SLVC Preview - Yong Lions vs Home United, 4-Aug-2007

Home United's next SLVC opponents, the Young Lions, has won the virtual championship 3 times, currently ranked joint-7th all-time with Balestier (3), behind
SAFFC------- (12),
Home-------- (11),
Geylang----- (10),
Woodlands---- (8),
Tampines----- (8) &
Tanjong Pagar (4).

Young Lions' all-time record in the SLVC is also the 7th best, having played 23 macthes, won 11, drew 2 & lost 9, allowing them to amass 35 points in the overall standings, behind
SAFFC-------- (58-23-18, 197),
Home--------- (57-20-19, 191),
Geylang------ (32-17-22, 113),
Woodlands---- (27-18-24, 99),
Tampines----- (27-12-21, 93) &
Tanjong Pagar (15-11-16, 56).

It is also worth noting that they have been constantly improving in the SLVC standings for the past 4 seasons since joining the league, having ranked:
12th in 2003,
5th in 2004,
3rd in 2005,
2nd in 2006.

However, Young Lions' SLVC record against Home United were not so good, having lost 3 times, & won once in 4 meetings so far, although Young Lions' only win against Home was also their very first SLVC title.

The following are Young Lionss' 3 previous SLVC title winning matches:
224 2004-05-28 Home------ YoungLions 1 2
262 2005-09-23 YoungLions Woodlands- 3 1
274 2006-04-26 YoungLions Sing. AF-- 2 0

Who do you think will win on 4th-Aug?

All Time S.League Records - Revised with PKs, Points Deductions & 2007 First Half Records

I have previously made a post on All Time S.League Records (Home & Away Breakdown), covering all matches up to the end of 2006 season.

However, it came to me later on that the table was not be entirely accurate, given that bonus points from PKs in 2003 & points deductions for Sinchi FC in 2005 were left out.

I've since updated the all-time table with the above fixes, and included all matches up to the first half of 2007 season (as at 23-July). Concurrently, the corresponding table on Wikipedia was updated as well.

Unlike last time, there're no Home/Away tables this time round. As even the Official Site didn't provide such breakdown, it would be quite tedious for me to DIY match-by-match. So this may probably be done some time later, when I have more time to split them up, :-)

All Time S.League Table Combined (1996 to 2007-07-23):
#- Club Seasons GP- W *PK D- L-- F-- A-- GD- *Pts PPG #PPG
01 SAFFC--- 12 *309 202 2 56 049 757 375 +382 666 2.155 01
02 Home----- 12 308 168 2 56 082 648 428 +220 564 1.831 02
03 Geylang- 12 *310 143 3 64 100 541 403 +138 499 1.610 03
04 Tampines- 12 308 141 3 63 101 596 457 +139 492 1.597 04
05 Woodlands 12 308 121 4 67 116 537 512 +025 438 1.422 08
06 Tj.Pagar-- 9 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 +014 350 1.496 05
07 Balestier 12 308 090 2 68 148 460 623 -163 342 1.110 10
08 Jurong---- 7 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 -013 253 1.413 09
09 Sembawang- 8 207 053 5 47 102 256 409 -149 216 1.043 11
10 YoungLions 5 135 055 1 28 051 243 230 +013 195 1.444 07
11 Gombak---- 7 177 047 0 38 092 240 344 -104 179 1.011 12
12 Sengkang-- 8 210 042 8 34 126 244 469 -225 176 0.838 16
13 Albirex--- 4 101 041 0 28 032 176 147 +029 151 1.495 06
14 Clementi-- 4 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 -111 095 0.864 15
15 Sinchi---- 3 087 022 6 13 046 109 167 -058 *88 1.011 13
16 Afrique--- 1 030 005 0 09 026 036 059 -023 024 0.800 17
17 Liaoning-- 1 017 005 0 01 011 021 035 -014 016 0.941 14
18 Super Reds 1 017 001 0 02 014 009 054 -045 005 0.294 18
19 Paya Lebar 1 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 -055 004 0.148 19

Remarks:
* SAFFC & Geylang played an extra title game in 1996.
* Total Points of each team included PK wins in 2003.
* Sinchi FC was deducted 3 points at the end of 2005.

