RedSportsXI
POLLS CLOSED MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY, MAY 23.
Hi football fans and players,
The poll is over and before we get into the best 11 players, I must add that this poll is the most popular on Red Sports so far. As with all reader-generated polls, controversy abounds. Some have said the top 11 are not the best and are just a reflection of their popularity in school and mobilisation efforts by their friends. Well, so be it. No poll is perfect and if the best 11 were just picked by me and a couple of coaches, what’s the fun in that yeah? I’d rather let you guys do the picking.
So, here’s the RedSportsXI based on the votes:
Pierson Ang (#20, goalkeeper, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Adam Yuu Douglas (#26, defender, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Khairil (#23, defender, Meridian JC)
Gavin Lee (#13, defender, Victoria JC)
Fazli (#7, right-back, Meridian JC)
Mohamed Aswad (#10, midfielder, Millenia Institute)
Mahdi (#23, midfielder, Meridian JC)
Nathaniel (#12, centre midfielder, St Andrew’s JC)
Muhd Afrizal (#19, left winger, Jurong JC)
Alex (#10, striker, Victoria JC)
Chong Kuo Loon (#17, striker, St Andrew's JC)
So six schools have representatives on the RedSportsXI team. I think that’s a nice spread of schools and shows that no school has succeeded in spamming the poll in any great way. It also shows that there is talent spread out across the schools, players whose skills have impressed a wider selection of readers.
Out of curiosity, I decided I would list the next 11 players by vote. So here they are:
Alfred Yue (#1, GOALKEEPER, Jurong JC)
Lim Jun Liang (#5, defender, Victoria JC)
Matthew, (#3, defender, Meridian JC)
Warrick Wee (#7, right-back, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Luo Yu Kai (#18, centre-back, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Cedric Goh (#8, centre midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Nicholas Kang (#17, left winger, Victoria JC)
Jeremy Ong (#2, midfielder, St Andrew's JC)
Chester Lum (#16, midfielder, Victoria JC)
Anders Aplin (#9, striker, Victoria JC)
Daniel Kao (#14, striker, Anglo-Chinese JC)
If anyone can tell me what position Irwin Goh (#14, position?, St Andrew's JC) plays, he might warrant a position in the second RedSportsXI. I’ve left him out in the meantime because I don’t have that information.
So there you have it, the two best teams at A Division level according to the readers. Now, I don’t know about you, but I would pay good money to watch these two teams play. And if got to pick my players, I would add someone like Augustus Set (#7, midfielder) of St Andrew’s in my team cos that guy plays beautiful football. Augustus was a very late addition in the poll because he wasn’t nominated early by readers.
Although I only got to watch the semi-finals of the A Division, I was struck by the level of skill on display. It was a joy to watch. Also what was missing was all the nonsense you see from the English Premier League – diving, trying to get opponents sent off, arguing with the referee. Most players conducted themselves with decorum, dignity and manliness. My hats off to you.
So now, if you guys really want to watch RedSportsXI (A) vs RedSportsXI (B), and the players really want to play that game, hey, let me know. Maybe we can form a committee with 3 to 4 people and get this executed. I’m not doing this alone, that’s for sure!
Red Sports. Always Game.
uncle Les
RedSportsXI: Who are the best 11 A Division footballers?
