Here l am writing this account from the media booth of the Jalan Besar Stadium, from where the new playing surface is visible (word of caution though, never ever do a "Jurgen Klinsmann" style of celebration on this artificial turf).
Below are the pictures that were taken prior to the start of the friendly match between S.League Selection and the visiting Thai All-Stars to mark the completion of the face-lift program of the stadium which was first officially opened on Boxing Day back in 1929.
The newly-laid surface was reported to cost around US$500,000 and the cost was covered by a grant from FIFA, the game's world governing body.
ONE-SIDED AFFAIR TO MARK OCCASION
Unfortunately, the maiden match played on this new surface was a one-sided encounter with S.League Selection walking away with a comfortable 6-0 win over the visitors who are coached by Piyapong Pue-on, the legendary Thai striker who was ranked among the best in Asia back in the 1980s.
The shutout saw the hosting side run riots with goals from Park Tae Won (of Woodlands Wellington's, eighth minute), Indra Sahdan Daud (Home United, 16th), Bae Jin Soo (Paya Lebar Punggol, 45th), John Wilkinson (Geylang International, 52nd), Balestier Khalsa's Kengne Ludovick (73rd) and Bah Mamadou (88th-minute penalty).
SOME PICTURES ON THE NEW SURFACE
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(Picture above: the "left box" of the pitch) |
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(Picture above: the "right box" of the pitch)
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(Picture above: the "center-circle" of the pitch) |
(P.S: Some additional details were obtained from a report from The Straits Times dated 14th November 2005)
Nice pictures of the soccer pitch. You must be a die hard soccer fan of Singapore right?
ReplyDeleteYou might want to check out these URL for more updates and pictures of the soccer players.
http://www.moblog.com.sg/fas/
Nice Pictures of the picture and soccer stuff. Guess you must be a die hard fan rite?
ReplyDeleteYou might want to check out more pictures at this URL - http://www.moblog.com.sg/fas/
Got some of my tickets from some of the contests they run too :)
glad to see a blog about singapore soccer here... keep it going man.. lets hope the singapore team do us proud in the SEA games.
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u're a reporter or something? nice looking pitch..heard that it's faster? i guess FAS decided to follow korean style of football eh, no skill or size nvm..run like mad, until other team cannot run.. esp now with increasingly tougher beep tests for sleague players
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