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| Bedok Stadium - former home of Geylang International |
The Singapore Premier League (SPL) faces significant challenges due to the limited availability of dedicated stadiums for its clubs.
As the stadiums used for SPL matches are also shared by age-group competitions and lower-tier leagues (with some Island Wide League matches scheduled at school fields), this inevitably causes wear and tear on the playing surfaces, which could endanger players' safety and impact the quality of play, making it difficult to maintain competitive standards.
Following the uprooting of some clubs from the stadiums where they were once based, it has become increasingly difficult for these SPL clubs to conduct meaningful community outreach within the localities they are meant to identify with.
For instance, Geylang International, which used to call Bedok Stadium home until the end of the 2018 season, now plays at Jalan Besar Stadium while their designated home ground at Our Tampines Hub undergoes repairing works.
As a result, clubs struggle to build lasting connections with the communities they are supposed to represent.
This short posting is the result of a recent comment made by a reader after the publication of a recent blog post "Cooperative" Model For SPL Club? which reminds me of another blog post done years ago - NOT WANTED ... (Some SPL Clubs Moving Out)
(P.S.: Let's just hope the relevant authorities heard the plea and work together to make it happen.)
- 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎'𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 -
In my personal opinion,frankly increasing the no of stadiums to fulfil the clubs in their vicinity may not help to increase the fanbase. It is going to be a long road to re create, if any some sort of rivalry feel between the fans of each clubs facing each other now. The major reason firstly is the quality of play. This itself needs to upgrade. With this, then comes in the marketing part or the branding of the product which in this case is the club. I think all clubs hv to play an important role to increase their level first to get the public excited about it first. Nevermind which clubs each of us support but first, the public must hv the desire to watch any match in the first place. Currently, sadly...even free also ppl may not want to go. This is the real truth. We got to face the real truth in order to get real solutions. its a national cause to make the level of soccer higher first. The NT plays a big role of how ppl perceive the clubs. We need good play,positive results...then it will auto give some vibes to the local clubs. Its then how the clubs take it from there..
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