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The outcome of the poll 

In a recent poll conducted on the platform's IG story, 89% indicated their wish to see a Singapore Premier League "All-Star" game.

There were a few such games that took place during the S.League era in the form of "local" vs "foreign" setting, for example, 1998's "The New Paper Cup" and the "Tiger Beer S-League All-Star Challenge" in 1999.

WHITBREAD SCORED THE WINNER IN 1998

"The New Paper Cup", which included the initiative of "Save Jurong Campaign", saw the "Rest of the World" (foreign) beat "S-League Locals" 3-2 after extra time with the winning goal scored by the then outgoing national coach Barry Whitbread, who doubled up as "Rest of the World" player-coach, at the demolished Jurong Stadium in front of more than 5,000 paying fans back in 28th November 1998.

FAHMIE VOWED TO SNIP HIS PONYTAIL

The following year saw the staging of the "Tiger Beer S-League All-Star Challenge" at the Bishan Stadium on the 2nd of July.

The match will also be remembered for the challenge issued by Gombak United's midfield Fahmie Abdullah who vowed to snip his prized ponytail if his "Singapore Stars" beat the foreign counterparts who were named as the "Foreign Legion"

Despite fielding a weakened side without big names like Egmar Goncalves, Mirko Grabovac, Ernest Tapai, Zsolt Bucs, Jason Ainsely, etc. who pulled out due to various reasons, the "Foreign Legion" crushed the "Singapore Stars" 5-0 at the Bishan Stadium.

And Fahmie got to keep his ponytail in the end.

- 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎'𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 (𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆:1,2) -