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To the players of both Orange County (pictured above, in orange jersey) and Team Beyond Imagination (lime jersey), it was something rather unusual for them when they saw a sudden surge of "intruders" turning out for their Sunday League fixture at the Bedok North Secondary School. (Pictured above) Rare mainstream media coverage on a Sunday League game. Beside those from the media and their D2DLeague coordinators, making their appearance at the school compound nested inside the Bedok Reservoir Road estate were three former national skippers - Fandi Ahmad, Nazri Nasir and Aide Iskandar. (L-R) Aide Iskandar, Fandi Ahmad and Nazri Nasir watching the game from sidelines. Under the hot scorching heat, the two teams slogged out against each other and with Team Beyond Imagination claiming a 2-1 victory over their opponents on a bumpy playing surface. Following the end of the match, it was then made known to the players that the three former Lions skippers were actually on a scouting m

The Youtube Clip of the highlights of the match... It was indeed a roller-coaster ride for the group of 15 year-old boys that formed the National U15 football team that took part in the Youth Olympic Games. After two emphatic victories in the group stages over Zimbabwe and Montenegro, the expectation was at an all-time high on the "Little Cubs" to aim a shot at the elusive gold medal of the football competition. No one can blame the kind of expectation and hope, after all these boys did just enough to captivate the nation that is starved of footballing success in the recent years (yes, we were that close to knock the doors to Doha and only after a successful appeal that the Cubs are granted the ticket to Asian Games in November) . So how could we expect that every hope was crashed to the earth when the boys lost to the unheralded Haitian in the semi-final . As always, fingers went pointing around with players, coaches, media and fans putting the blame on each other . But at t

BEFORE So far the response have been positive on the Little Cubs' epic performance over Montenegro. It was such a long time I last heard of something said in unison about the performance of any of the national teams. Kudos again for the Little Cubs and credit to the coaching staff headed by Kadir Yahaya for the wonderful execution of the tactics on Thursday night. Of course, amid all the euphoria over these boys, it also important to like what coach Kadir said the essential "to keep the feet on the ground." (Pictured above)Headlines like this above epitomized the "feel good" feeling towards the "Little Cubs" Yet, so much hype on the YOG football team, hope the little cubs can cope with the expectation and media should balance their writeup on the little cubs without over hype the things. Hope the little cubs can play their normal game amid all hype around them, as unlike the last game they are now the favorite against Haiti. AFTER Our Little Cubs (pic

(P.S: I was recently put to a task by Tiger Beer , the sponsor of the Singapore National Team , to see if I deserved a chance to win the grand prize of the "Tiger Beer Regional Online Influencer Challenge" ... read on for more details...) For one, I'm always try to make myself heard... And that's the reason why I started this blog to share whatever my opinions and thoughts on the local game (even if sometimes it did gave me some frightening moments).. Thanks to blogging, I got the chance to visit the Shah Alam Stadium , where one of the greatest moments of Singapore football history was written when the Lions clinched the Malaysia Cup in 1994 before breaking away to form the S.League in 1996. Thanks to blogging, I got a chance to pass a BOCAP to my boyhood idol - former Singapore captain Fandi Ahmad (pictured above) and met one of the greatest strikers that graced the football field - Robbie Fowler, when he was here with the North Queensland Fury (pictured below). A

I think the title of this post should be suffice to describe the mood at the Jalan Besar Stadium just now when a near-capacity crowd of 5,850 (based on what the stadium announcer said over the PA system). (Pictured above) A shot of the crowds at the Gallery of the stadium before the kick-off Anyone who were at the ground just now, would tell you it was either their first time witnessed this kind of fiery atmosphere (some would say still existed in school games' finals) OR they would tell you it was such a long time they LAST had this kind of atmosphere in any Singapore game featuring any of the national teams, be it the senior or their juniors - the national U15 who triumphed over their much bigger-built opponents from the Balkan state of Montenegro in the YOG's Group D fixture and saw them clinched the top of their group . Twitvid of the celebrations after the victory over the Balkans (sorry for the quality as compression was necessary to load the video fast in the first pla