There were times in the early days of the 2009 SLeague when it seemed that Gabriel Obadin Aikhena was carrying the Young Lions singlehandedly.
He wasn't of course but the 24 year old defender did impress many with his robust performances for the Young Lions and hopes were high that he would become the next foreigner to step into the national team. Click to continue reading...

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It wasn't that long ago I did a piece on Jakarta Casual TV saying that the Young Lions were better off packing their bags and moving to Malaysia as that was the only way they were going to add the competitive bite that was necessary to their future development.
That was posted two days after a 1-1 draw with Super Reds, not a bad rsult as it happens, but look back at the run they were on at the time. Click to continue reading...

(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. 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...

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. Click to continue reading...

Was at the training session of the Singapore Veterans, who will be facing the Selangor Veterans in the annual "Sultan of Selangor Cup" tournament, at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
"That's where the VVIPs gonna be seated..." as Mr Richard Wong (in dark T-shirt) pointed towards the grand stand.
Two former national skippers - Au Yeong Pak Kuan and current Young Lions coach Terry Pathmanathan had a brief chat. Click to continue reading...

Malaysia Cup
Selangor v Kuala Muda 3-2

100% start for the Red Giants who must be favourites to add the Malaysia Cup to the FA Cup, Community Shield, Super League, Selangor Cup and World Indoor Tiddley Winks titles they have already won this year.
SLeague

Albirex Niigata v Young Lions 3-2 (Kazuki Yashino, Kenji Adachihara, Akira Takase; Fazli Yakob, Fadhil Noh) 1,493
Geylang United v Super Reds 1-2 (Masrezan Masturi; Yu Hyun Koo, Seo Su Jong) 1,418
East Java Governor's Cup
Persib v PSBI 2-0 (Budi Sudarsono, Christian Gonzales)
Persib play Persema today while PSBI take on Persela with both games being played in Lamongan. Click to continue reading...

(Media information by Football Association of Singapore)
SINGAPORE, 30 September 2009: A robust Singapore squad, consisting of seasoned players such as Indra Sahdan, Shahril Ishak, Daniel Bennett and Agu Casmir, will front the Singapore challenge for the Sultan of Selangor's Cup trophy this Sunday. Click to continue reading...

Things have been quiet of late what with Ramadhan and the Eid festival but that's all coming to an end and how.
We'll start off with the SLeague in Singapore. Despite all the doom and gloom merchants who come crawling out of (Sentosa artificial) rocks every time some bad news is percieved to hit the game there things ain't so bad in Lion City. Click to continue reading...

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

(Photo: How Hwee Young, EPA)

On the heels of striker Noh Alam Shah moving from Tampines Rovers to Arema Malang, Woodlands Wellington defender Precious Emuejeraye signed with Sriwijaya FC on Wednesday.

"[Woodlands] knows about this signing and have agreed to release Precious to Sriwijaya after his contract ends on November," said Onana Jules, the player's agent, on Thursday.

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Young Lions v Geylang United 2-0
Home United v Balestier Khalsa 3-0
10 men Home move up to second while Geylang United, celebrated reaching the Singapore Cup semi finals by losing to Young Lions.
Tonight sees Woodlands v Tampines. Precious possibly up against Noh Alam Shah for the last time in Singapore. Click to continue reading...

It's not easy to take action photos, and I just realized that few hours ago.
Armed with my newly-purchased "Fuji S2000", I decided to try it out (not without having some "interactions" with one of the "jaga", again!)
While I was snapping this shot of Geylang's players warming up from this position, I was advised by one of the "jaga", "Sir, you are not allow to take picture from here as you can only do so from behind the goal-line. Click to continue reading...

Albirex Niigata defeated Tampines Rovers 1-0 earlier on this evening in the Singapore Cup to level the tie 1-1. Extra time couldn't split the teams and the Japanese won on penalties to join Bangkok Glass, TTM Samut Sakorn and Geylang United in the semis.
Yeap, the Singapore Cup semi finals will feature three foreign teams. Click to continue reading...

Now that I'm back,I will be constantly updating on Singapore football.Don't forget to pay a visit Kallangroar.com for the latest news of our very own and beloved Lions!

With some important fixtures in two months time,back to back clash against fierce rival Thailand,also the upcoming important Sea Games in Laos as well for our Young Lions.

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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...

THE GOOD old days of the Lions taking on their neighbours across the Causeway in the Malaysia Cup may never be relived, but there are plans in the pipeline to revive the rivalry on a regular basis.
The Young Lions were invited to take part in the Malaysian FA Cup in 2006, where they qualified for the semi-finals. Click to continue reading...

