In 2008 Home United lost out on the SLeague by six points. Points coincidentally they lost on my firt two visits to Bishan Stadium when they lost both games.
I later appeared on Star Sports' Top Corner which has since been discontinued.
Now comes news that My Team and Kuala Muda will not be appearing in next season's Malaysia Super League. Click to continue reading...

I understand from one of the lads at Kallang Roar that Vincent Subraniam has been appointed coach of Home United replacing Sivaji in the hot seat.
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Geylang upset Bangkok Glass to ensure the Cup remains in Singapore.
So what if Bangkok Glass were the dominating side in terms of attacking and having most of the possession throughout the game?
So what if Geylang were the side being under siege and not getting enough balls behind the Thais' defence? Click to continue reading...

I understand there are three candidates in the running for the vacant Home United coaching position.
Vincent Subraniam, Bojan Haduk and Jeong Kyung Hoon.
The favourite probably would be Subraniman

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After a season that saw Home United move to a new stadium in Clementi and struggle to find any kind of consistency they have decided on some changes for next season.
Out goes coach PN Sivaji and with him Syed Fadhil, Fadzuhasny Juraimi, Itimi Dickson, Ham Hyeong Kyu, leading scorer Kengne Ludovick and Prime League player Naruphol Ar-Romsawa. Click to continue reading...

TTM warming-up before the game
To be honest, it was already a damper prior to this returning fixture of this Singapore Cup semi-final between these two invited teams - Bangkok Glass and TTM Samut Sakorn.
With a huge task ahead, it wasn't a surprise to write off the Smokers (TTM's nickname), as not many teams can do what the Portuguese did in 1966 World Cup against the North Korean, before the match started. Click to continue reading...

Thai Premier League
Osotsapa v Sri Racha 1-3
Samut Songkram v Bangkok United 1-1
Muang Thong United v BEC Tero 2-0
PEA v Raj Navy Rayong 4-1
Nakorn Pathom v Bangkok Glass 2-5
TTM Samut Sakorn v TOT 1-1
Chonburi v Thai Port 2-1
Pattaya United v Chula United 2-1
1 - Muang Thong United 30 19 8 3 48-20 65
2 - Chonburi 30 18 8 4 50-30 62
3 - Bangkok Glass 30 16 8 6 45-31 56
4 - BEC Tero 30 15 6 9 53-34 51
Relegated - Sri Racha, Chula United, Nakorn Pathom
Top Scorer
18 - Anon Sangsanoi (BEC Tero)
14 - Mohamed Kone (Chonburi)
11 - Nantawat Thansopa (Bangkok Glass)
SLeague
Gombak United v Tampines Rovers 0-2 (Qiu Li, Alif Shafaein) 1. Click to continue reading...

" I once described Mani to a Lebanese newspaper as a virus! Once he got hold of you he was impossible to shake off. I dont know if they understood but the opposition players soon did.
We then progresed through to the AFC cup semi final, an incredible acheivment for such a small club captained by Mani. Click to continue reading...

Home United v Sengkang Punggol 1-0 (Naruphol) 1,053
SAF v Super Reds 1-4 (Wilkinson; Chang Jo Yoon 2, Choi Dong Soo 2) 2,185
Tampines Rovers v Young Lions 0-1 (Khairul Nizam) 1,311
Three of the biggest teams in Singapore attracted 4,500 fans between them...and people still wonder why so many have left. Click to continue reading...

Home United v Woodlands Wellington 3-1 (Ham Hyeong Kyu 3; Ismadi Mukhtar) 3,208 Click to continue reading...

Young Lions v Home United 2-1 (Khairul Nizam, Afiq Yunos; Itimi Dickson) 1,345 Click to continue reading...

D.C. falls to Seattle 2-1 for the second time in ten days. With the win, the Sounders leapfrog United in the playoff standings. With four games remaining in League play - three of which are at home - United likely needs to secure a few victories in order to ensure passage into playoffs.

Tomorrow, the team will take off for Trinidad & Tobago in advance of its third Champions League game versus San Juan Jabloteh on Tuesday.

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Home United v Geylang United 2-2 (Geylang win 4-3 on aggregate)
Heartbreak for Home as Peres De Oliveria's last minute penalty wasn't enough to drag Srivaji's men into a Singapore Cup semi final. Instead it is the Eagles who find themselves alongside TTM Samut Sakorn and Bangkok Glass awaiting the winners of tomorrow's final q/f between Tampines Rovers and Albirex Niigata Click to continue reading...