- Alex (#10, striker, Victoria JC) (4%, 193 Votes)
- Mohamed Aswad (#10, midfielder, Millenia Institute) (4%, 180 Votes)
- Chong Kuo Loon (#17, striker, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 154 Votes)
- Mahdi (#23, midfielder, Meridian JC) (3%, 147 Votes)
- Anders Aplin (#9, striker, Victoria JC) (3%, 140 Votes)
- Nathaniel (#12, centre midfielder, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 135 Votes)
- Khairil (#8, defender, Meridian JC) (3%, 134 Votes)
- Adam Yuu Douglas (#26, defender, Anglo-Chinese JC) (3%, 133 Votes)
- Muhd Afrizal (#19, left winger, Jurong JC) (3%, 130 Votes)
- Daniel Kao (#14, striker, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 125 Votes)
- Cedric Goh (#8, centre midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 120 Votes)
- Pierson Ang (#20, GOALKEEPER, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 115 Votes)
- Nicholas Kang (#17, left winger, Victoria JC) (2%, 106 Votes)
- Jeremy Ong (#2, midfielder, St Andrew's JC) (2%, 101 Votes)
- Gavin Lee (#13, defender, Victoria JC) (2%, 91 Votes)
- Fazli (#7, right-back, Meridian JC) (2%, 90 Votes)
- Lim Jun Liang (#5, defender, Victoria JC) (2%, 83 Votes)
- Chester Lum (#16, midfielder, Victoria JC) (2%, 77 Votes)
- Luk Sau Chiu (#22, centre midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 77 Votes)
- Matthew, (#3, defender, Meridian JC) (1%, 74 Votes)
- Warrick Wee (#7, right-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 72 Votes)
- Cheong Bao Ren DJ (#15, winger, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 70 Votes)
- Irwin Goh (#14, position?, St Andrew's JC) (1%, 68 Votes)
- Malcolm (#10, right midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 63 Votes)
- Luo Yu Kai (#18, centre-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 62 Votes)
- Wei Liang (#20, left-back, Victoria JC) (1%, 62 Votes)
- Jeremy Tan (#4, left-back, St Andrew's JC) (1%, 58 Votes)
- Zachary (#7, right wing, Jurong JC) (1%, 55 Votes)
- Jonathan Tan (#2, right-back, Victoria JC) (1%, 55 Votes)
- Daryl (#11, position, Meridian JC) (1%, 54 Votes)
- Alan (#14, Meridian JC) (1%, 52 Votes)
- Yap Heng (#7, right midfielder, Victoria JC) (1%, 52 Votes)
- Koo Yi Jing (#10, left midflelder, Raffles JC) (1%, 51 Votes)
- Tan Yong Geng (#5, centre midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 48 Votes)
- Akmal (#22, midfielder, Meridian JC) (1%, 48 Votes)
- Hyder (#15, midfielder, Meridian JC) (1%, 48 Votes)
- Samuel Tan (#7, defender, Hwa Chong Institution) (1%, 47 Votes)
- Alfred Yue (#1, GOALKEEPER, Jurong JC) (1%, 47 Votes)
- Aran Shanmugaratnam (#19, midfielder, Hwa Chong Institution) (1%, 47 Votes)
- Joseph (#16, midfielder, Meridian JC) (1%, 45 Votes)
- Hari Valuri (#9, left midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 45 Votes)
- Dennis Ciptanicaputra (#17, striker, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 45 Votes)
- Lee Yan Gen (#6, right-back, Victoria JC) (1%, 43 Votes)
- Umesh (#4, midfielder, Victoria JC) (1%, 42 Votes)
- Muhd Faris (#16, centre-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 42 Votes)
- Zheng Hao (#8, right midfielder, Hwa Chong Institution) (1%, 40 Votes)
- Mohd Hafizuddin (#8, midfielder, Millenia Institute) (1%, 39 Votes)
- Ian Chang (#24, defender, Jurong JC) (1%, 38 Votes)
- Bryan Tan (#20, centre midfielder, Jurong JC) (1%, 37 Votes)
- Daniel Guo (#9, striker, Meridian JC) (1%, 36 Votes)
- Chiang Wen Jun (#4, winger, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 33 Votes)
- Divesh (#24, midfielder, Meridian JC) (1%, 32 Votes)
- Benjamin Raja (#1, GOALKEEPER, National JC) (1%, 31 Votes)
- Wincoln Tham (#27, defender, Hwa Chong Institution) (1%, 30 Votes)
- Siddiq Poh (#7, position, Raffles JC) (1%, 29 Votes)
- Khyrul (#11, GOALKEEPER, Tampines JC) (1%, 27 Votes)
- Asyraf (#26, left-back, Victoria JC) (1%, 27 Votes)
- Toh Hao Li (#11, left-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 26 Votes)
- Park Wonil (#16, defender, Jurong JC) (1%, 26 Votes)
- Kai Shuin (#13, GOALKEEPER, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 26 Votes)
- Yong Zhi (#7, midfielder, Nanyang JC) (0%, 25 Votes)
- Lloyd Lin Jian Bang (#22, GOALKEEPER, Innova JC) (0%, 24 Votes)
