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2012 Geylang United HOME kit Having heard the outcry over the decision to change the traditional
green home strip to a maroon one, Geylang United decided to revert, although not entirely, the
unpopular choice of colour.
Instead, the maroon kit will become the Eagles' away jersey with a mainly white-coloured based
uniform (pictured above, depending your browser settings) be the choice of the home outfit for the
new season.
Mr Ang had been the face of the clubIn less than a week, perennial underachievers Geylang United
are hit by another news when it was announced that their long-serving chairman Mr Patrick Ang
(pictured left) will step down from his post on 1st February.
According to the media release issued by the Football Association of Singapore, the long-time
veteran in the local football scene will hand over the reins to former national skipper Leong Kok
Fann.
I don't know how long Geylang United have worn green. Certainly for me I have always identified
them as the team in green. Green befits them. So why change the colour to maroon for the new
season? Apparently the club consulted with management and the Singapore FA before going ahead with
the change.
In a new bid to attract more interest it seems the SLeague have come up with a novel way of
releasing the fixture list for the new season. Taking a leaf from the harry Potter movies they are
announcing them bit by bit. The logic, such as it is, is that if it's good enough for JK Rawlings'
teen magicians it's gotta be good enough for the SLeague.
New signing Jozef Kapláň (left) presented the new maroon outfit by coach Mike Wong (picture
courtesy of Geylang United's official Facebook page)Fans of Geylang United would have to take some
time to get used to see their beloved Eagles trooped out Bedok tunnel in not their usual green
outfit.
Instead of the colour that was long associated with the most successful team in the pre S.
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.
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- 2012 Pre Season starts... Geylang United(26/12/11)
2012 Pre-season Training starts with Geylang on Boxing Day 2012.
If fans of Indonesian football have any awareness at all of Singapore football it is probably
limited to Tampines Rovers. The team from the east coast of the city state have provided several
internationals to clubs in Indonesia with varying degrees of success.
Khairul Amri is widely recognized as one of the most talented players of his generation and when
he made the move to Persiba Balikpapan many hoped he would bring his prodigious talent to one Oil
City.
Which two Singaporean international keepers started their careers in the Geylang United youth
team?Which two players have spent the longest with one team in Singapore and what was that
team?Which SLeague team had never won at Bedok Stadium since the competition began?
This kind of trivia is commonplace in England where fans are quick to absorb all sorts of nonsense
about the game and their favourite team.
Indonesia Premier League
PSMS v Persebaya 1-2Persiraja v Persija (!) 3-3
Other games were scheduled but never happened. Arema flew all the way to Papua to play
Persipura...but last year's champions had already withdrawn from the league and were playing n the
Inter Island Cup. Who the hell allowed them to fly when they had no opponent?
Vietnam is having another one of its little tournaments. The Navibank Cup 2011 is due to be held in
Ho Chi Minh City 2-10 December and, according to Viet Football, will feature Geylang United and
Chonburi as well as T&T Hanoi, Navibank Saigon and Binh Duong.
Which is all well and good. But according to the Thai Premier League fixture list, admittedly as
reliable as an English red top, Chonburi are playing Army United on 3 December.
Ahmad Latif's goal just after the hour mark means that the SLeague won't be decided until Sunday
when both Home United and Tampines Rovers play their final game of the season.
You could say it's advantage Tampines as they have a narrow one point lead going into Crunch Sunday
(hey, ESPN do it all the time) but Home United have the superior goal difference.
Let's be totally Frank about this. Given a choice of watching Balestier Khalsa playing Woodlands
Wellington or watching the latest reality TV hit from the US what would you rather do? For me, a
trip to Toa Payoh would win hands down.
Woodlands, among other things, had only managed 17 goals going into their 31st game of the season
and were in 12th position two points behind Tanjong Pagar.
Singapore Cup
Etoile v Home United 0-1 (Frederic Mendy)
Mendy's goal against his former team ensured at least one of this year's Singapore Cup Final would
be a local team, Home winning 2-1 on aggregate.
Tonight Hougang United take on Albirex Niigata.
Recent Singapore Cup Finals
2010 Bangkok Glass v Tampines Rovers 1-02009 Geylang United v Bangkok Glass 1-02008 SAFFC v
Woodlands Wellington 2-12007 SAFFC v Tampines Rovers 4-32006 Tampines Rovers v Chonburi 3-22005
Home United v Woodlands Wellington 3-2
To depress Singaporeans even more when was the last time a local team won any thing there?