This is also posted on KallangRoar.Com: All Time S.League Records - Revised with PKs, Points Deductions & 2007 First Half Records

All Time S.League Records - Home & Away Breakdown

Home (1996-2006):
# Club-- Seasons Games W D-- L-- F-- A-- GD-- Pts PPG #PPG
01 SAFFC----- 11 146 101 026 019 378 158 +220 329 2.253 01
02 Home------ 11 146 087 028 031 363 217 +146 289 1.979 02
03 Geylang--- 11 145 078 025 042 269 156 +113 259 1.786 03
04 Tampines-- 11 145 070 029 046 298 218 +080 239 1.648 05
05 Woodlands- 11 145 062 033 050 256 222 +034 219 1.510 09
06 Tj Pagar--- 9 117 053 025 039 198 171 +027 184 1.573 08
07 Balestier- 11 145 047 039 059 226 283 -057 180 1.241 11
08 Jurong----- 7 090 042 018 030 150 128 +022 144 1.600 07
09 Sembawang-- 8 103 035 025 043 144 179 -035 130 1.262 10
10 Young Lions 4 058 027 013 018 117 082 +035 094 1.621 06
11 Gombak----- 6 080 025 019 036 117 148 -031 094 1.175 12
12 Sengkang--- 7 097 020 017 060 111 211 -100 077 0.794 16
13 Albirex---- 3 042 020 014 008 081 057 +024 074 1.762 04
14 Clementi--- 4 055 014 015 026 086 124 -038 057 1.036 14
15 Sinchi----- 3 044 013 009 022 057 079 -022 048 1.091 13
16 Afrique---- 1 015 002 006 007 015 028 -013 012 0.800 15
17 Paya Lebar- 1 014 001 001 012 015 037 -022 004 0.286 17
18=Super Reds- 0 000 000 000 000 000 000 0000 000 N/A- N/A
18=Liaoning--- 0 000 000 000 000 000 000 0000 000 N/A- N/A

Away (1996-2006):
# Club- Seasons Games W D- L- F-- A-- GD-- Pts PPG #PPG
01 SAFFC----- 11 145 88 31 26 328 194 +134 295 2.034 01
02 Home------ 11 145 68 27 50 247 199 +048 231 1.593 02
03 Geylang--- 11 147 61 38 48 253 220 +033 221 1.503 03
04 Tampines-- 11 146 59 35 52 261 221 +040 212 1.452 04
05 Woodlands- 11 146 53 32 61 254 261 -007 191 1.308 07
06 Tj Pagar--- 9 117 47 23 47 201 214 -013 164 1.402 06
07 Balestier- 11 146 38 27 81 213 314 -101 141 0.966 10
08 Jurong----- 7 089 28 18 43 111 146 -035 102 1.146 09
09 Sembawang-- 8 104 18 27 59 112 226 -114 081 0.779 13
10 Sengkang--- 7 096 18 20 58 110 227 -117 074 0.771 14
11 Young Lion- 4 059 20 11 28 101 127 -026 071 1.203 08
12 Gombak----- 6 080 15 15 50 093 174 -081 060 0.750 15
13 Albirex---- 3 042 16 11 15 071 062 +009 059 1.405 05
14 Clementi--- 4 055 08 14 33 064 137 -073 038 0.691 16
15 Sinchi----- 3 043 09 10 24 052 088 -036 037 0.860 11
16 Afrique---- 1 015 03 03 09 021 031 -010 012 0.800 12
17 Paya Lebar- 1 013 00 00 13 008 041 -033 000 0.000 17
18=Super Reds- 0 000 00 00 00 000 000 0000 000 N/A- N/A
18=Liaoning--- 0 000 00 00 00 000 000 0000 000 N/A- N/A

SLVC - Home kept title after 4-2 win over Woodlands

Home United managed to keep the SLVC title for another week (10th game running) after a 4-2 win over Woodlands Wellington on Aug-4.

Home United's record as the current SLVC holder is now 8 wins & 2 draws, their next match is against Young Lions on July-29th.

Meanwhile, Woodlands has added another loss to its dismal SLVC record against Home, just 1 win, 2 draws & 6 defeats in 9 meetings!

As usual, a preview post shall be put up soon for this next match-up... Stay tuned!!

SLVC - Can Woodlands win it against Home?

As compared to Home United's two earlier SLVC opponents, Albirex & Sengkang, their next challenger on July-16th, Woodlands Wellington, boast a much better pedigree in the virtual championship, having won the title on 8 occasions, only bettered by SAFFC (12), Home (11) & Geylang (10).

