Wow, what a finish! Probably the greatest ever... Why?
1. The title was only decided after the final round of games:
2007-11-21 Geylang - Home 1 - 2 (1-1 for long period)
2007-11-21 Singapore AF - Gombak 2 - 1
2007-11-21 Tampines - Albirex 3 - 1 (1-1 at one point)
2. While final round drama has also happened in 1996, 1998 & 2001, 2007 season really stood out, as the big-3 kept switching leadership all-season.
3. The 1996 & 1998 races involved only 2 teams, while the 2001 season was effectively a 2-horse race between Geylang & Home until SAFFC sneaked in with a late run of 12 wins out of its last 13 games (which meant that it actually fell rather far behind the top-2 earlier in the season as well).
4. The final placings of the teams wasn't even decided until the final whistle, with Home scored again in the 90th minute to maintain Runners-up spot ahead of Tampines.
5. The 2001 final scores was a lot more clear-cut:
2001-10-26 Gombak - Home 1 - 0
2001-10-26 Geylang - Jurong 3 - 0
2001-10-26 Singapore AF - Woodlands 5 - 0
Several Notes of Significance:
1. Gombak wasn't able to wrest away the SLVC from SAFFC like what it did against Home in 2006, but Bravo to it for a nail-biting finish!
2. Despite not winning the league, Home United did clinched its 600th league point all-time, with a proud record of 179W-2PK-59D-84L-F683-A451, second only to SAFFC! It also secured the 2007 SLVC mini-league title the week before, so not really empty-handed, :-)
3. Tampines finished at 3rd in the all-time table thru 2007, 9 points ahead of Geylang. Bear in mind that the gap between them was actually 120 points at the end of 2003, but Tampines kept narrowed it down season-by-season (2004: 94 pts, 2005: 63 pts, 2006: 29 pts), what a pursuit!
4. 5999 S.League goals has now been scored all-time since 1996, could the 6000th arrive during Balestier-Sengkang game on 22-Nov?
5. Though SAFFC couldn't manage 100 league goals in 2007, its total of 95 is still the 4th best all-time, behind itself in 2001 (101) / 2002 (104) & Home in 2003 (104).
6. The gap between 3rd-placed Tampines & 4th-placed Gombak was a staggering 29 points, a record distance between any 2 adjacent-placed teams in S.League history! (The previous record was 20 points between champs SAFFC & runners-up Home in 2002.)
7. This is the 3rd time a team has successfully defended its title, after SAFFC itself in 1997/98 & Tampines in 2004/05. Can they become the first team to achieve 3-in-a-row next season? Only time will tell...
2010 Combined Table of Domestic Competitions, as at 7-Mar (after League Cup Final)
# Team----- P W-D-L F-A P- GD
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1 Etoile-- 6 5-1-0 12-5 16 +7
2 Sengkang 7 4-1-2 13-9 13 +4
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3 Tampines-- 4 2-1-1 5-3 7 +2
4 Gombak---- 6 2-1-3 7-8 7 -1
5 Woodlands- 6 1-4-1 6-7 7 -1
6 Geylang--- 5 1-3-1 5-5 6 0
7 SAFFC----- 4 1-2-1 5-6 5 -1
8 Home------ 3 1-1-1 4-4 4 0
9 Y.Lions--- 4 0-3-1 4-5 3 -1
10 Balestier 4 1-0-3 4-7 3 -1
11 Albirex-- 4 0-2-2 3-6 2 -3
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12 Beijing-- 3 0-1-2 1-4 1 -3
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1 Etoile-- 6 5-1-0 12-5 16 +7
2 Sengkang 7 4-1-2 13-9 13 +4
