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Was at Hougang Stadium just now to check the team everybody is talking about - Sengkang Punggol FC. Having been the whipping boys for the past few seasons, the Hougang-based team decided that it's time to ditch aside that tag and prove everyone they are capable to show the rest what they can do. PICTURES FROM THE MATCH "You brought over the ritual as well, eh.." I joked with Jörg Steinebrunner, the Sengkang coach about this "gather around" ritual (as depicted above) we seen at Woodlands when Jörg was in charge. "OK guys, make sure you're properly attired even this is only friendly" as the match officials briefed the players before the start. "No photo, please!!" joked Peres De Oliveira (second from the left), while taking the photo, with Fadzuhasny Juraimi (on Peres's right), Itimi Dickson (on his left) and captain S Subramani (on the extreme right.) Former teammates at club and national level, S Subramani won the coin-toss and the ki

The NEW Paper seek some opinions from overseas fans about their view on the national team's recent defeat to the Iranians... Not bad eh.. as our football did attract some attentions from these overseas football lovers BUT hey, take a look .. it's not your usual "Jones" or "Taylors'. They must be from across the Causeway...yet we must be appreciative for their opinions...Thank you guys :)

Was at the Toa Payoh Stadium to check out Balestier Khalsa and Woodlands Wellington. In an unusual format, the match was split into three halves with 30 minutes each which in the end saw Englishman Daniel Hammond, signed from the Young Lions, scored the only goals to seal the game for the Rams. PICTURES FROM THE MATCH The customary handshakes before the kick-off. The Tigers' bench in the foreground, while the Woodlands' at the back. FROM THE SIDELINE... Despite only arrived in Singapore on the day before, new Woodlands coach Nenad Bacina (above) is confident of putting up a good show for the upcoming season. After leaving Singapore in 2004, former SAFFC skipper Bacina, at one time, served as a coaching adviser to M-League side, PDRM and earned himself a UEFA "A" license coaching badge while back in Croatia. Jeykanth Jeyapal , the Woodlands club manager has some exciting plans lining up for the new season, such as setting up a soccer academy based in the Woodlands regi

Lionel Lewis prepared to take the goal kick . "Is it fair to say when one moment of madness would define the outcome of a game?" I'm not sure if that's a fair statement but somehow that's the tendancy of people trying to find a scapegoat when things went horribly wrong. Ismail Yunos was one being singled out, by netizens, as one such "scapegoat" when he was sent off for a illegal tackle made and saw he received the marching order. Youtube clip of Ismail being sent off... Unforeseen circumstance like this saw the Lions had to reshuffle any game plan laid out by coach Raddy, who I was told being very pissed for such foul committed by Ismail. As the result, the whole game plan was derailed with players forcing to adjust to the hastily-changed tactics and not to mention the freezing Tehran weather that crippled the boys. 6-0, that was the scoreline and number of defensive lapses saw the second-stringer Iranian walloped us... " EDMW " folks made the

This is only picture I have of Egmar, as Renato wasn't able to get a recent one from Egmar. Ever wonder what's been going on with former Home United and national striker Egmar Goncalves, after he left Singapore in January 2007? With the help of Mr Renato Andreão , a journalist with " trivela.com " - a Brazilian soccer news portal, I managed to track down the former ace striker of the Protectors. Below is a list of Q & A, which with the help of Renato, here's what Egmar has to share with us how is he doing now since he left Singapore. Q & A with Egmar... It's been quite a while we last hear from you, after you returned to Brazil. So are you still playing actively? As what I heard you been playing for some amateur teams since then. “After I returned from Singapore in 2007, I played for a club called Desportiva and follow by Rio Branco , a year later, but I decided to hang up my boots because I found that infrastructure and administrative-wise the standa