Woodlands' all-time record in the SLVC is also the 4th best, having played 68 macthes, won 27, drew 18 & lost 23, allowing them to amass 99 points in the overall standings, just behind SAFFC (58-23-18, 197), Home (56-20-19, 188) & Geylang (32-17-22, 113).

It is also worth noting that Woodlands has actually been the best team in the SLVC standings for the past 3 seasons (2004, 2005, 2006), the only team to have achieve this feat 3-in-a-row so far!

However, Woodlands' SLVC record against Home United have been less than impressive, having lost 5 times, drew twice & won just once in 8 meetings so far, although Woodlands' only win against Home was also their last title to date.

The following are Woodlands' 8 previous SLVC title winning matches:
1 10 1996-05-25 Woodlands- Sembawang 2 0
2 66 1998-07-14 Sembawang- Woodlands 0 2
3 166 2002-07-06 Geylang-- Woodlands 0 2
4 213 2004-03-04 Sing. AF- Woodlands 0 2
5 231 2004-07-22 Sing. AF- Woodlands 0 1
6 247 2005-04-28 Balestier Woodlands 1 3
7 251 2005-05-26 Woodlands Sing. AF- 2 0
8 285 2006-07-21 Woodlands Home----- 3 2

Who do you think will win come July-16 (Monday)? You're welcomed to post your predictions, :-)

SLVC - Home kept title after goal-less draw with Sengkang

Home United managed to keep the SLVC title for another week (9th game running) after a 0-0 draw with Sengkang Punggol on July-12.

Home United's record as the current SLVC holder is now 7 wins & 2 draws, their next match is against Woodlands Wellington on July-16th.

Meanwhile, Sengkang's winless streak as a SLVC challenger is now extended to 19 games (3 draws & 16 losses), but at least they have managed not losing to Home again, :-)

A preview post shall be put up soon for this next match-up between the two S.League founding teams... Stay tuned!!

Inactive S.League Blogs

Just happened to come by the following S.League blogs that have not been updated in a while, while choosing a domain name for my own:

S-League Rankings: Last Updated on 16-Apr-2007
http://sleague-ranking.blogspot.com/

Sleague Football: Last Updated on 23-May-2006
http://sleague.blogspot.com/

Clementi-Gal's Chronoscope: Last Updated on 19-Nov-2001
http://s-league.blogspot.com/

Does anyone know what have happened to them since? Just curious...

This is also posted at: KallangRoar.Com: Inactive S.League Blogs.

SLVC - Will Sengkang finally wins it?

As we know, Home United has beaten Albirex 2-1 on July-6 to extend its hold on the current SVC to 8 games.

Home's Record as the Current SVC Holder:
307 2007-04-28 Home----- Tampines 3 1
308 2007-05-10 Balestier Home---- 1 3
309 2007-05-18 Home----- Sing. AF 2 0
310 2007-05-23 Geylang-- Home---- 0 3
311 2007-05-27 SuperReds Home---- 0 3
312 2007-06-10 Home----- Liaoning 2 1
313 2007-06-15 Home----- Gombak-- 1 1
314 2007-07-06 Albirex-- Home---- 1 2

Home's next opponent on July-12 is Sengkang Punggol, another long suffering club in terms of (both actual &) virtual championship, never once won the title before, despite having played in quite a number of SVC matches so far.

Sengkang's All Time Record as a SVC Challenger:
52 1998-05-02 Sengkang-- Home------ 1 2
61 1998-06-13 Geylang--- Sengkang-- 3 0
67 1998-07-18 Woodlands- Sengkang-- 3 1
70 1999-03-31 Sing. AF-- Sengkang-- 6 1
77 1999-05-22 Sengkang-- Home------ 0 1
88 1999-09-22 Home------ Sengkang-- 6 1
98 2000-04-21 Tan. Pagar Sengkang-- 4 1
107 2000-07-08 Sengkang- Home------ 1 2
115 2001-03-22 Clementi- Sengkang-- 1 1
122 2001-05-11 Geylang-- Sengkang-- 6 0
130 2001-07-05 Sengkang- Home------ 0 1
155 2002-04-19 Sengkang- Sing. AF-- 2 3
170 2002-08-03 Sing. AF- Sengkang-- 4 1
185 2003-04-11 Sengkang- Home------ 1 3
212 2003-10-16 Sing. AF- Sengkang-- 6 1
276 2006-07-16 Sengkang- YoungLions 1 2
293 2006-09-28 Woodlands Sengkang-- 1 1
301 2007-03-13 Geylang-- Sengkang-- 3 2

They were denied the SVC most frequently by none other than Home United, who beat them 6 times. Their other nemesis teams are:
SAFFC - Lost 4 times.
Geylang - Lost 3 times.
Woodlands - Lost once and drew once.
Tanjong Pagar - Lost once.
Young Lions - Lost once.
Clementi - Drew once.