Singapore Cup
Etoile v Home United 0-1 (Frederic Mendy)
Mendy's goal against his former team ensured at least one of this year's Singapore Cup Final would
be a local team, Home winning 2-1 on aggregate.
Tonight Hougang United take on Albirex Niigata.
Recent Singapore Cup Finals
2010 Bangkok Glass v Tampines Rovers 1-02009 Geylang United v Bangkok Glass 1-02008 SAFFC v
Woodlands Wellington 2-12007 SAFFC v Tampines Rovers 4-32006 Tampines Rovers v Chonburi 3-22005
Home United v Woodlands Wellington 3-2
To depress Singaporeans even more when was the last time a local team won any thing there?
AFC Cup
Chonburi v Nasaf 0-1 6,434Kuwait SC v Muang Thong United 1-0 4,000Persipura v Arbil 1-2 (Zah Rahan)
15,430
Not a good night for the region's teams in the AFC Cup with three defeats and one goal scored.
Persipura, all conquering at home, must fly to Iraq and win by at least two clear goals as must
Chonburi.
For many football fans around the world the game is so much more than just watching players
kicking a ball around a muddy field for 90 minutes. There are so many sub cultures identified with
the game that, when added together, combine to make football what it is; the world's greatest
spectacle.
The easiest for young fans to get involved in is Programme collecting.
You could throw a rock from JB to Singapore. If you had a strong arm. And were standing in the
middle of the causeway. And a large pigeon suddenly swooped down from the Malaysian side, plucked
the stone from your hands and carried it over to Singapore before dropping it on the miserable
buggers who stamp passports for a living.
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?
Geylang United have been in fine form recently, it's just that Home United have been in better form
and the league leaders breezed out of Bedok Stadium last night with a 3-1 win and three points
extending their lead to five points albeit with a extra game played. Qiu Li continued his fime form
this season netting twice.
I have been overlooking the bread and butter over the last week; time now for an SLeague
update!
Young Lions v Hougang United 2-0Balestier Khalsa v Home United 0-4Etoile v SAFFC 1-0Tampines Rovers
v Geylang United 0-2Albirex Niigata v Tanjong Pagar 1-0Home United v Gombak United 2-1Balestier
Khalsa v Tampines Rovers 0-1
1 - Home United 22 16 2 4 56-21 502 - Tampines 22 15 3 4 42-18 483 - Albirex Niigata 22 14 1 7
49-22 43
18 - Mislav Karoglan (SAFFC), Aleksander Duric (Tampines Rovers)16 - Frederic Mendy (Home United)14
- Qiu Li (Home United)
Geylang United's five match unbeaten run ended when SLeague champions Etoile defeated them 3-2 at
Bedok Stadium.
Kim Jae Hong had given the home team the lead on 18' and everyone settled down thinking it was game
over but five minutes later Wilson Grosset made it 1-1. It was the first goal Geylang had conceded
in more than five games.
You never know what you're gonna get with Albirex Niigata in the SLeague. The other day they
thumped Gombak United 5-1. Not long before that they got turned over by Geylang United, 1-0. Their
42 goals from 19 games makes them the second highest goalscorers in the SLeague behind Home United
and they sit in 4th place, 4 points behind leaders Home.
Geylang United v Woodlands Wellington 1-0Tanjong Pagar v Etoile 0-2Albirex Niigata v Balestier
Khalsa 1-0Hougang United v Gombak United 3-2Tanjong United v Geylang United 0-1Etoile v Woodlands
Wellington 3-0
That's five straight wins now for Geylang United with nothing let in. Not bad considering they had
won only two of their opening 13 games!
Dan Hammond is reported to have signed for Geylang United. If true then the English defender is
almost half way through his one man tour of the SLeague. He started his career with Young Lions
before moving to Woodlands Wellington, Balestier Khalsa and this year SAFFC.
However he had struggled to break into the SAFFC team with Daniel Bennett and Bah Mamadou providing
consistency at the back for the Warriors.
Not for the first time in recent years the SLeague is proving to be one of the more exciting
leagues in the region.
We're just about at the half way point and we have the usual three horse race, champions Etoile
have slipped down the ladder having four or five games in hand, and look how tight things are at
the top.
In the sanitized atmosphere of Singapore football not many of the teams there 'feel' like a
football club in the sense of a team identifiable with their local community. You don't walk round
Woodlands or Tampines and see people wearing club colours unless it's a Liverpool or Manchester
United shirt.
The only times I've seen people wearing club colours in Singapore, I mean local club, it has been
the green of Geylang United.
