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Prime League - Balestier Khalsa 1-3 Tanjong Pagar Utd 20/4/13
The visitors walked away with a 3-1 win over the hosts whom being the defending champions have not able to get off to a good start in their title defending campaign.
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S.League - Balestier 1-1 Gombak 4/3/11
6400 is something you cant avoid when you are shooting at Toa Payoh Stadium.
For the past week, I was not able to attend any games due to my shift work and thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to go down to Hougang Stadium for a match after my work in Bishan area.
Thought of wanting to take a better view of how Tampines Rovers' "Marquee Player" Martin Wagner would fare, after only saw him in action at the Charity Shield from a flat perspective.
Unfortunately for the second game on the roll, the Argentine signing was left on the bench without having a role in the game at Clementi that saw the defending champions came from behind to record their first win in three recent outings against a resilient Balestier Khalsa.
(This entry is formulated based on the transcript of the media information issued by the Football
Association of Singapore)
Zulkiffli Hassim (in red) will be suspended for five matchesSINGAPORE, 10 APRIL 2012 –
Balestier Khalsa FC striker Zulkiffli Hassim has been slapped with a five-match ban in the S.
There has been a wonderful freshness to the SLeague in its opening weeks as teams like Hougang
United and Balestier Khalsa have flirted with the top positions but the weekend just gone has shown
the traditional big boys flexing their muscles and how.
Tampines won the title last year, confirming the triumph with a 5-0 rout of Balestier
Khalsa.
There has been a wonderful freshness to the SLeague in its opening weeks as teams like Hougang
United and Balestier Khalsa have flirted with the top positions but the weekend just gone has shown
the traditional big boys flexing their muscles and how.
Tampines won the title last year, confirming the triumph with a 5-0 rout of Balestier
Khalsa.
After weeks of speculation within the local football fraternity, former Gombak United coach Darren
Stewart (file pictured right) is confirmed as Balestier Khalsa coach for the upcoming 2012
season.
A former Australian international himself, Stewart starred for the Tigers when they were still
called Balestier Central in the S.
I'm not sure if anyone of you out there notice this scenario since the early days of the S.League
that there are these two clubs been "close trading partners".
It's not uncommon to see players of this particular club swapping jerseys for another particular
side after a season or two that in recent years seems to have intensified.
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2011 Sultan of Selangor Cup - (Match Day and Balik Kampong)
Malay rock legend Amy Search (pictured above) wowed the 65,000 at the Shah Alam Stadium in this
annual event initiated by the Sultan of Selangor with motive in fostering relationship between
Singapore and Selangor whom both shared an unique rivalry in the Malayan football history.
Ahmad Latiff (pictured above in yellow jersey) delivered the sucker punch at the last kick of the
game to help Tampines Rovers beat Balestier Khalsa 1-0 at Toa Payoh Stadium.
While the Tigers had a Mark McGough's goal disallowed which they claimed the Aussie's effort had
crossed the goal line before Lions defender Fahrudin Mustafic cleared for safety in the first half.
In a joint press release statement by scouting agency, Trebol Sports International (TSI) and their
working partners, Football Management International (FMI) had announced the following player,
Scottish defender Graham Tatters (pictured above, courtesy of Flickr) had signed for Woodlands
Wellington.
Not that long ago, I got a SMS (in green font) from a friend of my that he shared with me his
rating of the S.League since the inauguration in 1996...
Attendances based on my memory
96 Tiger high,
96 Pioneer low,
97 average,
98 recession,
99 good,
00 average,
01 good but media coverage totally destroyed during SEA Games,
02 starting to have unusual results
03 penalty shootouts average N later died off
04 league reduced in teams, gd with jap albirex in,
05 gd with paya lebar in, young lions N balestier performed well,
06 young lions did well in FA Cup, sporting afrique some interest but fade away after payment
issues,
07 tiger cup success, but liaoning destroyed it
08 poor
09 bad
10 worst
I asked my friend if he would like to be quoted and acknowledged, he politely declined, but I
thought this is something rather interesting and it's not those-kind-of-thesis-type of article as
it's simple and hit the nail kind of review.
The post heading was a familiar chant from the massed ranks of SAFFC cheerleaders, about 12 of
them, as they won SLeague after SLeague in recent years. But not this year. Instead we are looking
at a three horse race with five games remaining and the possibility of a foreign team winning the
trophy for the first time in the history of the SLeague.
Balestier's Brazilian import Vitor Borges venturing into the Rams' heartlands
So much debate had been on-going if the S.League should have a recess during the World Cup
period.
The argument is that with the "Greatest Show on Earth" grabbing the attention world-wide, the
domestic league will be further deprived of attention and the crowds, as reported on the papers
recently, are staying away.
I must apologise for the recent lack of updating due to the fact that there are some tidy chores in
my house for the upcoming repair works that's gonna take place in days to come.
As such, I might see myself being tied up for some packing and clearing up some stuff along the
process. The last time round saw me unearthed the two precious TNP centerspread of the Malaysia Cup
era and now here are some relic I discovered during my clearing out.
Like I mentioned before, it's a matter of time I got hold a DSLR camera, and eventually I did.