Thai Premier League
Chonburi v PEA 3-0
Bangkok Glass v Samut Songkram 2-1
Chula United v TOT 1-1
Raj Navy v Thai Port 1-2
Osotsapa v BEC Tero 0-3
Pattaya United v Bangkok United 2-0
Sri Racha v Muang Thong United 0-1
1 - Muang Thong United 22 14 5 3 35-15 47
2 - Chonburi 22 14 4 4 37-22 46
3 - Bangkok Glass 22 12 7 3 32-21 43
Singapore Cup
Geylang United v Home United 2-1 (Noor Ali, Baihakki Khaizan; Valery Hiek) 899 Click to continue reading...

It's been a torrid season thus far for Singapore. The national team has struggled, even Liverpool beat them, the Young Lions preperations for the SEA Games are floundering without a recognised goal scorer and DPMM (from Brunei) won the League Cup.
Last night in the Singapore Cup Thai side TTM Samut Sakhorn defeated DPMM 3-1 in front of 1,506 fans at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Click to continue reading...

SLeague
Albirex Niigata v Home United 1-2 (Kenji Adichahara; Peres De Oliveira, Valery Hiek) 1,131
SAF v Woodlands Wellington 1-0 (Park Tae Won) 1,639
SAF remain 11 points clear at the top of the SLeague after a narrow victory over the Rams who have been proving a tough opponent this season for the big boys. Click to continue reading...

Home United v Gombak United 1-1 (Juma'at Jantan; Ruhaizad Ismail) 762
Shit crowd but not when you consider Liverpool were playing later the same night. And as we all know Liverpool, and indeed anything English, trumps the local stuff. Psst...wanna rejoin the empire? Click to continue reading...

SAF v Home United 0-2 (Rosman Sulaiman, Kengne Ludovick) 3,658
Well, well, hows about that then? Two goals either side of half time saw Home United delay SAF's title hopes for another few weeks. Should we be surprised? In their last four games on the road Sivaji's men have taken maximum points from DPMM, Tampines and now the Armed Forces and now they sit just outside the top 4. Click to continue reading...

Top 3
1 - Singapore Armed Forces 24 18 1 5 64-23 55
2 - Tampines Rovers 24 12 8 4 37-23 44
3 - Brunei DPMM 24 12 7 5 34-28 43
Bottom 3
10 - Sengkang Punggol 25 5 6 14 22-45 21
11 - Balestier Khalsa 24 3 6 15 18-41 15
12 - Young Lions 23 3 6 14 18-42 15
Top Scorers
23 - Duric (SAF)
19 - Obatola (Gombak United)
14 - Kegne Ludovick (Home United)
13 - Kenji Adachihara (Albirex Niigata)
Out of the 16 players who have scored 6 goals or more in the SLeague only two, Noh Alam Shaha and Indra Sahdan Daud, are Singaporean. Click to continue reading...

SINGAPORE, 13 AUGUST 2009: The FAS Disciplinary Committee convened on Thursday 13 August with regard to the charges against Brunei DPMM FC players Pg Sallehuddin Damit, Yusof Salleh and Rene Komar.
Pg Sallehuddin, Yusof and Komar had been charged for violent conduct against the match referee during the Great Eastern – YEO'S S. Click to continue reading...

(Picture) Coach Raddy (with cap) put his players through the pace.
Good thing was I managed to make it to the national team training session at Geylang Field after work, when initially I thought some stupid accidents along the PIE would derail my plan to catch the session.
(Picture) Fahrudin Mustafic doing some stretching on the sideline. Click to continue reading...

SINGAPORE, 7 AUGUST 2009: Tampines Rovers chairman Teo Hock Seng and Brunei DPMM FC players Pg Sallehuddin Damit, Yusof Salleh and Rene Komar have been charged by the Football Association of Singapore for bringing the game into disrepute.
Teo faces two charges of misconduct for his touchline behaviour in the Great Eastern – YEO'S S. Click to continue reading...

SINGAPORE, 7 August 2009: Khairul Amri has been withdrawn from the Singapore squad that will take on China on 12 August after he came down with a high fever.
Home United's Itimi Dickson has been called up to replace the Tampines Rovers striker who also missed the Stags' 3-2 defeat to Home United last night in the vital Great Eastern – YEO'S S. Click to continue reading...

Tampines Rovers v Home United 2-3 (Fahrudin Mustafic, Seiji Kaneko; Peres De Oliveira 3) 2,723
Three straight defeats for Tampines Rovers has effectively ended their title dreams. And to think just a week ago they were looking longingly at first place after leaders SAF had slipped up drawing 0-0 at home to DPMM. Click to continue reading...

