My spotlight-shy friend, who brought us his yearly review mentioned in "point-form" the other day, came back with another SMS which he texted me days ago... (P.S: Those in GREEN are what he texted, while whatever mentioned in the brackets are my take of the events)
Next year will be GCE 'O' level for S.League.
Next year will be GCE 'O' level for S.League.
- 1st yr-Many fans came to visit & showered baby with gifts.
(Remember those days at the start of the S.League when the fans flocked in see what's in store for us?)
- End of 2nd,3rd, Parents Pay cut due to recession.
(The economic crisis that made all to tighten their belt with the 20% pay cut across the board)
- 4th&5th coming up.
(Things are starting coming up as suggested.) - 6th K2 in 2001,started to have extra rounds to prepare for Primary,teachers from Manchester & Liverpool came to teach us.
(The league begun the three-round format and have that ever since, Kallang was filled with crowds with Michael Owen and David Beckham came to town)
- 7th yr Pri1 end of 2002,mix with wrong companies,Young Lions, an early marriage Balestier & Clementi, China parents sent their kids to S'pore.
(Three players were banned for several months for their involvement in betting; Balestier Central and Clementi Khalsa merged to form Balestier Khalsa; with Chinese-based Sinchi FC joined as the league's first foreign club.)
- 2004 japanese came
(Albirex Niigata made an impressive start to their debut season)
- 2006 Africans came.
(Sporting Afrique - a team of Africans also came in to join the S.League but the contractual disagreement had put them under some bad publicity and faded away after a year.)
- 2009 & 2010 Sec2, Sec3 some felt too stressed,went to study in Indonesia,Thailand,some caught playing cards,smoking & report late.
(The supposedly cash-rich Indonesian clubs came and raided the top players from our league for the last two years. Some bad publicity saw some national players misbehaved while on duty)
ISL-based Baihakki Khaizan (pictured above) cheekily poke the ear of Khairul Amri
- 2011 let's see 0 Level
(Unless we really buck up, if not we got to retake the exam)
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