- Ariff (#10, midfielder, Nanyang JC) (0%, 24 Votes)
- Nasrullah (#18, GOALKEEPER, Millenia Institute) (0%, 24 Votes)
- Aliff (#7, striker, Millenia Institute) (0%, 23 Votes)
- Sivashankar (#9, midfielder, National JC) (0%, 23 Votes)
- Ng Xiang Yi (#4, defender, National JC) (0%, 22 Votes)
- Chun Yang (#3, defender, Nanyang JC) (0%, 22 Votes)
- Hendra Darmawan S(#7, striker, Millenia Institute) (0%, 22 Votes)
- Yap Hsien Liang (#2?, position?, Victoria JC) (0%, 22 Votes)
- Muhaimin (#13, right-back, Millenia Institute) (0%, 21 Votes)
- Navin (#45, position?, Meridian JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- William Samara (#7, striker, National JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- Moses Ho (#6, centre-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- Kor Wei Lun (#1, GOALKEEPER, Anderson JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- Low Kok Yao (#10, striker, Jurong JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- Ernest Aw (#22, midfielder, Jurong JC) (0%, 19 Votes)
- Daryl Wong Wai Mun (#23, striker, Tampines JC) (0%, 19 Votes)
- Harrison (#25, striker, Jurong JC) (0%, 19 Votes)
- Cornelius Hey Kah Leong (#?, position?, Nanyang JC) (0%, 18 Votes)
- Muhammad (#4, centre-back, Millenia Institute) (0%, 18 Votes)
- Lee Zi Yang (#6, midfielder, National JC) (0%, 17 Votes)
- Sohail Nagrani (#25, striker, Anglo-Chinese JC) (0%, 16 Votes)
- Chan Peng Xiang (#8, winger, Jurong JC) (0%, 16 Votes)
- Jacky (#10, midfielder, Anderson JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Keith Chnioh (#17, midfielder, National JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Augustus Set (#7, midfielder, St Andrew's JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Haikal (#9, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Raihan (#21, defender, Serangoon JC) (0%, 13 Votes)
- Mohamad Fitri (#21, defender/midfielder, Millenia Institute) (0%, 12 Votes)
- Nigel Lam (#22, midfielder, ACS International) (0%, 12 Votes)
- unnamed (#30, central midfielder, Meridian JC) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Daniel (#6, left-back, Millenia Institute) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Shawn Wee (#7, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Kenneth (#15, striker, Nanyang JC) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Elvinder Singh (#10, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 10 Votes)
- Fairuz (#9, defender, Anderson JC) (0%, 10 Votes)
- Yue Wai Kit (#5, right-back, ACS International) (0%, 10 Votes)
- Joel Tan Jun Hao (#5, position?, Dunman High) (0%, 9 Votes)
- Wee Ta (#4, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 9 Votes)
- Daniel Tan (#17, defender, Anderson JC) (0%, 8 Votes)
- Dan (#1, GOALKEEPER, Nanyang JC) (0%, 8 Votes)
- Haikal (#14, winger, Nanyang JC) (0%, 8 Votes)
- Con (#5, defender, Nanyang JC) (0%, 7 Votes)
- Yi Ning (#?, defender, Nanyang JC) (0%, 7 Votes)
- Lucas Ng (#20, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 7 Votes)
- Chang Hoe (#6, defender, Nanyang JC) (0%, 7 Votes)
- Marcus Phooi (#13, midfielder, ACS International) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Brian (#?, striker, Nanyang JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Nigel Poo (#15, defender, Serangoon JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Sim Rui Jie (#15, striker, Dunman High) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Sahmadi (#14, defender, Anderson JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- unnamed (#7, midfielder, Anderson JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Crispin (#10, striker, Yishun JC) (0%, 5 Votes)
- Janaton (#23, left midfielder, Yishun JC) (0%, 5 Votes)
- unnamed (#9, stirker, Nanyang JC) (0%, 5 Votes)
- Thanaphon (#9, ACS International) (0%, 5 Votes)
- unnamed (#3, position?, Nanyang JC) (0%, 4 Votes)
- Fang Jia Bin (#19, striker, Meridian JC) (0%, 4 Votes)
- Sean (#?, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 3 Votes)
- Sze Wee (#6, defender, Dunman High) (0%, 3 Votes)
- Jerome Yew (#4, centre-back, ACS International) (0%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,332
all ac players are ready to go too. any other schs?