In all, out of the 18 matches played, they only drew twice and lost the other 16, which is nothing short of miserable!!

Past Seasons Prime League Results / Tables

Currently, the S.League Official Site contains precious little organized information on the Prime League other than occasional match reports popping up here and there once in a while.

Have actually written to the S.League regarding this but there have been not much follow-up so far...

Does anybody know where can I find the detailed results of past seasons Prime League?

So far I've only found the following sources:
1. Balestier FC Official Site: 2005 - 2007 Results/Tables
2. RSSSF.com: 2004 Result/Table but incomplete
3. SAFFC Official Site: 1997-2005 Tables available but only contain SAFFC's results.
You're welcomed to provide more sources if any...

This is also posted on KallangRoar.Com: Prime League.

SLVC - Will Albirex finally wins it?

Having challenged for the SVC in 6 previous attempts but couldn't win any of them, will Albirex finally break the jinx and earn a title of their own come this Friday (July 6) against Home United?

Albirex's 6 previous SVC games: (2 draws & 4 losses)
217 2004-04-06 Woodlands- Albirex-- 3 2
238 2004-09-16 Albirex--- Tampines- 0 3
243 2005-03-24 Tampines-- Albirex-- 2 2
254 2005-06-28 Albirex--- Woodlands 0 0
278 2006-05-22 YoungLions Albirex-- 3 0
294 2006-10-01 Woodlands- Albirex-- 2 1

Their title challenges were denied:
thrice by Woodlands,
twice by Tampines &
once by YoungLions.

All Time S.League Table - 2006

SAFFC has became the first team to reach 600 points, Home is the only 2nd team to go above 500 points, while Tampines is inching closer to Geylang for 3rd overall.

# #05 Teams Season P-- W- PK D- L-- F-- A-- Pts GD- PPG #PPG #PPG05
01 01 SAFFC---- 11 292 189 2 55 046 707 354 626 +353 2.144 01 01
02 02 Home----- 11 291 155 2 53 081 610 416 522 +194 1.794 02 02
03 03 Geylang-- 11 292 139 3 60 090 521 376 483 +145 1.654 03 03
04 04 Tampines- 11 291 129 3 61 098 559 439 454 +120 1.560 05 05
05 05 Woodlands 11 291 115 4 61 111 510 483 414 +027 1.423 07 08
06 06 Tjg.Pagar- 9 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 350 +014 1.496 06 06
07 07 Balestier 11 291 085 2 64 140 439 597 323 -158 1.110 10 10
08 08 Jurong---- 7 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 253 -013 1.413 09 07
09 09 Sembawang- 8 207 053 5 47 102 256 405 216 -149 1.043 11 11
10 12 YoungLions 4 117 047 1 23 046 218 209 166 +009 1.419 08 09
11 10 Sengkang-- 7 193 038 8 29 118 220 438 159 -218 0.824 15 14
12 11 Gombak---- 6 160 040 0 34 086 210 322 154 -112 0.963 13 13
13 14 Albirex--- 3 084 036 0 25 023 152 119 133 +033 1.583 04 04
14 13 Clementi-- 4 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 095 -111 0.864 14 15
15 15 Sinchi---- 3 087 022 6 13 046 109 166 088 -057 1.011 12 12
16 NA Afrique--- 1 030 005 0 09 016 036 058 024 -022 0.800 16 NA
17 16 Paya Lebar 1 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 004 -055 0.148 17 16

Quick Stats:
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Matches Played-: 1588
Home Wins------: 697 (43.9%)
Draws----------: 342 (21.5%)
Away Wins------: 549 (34.6%)
--------------------------
Goals Scored---: 5380 (3.39)
Home Goals-----: 2880 (1.81)
Away Goals-----: 2500 (1.57)
--------------------------
Frequent Scores: 1-1(153 times), 2-1(127 times)

Albirex's fine record in the S.League continues as it still maintained 4th-place in terms of PPG.