In one of my less busy moments at work this morning I wondered aloud why the Albirex Niigata
replica shirt costs 98 SGD was nearly twice as expensive as the Geylang United one which costs 50
SGD.
Koh Mui Tee, who is the Albirex Niigata manager, tells me that it is down to demand. They shift
about 150 shirts a year while Geylang United manage a fraction of that.
You never know what you're oing to get with Gombak United. Before last night's game with Geylang
United they had won six and drawn six of their opening 15 games. Well, now they have lost seven so
figure them to win their next game. Geylang defeated them 1-0 thanks to Vasile Ghindau's second
half penaty.
Balestier Khalsa v Geylang United 3-1 (Kim Kwang Young 2, OG; Amy Recha) 858Woodlands Wellington v
SAFFC 1-5 (Goh Swee Swee; OG, Mislav Kaoglan, Fazrul Nawaz 3) 681Home United v Tanjong Pagar 3-1
(Frederic Mendy2, Ashraf Rashid; Kim Jong Oh) 1,441
1 - Home United 16 11 2 3 40-15 352 - Tampines Rovers 14 10 3 1 30-11 333 - SAFFC 14 9 2 3 30-16
29
Tonight sees Tampines play Tanjong Pagar with victory against the cellar dwellers taking them back
to the top of the SLeague.
Good to see Geylang United in the SLeague trying different revenue streams. The club will start
selling replica shirts for 50 SGD which is probably half the price of shirts from England, Italy
and Spain.
In all my years of visiting Singapore I have only ever seen fans on non match day wearing club
colours on a handful of occasions and they have all been wearing the green of Geylang United.
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.
AFC Cup
Song Lam Nghe An v Sriwijaya 4-0 6,000
1 - TSW Pegasus 4 3 0 1 11-5 92 - Sriwijaya 4 2 1 1 6-7 73 - Song Lam Nghe An 4 2 0 2 9-6 64 - VB 4
0 1 3 5-12 1
Chonburi v Persipura 4-1 (Pipob 2, Suree, Therdsak Chaiman) 6,821
1 - Chonburi 4 2 1 11-8 72 - Persipura 4 2 1 9-6 73 - South China 4 1 2 1 5-7 54 - East Bengal 4 0
2 2 8-12 2
Divisi Utama
Persitara v PSMS 1-0 (Nurcahyono) 2,014
This game all but ended PSMS' outside chances of an automatic play off spot but they still stand a
chance as one of the best of the rest if you get my drift.
It hasn't been much of a season for Young Lions in the SLeague so far. They have just one win and
three goals from their opening eight games. The early season circus of Pele etc has been forgotten
as the season has now become one defeat after another; the latest coming in the last minute against
title challengers Home United.
With 10 games gone SLeague new boys Tanjong Pagar United have yet to light up the compeition.
Indeed, the opposite is true; they have become the whipping boys of the league as a team combined
of young players with the odd older head struggle to make any kind of impression beyond a team to
boost your goal difference against.
The residents in Bedok Central were in a pleasant surprise on last Saturday morning when they were
greeted by players and officials of Geylang United Football Club.
As part of their community outreach program to the vicinity they based, the Eagles initiated the
awareness drive to promote the upcoming "Eastern Derby" match against the neighbouring Tampines
Rovers, who are due for a visit this coming Thursday (21st April) at the Bedok Stadium.
AFC Cup
Sriwijaya v Song Lam Nghe An 3-1 (Keith Kayamba, Thierry Gathuessi, Budi Sudarsono;Ngyuen)
5,200Persipura v Chonburi 3-0 (Yustinus Pae, Titus John, Lukas Mandowen) 20,000
Indonesian teams lead their respective groups after a positive couple of results on home territory.
A Chonburi fan's perspective of the defeat can be found here.
Met up with the former Geylang United and Cambodia national team coach earlier today and had a good
old natter. Catch up with his thoughts on Cambodian football and some National Soccer League
memories on Jakarta Casual TV.
Indonesia Super League
Semen Padang v Persijap 3-0 (M Rizal, Saktiawan Sinaga, Edward Wilson Junior) 6,783
Divisi Utama
Persiba v Perseru 6-1 (Gonzalez, Busari 2, Sugiyanto 2, Slamet Nurcahyo) 9,245PSS v Persidafon 2-1
(Tri Handoko Putro, Anang Hadi Suputro; Lukas Rumkabu) 6,826
Semen Padang leap frog Persija into second place but have played two games more.
