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The refurbished Bishan Stadium is the venue of this two-game friendly series The national team and the visiting Omani squad kicked start their two-game friendly series with a 0-0 draw at the refurbished Bishan Stadium. Just like any prep game for bigger match that follows, it was used a platform for some experimental play and fine-tuning of some issues that coach Raddy would like to remedy who is also facing some problem such as the absence of Arema Malang striker Noh Alam Shah and Home United's Shi Jiayi, both are still on the casualty list. Khairul Amri (12) and Alek Duric (9) hope to establish a telepathic understanding As such, skipper Indra Sahdan Daud was deployed on the right flank with Aleksandar Duric and his new Tampines striking partner Khairul Amri leading the attack upfront. While Hariss Harun and Fahrudin Mustafic (who missed a penalty that would have given us the game in the 37th minute) were tasked to nullify any Omani threat in the middle. Mustafic (15) tussled the

(Media Release by Football Association of Singapore ) (File picture) Lions in training Lions resume Asian Cup Qualifiers preparation with Oman friendly matches SINGAPORE, 22 October 2009: Singapore will take on Oman in two friendly matches on 28 and 31 December at the Bishan Stadium, in preparation of their 2011 AFC Asian Cup Qualification match against I.R. Iran come January. With Oman currently in 79th position according to the latest Fifa-ranking, and slightly behind 64th-placed Iran, National coach Radojko Avramovic is looking forward to play Oman next week as his final tune-up leading to the Iran match. “The friendly matches with Oman will be good preparation for us as their playing style is quite similar to that of the Iranians. Both teams also have players with very good physical and technical skills.” While many felt that Jordan’s recent shock victory over Iran threw a spanner in Singapore’s Asian Cup Qualification campaign, Raddy insists that his game plan has not changed. Sa

... of the Olympics and beginning of the EPL season (again), Tampines Rovers overcome the one-goal deficit and beat Home United in the returning leg of their Singapore Cup quarter-final fixture. Ex-Protectors Qiu Li started the ball rolling by scoring the first before his national team-mate Fahrudin Mustafic scored with well-executed header. SOME PICTURES TAKEN Tampines' warming up Inside the corporate box of the stadium. One of many Home United's attempts to come back to level the game . Indra Sahdan (with the ball) made his presence felt in the Stag's box This would have made it "tiga-kosong" (3-0) Shot this from Home United's supporters section . After a hard fought victory, Shariff Samat (on the right) looking towards this direction. Tampines coach Vorawan Chitavanich delighted with the win. Stag's debriefing session at the end of the day. Home United's coach Mr PN Sivaji being interviewed by the cable media.

With Antony after the game at Bishan Stadium (many thanks to Mr Visakan Subramaniam for the shot) Met up with Mr Antony Sutton, the man behind the Jakarta Casual at the Bishan Stadium. This was Antony's second visit to the Bishan stadium in a space of a week and glad he enjoyed himself. It's nice and exciting to meet up with a fellow blogger who shares the same interest in blogging and football. Recently, Antony penned a well-written article (click on the link) on what he saw and observed about the locals' attitude towards the S.League Thanks Antony.. (P.S: Rest assured, what happened to Home United for the past two outings at Bishan were purely coincidence, Antony :P)

The idea was not to see or anticipate an exciting match but to mingle among the crowds at the opposite end of the park.  Some of these fans are probably the "real" ones of the crowd, they tend to be pretty abusive during the match since the stakes are pretty high.  So much so they took upon the role of that as the coach, the referee, and the linesmen. View from the opposite of the main stand of Bishan stadium    Shouting and making their presence felt through the "colourful language" used. When things were not going their way, they threw their arms in the air, stomped their feet on the ground to vent their frustration.  The only thing that pleases these folks is when things went their way (i.e: a goal is scored).  Those are probably the only time we see these folks cheering and brimming with smiles on their faces.  It's just the common sight at the grounds all around the world.  They can be someone just like you and me or someone we know, filling up the stands