All Time S.League Table - 2005

Home has overtaken slumping Geylang into 2nd-place, while Tampines & Woodlands has also leapt-frogged above the folded Tanjong Pagar into 5th & 6th respectively.

# #04 Teams Season P-- W- PK D- L-- F-- A-- Pts GD- PPG #PPG #PPG04
01 01 SAFFC---- 10 262 169 2 47 044 636 318 558 +318 2.130 01 01
02 03 Home----- 10 261 140 2 47 072 561 376 471 +185 1.805 02 03
03 02 Geylang-- 10 262 133 3 55 071 499 314 460 +185 1.756 03 02
04 05 Tampines- 10 261 113 3 52 093 489 397 397 +092 1.521 05 06
05 06 Woodlands 10 261 102 4 53 102 450 438 367 +012 1.406 08 08
06 04 Tjg.Pagar 09 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 350 +014 1.496 06 05
07 08 Balestier 10 261 075 2 57 127 389 536 286 -147 1.096 10 11
08 07 Jurong--- 07 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 253 -013 1.413 07 07
09 09 Sembawang 08 207 053 5 47 102 256 405 216 -149 1.043 11 12
10 10 Sengkang- 06 163 034 8 23 098 188 366 141 -178 0.865 14 14
11 11 Gombak--- 05 130 032 0 26 072 162 268 122 -106 0.938 13 13
12 13 Y.Lions-- 03 087 032 1 16 038 151 166 114 -015 1.310 09 09
13 12 Clementi- 04 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 095 -111 0.864 15 15
14 15 Albirex-- 02 054 024 0 16 014 100 075 088 +025 1.630 04 04
15 14 Sinchi--- 03 087 022 6 13 046 109 166 088 -057 1.011 12 10
16 NA P.Lebar-- 01 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 004 -055 0.148 16 NA

Quick Stats:
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Matches Played-: 1423
Home Wins------: 626 (44.0%)
Draws----------: 301 (21.2%)
Away Wins------: 496 (34.9%)
--------------------------
Goals Scored---: 4823 (3.39)
Home Goals-----: 2593 (1.82)
Away Goals-----: 2230 (1.57)
--------------------------
Frequent Scores: 1-1(137 times), 2-1(114 times)

Paya Lebar is, without doubt, the worst team in S.League history!!

All Time S.League Table - 2004

SAFFC broke the 500 points barrier!

# #03 Teams Season P- W- PK D- L-- F-- A-- Pts GD-- PPG #PPG #PPG03
01 01 SAFFC---- 9 235 154 2 40 039 582 277 506 +305 2.153 01 01
02 02 Geylang-- 9 235 126 3 50 056 461 257 434 +204 1.847 02 02
03 03 Home----- 9 234 126 2 43 063 499 332 425 +167 1.816 03 03
04 04 Tjg.Pagar 9 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 350 +014 1.496 05 04
05 05 Tampines- 9 234 095 3 49 087 412 362 340 +050 1.453 06 07
06 06 Woodlands 9 234 087 4 48 095 393 394 317 -001 1.355 08 08
07 07 Jurong--- 7 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 253 -013 1.413 07 06
08 08 Balestier 9 234 065 2 51 116 344 484 250 -140 1.068 11 09
09 09 Sembawang 8 207 053 5 47 102 256 405 216 -149 1.043 12 10
10 10 Sengkang- 6 163 034 8 23 098 188 366 141 -178 0.865 14 12
11 11 Gombak--- 5 130 032 0 26 072 162 268 122 -106 0.938 13 11
12 12 Clementi- 4 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 095 -111 0.864 15 13
13 14 Y.Lions-- 2 060 020 1 10 029 107 129 072 -022 1.200 09 14
14 13 Sinchi--- 2 060 015 6 10 029 082 110 067 -028 1.117 10 05
15 NA Albirex-- 1 027 012 0 08 007 050 042 044 +008 1.630 04 NA

Quick Stats:
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Matches Played-: 1288
Home Wins------: 569 (44.2%)
Draws----------: 277 (21.5%)
Away Wins------: 442 (34.3%)
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Goals Scored---: 4346 (3.37)
Home Goals-----: 2349 (1.82)
Away Goals-----: 1997 (1.55)
--------------------------
Frequent Scores: 1-1(133 times), 2-1(107 times)

Albirex also jumped into 4th (on PPG) in its first season, much like Sinchi in previous season.