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Wasn't able to attend any of the Singapore Cup matches over the few days until today due to work commitments and ultimately saw the lack of update of the blog until this. As the result of the concluding matches played over the past few days saw the emerging of the "FINAL FOUR" for one of the holy grails in Singapore football. ALBIREX NIIGATA (SINGAPORE) The reigning League Cup winners are the on the course of gunning their second title of the season after eliminated SAFFC on penalties after a 2-2 draw on aggregate at the Jalan Besar Stadium. (Picture above) Koichi Sugiyama is the most successful coach to date of the White Swans since they joined the league in 2004 HOME UNITED I was actually at the "next door" when the second leg of the Home United-Tampines Rovers quarter-finals took place at the Bishan Stadium. Unfortunately, I was not able to have a clear view from where I was and had to depend on the "tweets" updating to keep my abrea

The fate of both Hariss Harun and Safuwan Baharudin (pictured below) to join the national team for the upcoming World Cup group stages qualifiers is still hung in a balance, despite having their names on the 24-men squad list released by the Football Association of Singapore this evening. Would Sufawan having the last laugh? "We are still hopeful that both Hariss and Safuwan would get the relevant clearance over their NS liability, which we will get a clearer picture in days to come." according to the FAS official this blog spoken to pertaining the duo's status. Other than two youngsters that gave a good account of themselves in the recent "Causeway Derby", there aren't many changes made by coach Raddy Avramovic in his selection other than inclusion of Geylang United's Sevki Sha'ban and Hafiz Rahim. Izwan Mahbud in action against the Malaysians With Lionel Lewis back in action for Home United last night against Tampines Rovers in th

I was watching the National Day rally that ended moments ago and thought would like to add my less-than-a-dime thought having saw a clip of the 1994 Malaysia Cup Final win over Pahang by the Singapore team . The Prime Minister was quoting someone who shared with that moment as a 17 year-old by saying that "The most memorable moment during the whole Malaysia Cup, to me, was not the players, instead, the integrity of the fans, to come together as one, and only in this competition where we see strangers become good friends and buddies become families," (as mentioned on this report ). Okay, while it was a fact back then everything came to a standstill and everyone was gluing to the live telecasting on their television, but I thought the clip below would be a better choice to illustrate that point. After all, that illustrated point took place right at home in 2004. - Kallang Roar, Kallang Wave... how I miss you both... Gathered some thoughts from the blog's FB page

(Media Information from the Football Association of Singapore ) SAFFC hold the record number of win of the S.League title SINGAPORE, 11 August 2011: Due to the closure of several stadiums for the upcoming Presidential Elections and also to facilitate our National Team's preparations for the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Asian Qualifiers, Third Round matches this year, the following 2011 Great Eastern-YEO’S S.League and Singapore Cup matches have been rescheduled or moved to a new venue. The changes are as follow: Great Eastern- YEO’S S.League/ RHB Singapore Cup Match No Match Original Venue New Venue Original Date New Date Kick Off SC10 Singapore Armed Forces FC vs Albirex Niigata FC Choa Chu Kang NA 15-Aug 14-Aug 08:00:00 PM SC16 Albirex Niigata FC vs Singapore Armed Forces FC Jurong East Jalan Besar 21-Aug 18-Aug 08:00:00

Who wouldn't want to see Singapore football prosper unless he/she doesn't give a damn. Whilst we are experiencing that bit of little "renaissance" taking place since 28th July , let just not get too carry away and it's time to get real. I am kind of agree with what former Straits Times' Sports Editor Godfrey Robert said in his column in his recent column published in The New Paper. The League title race is expected to stretch due to the rescheduling of fixtures The veteran journalist suggested that more emphasis should be place on the S.League and added disruption to the league fixtures should be at its minimum. His concern is not without any valid reason. Since with the upcoming World Cup qualifiers and the pending Presidential elections, the league is set to brace itself another round of league rescheduling. And heaven knows if the league fixtures would be completed in time as scheduled on early November, especially when there are talks of