S.League to sit for 'O' level exam in 2011

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.

• 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.)
  
  
  After they left S.League in 2005, the name "Sinchi" appeared in Vivocity (pictured above)
  

• 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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