A dreary Sunday afternoon, a waterlogged pitch, the two details that entailed the Criminals' first game, and first lost, but today our 4th match together contrived success with a win over DVP FC.

9 goals to 6 was the final score, a score that is by all means amateurish, but a win nonetheless.

The Criminals squad was strengthened by the appearance of Jon's 2 friends Leslie and Lee Kang, who played on the right wing and Center Back respectively. Shankar who brought along Shamus, proved a wise but unfortunate choice as Shamus had to play for a 10 man strong DVP.

The previous stiff 4-5-1 formation was switched to a more flexible 3-1-4-2 today, with Lee Kang standing in for an absent Don, and Leslie raking up the right flank as Dasen filled up the empty gap on the left, made by the ever-absent Jing Er. El Brighto moved up as a cover for the defence, and Kaka' moved up to partner Jon in attack.

Today was a day for record-making goals as several Criminals not only opened up their scoring accounts, but scored several 'special' goals too.

Oliver set fire to the game with a goal scored under 2 minutes of the kickoff. Drfting to the right from a pass from Khalis, he shimmied past two defenders, picked his spot, and slotted the abll home with relative ease.

A good start to the game which was a few moments drawn level by an irreconciliable own-goal by El Brighto, or so it would seem at that point.

Then, Jon proved that he was worth his mettle with a instinctively scored goal past the DVP keeper after several passes strung between the Criminals who were clearly on top again with the lead.

But the lead was yet again cut down to a draw when the DVP planted a chubby camper in front of the Criminals goalmouth, the chicken cheese nugget popped in one with a sweep of a fatty foot that hit the bottom of the bar and crumbled into the goal, nothing Ariff could do with him being offside and nary a defender marking him.

But Jon slapped one into the top corner with a scrape shot that curled magnificently away from the keeper's outreached hands. Followed by a goal by on-loan Leslie who impressed the team with his 'Cristiano Ronaldo' like skills and play.

The first half then ended with another goal scored by DVP with a sharp cross-in by Shamus, a celebration for them which was quickly ended by a hattrick completed by Jon.

The second half was as much the flurry of goals as was the first. Dasen who was supposed to sit out due to chest complications volunteered to play for a yet again, 10-man DVP, which saw one member leave prematurely. Izzat came in at right-back, allowing Jonathan to roam freely on the left flank.

At 5-3 up, the Criminals were in cruise control, but again DVP scored with the help with Shamus, the far-post seemed to be the DVP's favourite hunting area as the later goals would prove.

However, redemption for an own goal in the previous match against Matthew's Church came in the form of Kaka's first goal of his 'Criminal' career as he controlled the ball perfectly and swung it almost too casually into the back of the goal with a wicked curled dipping shot. Glory Glory Criminals!!!

The momentum then swung to Jon again, giving him a tally of 4 goals for this match alone. Too bad he couldn't take back the ball...

Now at 7-3, it seemed that both defenses were abandoned, and attack was the name of the game.

Jonathan, who played his debut match as a fully fledged Criminal almost scored twice with a shot rebounding off the upright, and another that hit the bar after a scrambled parry by the DVP hands.

Kaka' too had opportunities that went begging with panicked shots that swayed off target which could have otherwise put an end to the match.

However, the panic button had to be pushed when Shamus slammed in a long distance shot from far out. Then followed by a goalmout scramble which a DVP popped in from 2 inches. The score became 7-5, they were catching up.

It then seemed to be 8 goals for the Crooks, but Zhisen's goal to be was ruled offside, fair enough it was unanimously agreed.

Then came the second 'special' goal of the match, El Brighto hooked in a corner that flew low and snuggled in the bottom of the near post, letting the Captain clear his earlier debt from the own-goal. Now all that is needed is a goal from the halfway line to complete the repertoire of crazy goals.

Soon after, at the other end, an alledged hand ball inside the area by Mibar gave away a penalty. Ariff however, saved with relative ease, but only to concede after a miscommunication in defense.

With 10 minutes to go, Leslie pounded in another goal to sum up a nine goal thriller. This marks the Criminals' first win in their league of games.

'Finally' was the word of the day.