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The feet-dragging on various issues pertaining the S.League is not doing any good if the league authority is keen to have the struggling competition back on its feet. With mysteries of the identities of Winston Lee's replacement for the league's CEO, the 13th and 14th team still looming large, plus the near "black-out" on S.League coverage on the mainstream media in recent weeks have further inflicted more damages it can ill-afforded to. Despite assurance from the top that this country's domestic league will not play second fiddle once January comes, but given things that happened of late with earlier mentioned, would be too late if those issues are to be left to the eleventh hour again (nothing usual in local football scene)? The failure to allow the dust settled when February comes (when the S.League is scheduled to kick-off), would only see us walking through another "sand storm", unless the person who is going to drive us through knows the way ...

(This feature is formulated from the media release issued by the Football Association of Singapore from which pictures and quotes were extracted unless credited) Adam (no 10) in action against Juventus in Canon LCC His glittering performance in the 23rd Canon Lion City Cup is a testament to why he is rated as one of the country's brightest footballing prospects. His commanding presence as the skipper during that tournament eventually led the National Football Academy (NFA) U15 to a respectable third position in that youth tournament featuring the boys from renowned club sides such as CR Flamengo and Juventus. So little surprise came last Sunday when Adam Swandi emerged as the winner from the pool of five nominees in the annual "Dollah Kassim Award", an initiative by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), in partnership with The New Paper, Turkish Airlines and Singapore Pools. This award is named after the late Singapore football legend who passed away l...

Just a random thought here as this only came to my mind while I was working just now. As you guys may have noticed of late there's not update on this blog. One reason is that now it's "off-season" and I thought it's a time to recharge, while also reflect and re-evaluate the direction this blog is heading to. That's the purpose of "BlastFromThePast" to engage conversation with readers On the blog Facebook page , I have been posting "BlastFromThePast" entries (as pictured above) to share with you all some of those past entries since 2005 (which I really hope you would appreciate those past efforts). In a way, I do hope you, the readers, can decide for yourself if it has been a worthwhile experience to drop in a peek at this blog and also to see if there's any change in the local footballing landscape since you first watch Singapore football. If I'm too bother about getting a higher hit-rate than provide value to the r...

Priority for Lionel is his family and his club, Home United While many consider retiring from international football at the age of 29 is too young, especially for the case of goalkeeper. After all, great custodians like Dino Zoff and Peter Shilton did maintain their presence between the posts for their countries past their forties. But for the case of Lionel Lewis who decided to call his Lions career a day the tell-signs were already there in recent weeks. Right after the loss to the Iraqis back in September , the Home United 'keeper revealed his intention to the waiting press at the mixed zone that night. This came after Lionel just recovered from an adductor injury that sidelined him against the Malaysians in that crucial "Causeway Derby" in July. On top of that coupled with other injuries that sustained since the start of his career, it's a matter of time for him to consider his options and so when the news broke out this morning, it hardly surpr...