Goalkeepers
Jasper Chan (Young Lions) 0/0
Hassan Sunny (Tampines Rovers) 18 0
Defenders
Rosman Sulaiman (Home United) 1/0
Baihakki Khaizan (Geylang United) 67/2
Isa Halim (Home United) 26/0
Daniel Bennett (SAF) 83/6
Shaiful Esah (SAF) 2/0
Noh Rahman (Sengkang Punggol) 64/0
Precious Emuejeraye (Woodlands Wellington) 46/0
Midfield
Fazrul Nawaz (Gombak United) 31/2
Sevki Sha'ban (Gombak United) 2/0
Shahril Ishak (Home United) 68/5
Shi Jiayi (Home United) 42/3
Ridhuan Muhamad (Tampines Rovers) 51/3
John Wilkinson (SAF) 23/4
Fahrudin Mustafic (Tampines Rovers) 45/5
Hariss Harun (Young Lions) 7/0
Forwards
Aleksandar Duric (SAF) 15/5
Indra Sahdan Daud (Sengkang Punggol) 102/26
Khairul Amri (Tampines Rovers) 53/8
Noh Alam Shah (Tampines Rovers) 71/31
Agu Casmir (Gombak United) 31/12
Ticket details
Match Details for National Day Challenge
What: National Day Challenge 2009Match: Singapore vs PR ChinaDate: 12 August 2009Venue: National StadiumKickoff: 7. Click to continue reading...

DPMM v Home United 1-6 (Ivan Jerkovic; Valey Hiek, Kengne Ludovick 3, Peres De Oliveira, Fadzuhasny Juraimi) 5,060
Three red cards on 39' decided this game in Brunei last night that made the Tampines v SAF game look like a teddy bear's picnic. Whatever, DPMM's defeat leaves them 12 points behind leaders SAF with 11 games to play. Click to continue reading...

Home United v Super Reds (Peres De Oliveira; Park Kang Jin, Yu Hyun Koo)
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Singapore Cup Quarter Final Fixtures
Wednesday 26 August
PHNOM PENH CROWN FC VS BANGKOK GLASS FC (First Leg)
Venue: Jalan Besar Stadium
Time: 7.45pm
Friday 28 August
BRUNEI DPMM FC VS TTM SAMUT SAKHON FC (First Leg)
Venue: Jalan Besar Stadium
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Gombak United v DPMM 3-3 (Emmanuel Emuejeraye, Gabriel Obatola 2,; Shahrazen Said 2, Abdelhamid Berguiga) 2,062
They went 2-0 up, DPMM pulled back that deficit, Obatola netted a late pen but the visitors resuced a point with Said's last gasp equaliser. It may have ben a great game of football but with the SLeague title at stake you can be sure that the respective coaches would have prefered a scrappy 1-0 win and with it three points. Click to continue reading...

SLeague
Sengkang Punggol v Home United 1-2 (Yamamoto; Peres de Oliveira 2) 1,648
International Friendly
Thailand v Liverpool 1-1 (Sutee Suksomkit; Ryan Babel) Click to continue reading...

The latest batch of new members of Les Rosbifs includes a batch of coaches who have not been mentioned previously. Slipping under the radar for the past few months was Craig Short. The former Everton, Derby County and Blackburn Rovers defender is assistant manager of Ferencvaros in Hungary who, as we all know, are back [. Click to continue reading...

Following on from my earlier story about Home United keeper Lionel Lewis attracting the interest of Indonesian side Persija, his coach Sivaji has denied the rumours saying the club had recieved no offers for the 27 year old.
I showed a picture of Lewis to a Persija official here and he was gobsmacked. Click to continue reading...

Derry born Darron Gibson has agreed a new three year deal with Premiership champions Manchester United.
The Ireland international midfielder, who was guest of honour at the recent Tesco Foyle Cup launch in Derry, will remain at Old Trafford until 2012 and admits he can't wait for the start of next season. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

SLeague
Albirex Niigata v Super Reds 1-1 (Kenji Adichihara; Chang Jo Yoon)
Home United v Geylang United 2-1 (Kengne Ludovic 2; Hafiz Rahim)
SAF v Sengkang Punggol 2-0 (Duric 2)
Woodlands Wellington v Balestier Khalsa 2-1 (Precious, Hammond; Oh In Kyun)
SAF go 10 points clear at the top after 19 games with a current run of five straight wins. Click to continue reading...