By Les Tan/Red Sports

north zone b division football

Yishun Sec in action against Serangoon Sec in an earlier round. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Seng Kang Secondary, Monday, 26 February 2007 – A Red Sports fan emailed me this afternoon with the news that Marsiling Secondary beat Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary 2-1 while Sengkang drew with Yishun Secondary 1-1.

With these results, Marsiling and Yishun move on to the Nationals.

Sengkang led 1-0 at halftime, their goal scored by Muhammad Khairi Bin Iderus.  After a scramble in the middle of the pitch, Sengkang’s no. 6 Khairi laid the ball of to his teammate no.19 Muhammad Khairi who, from the centre of the pitch, curled the ball into the top left corner of the goal.

Sengkang’s #11 was also sent off after 2 yellows cards. One yellow was for shirt-pulling while the other was for dangerous play. On a pitch that was bad and muddy because of the rain, the referee also had some bad calls for the match but that wasn’t the reason Sengkang lost, according to ‘Adek Montel’, “We lost because of the lack of finishing in the match!”

Final Standings (top 2 qualify for Nationals)

‘B’ Division P W D L Pts
Marsiling Sec 3 3 0 0 9
Yishun Sec 3 1 1 1 4
Ahmad Ibrahim Sec 3 1 0 2 3
Sengkang Sec 3 0 1 2 1