I wasted no time at all to try out my new "Canon 50D" on the same evening after I got hold of it on
the same day itself, where else but at the stadium I decided to trial out my new toy.
Below are some of the pictures I snapped along the way at the Balestier-Geylang match at the Toa
Payoh Stadium.
SHORT SCRIBE
Attended my second pre-season friendly today at the Toa Payoh Stadium, where Balestier Khalsa
played hosts to the visiting Woodlands Wellington.
For the record, the guests Rams, who only played their first friendly since their season
preparation today, defeated their hosts 1-0 with a solitary header from Asraf Rashid in the first
half.
(P.S: I wonder if some of the some young players out there agree with me the importance of
staying put together, if possible.)
After his team defeated Balestier Khalsa, Young Lions' coach Terry Pathmanathan (pictured above
during the "Sultan of Selangor Cup 09") was not a happy man as you thought he would be.
So what did I tell you? It's not easy to be a sports photographer!
Factors like ground survey before the game, the lighting of the venue, etc.
And the likeliness of having players crashed onto you! Like the depicted collage which compiled the
frame-by-frame shot of Balestier's Korean import Oh In Kyun being overpowered by DPMM's Sairol
Sahari and Safari Wahit.
After I blogged on what why Bryan Soane sudden departure from Balestier Khalsa had only side of the
story covered , this morning's TODAY had seems to reveal the other side of the story.
(Picture) Soane and agent gave their side of story
Finally, we got the other side of the story after the news broke out weeks ago that the young
Aussie striker had quit and went back to Sydney.
Got an email from a reader from Brunei who shared with me the match report of last night's match
between Brunei DPMM and Balestier Khalsa at Bandar Seri Begawan.
Interested readers may wish to download a "pdf" copy of the match report from the link below:
Geylang United v Tampines RoversHome United v Woodlands WellingtonEtoile v Tanjong PagarGombak
United v Balestier KhalsaSAFFC v Phnom Penh CrownSouth Melbourne v Albirex NiigataHougang United v
Young TigersPattaya United v Okkthar United
Five foreign teams this year, well seven if you include Etoile and Albirex Niigata.
(This entry is formulated with extracts from the press release issued by the Football Association
of Singapore)
(Pictured above) The result of the draw
Defending champions Bangkok Glass confirmed the earlier quibbles of not coming back to defend the
RHB Singapore Cup they won last year, while last season's runners-up Tampines Rovers will face
Geylang United in a "eastern derby" showdown.
The good news is the SLeague fixtures are out. The bad news, for fans looking for a game to go to
on a Saturday night, which is probably just me, is there aren't many.
12/02 - Young Lions v SAFFC19/03 - Young Lions v Gombak United09/04 - Young Lions v Woodlands
Wellington30/04 - Tampines Rovers v Balestier Khalsa
Once the English season has finished then games are more regular but in the opening few weeks the
above is it.
Young Lions v Balestier Khalsa 2-0 (Yang Mu, Khairul Nizam) 1,630
Two second half goals secured the three points last night for the Young Lions. They're on a bit of
a roll at the moment with just two defeats in their last seven games. A run that has seen three
wins and two draws.
Victory tonight for Woodlands Wellington could see nosebleeds all round as the Rams would reach the
heady heights of 5th after four straight wins.
I tend not to write too much about Nenad Bacin's men but while attention, such as it is in
Singapore, has been on the unbeaten runs of SAF and Tampines Rovers Woodlands have been quietly
winning at challengers Gombak United and brushing aside Home United and Balestier Khalsa to set up
tonight's clash with Geylang United and the prospect of a fourth straight win.
Having saw what he tweeted in the first place, I prompted Mr Neo Chee Seong (who contributed an
article last month) to come up with his list of players to fill up the vacuum after the disband of
the Singapore National Team.
Many thanks to Mr Neo for sharing his views on this issue.
Potential Players with Merits to be selected for Singapore National Squad.
Arema v Persijap 3-0 (Roman Chmelo, Dendy Santoso, Roni Firmansyah)
Deltras v PSMP 2-3
Sriwijaya v PSPS 1-1
Semen Padang v Persikabo 1-3
SLeague
Home United v Balestier Khalsa 2-2
Beijing Guo'an v Albirex Niigata 0-2 (Fumiya Kobayashi, Satoshi Hida)
Geylang United v Sengkang Punggol 3-2 (Peter Tomko 3; Sobrie Mazelan, Murphy Wiredu) Images
Tomko, who sounds like someone from the Wombles, scored a hat trick against the Dolphins last
night making it six for the season.
(P.S1: Just mainly pictures, with the main text being those "tweets" I posted by mobile earlier and
also to try out some photo-taking using some new methods which I'm still working on it.)
be visit an old fren at JBS later which I hope can materialize,work been piling up &
already snapped, can't keep my cool?
(This entry is based on the media release issued by the Football Association of Singapore with
images depicted provided by the said organisation.)
Singapore, 19 June 2012 - Over the years the H-TWO-O Ultimate Champions League has grown
from its early days, based on the theme that ‘football is for everyone' to what it is today -
where players from Secondary Schools, Polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education are
bestowed the opportunity to showcase their talents in this free tournament and bid for one of three
chancesto see Manchester United play in the English Premier League.
