#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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THE DEBATABLE 1977

💔 Heart breaking loss to Hong Kong in pre-World Cup qualifiers

🏆 High in clinching the Malaysia Cup after 12 long years

💔 Disastrous SEA Games outing in Kuala Lumpur

❓Was 1977 a year to remember for Singapore Football?

🧐 To read what happened back in that roller coaster year, please click on this link ➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2024/01/1977-best-year-in-singapore-football.html

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YOU HAVE THE ⚽?

🧑🏻‍⚖️ From a recent court case involving a former Football Association of Singapore (FAS) staff, we got to know the come about of this stress ball and the blemishes on it.

❓ Just wondering if you have other items mentioned in the inset (screenshot and extracted from The Straits Times) of the attached picture?

🗞️ To find out more about the mentioned court case, please kindly refer to Straits Times article here ➡️ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ex-fas-deputy-director-admits-to-cheating-sporting-body-into-disbursing-over-609000

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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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SLOWLY FADED INTO MEMORY

🏟️ The Toa Payoh Stadium is in the process of demolition to make way for the integrated development slated to complete in 2030.

📷 Snapped this picture from outside days ago while passing by.

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#SINGAPOREFOOTBALL - MALAYSIA CUP OR ASEAN GLORY?

Till this day, many Singapore football fans still regard those Malaysia Cup victories more significant than those Asean titles, the clip may explain why.

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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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JOURNEY TO KALLANG ROAR (Part1)

🚇 How many of you still walk to the National Stadium from Kallang MRT station via Kallang Airport (the site that used to house People's Association headquarters) like in the pre Singapore Sports Hub days?

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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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JOURNEY TO KALLANG ROAR (Part2)

🍔🍟 How many of you had your pre-match meals at either KFC or McDonald's at this open air car park at Stadium Boulevard before heading to the Stadium on match days?

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JOURNEY TO KALLANG ROAR (Part3)

🚘 For those who used to park their vehicles at the Kallang Airport (former PA HQ), how many turns or how long it takes before you find a slot for parking despite the "saman" risk?

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HOW WE GO TO NATIONAL STADIUM IN THE OLD DAYS.

🚘 🚌 "We took a bus or MRT or parked our cars at Old PA HQ (Kallang Airport) or walked along the Merdeka Bridge in the Kallang Roar era." 🚇🚶🏻

📝 Read some of the interesting tales shared by those who had been through the journey by click on this link ➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2024/02/fans-journeys-to-old-national-stadium.html

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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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#bftp9m - VENGA RELAXING AT THE BACK

In a slightly reclined posture in the background, former Woodlands Wellington general manager R Vengadasalam, popularly known as "Venga" in the fraternity, focused his attention on Krishna Ramachandra, one of the speakers at "Ideas For Change" - a gathering initiated by the current Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Bernard Tan in February 2017, similar to a TED talk.

Krishna served as chairman of Singapore Premier League (SPL) club Tampines Rovers from November 2015 to August 2017, during which he was part of "Game Changers" - one of the two contesting groups in the 2017 FAS elections.

Meanwhile, Venga continued his involvement in the scene with Woodlands Lions FC, a club he founded and has presided over since its inception in 2018.

📝 The link to the blog post on "Ideas For Change" is ➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2017/02/youth-and-grassroots-dominated-ideas.html

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