — As Parvesh’s partner-in-defence, the fellow VJC centre back won 15% of the votes. Their partnership ensured VJC only conceded two goals throughout the tournament.
Midfielders
Mohd Asyraf Akbar (251 votes) — The VJC captain cum left winger won 18% of the votes and always provided a threat on the flanks with his incisive running and accurate crossing.
Huang Zhi Wei (182 votes) — The VJC defensive midfielder won 13% of the votes and the plaudits for his tenacious tackling that provided the bite in the centre of the park.
Shuvod Rai (202 votes) — Zhi Wei’s partner in midfield, he formed the spine of the VJC midfield and performed both defensive and attacking responsibilities ably.
Ryson Yap (256 Votes) — The VJC winger won 18% of the votes and was a menace on the flanks with his trickery and speed on the ball. He is also a member of the national U-17 squad.
Dilip Thapa (392 Votes) — The Nepalese midfielder topped the poll with a massive 28% of the votes and was widely regarded as the best A Division football player with his superb technical skills.
Forwards
Mohd Khair (181 Votes) — He is the only non-VJC player to make the first 11 with 13% of the votes. Primarily a winger, the Meridian Junior College (MJC) player can also provide a good shift upfront.
Alfred Ali (227 Votes) — The VJC forward won 16% of the votes and impressed with his finishing as he picked up the overall tournament’s Golden Boot Award with a massive 16 goals.
Besides the best XI reader poll, a couple of readers had their version of the best A Division XI.
Readers’ nominated XI (From Comments section)
Random’s XI
Goalkeeper: Daniel Lightfoot (MJC)
Defenders: Parvesh Dhillon (VJC), Kenneth Kor (MJC), Darren Hedger (SAJC), Ang Bing Quan (MJC)
Midfielders: Ryson Yap (VJC), Dilip Thapa, VJC, Md Naufal (MJC), Mohd Khair (MJC), Asyraf Akbar (VJC)
Forwards: Amsyar Omar (MJC)
Coach’s XI
Keeper: Daniel Lightfoot (MJC)
Defenders: Parvesh Dhillon, (VJC, sweeper), Darren Hedger (SAJC, stopper), Farhan Azmi (MJC, right back), Asyraf Akbar (VJC, right back)
Midfielders: Ryson Yap (VJC, right midfielder), Muhd Khair (MJC, defensive mid), Muhd Naufal (MJC, defensive mid), Dilip Thapa (VJC, attacking mid), Gregory Noah (SAJC, left mid)
Forward: Amsyar Omar (MJC)
can redsports do a 12 man squad for A division and B division basketball since u’ve done 1 for for soccer?
Unfortunately, we have no volunteer for that, unlike for football, where we had volunteer Kenneth Tan who watched a lot of the football games and so could write intelligently about it.
I haven’t watched enough A and B Div bball games to write one for bball.
If anyone wants to submit their 12-man squad for A and B Div bball, you can send it along at http://redsports.sg/tell-your-story/
You send it, we post it.
The 3 VJC players, Daniel Lightfoot from MJC and Muhammad Nuri from RI were from Victoria School’s 2008 B div team. They helped VS reach the national finals for the first time in 30 to 40 years. Nuri was the captain of the team then.
Mohd Amsyar (also MJC) was also in the Victoria School team.
Both top goalies, Ifwat Wafiy and Daniel Lightfoot, were in the same Victoria School team before too.
VS was losing B Div finalists in 2008 and 2009, both times to Sports School.
hi mike, who are the 3 vjc players?
Only 2 (not 3) VJC players: Shuvod Rai (VJC) and Dilip Thapa (VJC) in 2008 VS B Div team, the rest are in 2009 team.
i tink naufal shud definitely be part of d squad, along with parvesh and ryson yap. parvesh shud be partnering darren hedger in defense.
When did the first A Div Girls footbal tournament start? Who are the finalists and scores?
Anyone?
why is Naufal from MJC not in the squad ?