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3 Tampines-- 4 2-1-1 5-3 7 +2
4 Gombak---- 6 2-1-3 7-8 7 -1
5 Woodlands- 6 1-4-1 6-7 7 -1
6 Geylang--- 5 1-3-1 5-5 6 0
7 SAFFC----- 4 1-2-1 5-6 5 -1
8 Home------ 3 1-1-1 4-4 4 0
9 Y.Lions--- 4 0-3-1 4-5 3 -1
10 Balestier 4 1-0-3 4-7 3 -1
11 Albirex-- 4 0-2-2 3-6 2 -3
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12 Beijing-- 3 0-1-2 1-4 1 -3
S.League All-Time Table Watch (up to 19-Feb-2010: break for League Cup)
# Teams---- Ssn P-- W---D--L-- F---A-- Pts GD--
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01 SAFFC---- 15 391 261-69-061 964-460 854 +504 *
02 Home----- 15 389 219-70-100 812-517 729 +295 *
03 Tampines- 15 390 191-83-116 754-535 659 +219 *
04 Geylang-- 15 391 175-84-132 659-518 612 +141 *
05 Woodlands 15 389 142-95-152 618-637 519 -019 *
06 Balestier 15 390 100-88-202 535-783 390 -248 *
07 Tjg.Pagar 09 234 100-46-086 399-385 350 +014
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08 Gombak-- 11 259 82-64-113 366-437 310 -071 *
09 Yng.Lions 8 216 76-51-089 330-362 280 -032 *
10 Jurong--- 7 179 70-36-073 261-274 253 -013
11 Albirex-- 7 183 66-50-067 282-276 248 +006 *
12 Sengkang 11 292 52-64-176 303-624 228 -321 *
13 Sembawang 7 207 53-52-102 256-405 216 -149
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14 SuperReds 3 96 41-20-35 144-146 143 -02
14 Clementi 4 110 22-29-59 150-261 95 -111
16 Sinchi--- 3 87 22-19-46 109-166 88 -057
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17 Liaoning- 1 33 8-5-20 33-63 29 -30
19 Afrique-- 1 30 5-9-16 36-58 24 -22
20 Dalian--- 1 33 5-7-21 26-75 22 -49
20 Etoile FC 1 02 1-1-00 03-02 04 +01 *
21 PayaLebar 1 27 1-1-25 23-78 04 -55
22 Beijing-- 1 02 0-1-01 00-01 01 -01 *
23 Brun.DPMM 1 00 0-0-00 00-00 00 000 **
"*" : teams active in current season
"**": Brunei DPMM's results in 2009 expunged due to FIFA ban.
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01 SAFFC---- 15 391 261-69-061 964-460 854 +504 *
02 Home----- 15 389 219-70-100 812-517 729 +295 *
03 Tampines- 15 390 191-83-116 754-535 659 +219 *
04 Geylang-- 15 391 175-84-132 659-518 612 +141 *
05 Woodlands 15 389 142-95-152 618-637 519 -019 *
06 Balestier 15 390 100-88-202 535-783 390 -248 *
07 Tjg.Pagar 09 234 100-46-086 399-385 350 +014
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08 Gombak-- 11 259 82-64-113 366-437 310 -071 *
09 Yng.Lions 8 216 76-51-089 330-362 280 -032 *
10 Jurong--- 7 179 70-36-073 261-274 253 -013
11 Albirex-- 7 183 66-50-067 282-276 248 +006 *
12 Sengkang 11 292 52-64-176 303-624 228 -321 *
13 Sembawang 7 207 53-52-102 256-405 216 -149
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14 SuperReds 3 96 41-20-35 144-146 143 -02
14 Clementi 4 110 22-29-59 150-261 95 -111
16 Sinchi--- 3 87 22-19-46 109-166 88 -057
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17 Liaoning- 1 33 8-5-20 33-63 29 -30
19 Afrique-- 1 30 5-9-16 36-58 24 -22
20 Dalian--- 1 33 5-7-21 26-75 22 -49
20 Etoile FC 1 02 1-1-00 03-02 04 +01 *
21 PayaLebar 1 27 1-1-25 23-78 04 -55
22 Beijing-- 1 02 0-1-01 00-01 01 -01 *
23 Brun.DPMM 1 00 0-0-00 00-00 00 000 **
"*" : teams active in current season
"**": Brunei DPMM's results in 2009 expunged due to FIFA ban.
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