The easiest way to get subs would be to take the next 8 players based on votes.
As for Gus, I think nobody would object to him taking a slot in either team cos he obviously deserves to be there.
hmmm.. okay.. uncle les, how do we go about getting the subs? i mean.. how to choose? think players like gus should be in either squad A or B. hes not even in it considering the skills hes got so yea..
Also, if you contact the players, it obviously cannot just be 11 players. You will need a squad of about 18-20 players and allow unlimited subs for the game so that everyone gets to play. No point coming down and sitting on the bench.
Aiyah, you guys still going on about this.
There are two things I will do for you:
a. get a sponsor for the jerseys
b. cover the game
The volunteer committee – no one has volunteered by the way – has to do the following:
a. contact all players
b. arrange the pitch
c. arrange for refs
Like I mentioned, I can’t do it on my own. If you guys REALLY want to see this happen, then, we need some action here.
I will only go and look for a sponsor only if there is a firm commitment on your part.
You can email me at les@redsports.sg if you can form a committee of 3-4 people to spread the work around.
dont try leh.. lets make it happen ah.. get the guys to come down man!!! but right.. uncle les, the jerseys all how ah? field can be provided by any school that has the artificial pitch.. jj, nj, mj, vj, tpjc, sports school.
i agree that agustus is good.i think afrizal shud play in this team. hes an excellent player but didnt have a chance to perform.i think the match is a great idea. we shud try to make it happen this year.
but uncle les,all the good players are in the team..they might not be playing in A DIV nxt yr..seriously,the redsports XI is a really strong team except maybe agustus from SA shud replace that afrizal guy.i really wanna see mahdi and aswad terrorising defences with their wingplay and alex and kuoloon finishing thee chances.its a really superb attacking team.please please organise a game.im sure they would even be willing to play end of the year.so yea.lets not let this chance pass us by.
I think this year may not be realistic. To organise this requires a few months of planning to do it right, so if you are interested to help out, you can sign up for the working committee for next year.
players from MJ are supportive of the idea. they’re ready to go. hmm but what about the rest eh? anyone knows them? can help ask?
you can try contacting the schools ?
hey.. is anyone here related to any of the players? can ask them if they’d like to participate in this match? i think its a great idea and would go to waste if not executed.. so yea.. uncle les, try to get the field and jerseys?
uncle les,i think it’d be great if like you sent a letter to the schools of these players and inform them about your intention to organise this game.and im sure the school would support the idea and get the player to participate and im sure the students would also be informed and they;d be more than interested to come and watch the game.im sure this would work.because maybe some of these players may not even know such a poll exisits.
Well, no one has contacted me, neither the players or any readers to volunteer to organise it.
So I don’t think it will happen this year.
Nice idea though. 😉
uncle les.. i think the match is a fantastic idea! 😉 haha.. and i think that if the players are to play, the june holidays would be a great idea.. cos they’d still have their fitness and all.. so yea.. try to get sponsors k? kudos redsports!! 😉
Harrison (#25, striker, Jurong JC) is a class act of his own. check out this guy man. guess redpsorts have not really reach to all the JCs. you can see from the polls and comments that there are only few JCs that are active here.
we’ve to create much more awareness to more schools of the existence of redsports. i totally think this website is awesome.
im an expert on football..lol..if there is really a match b/w these 2 teams even though not likely pls put it up
hello mjc. this is a poll of 11 best footballers, not the 11 nicest footballers. so what if the mjc team has very nice ppl that you can play street soccer with huh? it doesnt mean anything. and you shouldnt say that vjc soccer boys are “ya-ya-papaya” just becase your friend says so. i’m sure your friend doenst know them personally. some of the players are my friends and they are really nice people even though they do seem a bit intimidating in a big group. but which big group of people doesnt look intimidating?
uncle les… that afrizal and mahdi, both left winger… so both cannot be in first 11.. so mahdi shud stay as left winger while maybe promote a centre mid into the 1st team. yeah i think augustus shud be in the 1st team.
KUOLOON IS HOT?eeeeee.get real.you are prolly kuoloon himself calling yaself hot.