I think parvesh should be there instead of cohen and naufal should be in the squad too. They’re both excellent and bound to make the combined schools team this year.
Wasn’t it 2000 and not 1998 that A Div Football became exclusive to JCs and centralised institutes? In 2000, RJC beat VJC 1-0 in the finals. If it is 1998, who are the finals in 1998 and 1999?
In 1998, NJC beat CJC in the final on penalties, after a 0-0 draw. Outram Institute beat Anderson JC 1-0 for third place.
In 1999, RJC beat Jurong Institute in the Final. Not sure who was third or fourth. Does anyone know?
Hwa Chong JC beat Serangoon JC 2-0 in the 3rd/4th match.
I wonder if it is possible to collect the top 4 placings for A Div football since 1998?
surprised that ryson yap, vjc, not in 1st 11.
Ryson Yap scored that wonderful last goal in the 6-0 win over RI in the 3rd/4th game. That was a screamer. Awesome!
Here is some information from an informed Red Sports reader:
Question : Actually how many national team player played in the A div b4?
Answer : ALOT!! Because the A Division only became exclusively for JCs and Centralised Institutes from 1998, so many of the National players would have played in the A Division before.
I think the reader meant to ask how many JC players have made it to the National Team and I can only think of one, Goh Tat Chuan, who played for Catholic JC in 1992.
A number of JC players have appeared in the Prime League. From the 2010 A Division batch, there are Ryson Yap (VJC), Naufal Hafeez (MJC), Noah Gregory (SAJC) and Ong Zhi Hao (RI), while ex-A Division players include Andy Ng, Vincent Wong, Ashwin Tiwari (all VJC), Teoh Jit Siang (SAJC), Liao Yong Zhi (NYJC) and I am sure many others.
For JC players who have chalked up minutes in the S-League itself, I can only think of Fabian Tan (VJC captain 2003, now NUS) who played for Young Lions and now Gombak, and Shaun Tan (SAJC captain 2006, now SMU) who played for Woodlands Wellington last year.
Reply to Teo:
Most of the VJ players and some of the MJ players were in the Victoria School team who were National B Div runner-up last year. They could have beaten Singapore Sports School in the finals if 3 of their key players including Dilip Thapa have played. They were down with flu at the height of the H1N1 in Singapore.
Reply to Pok Guy,
Don’t recall any national player having played in the A Div in recent years. But Fabian Tan, former VJC player, used to play for the Young Lions (national Under-23). He was the only NUS undergrad playing in the SLeague and is still playing in the SLeague now.
Ashwin Tiwari, former VJC, was in the national under-21 team. He is in the Prime League now I think.
vj players are damn good, but when 10/11 of the a div’s best lineup are them then it’s quite lame
how many goals did vjc’s alfred score this season?does anybody know?
Hey ashley, you can find that out on page 2!
vjc opponent in first round so easy, he easily bag in three to four goals per game, of course top scorer la.
Sour grapes.
i heard he scored 2 goals every game for 8 matches except for the game against us.now that is a consistent finisher
whos the captain for this team?
Hi Random, this is just a selection of the best 11 players, i don’t feel there’s the need to select a captain out of all of them.
If you really wants a captain for the team, maybe Muhammad Nuri or Cohen Tan who are the respective captains for their schools. 🙂
actually how many national team player played in the A div b4?
I don’t recall any.
ifwat wafi let in three goals. two against MJC and one against SAJC.
Hi mike,
a careless mistake there. Thanks for the correction!
Photo 6 is not Shuvod Rai, thats Khairul Anwar.
Aiyah. That’s the problem with all your jerseys. Your numbers are at the back only.
I don’t recognise Shuvod. Sorry. Can anyone send his photo along to lesATredsports.sg please so that I can see if I have a shot of him.
Or if the photo you send is good enough, I’ll put it up instead.
Thanks for pointing out the error.
that is shuvod lah
DONT KNOW DONT TALK LAH,GO HOME
It was originally not Shuvod. I had put up Khairul Anwar’s photo. You can see my reply to his original comment.
Read the thread properly lah.