SLeague
Geylang United v DPMM 4-3 (Masrezwan Masturi 2, Baihakki Khaizan, Hafiz Rahim; Abdelhamid Berguiga, Suhaime Yusof, Safari Wahit)
Woodlands Wellington v Young Lions 0-0
Thai Premier League
Chonburi v Sri Racha 3-2
Nakorn Pathom v Chula United 2-2
Samut Songkram v TTM Samut Sakorn 1-0
Thai Port v Osotsapa 2-1
Bangkok United v TOT 1-1
BEC Tero v Raj Navy 2-1
PEA v Muang Thong United 1-2
Pattaya United v Bangkok Glass 2-2
Muang Thong United remain a point clear of Chonburi who lost a two goal lead only to thank Ekkapon (? Click to continue reading...

Coach Terry Pathmanathan (first from left) demands improvement from his Young Lions.
While much of the focus been centered on their seniors - the Lions, the current form of this team that are going to be the core of this year's SEA Games football squad is also a major cause of concern.
Until this day, the performance by the Young Lions are far from satisfactory. 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...

Young Lions v SAF 0-5 (Duric 3, Therdsak Chaiman, Kenji Arai) 1,369
DPMM v Super Reds 3-2 (Helmi Zambin, Abdelhamid Berguiga, Safari Wahit; Yu Hyun Koo, Choi Dong Soo)
SAF now need just 16 points from their final 9 games to clinch yet another SLeague title after a convincing performance against the Young Lions proved, yet again, Richard Bok's aging veterans are no match for the best the city state can produce. 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...

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...

SINGAPORE, 5 August 2009: Singapore's Under-18 team yesterday kicked off their Asean Football Federation Under-19 Youth Championship with a 1-1 draw against favourites Australia in their opening match of the tournament at the Thanh Long Sports Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The team got off to a shaky start against the bigger and more physical Australians and soon found themselves a goal down after 20 minutes through Eli Babalj's header. Click to continue reading...

Over on Jakarta Casual TV we look at the Young Lions and ask what can be done to give them a better chance of success on the international stage.
Are away games at Woodlands and Balestier the best preparation for the SEA Games and future World Cup qualifying games? Click to continue reading...

Hariss Harun (born 19 November 1990) is a Singaporean footballer and plays for S-League team, Young Lions as a central midfielder. He is S.League's and also the national team's youngest ever player, playing at the age of 16.
Football career
On 24 June 2007, only 16 years 7 months and 5 days old (16 years and 217 days old), Harun became the youngest ever player to don the national jersey as he came on in the second half in a friendly against North Korea. Click to continue reading...

The close season isn't my favourite time of the year. Stories switch from on the field to off it and often come through second or third hand sources. With no action people have to elsewhere for their fix and of course that means gossip.
Hardly a day goes by without one of the Indonesian sports tabloids linking a Singaporean or Thai with clubs here. Click to continue reading...

Balesiter Khalsa v Albirex Niigata 2-0 (Oh In Kyun, Jun Jin) 1,184
Three goals in three games for Oh In Kyun, Balesiter's Korean led revival has seen them climb off the bottom of the SLeague, overtaking Young Lions in the process. Unprecedented back to back wins, indeed we could go back further and say one defeat in four games, has changed the Tigers fortunes but. Click to continue reading...

With Thai striker Teerathep Winothai returning from his spell with Belgian side to play for Muang Thong United in the second half of the Thai Premier League the question remains. Who will be the first south east Asian player to successfully make a career in Europe.
Fandi Ahmad (Singaporean) - was offered a chance with Ajax but was persuaded to move somewhere closer to home, NIAC Mitra in Surabaya, by his family. Click to continue reading...

Balestier Khalsa v Young Lions 2-1 (Oh In Kyun, Jamie Pitt; Madhu Mohana) 1,452
New signings Oh In from South Korea and Jamie Pitt from Wollongong Community, sorry but are they NSW State League or lower, scored the goals that gave the Tigers just their second win of the season. Their last three points came in a home win over Geylang United back in March. 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...

Young Lions v Tampines Rovers 0-3 (Riduan Muhamed 2, Qiu Li) 1,393
The Stags now sit 8 points behind leaders SAF after the same number of games. As for the Young Lions, in SEA Games year, while the ocaching staff there may not be overly concerned at seeing their side second bottom they must be worried about just 13 goals scored in 19 games. Click to continue reading...

Young Lions v Albirex Niigata 0-1 (Shinya Yamagishi) 1,331
Super Reds v Geylang United 1-2 (Seo Su Jong; Kim Jae Hong, Noor Ali) 969 Click to continue reading...

There are two main Malaysian divisions. One is the Super League, MSL, which I cover here. This is basically an extension of the former Malaysia Cup set up with state funded state teams like Kedah and Perlis alongside a reality TV show My Team etc. The state teams of course get their money from their respective states and may well have no end of political interference going on behind the scenes. Click to continue reading...