#bftp9am - SBHFL COMEBACK?

Back in 2018, the late former FAS president Lim Kia Tong mooted the idea of getting corporate entities to get involved in Singapore football again like once the popular Singapore Business Houses Football League (SBHFL) did in the past.

Years down the road since that announcement, there isn't any much progress.

📝➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2019/09/corporate-revival-in-local-football.html

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#bftp9am - "LET'S SWING IT!"

I had to "choreograph" the movement to have these fans swung their hands, clappers and scarves to tell the story of this picture from the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup match between Singapore and Malaysia at Kallang.

Were you in the picture too?

More on what happened that day can be found in the blog post with its link here ➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2014/11/aff-suzuki-cup-3-1-as-hapless-singapore.html

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#bftp9am - SPOTTED SOMEONE YOU KNOW, PAUL?

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes looked towards this direction in a corporate event back in 2014 which you can find out more via the link to the blog post here ➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2014/03/inspirational-scholes-reaffirm-courts.html

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#bftp9am - RADDY & ROBIN

👀 In January 2011, the then Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic (right) and his assistant Robin Chitrakar watched the Cubs warm up before their game against Malaysia from the side entrance of Jalan Besar Stadium.

The Cubs lost 2-0 to the Harimau Muda.

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#bftp9am - "WHAT WENT WRONG, MAN?"

Seems to be the message said by Daniel Bennett (2nd from left) to Shahril Jantan (extreme left) after SAFFC lost 2-1 to Harimau Muda during a 2012 S.League match at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium.

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#bftp9am - GETTING READY

Ridhuan Barudin (center) and Yazid Yasin (right) underwent their pre-season training with Geylang United back in December 2011 at Bedok Stadium.

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#bftp9am - READY TO "RAM" THE BALL

🚀 Singapore Youth Selection's Shamil Sharif (extreme right) ready to unleash an attempt against Manchester United U19 in the third/fourth placing match of the NexLions Cup tournament back in December 2012 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

🏆 Sporting Lisbon U19 won the tournament by beating their Liverpool counterparts 2-0, the Red Devils took the 3rd spot after beating the hosts 2-1.


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#bftp9am - THEY ROCKED THE HOUSE!

🏆 The Singapore "1st XI" that started against Thailand in the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Final (First Leg) in front of a packed Jalan Besar Stadium back in December 2012.

The Lions won the match 3-1 and eventually clinched their fourth Asean title.

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#bftp9am - MY VIEW ON VAR BACK IN 2009

🟥🟨 I forgot about the fact I blogged something about the video referee back in 2009 after I read an article on a print copy of TODAY

📝➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2009/08/video-referee-not-always-best-but.html

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#bftp9am - REVIVE THE 'LEAGUE CUP' FOR PRE-SEASON!

🏆 The upcoming Interim Pre-season Tournament for Singapore Premier League clubs should be an opportunity to revive the "League Cup" based on my suggestion made in March 2010.

📝➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2010/03/radical-thoughts-on-fully-utilize.html

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#bftp9am - LEAGUE CUP WAS PRE-SEASON TOURNEY

Woodland Wellington beat Sengkang Punggol to win the SingTel League Cup - a pre-season tournament for the 2007 S.League season (apologies for the crappy content).

📝➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2007/02/simply-out-of-luck-dolphins.html

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#bftp9am - WAITING FOR KICKOFF AT JBS

🏟️ Some fans were spotted at the grandstand of Jalan Besar Stadium prior to the kickoff of the S.League match between Tanjong Pagar United and Woodlands Wellington back in March 2011.

The match ended nil-nil.

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#bftp9am - AW HOLDS THE COURT

🎙️ Home United Coach Philippe Aw spoke to the media after an S.League match at Bishan Stadium back in March 2016

🧢 Coach Aw took over the Protectors hot seat from Korean Lee Lim Saeng in 2014.

ℹ️ Coach Aw went on to coach Hougang United, Young Lions and took charge of the Singapore U22 squad before his current role as Head of the School Football Academy under the Unleash The Roar! (UTR) project.

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#bftp9am - IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN 1996

📰 This printout of The New Paper (TNP) infographic detailed the improvements made to various stadium in anticipating the inauguration of the S.League back in April 1996.

🏟️ The improvements included the playing field, scoreboards, etc.

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#bftp9am - POOR TURNOUT IN 2009

😔 It was a poor turnout in the friendly match between Singapore and China at the old National Stadium back in August 2009 to mark country's National Day celebration.

😔 Apologies for the poor picture quality, as I was using a dummy proof camera.

Here is the blog post of that match ➡️ https://bit.ly/SGP-CHN-2009

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#bftp9am - LIONS SCALED THE WALL IN 1980.

🎯 The then Lions coach Jita Singh issued the challenge, as shown in this Straits Times cartoon on the match day (8/3/1980), and the team delivered the famous 1-0 win over China at Kallang in the Pre-Olympics Tournament later that night.

Match report ➡️ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19800309-1.2.68.14 (New Nation via NewspaperSG)

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#bftp9am - IT'S MORE THAN JUST A PAINT JOB

⚠️ This blog post attracted quite a bit of criticism when I posted it on July 2011 as I went against the consensus back then.

📝➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2011/07/wishful-thinking.html

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#bftp9am - STANGE STARE

The former Singapore national coach, Bernd Stange, is seen in this undated photograph, looking at a reporter during a media session.

The German coach arrived with an impressive resume, having previously managed the national teams of East Germany and Iraq.

Despite his good intentions, he paid the price for hastily implementing changes that he believed were necessary.

📝 Related blog posts on Coach Stange can be founded here👇🏻

1️⃣ My first face-to-face with Bernd Stange ➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2013/10/coach-stange-remains-defiant-amid.html

2️⃣ My summary of Bernd Stange's reign as Lions Coach ➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2016/03/end-of-theberndstangeshow.html

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#bftp9am - IAN WRIGHT AT TIONG BAHRU

🎙️ Arsenal legend Ian Wright was interviewed by a journalist at Tiong Bahru Market as part of the 2015 Barclays Asia Trophy promotion back in May 2015.

Wright was the Gunners' all-time leading scorer until October 2005 when he was surpassed by Thierry Henry.

"It was SOFT!" said 'Wrighty' after he sampled one of the local delicacies at the market.

🤔 Do you know what it was?

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#bftp9am - KARI RAIDED THE FLANK

Mislav Karoglan aka "Kari" joined SAFFC in 2011 and was a prolific striker for the Warriors during his time with them.

🎯 He was one of the many top marksmen hailed from the Balkan region who played for the multi-time S.League champions with the likes of late Jure Eres, Mirko Grabovac and former Singapore international Aleksandar Duric.

Pictured here is Kari in his debut for SAFFC in the first 5pm S.League match at the Jalan Besar Stadium against Courts Young Lions in February 2011.

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