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Made it to the final last two of the teams' pre-season press conference held at the NFA conference room at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Tampines Rovers were the first team being introduced to the media with coach Vorawan Chitavanich, newly-installed skipper Fahrudin Mustafic, Thai winger Sutee Suksomkit, striker Qiu Li, veteran Zulkarnaen Zainal and new French signing Croissant Benoit in attendance. PICTURES FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE The Stags (in blue L-R) : Zulkarnaen Zainal, Sutee Suksomkit, Fahrudin Mustafic, coach Vorawan Chitavanich, Qiu Li and new signing Frenchman Croissant Benoit. "We try, we try to win the championship" pledged coach Vorawan Chitavanich (middle), with skipper Fahrudin Mustafic on his right and Qiu Li on his left. The new Stags French signing Croissant Benoit (above) gave some insights on his background, journeyman Benoit started his professional career in France that later saw him earned his living in England with Sheffield United (2001), Holland, B

Hopefully, this new playing surface will end the agony of some players who complained about the "batu" (rock solid) surface of the Jalan Besar Stadium.  According to Mr Wong Chee Hoong, the director of " ibuild Sportscape Pte Ltd " - the contracting company responsible to lay out the new surface, this new playing surface is weather-proof and the blades of the playing surface are sculptured to be just like the real blade of grass with a "backbone at its back".  The following statement (in italic ) quoted from this page details more information about the new surface that replaced the one that was unveiled in 2005 .  "The 2 star FIFA rating at Jalan Besar Stadium is the first of its kind in Asia and allows the football pitch to be used for international matches. One of the most famous games played on a FIFA approved pitch was Russia versus England at the Luzhniki Stadium in Euro 2008."  PICTURES FROM THE SIDELINES "It just feels like the rea

Some of you had seen it somewhere, if not here's a reproduction of the list... See if you agree (to some certain it's true, though from a British perspective) The Times - The 50 worst things about modern football - Reasons Why The Modern Game Makes Us Mad Kaveh Solhekol Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it’s not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. These are the 50 worst things about modern football. It could have been 500. 50. Technical areas Did Bob Paisley need a technical area when Liverpool won three European Cups and six league titles? Did Alf Ramsey need a technical area when England won the World Cup? What’s so technical about a bit of grass and some white lines, anyway? Memo to all modern managers: Sit down and shut up. 49. Motorway service stations You pop in to go to the toilet and

Archived from " sleague.com "(click for a better view, those hand-written notes on it are my comments) Now as it's confirmed that DPMM is the latest addition to the S.League, let's welcome them with a open arms and get ready for the gearing up for season 2009. At the meantime, I managed to dig out something out from the archive and fittingly I think it should served as a reminder to all that never take Singapore football too lightly. Mr Hong In Woong should know why... BTW, a friend texted me and pointed out my grammar... thanks man :)

Got the text message (above) while at my work this afternoon that confirmed DPMM as the 12th team of the league. (Picture credit: DPMM's official site ) "Welcome to the S.League.." as what the first message that came to my mind with the local league welcome its newest addition, the third in three years (if we counted Liaoning Guangyuan and Dalian Shide Siwu as DPMM's predecessor). I'm not trying to draw or bridge any comparison but let's hope this would be the end of the shambolic maze of club recruiting to the league. Probably, the "Sinchi curse" is something that haunted the latter two Chinese-based clubs as both barely survived after a season, with Liaoning embroiled itself in "that thing" scandal and Dalian failed to meet the cut in many areas. The Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium , where DPMM will stage their home games (Picture credit: The Daily Brunei Resources , it do look like our own National Stadium) So what can we expect fr